SoCon Basketball - Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019

Four games are on the schedule for Thursday evening. No real headliner games tonight, but there should be a little more separation between the top and bottom after tonight.


Thursday's Games:  

VMI (6-11, 0-5 SoCon) at ETSU (15-4, 5-1 SoCon)  7 pm    ESPN+


The Citadel (9-7, 1-4 SoCon) at Samford (11-7, 1-4 SoCon)  7:30 pm   ESPN+


UNCG (15-3, 4-1 SoCon) at Western Carolina (5-14, 2-4 SoCon)  7:30 pm  ESPN+


Mercer (6-11, 1-4 SoCon) at Chattanooga (8-10, 3-2 SoCon)  8:00 pm  ESPN3



Conference RPI  - RealTime RPI   (as of Jan. 15, 2019)
#12 Southern Conference
#17 Sun Belt

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


Sagarin Rankings  (Jan 15, 2019)
  53 - Wofford
  78 - ETSU
104 - Furman

117 - UNCG

171 - Samford
181 - Mercer
246 - The Citadel
266 - Chattanooga
304 - Western Carolina
336 - VMI


NCAA NET Rankings     (Jan. 15, 2019)
  29 - Wofford
  63 - ETSU

  60 - Furman
  64 - UNCG
149 - Samford
199 - Mercer

210 - Citadel

256 - Chattanooga
269 - Western Carolina

334 - 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

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