SoCon Basketball - Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019

Thursday's results:

Chattanooga - 68
Citadel - 65

Samford - 62
Mercer  - 65

ETSU - 94
VMI - 70

Western Carolina - 76  (OT)
UNCG  - 79

Saturday's games:

Samford (16-12) at The Citadel (11-15)  1 pm   ESPN3

Chattanooga (12-16) at Mercer (10-17)  4 pm   ESPN3

Wofford (23-4) at Furman (22-5)  4 pm    ESPN3

VMI (7-20) at Western Carolina (7-22)  7:30   ESPN3

NCAA NET Rankings     (Feb. 21, 2019)
  24 - Wofford
  45 - Furman

  60 - UNCG
  68 - ETSU

156 - Samford
181 - Mercer
266 - Chattanooga

267 - Citadel

281 - Western Carolina

327 - VMI

Conference RPI  - RealTime RPI   (as of Feb. 22, 2019)
#11 Southern Conference
#12 A-10
#14 C-USA
#17 Sun Belt

#18 CAA
#20 OVC

#21 Atlantic Sun

#27 Big South

Sagarin Rankings  (Feb 21, 2019)
  40 - Wofford
  77 - Furman

  86 - ETSU
  99 - UNCG

172 - Samford

177 - Mercer

261 - Chattanooga

269 - Citadel

292 - Western Carolina

327 - VMI


This season's SoCon out-of-conference record:  (as of 2-16-19)

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 as of 2-21-19

Basketball (M)	Conference	Overall
Wofford	15 - 0	23 - 4
UNCG	12 - 3	23 - 5
ETSU	12 - 4	22 - 7
Furman	11 - 4	22 - 5
Chattanooga	7 - 8	12 - 16
Samford	6 - 9	16 - 12
Mercer	5 - 10	10 - 17
Western Carolina	4 - 12	7 - 22
The Citadel	3 - 12	11 - 15
VMI	1 - 14	7 - 20

The SoCon Basketball Tournament - 

If it ended today........ After Thursday's games...... 2-21-19

First Round - Friday, March 8 at the U.S. Cellular Center. Asheville, N.C.
Game 1 - #8  Western Carolina  vs.  #9 Citadel  5 p.m.
Game 2 - #7  Mercer  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 (WCU/Citadel)  12 p.m.
Game 4 -  #4 Furman  vs.  #5 Chattanooga   2:30 p.m.
Game 5 -  #2 UNCG  vs.  Winner Game 2 (Mercer/VMI)  6 p.m.
Game 6 -  #3 ETSU  vs.  #6 Samford   8:30 p.m.


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