SoCon Basketball - Monday, Feb. 4, 2019

Only four games on the schedule for Thursday night. The big game has the #1 Terriers traveling to Johnson City to play the #3 Bucs.  The Cats return to Cullowhee after two road games for the Battle for Purple Supremacy.  If you'll recall, the Cats lost in overtime to the Paladins in Travelers Rest back in December.

Chattanooga (10-14) at VMI (7-15)    7 pm   ESPN3

Samford (14-10) at UNCG (20-3)    7 pm   ESPN+

Wofford (19-4) at ETSU (19-5)     7 pm   ESPN+

Furman (18-5) at Western Carolina (6-18)     7:30  pm   ESPN3

NCAA NET Rankings     (Feb. 3, 2019)
  27 - Wofford
  52 - UNCG
  67 - ETSU

  75 - Furman
148 - Samford
158 - Mercer
254 - Citadel
277 - Chattanooga
281 - Western Carolina

325 - 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  (Feb 3, 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 as of 3-4-19

Basketball (M)	Conference	Overall
Wofford	11 - 0	19 - 4
UNCG	9 - 1	20 - 3
ETSU	9 - 2	19 - 5
Furman	7 - 4	18 - 5
Chattanooga	5 - 6	10 - 14
Samford	4 - 7	14 - 10
Mercer	3 - 8	8 - 15
Western Carolina	3 - 8	6 - 18
The Citadel	2 - 9	10 - 12
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 Western. #10 VMI     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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