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Men's Basketball

POLLSPEAK'S PICK:  Bad Voter of Week 14 -- Roger Clarkson, The Athens Banner-Herald  (posted 2/7/08)

Clarkson has the distinction of being the first Good Voter of the Week to now be named a Bad Voter of the Week.  Of course week 13 was also the first time Pollspeak allowed the Good Voter to be chosen solely by the public.  If we continue to allow it, Clarkson probably won't be the last.  However, we'll continue with this social experiment through basketball season.  Clarkson's week 14 ballot had the most extreme votes this week: 

• Tennessee -- #4, highest
• UCLA -- #7, lowest
• Michigan State -- #8, highest
• Washington State -- #11, highest
• Pittsburgh -- #15, highest
• Drake -- #25, lowest

His notable near extremes:

• Wisconsin -- #12, 3 lower
• Purdue -- #19, 4 higher
• Clemson -- #23, 1 higher

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PEOPLE'S PICK:  Bad Voter of Week 14 -- Bob Sutton, Burlington Times-News (posted 2/7/08)

Once again, Pollspeak disagrees with the People's Pick.  Sutton only had two extreme votes on his week 14 ballot:  he was one of four to leave Texas A&M unranked, but more importantly, he ranked Xavier lowest at #23.  Xavier fans continue to show their willingness to vote.  Until other fans follow suit, people should take the People's Pick with a pillar of salt.

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Good Voter of Week 14 -- Lindsey Willhite, The Daily Herald   (posted 2/7/08)

Willhite is actually a good choice for Good Voter of the Week...and he was picked by the people.  He only had one extreme vote on his week 14 ballot.  Of course, that is merely a coincidence since you will also notice that he is also the voter who ranked Xavier highest (#8) for his one extreme vote.  As noted above, Xavier fans vote more than others. 

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Women's Basketball

POLLSPEAK'S PICK:  Bad Voter of Week 14 -- Tommy Deas, The Tuscaloosa News   (posted 2/9/08)

Not only did Deas' week 14 ballot have the most extreme votes this week, in fact, his 11 votes on the extreme is a new Pollspeak record!  This is more than we've ever seen in either past basketball ballots or football ballots.  That's quite the accomplishment, and here is how it was done:

• Stanford -- #3, highest
• West Virginia -- #5, highest
• Baylor -- #8, lowest
• LSU -- #9, lowest
• California -- #13, lowest
• Texas A&M -- #14, highest
• Depaul -- #15, highest
• Auburn -- #20, highest
• George Washington -- Unranked, lowest
• Kansas State -- Unranked, lowest
• Oklahoma State -- Unranked, lowest

His notable near extremes:

• North Carolina -- #4, 1 lower
• Maryland #6 -- #6, 1 lower
• Vanderbilt -- #19, 1 higher

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PEOPLE'S PICK:  Bad Voter of Week 14 -- NONE (posted 2/9/08)

Not enough people voted to pick a Bad Voter of Week 14.  Pollspeak requires at least 100 votes to count the results.  Hopefully turnout will pick up next week or we will drop our coverage of women's basketball.  Regardless, we WON'T drop women's basketball from Pollstalker...just our coverage.

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Good Voter of Week 14 -- NONE   (posted 2/9/08)

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