Commonwealth Power Rankings, January 14th

Three of the top four teams in the Commonwealth are not in the ACC.

January 14, 2014; 9:55 AM • by RVANews staff

1

6 PTS

VCU

13-3, 1-0

“Wow, we miss VCU and George Mason. Especially VCU.”–CAA FansMike Barnes

2

12 PTS

Virginia

12-5, 3-1

Duke outlasted UVA at Cameron indoor in the most Duke way ever: with soft rims. Still, UVA is putting together the pieces just in time for a weak ACC. Aaron Williams

3

20 PTS

Richmond

11-6, 1-1

There’s a long drop-off between #2 and #3. Can the Spiders scrape together enough A-10 wins to stay in 3rd place?Chris Crowley

⬆4

28 PTS

William & Mary

9-5, 1-0

The Tribe shot 60% from three and displayed impressive toughness down the stretch to notch a huge CAA victory over Drexel.Mike Barnes

5⬇

37 PTS

Virginia Tech

8-7, 1-2

As a completely unbiased voter in this poll, it gives me no joy to see Virginia Tech continuing to lose. Just kidding.Brian Leung

⬆6

42 PTS

Radford

12-5, 2-0

Radford ranged in voting from #4 to #10. Expect the Highlanders’ already impressive 12 wins to balloon against opponents from the Big South.Aaron Williams

7

44 PTS

Old Dominion

7-9, 1-0

The Monarchs have already surpassed their win total (5) from last season. Things are looking up.Gary Cope

8

47 PTS

Hampton

8-8, 3-1

The Pirates are tied with the Spartans for first in the MEAC. Pirates vs. Spartans? Sounds like a Michael Bay film!Gary Cope

⬆9

49 PTS

Norfolk State

10-7, 4-0

NSU has been the CPR darling for the last year. They’ll clean up in the MEAC but Radford is tugging on voters’ heartstrings.Aaron Williams

10⬇

53 PTS

George Mason

7-9, 1-2

Turns out the A-10 is a little harder than the CAA. And it’s only going to get harder.Mike Barnes

⬆11

64 PTS

VMI

8-7, 1-1

The Keydets lost to Liberty. Demerits for everyone.Gary Cope

12⬇

72 PTS

JMU

6-11, 1-2

At this point, a four-point loss to 10-7 Delaware is starting to look pretty good for the Dukes.Ross Catrow

13

72 PTS

Liberty

7-10, 1-1

Look out Commonwealth! That’s two unexpected wins against Virginia teams for the Flames. Longwood, you’re next.Ross Catrow

14

84 PTS

Longwood

5-12, 0-2

Four of their five wins are against teams that don’t even have icons on the ESPN schedule.Gary Cope

Contributors: Mike Barnes (W&M, Shades of 48), Ross Catrow (VT; RVANews), Gary Cope (VT; Tech Hoops), Chris Crowley (VCU), Brian Leung, (UVA, Streaking the Lawn), Aaron Williams (VCU; RVANews)

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January 14, 2014 9:55 AM 2

Notice: Comments that are not conducive to an interesting and thoughtful conversation may be removed at the editor’s discretion.

Jeremy on January 14, 2014 4:57 PM said:

I take a little issue with UVA’s commentary, notably UVA’s rank and the comment about the ACC being weak: (i) UVA has a RPI and BPI of 22 and 24, respectively (compared to 53 and 32 for VCU); (ii) the ACC has 3 teams in the Top 25 (compared to 2 for the A-10); and (iii) the ACC has seven teams ranked in the top 50 in RPI or BPI, compared to just four for the A-10. If by weak, you mean Duke and UNC are not the normal powerhouses they usually are, you would be correct. You would have also forgotten about newcomers Pitt and Syracuse (which by the way, is ranked substantially ahead of any A-10 team).
Aaron Williams on January 15, 2014 8:33 AM said:

I mean weak compared to expectations this season and usual performance. It was not a comparison between the A-10 and ACC. Syracuse is the only legitimate team. I’m still not buying Pitt and below that teams are fairly pedestrian. After last night, I plan on voting UVa #1.