SoCon Basketball - Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019

Only four games on the schedule for Thursday,  Samford, and Chattanooga have the night off. The premier game of the night has #2 UNCG traveling to Travelers Rest, SC to play #3 Furman. The Spartans will be looking to sweep the Paladins, but Furman is 11-1 in Timmons this year. The Cats start a two-game homestand Thursday, hosting Mercer then VMI on Saturday.


VMI (7-17) at Wofford (21-4)  7 pm  ESPN+

Citadel (11-12) at ETSU (19-7)  7 pm   ESPN3

Mercer (8-16) at Western Carolina (6-20)  7 pm   ESPN+

UNCG (22-3) at Furman (20-5)   7:30 pm   ESPN+


NCAA NET Rankings     (Feb. 12, 2019)
  28 - Wofford
  46 - UNCG
  56 - Furman

  75 - ETSU

147 - Samford
202 - Mercer
242 - Citadel
279 - Chattanooga
291 - Western Carolina

328 - VMI

Conference RPI  - RealTime RPI   (as of Feb. 13, 2019)
#11 A-10
#12 Southern Conference

#14 C-USA

#17 Sun Belt

#18 CAA
#20 OVC

#21 Atlantic Sun

#27 Big South


Sagarin Rankings  (Feb 12, 2019)
  45 - Wofford
  85 - UNCG
  90 - Furman

  98 - ETSU
171 - Samford

192 - Mercer

252 - The Citadel

272 - Chattanooga
303 - Western Carolina
326 - 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 2-13-19

Basketball (M)	Conference	Overall
Wofford	13 - 0	21 - 4
UNCG	11 - 1	22 - 3
Furman	9 - 4	20 - 5
ETSU	9 - 4	19 - 7
Chattanooga	6 - 7	11 - 15
Samford	5 - 8	15 - 11
The Citadel	3 - 9	11 - 12
Mercer	3 - 9	8 - 16
Western Carolina	3 - 10	6 - 20
VMI	1 - 11	7 - 17

The SoCon Basketball Tournament - 

If it ended today........ After Saturday's games...... 2-10-19

First Round - Friday, March 8 at the U.S. Cellular Center. Asheville, N.C.
Game 1 - #8  Mercer vs.  #9 Western Carolina  5 p.m.
Game 2 - #7  Citadel 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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