Commonwealth Power Rankings, November 18th

The Commonwealth’s best (and worst) teams for the week of November 18th.

Recent and upcoming games

Date Home Away Result/Time
Nov. 8 Hampton W&M Hampton won 77-69
Nov. 8 UVA JMU UVA won 61-41
Nov. 12 W&M Liberty W&M won 84-72
Nov. 12 UVA VCU VCU won 59-56
Nov. 18 VT VMI 7:00 PM
Nov. 23 Liberty UVA 4:00 PM

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1

8 PTS

VCU


3-0, 0-0

Does one 30-footer make them light years ahead of the 2nd place team? No, but it locks up this spot for a while.Chris Crowley

2

16 PTS

Virginia

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2-1, 0-0

No matter what the polls say, UVA is one of the 25 best teams in the country.Aaron Williams

3

26 PTS

George Mason

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3-0, 0-0

George Mason proves they are used to playing short handed and jumps out to a 3-0 start.Chris Crowley

4

34 PTS

Richmond


2-1, 0-0

The Spiders were six minutes away from upsetting Minnesota and jumping into the top three in the Commonwealth.Adam Williams

5

43 PTS

Virginia Tech

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2-1, 0-0

Against West Virginia, down 17, the Hokies used a 20-1 run to climb back into the game. That’s probably reasonable to expect every game, right? …Right?Ross Catrow

6

62 PTS

Hampton

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2-1, 0-0

No shame in losing to Delaware, and someone has to go here.Chris Crowley

7

65 PTS

Norfolk State

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2-1, 0-0

Play a team someone has heard of please.Chris Crowley

8

73 PTS

Old Dominion


2-1, 0-0

It took until 12/22 for ODU to pick up win #2 last season. Can they get #3 before 2/7?Aaron Williams

9

75 PTS

VMI

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3-1, 0-0

A dunk on Sports Center and scoring 121 points makes for a good week and a half.Ross Catrow

10

77 PTS

JMU

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2-2, 0-0

Most boring team in the Commonwealth. At least Big South teams have character.Aaron Williams

11

89 PTS

William & Mary

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1-2, 0-0

1-1 vs. teams in the Commonwealth already. Techinically, one of those wins is over a 2013 NCAA tournament team, I guess.Ross Catrow

12

89 PTS

Liberty

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1-2, 0-0

Guys like Seth Curry and Evan Gordon used to play for this team?Aaron Williams

13

89 PTS

Longwood


2-1, 0-0

Good wins over a football school and a chocolate bar this week.Chris Crowley

14

94 PTS

Radford

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2-1, 0-0

Radford beat Chattanooga in a battle of former VCU assistants. The Highlanders look ready to make a leap.Aaron Williams

Contributors: Ross Catrow (VT; RVANews), Chris Crowley (VCU), Curt Dudley (JMU), Jared Foretek (W&M), Joshua Grice (UR; Richmond Rowdies)
Eric Hobeck (Longwood), Adam Williams (UR), Aaron Williams (VCU; RVANews)

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