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Tuesday, February 26, 2019

SoCon Basketball - Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019


Well, folks, we are finally there, the last full week of conference action with games scheduled for Thursday and Saturday. While a lot of the conference tournament seeding is finalized, there's still some movement up or down to be made.


Thursday's games:

#24 Wofford (24-4) at Chattanooga (12-17) 7 pm  ESPN+

Mercer (11-17) at VMI (8-20) 7 pm  ESPN3

UNCG (24-5) at  Citadel (12-15) 7 pm  ESPN+

Furman (22-6) at Samford (16-13) 7:30 pm  ESPN+


NCAA NET Rankings     (Feb. 24, 2019)
  19 - Wofford
  48 - Furman
  61 - UNCG
  65 - ETSU
161 - Samford
186 - Mercer
258 - Citadel
270 - Chattanooga

289 - Western Carolina
321 - VMI

Conference RPI  - RealTime RPI   (as of Feb. 25, 2019)
#11 Southern Conference
#12 A-10
#14 C-USA
#17 Sun Belt
#18 CAA
#20 OVC
#21 Atlantic Sun
#26 Big South

Sagarin Rankings  (Feb 24, 2019)
  41 - Wofford
  79 - Furman
  85 - ETSU
  95 - UNCG
178 - Samford
181 - Mercer
262 - Chattanooga
264 - Citadel
299 - Western Carolina
320 - 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)ConferenceOverall
Wofford15 - 023 - 4
UNCG12 - 323 - 5
ETSU12 - 422 - 7
Furman11 - 422 - 5
Chattanooga7 - 812 - 16
Samford6 - 916 - 12
Mercer5 - 1010 - 17
Western Carolina4 - 127 - 22
The Citadel3 - 1211 - 15
VMI1 - 147 - 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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