The Southern Conference Tournament looks to be a barn-burner this year. After being dominated by Davidson from 2006-2008, the Conference has provided two different champions and four new teams in the title game in the last two editions. The 90th tournament is being held on the campus of the North Division second seed, the Chattanooga Mocs, for the third time. The Mocs won the championship each of the previous two times the tournament was held there.
The top two seeds in each division receive a first round bye, with Chattanooga and Western …
Western Carolina 70, College of Charleston 62
The regular-season finale in a Carolina-flavored mid-major conference didn’t possess a lot of meaning for one team, but it sure meant the world to the other, and that’s why a conference tournament will acquire an architecture that’s different from what everyone initially expected.
The Western Carolina Catamounts defeated the College of Charleston Cougars in Southern Conference competition from the Ramsey Center in Cullowhee, North Carolina, on Saturday afternoon. The win secured the Catamounts the No. 1 seed in the Northern Division. The Cougars had already …
Chattanooga 75, Furman 59
Just when the prospect of total free-fall loomed as a scary possibility, the Chattanooga Choo-Choo got back on the tracks and avoided one more basketball derailment. A season that was headed south in the Southern Conference might still find its true north after all.
The Chattanooga Moccasins defeated the Furman Paladins in a highly important Southern Conference matchup from McKenzie Arena in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on Monday evening. The win kept the Mocs tied above the North Division of the SoCon with Western Carolina at 11-5. Furman fell to …
College of Charleston 85, Vermont 70
Perhaps in some years, a BracketBuster victory carries with it a considerable amount of prestige and NCAA resume value. In 2011, the leaders of the Southern Conference merely notched another win in the midst of more urgent business.
The College of Charleston Cougars defeated the Vermont Catamounts in BracketBuster competition on Saturday afternoon from the Carolina First Center in Charleston, South Carolina. The Cougars improved to 21-7 overall, won their sixth in a row, and showed the nation why they have been the pride of …
Western Carolina 80, Appalachian State 75
The comeback has been spectacular for the team from Cullowhee, North Carolina. Now, the only question is, “Can Western Carolina finish the job?”
The Western Carolina Catamounts scored an important road victory over the Appalachian State Mountaineers in Southern Conference competition from the Holmes Center in Boone, North Carolina, on Thursday evening. The win moved the Catamounts into a first-place tie with Chattanooga atop the North Division of the Southern Conference. The Mountaineers fell to 8-8 in conference play and are merely biding their time before …