SoCon Basketball Update Feb. 22
Five seeds locked for Southern Conference Tournament
College of Charleston (No. 1 South), Appalachian State (No. 3 North), Davidson (No. 4 South), The Citadel (No. 5 South) and Georgia Southern (No. 6 South) all are locked into seeds for the SoCon Tournament, which will begin March 4 at McKenzie Arena in Chattanooga, Tenn.
Appalachian will play Georgia Southern in the first round on March 4. The winner of that game will face either Furman or Wofford, whichever locks the No. 2 seed in the South later this week, in the quarterfinals on March 5.
ASU’s first-round game time will depend on the seeding for Chattanooga, which will be accommodated with an evening game in its home arena. If the Mocs are the No. 1 seed in the North, the ASU-Georgia Southern game will tip off about 9:30 p.m. If the Mocs are No. 2, the ASU-Georgia Southern game will begin about 4:30 p.m.
SoCon ranking
Teams get two points for a road win, one point for a home win, minus-one for a road loss and minus-two for a home loss (conference games only).
1. College of Charleston (17 points)
2. Furman (11)
Wofford (11)
4. Western Carolina (10)
5. Chattanooga (9)
6. Appalachian State (1)
Davidson (1)
8. Elon (-7)
9. The Citadel (-10)
UNC Greensboro (-10)
11. Samford (-13)
12. Georgia Southern (-19)
Stock watch: Elon up two spots from last week.
Hot and cold:
College of Charleston and Western Carolina (7-game winning streaks), Wofford (3-game winning streak)
The Citadel (7-game losing streak), Samford (5-game losing streak), UNCG (4-game losing streak)
North vs. South:
South Division leads 24-16.