Mar 9: VA Top Five

Every Monday until the Big Dance begins, 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. VCU (23-9, No. 56 RPI)
2. Mason (22-9, No. 46 RPI)
3. Va. Tech (17-13, No. 62 RPI)
4. ODU (21-10, No. 107 RPI)
5. JMU (19-14, No. 135 RPI)

-- RPI numbers from RealTime RPI, as of 1:00 p.m. Monday