Welcome to the third installment of Life Being Husky’s CAA Power Rankings. Now that finals are wrapped up for all the schools, we’re about to enter a very merry time for CAA basketball. That is holiday tournaments. Exotic locations, random matchups, and possible ESPN coverage. Good stuff right? Even better it means that we are just 2 weeks away from the CAA season. Because of the weird week, not every team has played since then and only Drexel played twice. So we’ll rank accordingly and briefly here. Enjoy 1. Drexel 8-1 (1-0) LW #2. The Dragons continue to roll. ODU and Mason didn’t play last week so that gives Drexel the perfect opportunity to claim the top spot. Not only did Drexel take down #21 Louisville on the road , but they also extended their winning streak to 6 games after a close win over St. Francis (PA). 2. Old Dominion 8-2 (0-1) LW #1. No games played last week. Upcoming games: vs. Presbyterian, Thursday 7pm. Notable leaders: Frank Hassell – 12.9ppg, 9.5rpg, 1.9bpg. Kent Bazemore – 12.9ppg, 5.3rpg, 2.3spg. 3. VCU 7-3 (1-0) LW#4. The Rams move up a spot to #3 after Defeating Tulane 70-67. Jamie Skeen led the way for VCU with 15pts, 12reb, and 3 blocks. Bradford Burgess also posted 10pts and 5reb. Five other Rams each posted at least 7 points for a combined 40 points. Tuesday night they travel to Birmingham, Alabama as they take on the 8-2 Blazers. 4. George Mason 8-2 (1-0) LW #3. No games played last week. Upcoming games: at Duquesne, Wednesday, 8pm. Notable leaders: Luke Hancock – 13ppg, 4.9rpg, 4.5apg. Cam Long – 12.5ppg, 4.7rpg, 3.1apg, 1,6spg. 5. James Madison 7-3 (0-1) LW #6. Move up to #5 with a 66-61 win over the Big East’s USF Bulls (who beat VCU earlier this year). South Florida gave JMU a run for their money but the Dukes proved too much. Denzel Bowles led all scorers with 24pts. Teammate Devon Moore chipped in 14 of his own. JMU moves on to a rematch with Marshall Wednesday night. 6. Delaware 5-3 (1-0) LW #5. Can’t really fault the Hens here. They had a daunting matchup with #11 Villanova and well, the better team won, 78-59. Jawan Carter led UD with 14pts but the big storyline from this game was Jamelle Hagins. The 6’8 sophomore blocked 7 shots. Yes 7 shots. That’s 12 blocked shots in his last 2 games (5 vs. Delaware State). Hagins is averaging a rididonculous 4 blocks per game. The Hens will host Penn Wednesday night at home. 7. UNC-Wilmington 5-4 (0-1) LW #7. After taking down Wake Forest, the Seahawks moved on to lowly Radford (2-8 with both wins coming against D-II teams). Not suprisingly Wilmington took home the W. Freshmen Donte Morales and Tanner Milson each scored 15 while Chad Tomko led UNCW with 16. They take on Illinois State tonight at home and Campbell on the road Wednesday night. 8. Georgia State 4-4 (1-0) LW #8. A win over Florida A&M, no games played by Northeastern and Towson, and a loss by William & Mary means the Panthers stay pat. In the 76-67 victory, Jihad Ali led the way with 15pts and 8reb. DeVonta White and Brandon McGee combined for 27pts and 16reb. Next up for GSU is a Wednesday night throwdown with Georgia Southern. 9. Hofstra 6-4 (1-0) LW #10. As much as it pains me, the Hofstra are up to #10 now. A win over Manhattan, no games playeyd by Northeastern and Towson, and a loss by the Tribe means the Pride move up a slot. I still think they’re overrated but hey they’re winning games. In their 71-58 win over Manhattan, Charles Jenkins scored 21 as well as reached the 2,000 career point mark. Fordham transfer Mike Moore dropped 20 and recorded 10 rebounds. Those two are starting to look pretty scary together. Maybe Hofstra’s not so overrated. Maybe. 10. Northeastern 2-5 (0-1) LW #9. No games played last week. The Huskies last played on December 10th. Coming up: Cancun Governor’s Cup tournament (vs St Louis, vs E. Tenn. State/Southern Miss, vs TBA) starting Wednesday in Cancun. Here are your notable leaders for the Huskies: Chaisson Allen – leads NU in scoring, assists, and rebounds (18.3ppg, 3.9apg, 5.9apg), Joel Smith – 11.6ppg, 2.7rpg, 2.4apg. 11. Towson 3-5 (0-1) LW #12. No games played last week. William & Mary taking a loss catapults Towson all the way up to #11 this week. Upcoming games: at Hamton tonight, vs Princeton on Wednesday night. Towson’s leaders: Braxton Dupree 13.1ppg, 10.1rpg, 1.1bpg, Isaiah Philmore 15.3ppg, RaShawn Polk 13.8ppg, Troy Franklin 12.6ppg. 12. William & Mary 4-6 (0-1) LW #11. 2 games played last week. Win vs Shenandoah (DII) and a loss to Liberty. Well here at LBH we don’t count D-II games. Sorry Hofstra, sorry William & Mary. Play a real opponent. So the only game that we count is the 71-62 loss to Liberty. Quinn McDowell and Matt Rum combined for 30pts, 12reb, 4ast, and 6 turnovers. Upcoming games: at North Carolina on Tuesday night. That’s the Final Exams version of this week’s Power Rankings. Got a couple games going on tonight that we’ll update later. Until then here’s linkage (I leave it to CAAhoops to provide some good facts). Mike Litos at CAAhoops.com Not CAA or hockey but my favorite video of the week? Month? Maybe even year. Dan “I Just Stole a Cupcake” Connolly So next time we’ll hook you up with a preview of Northeastern and the Cancun Governor’s Cup and I’ll offer some reaction to my decision of moving the Celtics up to #2 and Sox to #3 on my pro-sports fan list. Until next time, stay classy Northeastern and as always LET’S GO HUSKIES

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CAA Power Rankings: Week 3