Southern Conference Notebook by Paul Oren “It’s a marathon, not a sprint.” For the coaches of any mid-major college basketball team, those words ring true, especially in the late days of February. Unlike the ACC or SEC, most mid-major conferences such as the SoCon only get one bid to the […]

Southern Conference Notebook by Robby Trail The Southern Conference continues to struggle in non-conference play, going 5-6 in such games this week with teams losing several games they should have won. This week is a big one for the conference with non-conference match-ups against teams such as Vanderbilt, Alabama, Missouri, […]

Southern Conference Notebook by Robby Trail Southern Conference teams must start winning non-conference games if they want to gain any respect. Last week as a conference, the teams went 7-7 in non-conference games. This isn’t bad by itself for a mid-major conference, but when you realize that most of those […]

Southern Conference Notebook by Robby Trail Charleston made a statement Monday night with a 75-69 win over Davidson, roaring back after Davidson held an 11-point lead at halftime and a six-point lead with just over 3 minutes remaining. These two teams were picked to finish one-two in the conference’s South […]

Southern Conference Notebook by Robby Trail The biggest story in the SoCon this week was how close several teams were to making a big story in the conference. Several teams came oh so close to making national waves and gaining the conference needed recognition. Chattanooga led No. 5 Kansas by […]

Southern Conference Preview by Robby Trail After a conference tournament last season that featured neither number one seeded team making it to the championship game, the Southern Conference returns this year with many of the usual suspects picked to do well in the conference. The biggest development of the off-season […]

SoCon Offseason News Update by Robby Trail Appalachian State Coaching Changes: Mountaineers head coach Houston Fancher hired Daryl Robinson as an assistant. Robinson previously coached high school ball at Lee Road High School in Raleigh for ten seasons, taking Lee to the state playoffs nine of those ten seasons. College […]

Southern Conference Finals by Mike Baller The 2003 Southern Conference Championship belongs to The Bucs of East Tennessee State University who receive an automatic bid the NCAA tournament. They held off Chattanooga 97-90 in front of 4,100 fans and a national television audience at the North Charleston Coliseum on Saturday […]

Southern Conference Quarterfinals by Mike Baller Everything is going as planned in the Southern Conference Tournament . . . almost. It’s No. 1 vs. No. 2 in the top half of the bracket and the No. 2 seed is into the semis in the lower bracket. The one unforeseeable disruption […]

Southern Conference First Round by Michael Ermitage No. 4N Western Carolina vs. No. 5S Georgia Southern The 2003 Mountain Dew Southern Conference Basketball Championships kicked off with Georgia Southern holding off Western Carolina, 89-81. Julius Jenkins scored a team-high 20 points Wednesday to lead Georgia Southern in the first round. […]