• SoCon Big 3

 #24514  by DungeonRealm
 Sat Jan 25, 2020 9:03 pm
ETSU 18-3
Furman 17-5
UNCG 16-5

;)

Should be a fun race here down the stretch!
 #24515  by DungeonRealm
 Sat Jan 25, 2020 9:07 pm
Don't think you will find a better top 3 in any other mid-major league in the country honestly
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 #24517  by furpop16
 Sat Jan 25, 2020 9:19 pm
Not so fast. WCU looked pretty good, tonight, and they host UNCG Wednesday to finish their first halves.
 #24520  by DungeonRealm
 Sat Jan 25, 2020 11:12 pm
furpop16 wrote:
Sat Jan 25, 2020 9:19 pm
Not so fast. WCU looked pretty good, tonight, and they host UNCG Wednesday to finish their first halves.
These have and are clearly the Big 3 in the league, all 3 have been the only consistent major players in the SoCon each and every year for the past 4 years (only woffys one off last year was the only blip in the ETSU, FU, UNCG SoCon Big 3 Era)

I expect this to continue for at least the remainder of this season and next (possibly longer) and will be greater highlighted once we punch our ticket to the Dance this year or next (or both)
Fun times!
 #24522  by furpop16
 Sun Jan 26, 2020 1:01 am
DungeonRealm wrote:
Sat Jan 25, 2020 11:12 pm
These have and are clearly the Big 3 in the league, all 3 have been the only consistent major players in the SoCon each and every year for the past 4 years (only woffys one off last year was the only blip in the ETSU, FU, UNCG SoCon Big 3 Era)

I reviewed the standings for the prior three seasons and I see your point. I agree with you.
 #24523  by purplehorse
 Sun Jan 26, 2020 2:38 am
I am proud of Furman for not losing to any of the lower teams in the conference (considering Wofford in the top 4).

Personally I would take another 7-2 in the second half making us 14-4 in the conference). That would probably put us finishing 2nd or 3rd in the conference. Time will tell. Need to peak at the right time.
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 #24527  by DungeonRealm
 Sun Jan 26, 2020 7:33 am
purplehorse wrote:
Sun Jan 26, 2020 2:38 am
I am proud of Furman for not losing to any of the lower teams in the conference (considering Wofford in the top 4).

Personally I would take another 7-2 in the second half making us 14-4 in the conference). That would probably put us finishing 2nd or 3rd in the conference. Time will tell. Need to peak at the right time.
I like the timing of having next Saturday off in between 2 home games, this is a good time for us to get some rest for our top 7 players to get ready for this stretch run coming up!
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 #24532  by stonemd
 Sun Jan 26, 2020 11:55 am
Last 3 years regular season
Losses
UNCG 10, ETSU 13, Furman 14, Wofford 15

Last 4 years regular season
ETSU 17, UNCG 18, Furman 21, Wofford 22

Other teams way behind
IMHO I think there has been a top 4 for the last 3 or 4 years
The outlier was UTC winning in 2016 but lousy since
 #24536  by apaladin
 Sun Jan 26, 2020 2:57 pm
Don't think we can be considered part of Big 3 until we can beat WC at least once every couple of years. Until then you can't exclude WC from a big 3 or 4.
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 #24537  by DungeonRealm
 Sun Jan 26, 2020 3:09 pm
apaladin wrote:
Sun Jan 26, 2020 2:57 pm
Don't think we can be considered part of Big 3 until we can beat WC at least once every couple of years. Until then you can't exclude WC from a big 3 or 4.
To hell with that, there is only a big 3 of ETSU, FU and UNCG over the past 4 years, woffy last 4 years has a 5th place finish in 2017, 5th place finish in 2018 and current 5th place in 2020, they don't belong in this discussion of consistency over the past 4 years in the SoCon and that's the bottom line.
 #24538  by furpop16
 Sun Jan 26, 2020 3:19 pm
DungeonRealm wrote:
Sun Jan 26, 2020 3:09 pm
apaladin wrote:
Sun Jan 26, 2020 2:57 pm
Don't think we can be considered part of Big 3 until we can beat WC at least once every couple of years. Until then you can't exclude WC from a big 3 or 4.
To hell with that, there is only a big 3 of ETSU, FU and UNCG over the past 4 years, woffy last 4 years has a 5th place finish in 2017, 5th place finish in 2018 and current 5th place in 2020, they don't belong in this discussion of consistency over the past 4 years in the SoCon and that's the bottom line.

Of course, this doesn't mean that Wofford hasn't set-up camp inside our guys' heads.
 #24542  by DungeonRealm
 Sun Jan 26, 2020 4:09 pm
furpop16 wrote:
Sun Jan 26, 2020 3:19 pm
DungeonRealm wrote:
Sun Jan 26, 2020 3:09 pm
apaladin wrote:
Sun Jan 26, 2020 2:57 pm
Don't think we can be considered part of Big 3 until we can beat WC at least once every couple of years. Until then you can't exclude WC from a big 3 or 4.
To hell with that, there is only a big 3 of ETSU, FU and UNCG over the past 4 years, woffy last 4 years has a 5th place finish in 2017, 5th place finish in 2018 and current 5th place in 2020, they don't belong in this discussion of consistency over the past 4 years in the SoCon and that's the bottom line.

Of course, this doesn't mean that Wofford hasn't set-up camp inside our guys' heads.

As long as we handle business on Feb. 22nd woffy will only have a slight edge (6-4) against us since 2016, that's not a big deal, but certainly protecting Gville when they come to town will be very important
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 #25323  by DungeonRealm
 Sat Feb 15, 2020 8:54 pm
The SoCon Big 3 over the past 5 years ETSU, Furman, UNCG keep on cruising

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