Commonwealth Power Rankings, December 11th

Big changes in this week’s poll: VT moves up to third place, and we have a three-way tie

December 11, 2013; 7:19 AM • by RVANews staff

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1 4 PTS	VCU 8-2, 0-0	VCU beat ODU by 21 points by only playing 13 good minutes of basketball. The times they are a changin’.Aaron Williams
2 10 PTS	Virginia 7-3, 0-0	The Cavs have dropped two straight to teams from Wisconsin. The Hoos managed 38 points against the Badgers. Thirty. Eight. Points.Gary Cope
⬆3 11 PTS	Virginia Tech 7-3, 1-0	The Hokies, picked to finish dead last in the ACC, are in first place after beating the defending champs on the road, in overtime.Gary Cope
4⬇ 15 PTS	Richmond 7-3, 0-0	After winning three in a row, the Spiders fell on the road to Wake Forest in overtime. Bleh.Ross Catrow
⬆5 26 PTS	Norfolk State 7-3, 0-0	The Spartans are in for a long December: Boston, Seattle, Virginia, and Hawaii. Aaron Williams
6⬇ 27 PTS	George Mason 5-4, 1-0	After losing four of their last five games, KenPom.com now predicts the Patriots will finish the season 13-15.Aaron Williams
⬆7 27 PTS	William & Mary 5-4, 0-0	Tribe’s won four of its last five (including road wins at Rutgers and Wofford), and they finally get their senior point guard back next game.Jared Foretek
⬆8 27 PTS	Radford 6-2, 0-0	6-2 is the Highlanders’ best start since 1993-94. Ya Ya Anderson and RJ Price are a combined 41-88 from 3-point range. JMU is 42-182.Aaron Williams
9⬇ 38 PTS	Old Dominion 4-5, 0-0	Jeff Jones is going to have success at ODU, but his style of basketball isn’t going to win over the Monarchs’ now football-obsessed fan base.Aaron Williams
10⬇ 40 PTS	VMI 6-4, 0-0	The Keydets have scored 90+ points in five of their 10 games–that’s good for 7th nationally!Ross Catrow
⬆11 43 PTS	Liberty 4-5, 0-0	The Flames are starting to heat up for the first time since catching fire in the 2013 Big South Tournament.Aaron Williams
12⬇ 44 PTS	Hampton 5-5, 0-0	Du’Vaughn Maxwell is 25th in the nation in block percentage! The Pirates should, like, let him do that more.Ross Catrow
13 54 PTS	JMU 2-8, 0-0	Only Northern Illinois has a worse 3-point shooting percentage. They can’t even be the best at being the worst.Aaron Williams
14 54 PTS	Longwood 3-7, 0-0	Coach Gillian, Michael Kessens, and Nik Brown would have put Longwood above .500 this year. Instead they’re 1-7 against D1 teams.Aaron Williams

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