SoCon Basketball -Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019

Only four games on tap for Saturday, Probably the most anticipated will be the ETSU at Chattanooga. The Mocs are coming off a Thursday night loss to Western Carolina.  The Cats travel to Birmingham, hoping to sweep the Bulldogs.


Wofford (18-4) at The Citadel (10-11)   1:00 pm  ESPN3

Western Carolina (6-17) at Samford (13-10)   3:00 pm  ESPN3

Furman (17-5) at Mercer (8-14)   4:00 pm  ESPN+

ETSU (18-5) at Chattanooga (10-13)    4:20 pm  ESPN+


NCAA NET Rankings     (Jan. 30, 2019)
  31 - Wofford
  51 - UNCG
  73 - ETSU

  78 - Furman
142 - Samford
178 - Mercer
235 - Citadel
247 - Chattanooga
299 - Western Carolina

322 - VMI

Conference RPI  - RealTime RPI   (as of Feb. 2, 2019)
#11 Southern Conference

#12 A-10

#13 C-USA

#17 Sun Belt

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


Sagarin Rankings  (Jan 31, 2019)
  54 - Wofford
  87 - UNCG
  88 - ETSU
109 - Furman

175 - Samford

179 - Mercer

247 - The Citadel

261 - Chattanooga
297 - Western Carolina
325 - 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	10 - 0	18 - 4
UNCG	9 - 1	20 - 3
ETSU	8 - 2	18 - 5
Furman	6 - 4	17 - 5
Chattanooga	5 - 5	10 - 13
Samford	3 - 7	13 - 10
Mercer	3 - 7	8 - 14
Western Carolina	3 - 7	6 - 17
The Citadel	2 - 8	10 - 11
VMI	1 - 9	7 - 15

If it ended today........    as of 2-1-19

First Round - Friday, March 8 at the U.S. Cellular Center. Asheville, N.C.

Game 1 - #8 Samford vs. #9 The Citadel 5 p.m.
Game 2 - #7 Western Carolina vs. #10 VMI 7:30 p.m.

Quarterfinals - Saturday, March 9 at the U.S. Cellular Center

Game 3 - #1 Wofford vs. Winner Game 1 12 p.m.
Game 4 - #4 Furman vs. #5 Chattanooga 2:30 p.m.
Game 5 - #2 UNCG vs. Winner Game 2 6 p.m.
Game 6 - #3 ETSU vs. #6 Mercer 8:30 p.m.


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