SoCon Basketball - Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019

All ten conference teams are in action on Saturday, with the Cats drawing the most difficult matchup of the day, the undefeated Wofford Terriers.


Samford (14-11) at VMI (7-16) 1 pm ESPN+

Citadel (10-12) at Mercer (8-15) 4 pm ESPN3

ETSU (19-6) at Furman (19-5) 4 pm ESPN+

UNCG (21-3) at Chattanooga (11-14) 7 pm ESPN+

Western Carolina (6-19) at Wofford (20-4) 7 pm ESPN+


NCAA NET Rankings     (Feb. 7, 2019)
  29 - Wofford
  51 - UNCG
  63 - ETSU

  64 - Furman
146 - Samford
193 - Mercer
253 - Citadel
277 - Chattanooga
286 - Western Carolina

328 - VMI

Conference RPI  - RealTime RPI   (as of Feb. 8, 2019)
#11 A-10
#12 Southern Conference

#13 C-USA

#17 Sun Belt

#18 CAA
#20 OVC

#21 Atlantic Sun

#28 Big South


Sagarin Rankings  (Feb 7, 2019)
  52 - Wofford
  82 - UNCG
  87 - ETSU
102 - Furman

172 - Samford

184 - Mercer

247 - The Citadel

260 - Chattanooga
298 - Western Carolina
327 - 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 as of 3-4-19

Basketball (M)	Conference	Overall
Wofford	12 - 0	20 - 4
UNCG	10 - 1	21 - 3
ETSU	9 - 3	19 - 6
Furman	8 - 4	19 - 5
Chattanooga	6 - 6	11 - 14
Samford	4 - 8	14 - 11
Mercer	3 - 8	8 - 15
Western Carolina	3 - 9	6 - 19
The Citadel	2 - 9	10 - 12
VMI	1 - 10	7 - 16

The SoCon Basketball Tournament - 


If it ended today........    as of 2-7-19

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

Game 1 - #8 Western. #9 The Citadel     7:30 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   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 Samford      8:30 p.m.


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