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Voters and pollsters must be held accountable.

Week 15

Check here each week for the latest articles during basketball season. Past weeks' basketball articles can be found using the "Week" menu on the bar above. The awards are defined on the Awards page.

Basketball Put on Automatic (posted 2/23/08)

Pollspeak is taking a hiatus from writing weekly columns on NCAA basketball. Pollstalker will still be updated each week with the latest AP ballots, and fan votes will still be counted and displayed for historical reference. We will also publish a basic analysis of the Pollstalker data and fan votes at the end of the season. Rest assured that the most extreme AP voters for the season will be tracked and reported to the AP.

You can discuss Good and Bad Voters of the Week on our basketball FORUM. Pollspeak with continue to monitor interest in both basketball voting and forums. If interest warrants it, coverage will resume. If not, there is always baseball season, football season, next basketball season, etc.

Due to technical difficulties, Pollspeak will not be naming its own Bad Voters of the Week for Week 15. However, we will list all of the peoples picks for this week:

Men's Basketball

People's Pick: Bad Voter of Week 15 -- Michael Murphy, Houston Chronicle (posted 2/16/08)

Name	Good Votes	Bad Votes	Net Bad Votes
Michael Murphy	0	33	33

Most likely chosen because he was the only voter not to rank Connecticut. See his week 15 ballot for full details.

You can discuss Bad Voters of the Week further on our basketball FORUM.

People's Pick: Good Voter of Week 15 -- Nick Jezierny, The Idaho Statesman (posted 2/16/08)

Name	Good Votes	Bad Votes	Net Good Votes
Nick Jezierny	46	30	16

Jezierny actually finished third in number of bad votes, but he also voted Xavier highest on his ballot, which earned him more than enough good votes to overcome the bad.

You can discuss Good Voters of the Week further on our basketball FORUM.

Women's Basketball

People's Pick: Bad Voter of Week 15 -- Patricia Babcock McGraw, The Daily Herald (posted 2/16/08)

Name	Good Votes	Bad Votes	Net Bad Votes
Patricia Babcock McGraw	0	107	107

Old Dominion fans seem to have stepped up in a big way. Otherwise, McGraw's week 15 ballot seems unoffensive.