Friday, March 1, 2019

SoCon Basketball - Friday, March 1, 2019


The final day of conference play for this season takes place on Saturday.
Here are Saturday's games:


Citadel (12-16) at VMI (9-20) 1 pm ESPN+

#24 Wofford (25-4) at Samford (16-14) 2 pm ESPN3

Furman (23-6) at Chattanooga (12-18) 2 pm ESPN+

Western Carolina (7-23) at ETSU (22-8) 4 pm ESPN+

UNCG (25-5) at Mercer (11-18) 4:30 pm ESPN+


NCAA NET Rankings     (Feb. 27, 2019)
  19 - Wofford
  47 - Furman
  61 - UNCG
  66 - ETSU
158 - Samford
184 - Mercer
258 - Citadel
270 - Chattanooga
289 - Western Carolina
322 - VMI

Conference RPI  - RealTime RPI   (as of Feb. 28, 2019)
#11 Southern Conference
#12 A-10
#13 C-USA
#17 Sun Belt
#18 CAA
#20 OVC
#21 Atlantic Sun
#26 Big South

Sagarin Rankings  (Feb 28, 2019)
  40 - Wofford
  78 - Furman
  86 - ETSU
  95 - UNCG
178 - Samford
182 - Mercer
261 - Chattanooga
264 - Citadel
301 - Western Carolina
321 - VMI



Conference Standings as of 2-21-19

Basketball (M)ConferenceOverall
Wofford17 - 025 - 4
UNCG14 - 325 - 5
Furman12 - 523 - 6
ETSU12 - 522 - 8
Chattanooga7 - 1012 - 18
Samford6 - 1116 - 14
Mercer6 - 1111 - 18
The Citadel4 - 1312 - 16
Western Carolina4 - 137 - 23
VMI3 - 149 - 20



The SoCon Basketball Tournament - 

If it ended today........ After Thursday's games...... 2-28-19

First Round - Friday, March 8 at the U.S. Cellular Center. Asheville, N.C.
Game 1 -  #8 Western Carolina  vs.  #9 Citadel   at 5 p.m.
Game 2 -  #7 Samford  vs.  #10 VMI   at 7:30 p.m.

Quarterfinals - Saturday, March 9 at the U.S. Cellular Center
Game 3 -  #1 Wofford  vs.  Winner Game 1 (WCU/Citadel)  at 12 p.m.
Game 4 -  #4 ETSU  vs.  #5 Chattanooga   at 2:30 p.m.
Game 5 -  #2 UNCG  vs.  Winner Game 2 (Samford/VMI)  at 6 p.m.
Game 6 -  #3 Furman  vs.  #6 Mercer   at 8:30 p.m.


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