1) Only one of the non "Big 7" is guaranteed to make it to Saturday, and they will be playing in the final game on both Friday and Saturday. Elon and The Citadel will battle late Friday night for the right to meet College of Charleston on Saturday. The Phoenix are dangerous, and The Citadel has Cameron Wells, so they are always dangerous. This is the best first round match-up if you look only at the similarity of the conference record to determine what makes for the best first round match-up. They will be one of five teams left with a shot at going to the NCAA Tournament by Saturday night. This game should be a decent game, and it is one that is not being remembered in a lot of circles right now.
2) Davidson is becoming a chic pick to win the whole thing. Pat Forde picked the Wildcats to win the SoCon Tourney on ESPN.com, and now suddenly the Davidson fans can't get enough. I agree with Forde in saying that this field looks like one that could go crazy. I just maintain that winning the tournament without a bye is going to be extraordinarily tough for any team. Could one of those teams get to the championship game? Absolutely. But beyond that seems like too much. So Davidson could advance to the title game, but getting beyond that seems unlikely to me.
3) I'm looking forward to the All Conference team being announced. Sims, Goudelock, and Dahlman are the clear first three choices. After that, things are much tighter. I'll be interested to see who is on the All Conference teams after that. I think the list will be announced today. It should be an interesting thing to look at closely.
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