Scanning the SoCon's preview of Georgia Southern: Rebuilding Before the Sun Belt

Scanning the SoCon continues with preseason previews of all 11 Southern Conference teams. Today's preview is Chattanooga, tomorrow's preview is Elon.

Georgia Southern Preview: Rebuilding Before the Sun Belt

This time last year Georgia Southern basketball was full of high expectations and dreams of a conference
championship. My how things have changed in the past 12 months. Coach Charlton “CY” Young was let go after a disappointing 14-19 season that saw a high of beating Davidson and Charleston back to back and a low of ending the season with 2 losses against Davidson by an average of 31 points.

To replace Coach Young the Eagles looked to somebody the SoCon is familiar with and hired former Charleston assistant Mark Byington. Byington, who spent last season as an assistant at Virginia Tech, was the interim coach at Charleston two seasons ago when Coach Cremins had to retire mid season. Due to the change and the lack of good basketball seen in Statesboro in a while, most Georgia Southern fans are torn between 8 conference wins and “don’t have any” when asked what their expectations are for the 2013-2014 season. And it’s for good reason because there are far more questions than answers heading into the season.


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