SoCon Basketball - Friday, Jan. 18, 2019

Five conference games are on tap for Saturday including all 10 SoCon teams. The big game has #2 hosting #3 as UNCG visits ETSU.


Saturday's Games:  

Western Carolina (5-15, 2-5 SoCon)  at  VMI (6-12, 0-6 SoCon) 1 pm   ESPN+

Mercer (6-12, 1-5 SoCon)  at  Samford (12-7, 2-4 SoCon)  3 pm   ESPN3

UNCG (16-3, 5-1 SoCon)  at  ETSU (16-4, 6-1 SoCon)  4 pm  ESPN3

The Citadel (9-8, 1-5 SoCon)  at  Chattanooga (9-10, 4-2 SoCon)  4:30 pm  ESPN3

Furman (15-3, 4-2 SoCon)  at  Wofford (14-4, 6-0 SoCon)  7 pm   ESPN3


NCAA NET Rankings     (Jan. 17, 2019)
  29 - Wofford
  60 - Furman
  61 - UNCG
  69 - ETSU

145 - Samford
211 - Citadel
213 - Mercer

255 - Chattanooga

270 - Western Carolina

327 - VMI

Conference RPI  - RealTime RPI   (as of Jan. 18, 2019)
#12 Southern Conference
#17 Sun Belt

#18 CAA
#20 Atlantic Sun
#22 OVC
#28 Big South


Sagarin Rankings  (Jan 17, 2019)
  52 - Wofford
  88 - ETSU
110 - Furman

114 - UNCG

171 - Samford
184 - Mercer
241 - The Citadel
261 - Chattanooga
306 - Western Carolina
333 - VMI


This season's SoCon out-of-conference record:  (as of 1-10-19)

American Athletic .............................................. 1-1
Atlantic Coast .................................................... 0-7
Atlantic Sun ....................................................... 6-1
Big 12 ................................................................ 0-3
Big East ............................................................. 1-1
Big South ..........................................................12-4
Big Ten .............................................................. 0-4
Colonial ............................................................. 7-1
Conference USA ............................................... 2-3
Horizon .............................................................. 1-1
Independent ...................................................... 0-0
Ivy ...................................................................... 0-1
Mid-American .................................................... 0-1
Mid-Eastern Athletic .......................................... 6-0
Missouri Valley .................................................. 1-0
Mountain West .................................................. 1-0
Non-Division I ...................................................23-0
Ohio Valley ........................................................ 6-5
Pac-12 ............................................................... 0-0
Patriot ................................................................ 0-1
Southeastern .................................................... 1-8
Southland .......................................................... 2-0
Southwestern Athletic ....................................... 2-0
Summit .............................................................. 2-0
Sun Belt ............................................................. 2-5
Western Athletic ................................................ 1-0



Conference Standings

Basketball (M)	Conference	Overall
Wofford	6 - 0	14 - 4
ETSU	5 - 1	15 - 4
UNCG	4 - 1	15 - 3
Furman	4 - 2	15 - 3
Chattanooga	3 - 2	8 - 10
Western Carolina	2 - 4	5 - 14
Samford	1 - 4	11 - 7
The Citadel	1 - 4	9 - 7
Mercer	1 - 4	6 - 11
VMI	0 - 5	6 - 11

-------------------------------------

Join the conversation and leave a comment below