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Devan Downey scored 18 points and South Carolina used a late 24-6 run to beat Richmond 76-58 on Wednesday night.

We are a quarter into the 2009-2010 college basketball season.A Let's take a quick lookA at the performance of the better teams in the state of Virginia.A BeforeA reviewing my ranking, consider that every Tuesday the Washington Post publishes "D.C. Sports Blogs Atlantic 11 Men's College Basketball Poll."A The poll is a voted ranking of the top 11 ...

Coming off a 20-16 finish last season, Chris Mooney's Richmond Spiders have jumped out to a 7-2 start.

T.J. Gwynn scored a career-high 20 points and Bradford Burgess' key second-half 3-pointers helped Virginia Commonwealth defeat Richmond 65-57 on Saturday night.

David Gonzalvez cut inside for a three-point play. Ryan Butler hit a 20-footer. Dan Geriot swished a 10-footer. Justin Harper had a tip-in before Butler struck again from 3-point distance.

They left Virginia last Wednesday an unremarkable 4-1 and came back 6-1 stars-on-the-rise, among "others receiving votes" in the latest Associated Press poll.

The University of Richmond's Kevin Anderson didn't make a splash until the last 1:50. Then he dominated.

At this rate, the Pac-10 may only have one team dancing come March. It began with Oregon State losing a pair in Lubbock to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and Texas Tech two weeks ago.

Kevin Anderson scored 23 points and Richmond took advantage of 23 turnovers to roll over Chattanooga 75-49 in the South Padre Island Invitational on Sunday.

If you've got to play a defending league champion, this is the way to do it. Chattanooga, which meets the University of Richmond at 5 p.m. at the Robins Center, lost the top four scorers off last season's Southern Conference title-winning team.

Justin Harper scored 21 points as Richmond routed Virginia Military Institute 103-59 on Monday night.

That's the stretch the University of Richmond begins tonight with its season-opener vs.

The college basketball season tips off in less than two weeks, and there are already plenty of storylines involving coaches to keep an eye on.

So what do we know about the Atlantic 10, aside from the fact that it will now, for whatever reasons, be headquartered in Newport News, Va.? Well, Dayton has been picked as the team to beat in men's basketball , having received 33 of a possible 57 first-place votes.

The University of Dayton men's basketball team was picked to finish first in the Atlantic 10 in a poll of coaches and media Thursday.

Spiders coach and former Princeton standout Chris Mooney, is poised to let it rip in Richmond this season with an athletic team that no longer has to get by on smarts and guile.

The Atlantic 10 Conference media day for men's basketball is a week from today, after which the University of Richmond officially will be recognized as a championship contender -- at least on paper.

At the College Basketball Roundtable each week, we ask each member of the coverage staff for his opinion about a current topic in the sport.

The University of Richmond released its men's basketball schedule yesterday, with 16 Atlantic 10 Conference games completing what is generally considered the most difficult schedule in program history.

UR'S 2009-10 NONCONFERENCE SCHEDULE Nov. 13: Lehigh Nov. 16: VMI Nov. 19: at William and Mary Nov.