I'm personally not ready to give up on the regular season title ... that's the only way to assure that we play at least some sort of postseason basketball, because if we didn't play in the CIT or CBI last year, I can't imagine we would do it this year. And I'm not going to argue that we should. Let's win the league to at least get the NIT berth and then win the whole damn thing in Asheville!soconjohn wrote: ↑Wed Jan 16, 2019 10:30 amAll that matters is Asheville, and no matter where you finish in the Top 6, you will have to beat one or three good teams...I don't see how it matters...The regular-season matters less in the SoCon this year than ever before...Furman just needs to finish in Top 6...That guarantees a bye...From there, Furman will have to beat teams like UNCG, ETSU, Wofford etc. no matter whether it is quarterfinals, semifinals or title game.
(15-3) Furman @ (14-4) Wofford Jan. 19
Television alert: Game is on channel 62 locally.
Since the subject of the postseason been brought up, I’d love to see us in the NIT matched up vs Clemson.
Frankly with our high profile wins we’d stand a god chance at that consolation prize...even if we don’t win the reg season or tourney (but finish with a 24-6 or so record)
Frankly with our high profile wins we’d stand a god chance at that consolation prize...even if we don’t win the reg season or tourney (but finish with a 24-6 or so record)
Right now if you look at the top 4, there is only 1 team behind the 8 ball right now and that is UNCG, as they have a home loss to one of the other top 4 (wofford). You can basically consider FU, Wofford, ETSU all tied for the lead since neither has lost a home game, that really is the only fair way to look at the conference to this point.
That's really an optimistic way to look at things. You could also say WC has the upper hand as they have a win on the road against the top 4. Either way a loss at WC Saturday puts FU 3 games behind WC.DungeonRealm wrote: ↑Thu Jan 17, 2019 8:45 pmRight now if you look at the top 4, there is only 1 team behind the 8 ball right now and that is UNCG, as they have a home loss to one of the other top 4 (wofford). You can basically consider FU, Wofford, ETSU all tied for the lead since neither has lost a home game, that really is the only fair way to look at the conference to this point.
apaladin wrote: ↑Thu Jan 17, 2019 9:36 pmThat's really an optimistic way to look at things. You could also say WC has the upper hand as they have a win on the road against the top 4. Either way a loss at WC Saturday puts FU 3 games behind WC.DungeonRealm wrote: ↑Thu Jan 17, 2019 8:45 pmRight now if you look at the top 4, there is only 1 team behind the 8 ball right now and that is UNCG, as they have a home loss to one of the other top 4 (wofford). You can basically consider FU, Wofford, ETSU all tied for the lead since neither has lost a home game, that really is the only fair way to look at the conference to this point.
True, you could theoretically say:
Woff 1 up
FU and ETSU even
UNCG 1 down
I've got 2 extra tickets. Anybody interested? Furman fans only.
What's the quarantine period for people returning to Greenville from Spartanburg? Is it still 48 hours or has it been reduced to 24 hours?
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If we could somehow win today, and then the next two at home, we would finish first half of SoCon at 7-2. That would be strong.
I would really like to finish 14-4 overall, but 12-6 is probably more realistic.
I would really like to finish 14-4 overall, but 12-6 is probably more realistic.
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If I was a little more disciplined mentally, I could just enjoy each game as it comes, rather than looking ahead.