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ETSU struggled for most of the game at Samford but pulled out a 6 point win.
UNCG trailed VMI for almost the entire second half - by as much as 11 points - but were able to sneak out with a win in the last minute by 3 points.
Western Carolina had a comfortable margin most the second half and won at home over the Citadel by 96-84.
Mercer went to Chattanooga and lead the entire game and won by 85-80.
Attendance strong almost everywhere today. Almost 6100 at Furman, 3500 at Western Carolina, 3100+ at Chattanooga, almost 2600 at VMI. Only 500 at Samford.

ETSU is solid favorite to finish in first place. They would have to lose twice while Furman won twice to not finish first. ETSU does have tricky games at Wofford and home against Western Carolina.
Furman must beat UNCG to have a shot at second. Furman finishes the season with the Citadel and UNCG goes to Chattanooga.
4th through 7th seed is a jumble. Western Carolina and Mercer are a game up on Chattanooga and Wofford. They each finish the season with a game where are favorites and a tough game. Chattanooga has the tiebreaker over Wofford and finishes with one game as favorite (VMI) and one as underdog (UNCG.) Wofford has two games (vs. ETSU, at Mercer) where they are underdogs. Wofford is odds on favored to have to play the first day of the SoCon tournament.
What an odd season for Wofford. They beat Furman and UNCG at home, lost at ETSU and Furman by one point on the road and in OT at UNCG, but are 0-5 against the middle of the pack teams.

As of today I think the SoCon tournament would match Wofford - Citadel and Samford-VMI on the opening day. Quarterfinals would be ETSU - Samford-VMI winner, WCU - Mercer, UNCG - Wofford-Citadel winner, and Furman - Chattanooga.

I don't know who I would rather play in the quarter-finals. UTC played us close both games and has some size and shooters. We have a quickness edge. WCU has Dotson, who is a load down low and a tough point guard in Faulkner. Mercer is the hottest team of the teams in the middle and gave us one real tough game down there. Wofford is the only one to beat us of those four, but has learned to lose lately.

If I’m being honest, I want no part of Wofford again. There’s just some bad mojo when we play them. I’ll take Mercer or UTC if I have to pick.

tya1 wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 23, 2020 12:29 am

ETSU struggled for most of the game at Samford but pulled out a 6 point win.
UNCG trailed VMI for almost the entire second half - by as much as 11 points - but were able to sneak out with a win in the last minute by 3 points.
Western Carolina had a comfortable margin most the second half and won at home over the Citadel by 96-84.
Mercer went to Chattanooga and lead the entire game and won by 85-80.
Attendance strong almost everywhere today. Almost 6100 at Furman, 3500 at Western Carolina, 3100+ at Chattanooga, almost 2600 at VMI. Only 500 at Samford.

ETSU is solid favorite to finish in first place. They would have to lose twice while Furman won twice to not finish first. ETSU does have tricky games at Wofford and home against Western Carolina.
Furman must beat UNCG to have a shot at second. Furman finishes the season with the Citadel and UNCG goes to Chattanooga.
4th through 7th seed is a jumble. Western Carolina and Mercer are a game up on Chattanooga and Wofford. They each finish the season with a game where are favorites and a tough game. Chattanooga has the tiebreaker over Wofford and finishes with one game as favorite (VMI) and one as underdog (UNCG.) Wofford has two games (vs. ETSU, at Mercer) where they are underdogs. Wofford is odds on favored to have to play the first day of the SoCon tournament.
What an odd season for Wofford. They beat Furman and UNCG at home, lost at ETSU and Furman by one point on the road and in OT at UNCG, but are 0-5 against the middle of the pack teams.

As of today I think the SoCon tournament would match Wofford - Citadel and Samford-VMI on the opening day. Quarterfinals would be ETSU - Samford-VMI winner, WCU - Mercer, UNCG - Wofford-Citadel winner, and Furman - Chattanooga.

