Can't argue that. Currently ETSU seems to be the team to beat. Don't know how much stock to put in their win over LSU last night. LSU is not near as good as last year. Even though they were 7-2 going into that game last night they had played a pretty weak schedule with their best win being Rhide Island. With that said ETSU did dominate them especially on the boards where they outrebounded LSU by 11.
SoCon Score of Note
Sagarin's Conference Rankings this morning has the SoCon at #13, between the MAC(W) and the Missouri Valley. Apparently Sagarin finds the disparity between the east & west divisions of the Mid-American great enough to rank them separately, making it challenging to compare apples-to-apples with ranking schemes that don't; nevertheless I don't recall ever seeing the SoCon so highly regarded.
http://sagarin.com/sports/cbsend.htm
http://sagarin.com/sports/cbsend.htm
Latest KenPom rankings have 3 SoCon teams ranked in the top 77. ETSU #69, Furman #75 and UNCG #77. That's pretty strong.
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Sagarin breaks up the MAC into two divisions because they do. The MAC is the only conference that does that for basketball. A lot of people think Sagarin should list them as just one conference for ratings purpose. I suppose the SoCon was treated the same way back when it had two divisions, but I don't remember.furpop16 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 22, 2019 11:46 amSagarin's Conference Rankings this morning has the SoCon at #13, between the MAC(W) and the Missouri Valley. Apparently Sagarin finds the disparity between the east & west divisions of the Mid-American great enough to rank them separately, making it challenging to compare apples-to-apples with ranking schemes that don't; nevertheless I don't recall ever seeing the SoCon so highly regarded.
http://sagarin.com/sports/cbsend.htm
I kinda felt that way too until I watched ETSU a couple of games. They are very impressive and could run the table like WC did last year. Of course WC was good last year but they also had a couple lucky wins in the conference too. ETSU has size and shooting that will be hard to beat. They killed LSU on the boards. I hope I am wrong but I don't see them losing more than one or two if any. This is what being a transfer factory/destination can do for you.
1-10 Kennesaw St. leads WC 37-34 at half.
Wofford beat Kennesaw State 83-70. Kennesaw State was playing at home for only the third time this year.
Loyola (IL) leads Davidson 42-39 with about 12 minutes to go in the game.
The Citadel plays N.C.State and Mercer plays Florida Atlantic later today.
Andrew Taylor lead Marshall with 27 points but Northern Iowa won the game 88-80.
Loyola (IL) leads Davidson 42-39 with about 12 minutes to go in the game.
The Citadel plays N.C.State and Mercer plays Florida Atlantic later today.
Andrew Taylor lead Marshall with 27 points but Northern Iowa won the game 88-80.
I think I would pick USC to finish 5th if they were in the SoCon. Clempson 6th, or maybe the other way around. 