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Southern Conference Tournament Preview

EMoyer — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 14:44:38 +0000

Eric Moyer is the RTC correspondent for the Atlantic Sun Conference and Southern Conference and a contributor to the RTC SEC Microsite. You can find him on Twitter @EricDMoyer.

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Davidson earned its 11th Division title since the SoCon went to the division format in 1995 (the most among SoCon schools – Chattanooga is 2nd with eight). De’Mon Brooks won the fourth SoCon Player of the Year for Davidson in the last eight years (Brandan Winters, 2005; Stephen Curry, 2008, 2009). UNC Greensboro’s Wes Millerearned the Coach of the Year by the SoCon Sports Media Association becoming the the first conference coach of the year in [...]

Checking In On…the Southern Conference

EMoyer — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 21:04:51 +0000

Eric Moyer is the RTC correspondent for the Southern Conference and Atlantic Sun Conference and a contributor to the RTC SEC Microsite. You can follow him on Twitter @EricDMoyer.

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Bye Bye: Davidson and UNC Greensboro secured first-round byes into the SoCon Tournament as top seeds of the South and North Division, respectively. The last remaining spots will be decided until after Saturday’s finales. Busted: In BracketBusters, the SoCon split its four games as College of Charleston and Appalachian State scored victories but Davidson and Wofford dropped their respective contests. Academic Honors: Student-athletes earned spots on the 2012 Capital One Academic All-America [...]

Checking In On…The Southern Conference

EMoyer — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:58:45 +0000

Eric Moyer is the RTC correspondent for the Southern Conference and Atlantic Sun Conference and a contributor to the RTC SEC Microsite. You can follow him on Twitter @EricDMoyer.

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Taking a Break: On Monday, College of Charleston head coach Bobby Cremins said he was physically exhausted and was advised by his doctors to take “drastic changes or risk jeopardizing his long-term health.” In his absence, Mark Byington has gone 3-2. Hot ‘Dogs: Samford earned its first-ever win against Davidson, a 77-74 decision on Jan 28, handing the Wildcats their lone SoCon loss of the season … After earning [...]

Checking In On… the Southern Conference

rtmsf — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:01:03 +0000

Eric Moyer is the RTC correspondent for the Southern Conference and Atlantic Sun Conference and a contributor to the RTC SEC Microsite. You can find him on Twitter @EricDMoyer

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Davidson created some separation in the South Division, besting Charleston, 87-69, on Saturday. The Cougars then lost at Georgia Southern on Monday to fall behind the Eagles, as well as Wofford, in the South standings. Jake Cohen led the Wildcats as he matched his career-high with 29 points (24 coming in the first half). In the North Division, Elon remained in first place, defeating preseason favorite Chattanooga, 88-87, on [...]

Checking In On… the Southern Conference

rtmsf — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:53:55 +0000

Eric Moyer is the RTC correspondent for the Southern Conference. You can find him on Twitter @EricDMoyer.

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In the only regular-season meeting between Western Carolina and Davidson, the Wildcats established SoCon supremacy by beating the Catamounts, 88-67, in a contest between the early division leaders on Thursday. Jake Cohen, who entered averaging 12.4 points per game, torched the Catamounts for 26 points and connected on all four of his three-point attempts. Davidson has now won 13 of its last 14 SoCon regular-season games, dating back to last season. Meanwhile, College of Charleston – who entered Thursday one game [...]

RTC Conference Primers: #15 – Southern Conference

rtmsf — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:01:09 +0000

Will Rothschild is the RTC correspondent for the Southern and the Atlantic Sun conferences. He can be found on twitter @warothschild.

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The Arrival of Adjehi Baru. The highest-rated prospect ever to choose the College of Charleston, Baru is a 6’9″ native of the Ivory Coast who picked the Cougars from a final group that included North Carolina, Maryland and Virginia Tech. Bobby Cremins has always been known as a great recruiter – if not exactly John Wooden on the bench – but this was clearly his biggest coup since he beat out North Carolina, Georgetown, St. [...]

Checking in on… the SoCon

Brian Goodman — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 20:04:38 +0000

Clark Williams is the RTC correspondent for the Southern Conference

[Ed. Note – the following piece was written in advance of Saturday’s action.]

A Look Back

As the weather warms, so too does the race for the SoCon conference championship. Andrew Goudelock and the Cougars of College of Charleston still remain the favorite, but four teams are within three games of the Cougars, and with two weeks left, nothing is certain. UNC-Greensboro is continuing its rise out of the cellar, and has boosted their conference win total to five. This wouldn’t be noteworthy, however, if [...]

Checking in on… the SoCon

Brian Goodman — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 02:28:40 +0000

Clark Williams is the RTC correspondent for the Southern Conference.

A Look Back

Greetings, fellow SoCon hoops lovers. Let’s jump right into it. All season long, UNC-Greensboro has been making headlines for all the wrong reasons. Not only had they lost every game, but they were getting run off the court. Nothing was working for them. Two weeks ago, they were at the bottom of my power rankings, and were receiving national media attention for being one of the two remaining zero-win teams in DI hoops. Since then, they have won three out of their last [...]

Checking in on… the Southland

Brian Goodman — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 03:42:16 +0000

Clark Williams is the RTC correspondent for the Southland Conference.

A Look Back

Howdy, hoop fans. I hope everyone is staying warm. The SoCon itself is beginning to heat up, as conference play is well underway. College of Charleston made national headlines after upsetting Tennessee on the Vols’ home court on New Years Eve. The Cougars have continued their strong play with huge road victories against then-conference leaders Furman and Wofford. The Spartans of UNC-Greensboro have also been gaining national attention, although for all the wrong reasons. The hapless Spartans have still yet to win a game, and they are running out [...]

