• SoCon Tournament

 #11158  by apaladin
 Thu Feb 28, 2019 10:15 pm
If we win at Chattanooga we finish 3rd and unless there are huge upsets we will play Mercer in the 3-6 game. Unless Samford beats WC they will have to play Friday in the 7-10 game if they finish tied with Mercer as Mercer beat them twice. If we lose to Chattanooga we will have to turn around and play UTC in the 4-5 game.
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 #11162  by DungeonRealm
 Thu Feb 28, 2019 10:20 pm
apaladin wrote:
Thu Feb 28, 2019 10:15 pm
If we win at Chattanooga we finish 3rd and unless there are huge upsets we will play Mercer in the 3-6 game. Unless Samford beats WC they will have to play Friday in the 7-10 game if they finish tied with Mercer as Mercer beat them twice. If we lose to Chattanooga we will have to turn around and play UTC in the 4-5 game.
I like the way things are looking at the moment
 #11184  by fufanatic
 Fri Mar 01, 2019 2:01 pm
DungeonRealm wrote:
Thu Feb 28, 2019 10:20 pm
apaladin wrote:
Thu Feb 28, 2019 10:15 pm
If we win at Chattanooga we finish 3rd and unless there are huge upsets we will play Mercer in the 3-6 game. Unless Samford beats WC they will have to play Friday in the 7-10 game if they finish tied with Mercer as Mercer beat them twice. If we lose to Chattanooga we will have to turn around and play UTC in the 4-5 game.
I like the way things are looking at the moment
Agreed, we’ve looked in control of Mercer in both games this year. Would be ok with UTC too, but twice in less than a week could be tough. No thanks on Sanford again.
 #11185  by tim
 Fri Mar 01, 2019 2:44 pm
DungeonRealm wrote:
Thu Feb 28, 2019 10:20 pm
apaladin wrote:
Thu Feb 28, 2019 10:15 pm
If we win at Chattanooga we finish 3rd and unless there are huge upsets we will play Mercer in the 3-6 game. Unless Samford beats WC they will have to play Friday in the 7-10 game if they finish tied with Mercer as Mercer beat them twice. If we lose to Chattanooga we will have to turn around and play UTC in the 4-5 game.
I like the way things are looking at the moment
Yeah, and with a tanking(I think) UNCG squad in the semis, things are coming around. Of course who knows who will suddenly get hot.
 #11186  by CharlieFU
 Fri Mar 01, 2019 2:59 pm
3 vs 6 game is that damn 8:30pm slot. Not good for the team or the fans. Gotta make sure it doesn't effect our play!
 #11187  by gman
 Fri Mar 01, 2019 3:11 pm
tim wrote:
Fri Mar 01, 2019 2:44 pm
DungeonRealm wrote:
Thu Feb 28, 2019 10:20 pm
apaladin wrote:
Thu Feb 28, 2019 10:15 pm
If we win at Chattanooga we finish 3rd and unless there are huge upsets we will play Mercer in the 3-6 game. Unless Samford beats WC they will have to play Friday in the 7-10 game if they finish tied with Mercer as Mercer beat them twice. If we lose to Chattanooga we will have to turn around and play UTC in the 4-5 game.
I like the way things are looking at the moment
Yeah, and with a tanking(I think) UNCG squad in the semis, things are coming around. Of course who knows who will suddenly get hot.
UNCG is 25-5 and will finish in second place. They won 8 straight, then lost to us and Woffy. They have won 3 in a row since those losses. I don’t think they are tanking.
 #11189  by Paul C
 Fri Mar 01, 2019 4:04 pm
Maybe tanking is too strong but they’ve not been impressive since their 2 game losing streak. A 1 pt win at home over ETSU was a good win. But needed OT to beat Western at home (so did we but we are playing a lot better now) and they they struggled to slip by a hot shooting Citadel team last night.
 #11193  by FU03times
 Fri Mar 01, 2019 8:38 pm
In case it has not been said yet- Furman spring break is starting today until next Sunday. It’s very likely there will be a student crowd for Saturday and Sunday game and I can assume students will be willing to drive up for the Monday night game!!!
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 #11195  by tya1
 Fri Mar 01, 2019 8:55 pm
Paul C wrote:
Fri Mar 01, 2019 4:04 pm
Maybe tanking is too strong but they’ve not been impressive since their 2 game losing streak. A 1 pt win at home over ETSU was a good win. But needed OT to beat Western at home (so did we but we are playing a lot better now) and they they struggled to slip by a hot shooting Citadel team last night.
UNCG has been winning close games against much lower ranked teams all year. Here are some of their other margins of victory and the Pomeroy rank of the team they beat -

NC A&T #313 (won by 8); Elon #315 (won by 1); North Alabama #287 (won by 5); VMI #290 (won by 3.)

Last year they were lucky to beat VMI in one game but knocked us off twice, won the conference, and took Gonzaga to the wire in the NCAAs. 25-5 is the main number I see for them.
 #11197  by DungeonRealm
 Fri Mar 01, 2019 9:52 pm
FU03times wrote:
Fri Mar 01, 2019 8:38 pm
In case it has not been said yet- Furman spring break is starting today until next Sunday. It’s very likely there will be a student crowd for Saturday and Sunday game and I can assume students will be willing to drive up for the Monday night game!!!
That's great news!
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 #11228  by purplehorse
 Sat Mar 02, 2019 3:32 pm
I like our chances against Mercer in the tourney. Sure “on a given day” but no doubt who the better team is. We are more talented.

The two teams I would least like to play are ETSU and Wofford and we will not play one of those teams until the final.

UNCG will be tough but we can absolutely beat them.
Last edited by purplehorse on Sat Mar 02, 2019 9:56 pm, edited 1 time in total.
 #11234  by DungeonRealm
 Sat Mar 02, 2019 3:40 pm
Looks like we will be playing Mercer, unless Mercer upsets UNCG today
 #11319  by FU03times
 Sun Mar 03, 2019 10:32 pm
In case anyone cares, there’s a social media contest for hashtags on twitter, and we are on the “championship” game vs ETSU :lol:
Needless to say twitter world is full of ETSU fans so we are not doing too great currently, but we have 14 hours to turn it around if we all share it and vote for our hashtag...or at least not lose to ETSU by a 80% margin :roll:

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