Mar. 2: VA Top Five

Every Monday during the college basketball regular season, SLANTblog offers its new Virginia Top Five. This feature ranks what seem at the moment to be the best five teams from among the 14 Division I men's programs in the Commonwealth.

SLANTblog's VA Top Five

1. Va. Tech (17-11, 7-7 in ACC, No. 59 RPI)
2. Mason (20-9, 13-5 in CAA, No. 56 RPI)
3. VCU (21-9, 14-4 in CAA, No. 65 RPI)
4. ODU (20-9, 12-6 in CAA, No. 105 RPI)
5. VMI (18-7, 13-5 in CAA, No. 133 RPI)

-- RPI numbers from RealTime RPI, as of 8:00 p.m. Monday