I don't know who I would rather play in the quarter-finals. UTC played us close both games and has some size and shooters. We have a quickness edge. WCU has Dotson, who is a load down low and a tough point guard in Faulkner. Mercer is the hottest team of the teams in the middle and gave us one real tough game down there. Wofford is the only one to beat us of those four, but has learned to lose lately.

Attendance at VMI is skewed because the students were in attendance, most likely mandatory.

Flagman wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 23, 2020 7:18 am

tya1 wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 23, 2020 12:29 am

ETSU struggled for most of the game at Samford but pulled out a 6 point win.
UNCG trailed VMI for almost the entire second half - by as much as 11 points - but were able to sneak out with a win in the last minute by 3 points.
Western Carolina had a comfortable margin most the second half and won at home over the Citadel by 96-84.
Mercer went to Chattanooga and lead the entire game and won by 85-80.
Attendance strong almost everywhere today. Almost 6100 at Furman, 3500 at Western Carolina, 3100+ at Chattanooga, almost 2600 at VMI. Only 500 at Samford.

ETSU is solid favorite to finish in first place. They would have to lose twice while Furman won twice to not finish first. ETSU does have tricky games at Wofford and home against Western Carolina.
Furman must beat UNCG to have a shot at second. Furman finishes the season with the Citadel and UNCG goes to Chattanooga.
4th through 7th seed is a jumble. Western Carolina and Mercer are a game up on Chattanooga and Wofford. They each finish the season with a game where are favorites and a tough game. Chattanooga has the tiebreaker over Wofford and finishes with one game as favorite (VMI) and one as underdog (UNCG.) Wofford has two games (vs. ETSU, at Mercer) where they are underdogs. Wofford is odds on favored to have to play the first day of the SoCon tournament.
What an odd season for Wofford. They beat Furman and UNCG at home, lost at ETSU and Furman by one point on the road and in OT at UNCG, but are 0-5 against the middle of the pack teams.

As of today I think the SoCon tournament would match Wofford - Citadel and Samford-VMI on the opening day. Quarterfinals would be ETSU - Samford-VMI winner, WCU - Mercer, UNCG - Wofford-Citadel winner, and Furman - Chattanooga.

I don't know who I would rather play in the quarter-finals. UTC played us close both games and has some size and shooters. We have a quickness edge. WCU has Dotson, who is a load down low and a tough point guard in Faulkner. Mercer is the hottest team of the teams in the middle and gave us one real tough game down there. Wofford is the only one to beat us of those four, but has learned to lose lately.

Attendance at VMI is skewed because the students were in attendance, most likely mandatory.

Not skewed at all. Mandatory attendance for students is a good thing.

It is really going to be hard to pull for Woffy over the Bucs Wednesday night, but I guess we need to. The down side is that a Woffy win and a Furman loss to UNCG increases the chances we see the ankle biters in the tourney, and like fanatic said I’d rather not see them again until 2021.

With this team and this conference, none of this really matters much.

Any team we see in this tournament is going to be tough. We'll need to bring our game every night.

….and the problem lies in the fact (right now), depending on Clark's health we have basically six players for a three day tournament.

tim wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 26, 2020 7:39 am

….and the problem lies in the fact (right now), depending on Clark's health we have basically six players for a three day tournament.

Clark should be good by tourney time

Woffy up by 10 against ETSU at the half. Go Terriers!

Woffy trying to blow another game. Now down by 4.

Wofford let us down. Just when I had to pull for them.

Got to give ETSU all the credit. They deserved the #1 seed. Good team. Good fans. It will be an exciting tournament.

I hate Woffy didn’t help us out, but it is sweet to see them with a losing record in the SoCon.

Wofford down by 2 missed 2 FT’s with 13 seconds left. 6 games in a row where they had close to a 10 point lead and lost.

We are now locked in to playing the 6PM game Saturday against the winner of the Wofford/Citadel game.