Wofford and the Finals

[Flagman]

According to the ESPN announcers, Wofford bused 8 buses of students up to Asheville.

[apaladin]

Well, good for them. Maybe one of these days we can make the finals and can do something.

[furpop16]

BTW, who should we for?
UNCG up 31-27 at the half.

[apaladin]

Not watching. I guess UNCG so the conference can get 2 in. If WC wins we will still be a one bid league.

[Fessor]

BTW, who should we for?
UNCG up 31-27 at the half.

UNC-G, we want the team that beat us to win it and we want two teams in NCAA.

[fufanatic]

Definitely pulling for G. More money in Furman’s pocket and we would have lost to the champion, for whatever that’s worth. Plus I don’t want to see Wofford go undefeated all year in conference. They’ve become my Patriots.

[furpop16]

Not watching. I guess UNCG so the conference can get 2 in. If WC wins we will still be a one bid league.

I'm not watching, either. But I am keeping an eye on Live Stats
Tied at 49 with 8min remaining

[Fessor]

Dickey looks a lot like Cornbread Maxwell. He also looks a lot like Marge Simpson.

[purplehorse]

UNCG played well enough to win and easily could have won. They played great!

Down 5 with 2:32 left.

[apaladin]

They had a meltdown like we had last night. They were up 5 with 5 to goi, now down 5 with 2plus to go, Sort of like we did they kept putting WC on the line.

[furpop16]

They had a meltdown like we had last night. They were up 5 with 5 to goi, now down 5 with 2plus to go,

Yep; tied at 55 with 3-1/2 to go ... and UNCG ain't scored since. Woffy ahead by nine with 1:11 to play.

[apaladin]

UNCG was up 55-50 with 5 to go and WC went on a 20-2 run before uncg added a free throw to make it a 20-3 run. Final 70-58. Their meltdown was worse than ours. They know how we felt last might.

[Flagman]

Definitely pulling for G. More money in Furman’s pocket and we would have lost to the champion, for whatever that’s worth. Plus I don’t want to see Wofford go undefeated all year in conference. They’ve become my Patriots.

Not sure it means more money for Furman. A recent article posted here indicated the money goes to the conference for operational expenses and a fund for conference improvements. I'm guessing it's a trickle-down fund to ultimately help teams with self-improvement. An effort to assist schools upgrade their video capabilities to reach the ESPN platforms was cited.

[DungeonRealm]

Furman made 6 NCAA tourney appearances in a 10 year span from 1971-1980 and won 1 game, then began this 40 year drought

Wofford has made 5 in 10 years and won 0 games, after this season they can begin their own 40 year drought from the Big Dance

[apaladin]

Tonight on the news, WC coach Mike Young in his postgame said "he was happy for his team but would be very sad if Greensboro or Furman didn't get a chance. That deserve it" That was pretty classy.