Feb 4: VA Top Five

Each Monday SLANTblog publishes its Virginia Top Five for men’s college basketball. It attempts to rank what seems on that day to be the best five teams from among the 14 Division I programs in the Commonwealth.

This past week Mason won twice, Tech also won both its games, so both moved up. VCU went 1-1, Virginia lost two and Richmond split a pair.

SLANTblog's VA Top Five

1. Mason (16-6, 6-3 in CAA, No. 52 RPI)
2. Va. Tech (14-8, 5-3 in ACC, No.64 RPI)
3. VCU (16-5, 9-2 in CAA, No. 58 RPI)
4. Virginia (11-9, 1-6 in ACC, No. 120 RPI)
5. Richmond (11-9, 4-3 in A10, No. 108 RPI)

-- RPI numbers from RealTime RPI, as of Monday at 10:30 a.m.