Checking in on… the SoCon

Brian Goodman — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 16:30:20 +0000

RTC welcomes Clark Williams, our new Southern Conference correspondent.

[ed. note: this post was written prior to Friday/Saturday games]

A Look Back

I hope everybody had quite the festive and merry holiday. Let’s talk SoCon basketball, shall we? Furman’s month-long win streak has come to an end, after the Paladins fell to the Golden Knights of UCF on Wednesday in the first round of the UCF Holiday Classic. Also on Wednesday, Georgia Southern came back from a 27-point halftime deficit and nearly upset the Auburn Tigers, but eventually fell [...]

Checking in on… the SoCon

rtmsf — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:55:13 +0000

Justin Glover is the RTC correspondent for the Southern Conference.

Updated Standings

NORTH CONF. W-L OVERALL W-L Appalachian State 12-5 19-11 Western Carolina 10-7 20-10 Chattanooga 6-11 14-16 Samford 5-12 11-18 UNC Greensboro 5-12 6-22 Elon 5-12 8-21 SOUTH CONF. W-L OVERALL W-L Wofford 14-3 22-8 Charleston 13-4 19-10 Davidson 10-7 15-14 Citadel 9-8 15-14 Furman 7-10 13-15 Georgia Southern 6-11 9-21

Quick Hits – With the Southern Conference season ending on Saturday it looks like the conference champions of their respective divisions are clinched. Congratulations to Appalachian State (12-5) for winning the North division thanks to a season sweep against Western Carolina this season. Also the Wofford Terriers for winning the South division with a solid 14-3 conference record. The Terriers clinched the division title on Thursday night with a 74-68 win at home. The conference tournament starts on [...]

Checking in on… the SoCon

rtmsf — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 01:39:00 +0000

Justin Glover is the RTC correspondent for the Southern Conference.

Updated Standings

North Appalachian St. 9-4 15-10 Western Carolina 8-5 18-7 Chattanooga 5-8 13-13 Samford 4-9 10-15 Elon 4-9 6-18 UNC Greensboro 4-9 5-19 South College of Charleston 12-3 17-9 Wofford 10-3 18-8 Davidson 7-5 12-12 Citadel 7-6 13-12 Furman 5-8 11-13 Georgia Southern 3-9 6-19

Quick Hits.

Appalachian State has won two-straight conference games to take over first place in the North Division. Western Carolina has been reeling of late after losing on the road against Elon. WCU with the loss is now second in the division. Georgia Southern is the most disappointing team to date with a dismal 3-9 conference record and 6-19 overall record. The Eagles have struggled on the road this season.

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Checking in on… the SoCon

jstevrtc — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:10:15 +0000

Justin Glover is the RTC correspondent for the Southern Conference.

Updated Standings: NORTH (CONF/OVER)

Western Carolina 6-3 16-5 Appalachian State 6-3 12-8 Chattanooga 4-5 12-10 UNC Greensboro 4-6 5-16 Samford 3-6 9-12 Elon 2-7 4-16

SOUTH (CONF/ OVER)

Charleston 8-2 13-8 Wofford 6-3 14-8 Davidson 5-4 10-11 Furman 4-5 10-10 Citadel 4-5 10-11 Georgia Southern 3-6 6-16

Quick Hits — Only half of the conference season has been played in the Southern Conference and we are starting to see which teams will contend for the championship come March. Four teams have clearly put themselves above the rest of the conference as WCU, Wofford, Charleston, and Appalachian State [...]

Checking in on… the SoCon

jstevrtc — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 22:22:33 +0000

Justin Glover is the RTC correspondent for the Southern Conference.

Updated Standings:

NORTH CONF. W-L OVERALL W-L Western Carolina 3-1 13-3 Chattanooga 3-1 11-6 Appalachian State 3-2 9-7 UNC Greensboro 2-4 3-14 Samford 1-3 7-9 Elon 1-4 3-13 SOUTH CONF. W-L OVERALL W-L Charleston 5-0 10-6 Wofford 3-2 11-7 Davidson 3-2 8-9 Furman 2-3 8-8 Citadel 2-3 8-9 Georgia Southern 1-4 4-14

Quick Hits – The Southern Conference is beginning to take shape after just two weeks into the “second half” of the 2009-10 college basketball season. The standings look awfully familiar to last season with the North led by a tie between Western Carolina (3-1) and Chattanooga (3-1). The South Division is being lead by the College of Charleston who has a perfect 5-0 conference record. The question that is starting to take shape around mid-majors is can the SoCon put [...]

Checking in on… the SoCon

jstevrtc — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:05:08 +0000

Justin Glover is the RTC correspondent for the Southern Conference.

Updated Standings:

NORTH (CONF/ OVERALL)

Western Carolina 2-0/12-2 Chattanooga 1-1/9-6 Appalachian State 1-2/7-7 Samford 1-2/6-8 Elon 1-2/3-11 UNC Greensboro 1-2/2-12

SOUTH (CONF/ OVERALL)

Charleston 3-0/8-6 Furman 2-1/8-6 Citadel 2-1/8-7 Davidson 2-1/7-8 Wofford 1-2/9-7 Georgia Southern 0-3/3-13

Quick Hits – The Southern Conference has started the new year off right with a huge upset over #9 UNC thanks to the College of Charleston. There are currently six teams who have eight or more wins; Citadel (8-7), Furman (8-6), College of Charleston (8-6), Chattanooga (9-6), Western Carolina (12-2), and Wofford (9-7). Clearly the Catamounts and [...]