Feb. 11: VA Top Five

On Mondays during basketball season SLANTblog publishes its Virginia Top Five. It attempts to rank what seems on that day to be the best five teams from among the 14 Division I men's programs in the Commonwealth.

This past week VCU won twice, Tech and UVa. dropped two, Mason and Richmond went 1-1. Meanwhile, Hampton and William & Mary are lurking.

SLANTblog's VA Top Five

1. VCU (18-5, 11-2 in CAA, No. 57 RPI)
2. Mason (17-7, 9-4 in CAA, No. 59 RPI)
3. Va. Tech (14-10, 5-5 in ACC, No. 89 RPI)
4. Richmond (12-10, 5-4 in A-10, No. 119 RPI)
5. Virginia (11-11, 1-8 in ACC, No. 138 RPI)

-- RPI numbers from RealTime RPI, as of Sunday at 11 p.m.