Commonwealth Power Rankings, January 6th

VCU’s the clear #1 team in the Commonwealth. After that…who knows!

January 6, 2014; 2:55 PM • by RVANews staff

1

5 PTS

VCU

12-3, 0-0

The only Virginia team to have not yet lost a game in the state of Virginia.Chris Crowley

2

12 PTS

Virginia

10-4, 1-0

Could Virginia’s dismantling of Florida State be a sign they are finally putting things together in Charlottesville?Chris Crowley

3

13 PTS

Richmond

10-5, 0-0

UR’s five losses: Florida (competitive for 35 minutes), Ohio in OT, Wake Forest in OT, UNC, and Minnesota. The Spiders are good and they pass the eye test.Aaron Williams

4

22 PTS

Virginia Tech

8-5, 1-0

Who will finish the regular season with more ACC wins, Virginia Tech or VCU?Ross Catrow

⬆5

30 PTS

William & Mary

8-5, 0-0

Back-to-back wins without Tim Rusthoven (illness) is extremely promising. The finally complete Tribe will be tested at home on Wednesday against Drexel.Aaron Williams

6

34 PTS

George Mason

7-7, 1-0

GMU and ODU combined for 58 PFs and 78 FTs, and nine players finished with 4+ fouls on Saturday. The Patriots can’t win if they foul 35 times.Aaron Williams

⬆7

35 PTS

Old Dominion

6-9, 0-0

Biggest win of the Jeff Jones era over George Mason.Chris Crowley

⬆8

43 PTS

Hampton

7-7, 2-0

Hampton is the most confusing basketball team in Virginia: wins over Radford and Winthrop, losses to JMU and Northern Kentucky.Ross Catrow

9⬇

46 PTS

Radford

10-5, 0-0

10-4 Radford was the definition of winning winnable games until they hit the self-destruct button in a 27-point loss to Hampton. Aaron Williams

⬆10

47 PTS

Norfolk State

8-7, 2-0

Poor NSU comes back from a brutal road stretch with losses at Seattle, Virginia & Hawaii and gets pasted at home by Mount St Mary’s. At least they lead the CPR in Skymiles.Chris Crowley

⬆11

48 PTS

JMU

6-9, 1-0

Must feel good to go from 3-9 to 6-9. Charles Cooke averaged 21 PPG and a .731 eFG% over the last two games. Aaron Williams

12⬇

56 PTS

VMI

7-6, 0-0

VMI’s next three games are against CPR teams (1/8-Longwood, 1/11-Liberty, 1/15 @Radford), maybe we can get some separation in the bottom of the list?Chris Crowley

13

64 PTS

Liberty

6-9, 0-0

The Flames have won exactly zero true road games and are facing a two-game road stretch. Uh oh.Ross Catrow

14

70 PTS

Longwood

5-10, 0-0

Since knocking off the Big 12’s Texas Christian, they have lost 9 straight D1 games. Big South games couldn’t come sooner for the Lancers.Chris Crowley

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