SOCON Tournament Seed

[Sad Din]

SD beleives playing Sam as late as possible would b good since legs will be shot with their style of play

[stonemd]

Locked up
#1 Samford
#9 Citadel
#10 VMI

For tie breaks between teams that could end up tied

UNCG wins all tie breaks
Chat only wins v WCU
Furman wins v Wofford, WCU, Chat
WCU wins v Mercer
Wofford wins v Mercer
Mercer loses all tie breaks
ETSU wins v Mercer

ETSU / Wofford tie break goes to Wofford if they beat Samford or ETSU loses to Chat

WCU / Wofford tie break goes to Wofford if they beat Samford or if WCU loses to both Furman and Chat

With a very likely Wofford win against VMI — Mercer and ETSU would be relegated to the Friday games.

[Paladin68]

According to the tournament website the 4 vs 5 winner would play at 6:30 on Suday.

[PaladinPower]

Not sure what bracket you’re looking at. The 4/5 winner will play the 1/8 winner at 4 on Sunday.

[Paladin91]

Not sure what bracket you’re looking at. The 4/5 winner will play the 1/8 winner at 4 on Sunday.

Correct. 4/5 plays 1/8 at 4 pm. Did FU ever move spring break week? Guessing not.

[stonemd]

#1 Samford
#2 or 3 UNCG 12 wins @Etsu
#2 or 3 Chat 12 w v WCU
Uncg wins tie break over Chat
Uncg is #2 unless uncg loses and Chatt wins

#4 or 5 Furman 10 w v Mercer
#4 5 or6 WCU 10w @chat
#5 or 6 Wofford 9w @ VMI
Furman wins tiebreak over Wofford and wcu
Wofford wins tie break over WCU
Assuming Wofford over vmi -
If wcu wins at Chatt then furman v wcu on Saturday
If wcu loses to Chatt then Furman v Wofford Saturday

#7 or 8 ETSU 7w v UNCG
#7 or 8 Mercer 7w @Furman
ETSU wins tiebreak w Mercer
ETSU is #7 unless ETSU L and Mercer win

#9 Citadel
#10 VMI

[stonemd]

My guess

1 Samford v 8Mercer/9Citadel
4 Furman v 5 Wofford

2 UNCG v 7ETSU/10VMI
3 Chat v 6 WCU

Samford won’t like this as the only 3 teams that beat Samford are on their side of the bracket.

[apaladin]

According to the tournament website the 4 vs 5 winner would play at 6:30 on Suday.

That is game 4 and game 5 winners not seeds.

[KingPaladin]

Not sure what bracket you’re looking at. The 4/5 winner will play the 1/8 winner at 4 on Sunday.

Correct. 4/5 plays 1/8 at 4 pm. Did FU ever move spring break week? Guessing not.

Spring break is this upcoming week (Sunday 3/3-Saturday 3/9, so most students won't be back except for possible Sunday championship

[KingPaladin]

So technically a week earlier, but people won't come back with a full weekend of break remaining

[apaladin]

So technically a week earlier, but people won't come back with a full weekend of break remaining

Yep they will miss Saturday and Sunday most likely but could go Monday IF in the championship game.

[apaladin]

Well the dust has settled and the favorites besides the obvious Samford have emerged:
Best Chance: Samford, UNCG, WCU
Little to no chance: UTC, WC, FU, MU
No chance: Cit, VMI, ETSU

[Sad Din]

Well the dust has settled and the favorites besides the obvious Samford have emerged:
Best Chance: Samford, UNCG, WCU
Little to no chance: UTC, WC, FU, MU
No chance: Cit, VMI, ETSU

would do a little differently

Favorite: Samford
HIgh Contenders: UNCG, WCU, UTC
Possible Contendrs: FU, WU
Dark Horse: MU
Upset Special: Cit, VMI, ETSU

[Paladin91]

Favorite: UNCG
High Contenders: Samford, WCU
Possible Contenders: MU, Chatt, WC
Dark Horse: ETSU
Need Some DIvine Intervention: FU, CIt, VMI

I think MU is playing well, much better than Furman. Even though they are playing on Day 1, I give them a 50/50 chance of beating Samford on a neutral court. McCreary is the real deal and I like their support players (they hustle). I'd watch out for ETSU - they haven't played that well, but they are an athletic bunch.

[apaladin]

Here is the lineup:
Friday:
Citadel vs. Mercer
ETSU vs. VMI
Saturday:
12:00 Mercer vs. Samford
2:30 ETSU vs. UNCG
6:00 Wofford vs. UTC
8:30 Furman vs. WCU
Sunday
4:00 WCU vs. Samford
6:30 Wofford vs. UNCG
Monday
WCU vs. UNCG
Wish FU could have fallen to 6th, much better chance vs. utc than wcu.