SoCon The Week Ahead

Monday
Davidson at UNCG 7:00 (Battle of North vs. South)
College of Charleston at Chattanooga 7:00 (Battle of North vs. South)
Elon at Appalachian State 7:00
The Citadel at Samford 8:00 (Battle of North vs. South)

Thursday
Davidson at Elon 7:00 (SoCon Monster Game of the Week)(Battle of North vs. South)
Georgia Southern at UNCG 7:00 (Battle of North vs. South)
Western Carolina at College of Charleston 7:00 (Battle of North vs. South)
Appalachian State at The Citadel 7:00 (Battle of North vs. South)
Chattanooga at Wofford 7:00 (Battle of North vs. South)
Samford at Furman 7:00 (Battle of North vs. South)

Saturday
Samford at Wofford 2:00 (Battle of North vs. South)
Chattanooga at Furman 4:00 (Battle of North vs. South)
Appalachian State at College of Charleston 4:00 (SoCon Saturday on SportSouth) (Battle of North vs. South)
Georgia Southern at Elon 7:00 (Battle of North vs. South)
Western Carolina at The Citadel 7:00 (Battle of North vs South)

Analysis

A remarkable fourteen games between North and South happen this week, with eight games at South teams, and six games at North teams. The North currently leads the battle rather surprisingly 5-4. If they still lead after this week, then it will be time to really start taking it seriously. There will have been 23 games between the two divisions after this week, of the 48 total by the end of the week.

Davidson's trip to Elon is the Monster Game of the Week. Why? Well, I am not picking any Mocs games, since we preview those games anyway. Also, I want to try to get as many of the decent teams as possible in a Monster Game of the Week. With Furman, College of Charleston, Appalachian State, and Western Carolina already having played in a game, then only Wofford and Samford will be left of the teams that I think have an outside shot at winning the tournament. I don't believe that UNCG, The Citadel, or Georgia Southern have any real shot to win the tournament, though UNCG or The Citadel could make some sort of a run. It is hard to imagine that Georgia Southern could even make a run. Combine with that the interesting coaching battle in the Davidson-Elon game and it becomes clearer why it was chosen for the Monster Game of the Week. Wofford-Samford was also considered. Appalachian State-College of Charleston, and Western Carolina-College of Charleston were also given consideration for this game.

This week has a very strange feel to it. With every game (outside of Monday's Elon-Appalachian State) being between the two divisions, the races are going to be affected mostly by how teams are faring against the other division. This week will be interesting. The divisions could go many different ways this week. It will be interesting.

GO MOCS!