1) Saturday's Theme? "Mismatches and Perfect Matches." In the early games, there is one "mismatch," where Western Carolina (the heavy favorite) will play UNC-Greensboro, the surprise winner against Davidson on Friday. The Spartans are more than capable of beating the Catamounts, but people believe that it is a mismatch. Appalachian State and Wofford are two good teams. The Terriers beat the Mountaineers by nine at Boone earlier this year, but that was in the middle of Appy four game losing streak. Now they have won eight of nine. In the night games, Chattanooga and Furman match-up in an evenly matched showdown. The two teams have played two blowouts this year- one that went each way. In the nightcap, College of Charleston will battle Elon. The Cougars beat Elon by 18 earlier this year, but the Phoenix have pulled upsets in the past in the SoCon Tourney. Still, this one feels more like a mismatch, even if I think the Phoenix have a real shot.
2) The SoCon Monster Game of the Day for Saturday has to be the Furman-Chattanooga game. The Paladins and the Mocs should be a great match-up between two teams that have brought out the best and the worst in each other. This has the feel of a close game written all over it. This should be the best game of Saturday for sure.
3) The UNCG-Western Carolina has the feel of the second best game of the day. The Spartans have played the Catamounts close this year. I've been saying for weeks that the Spartans have the feel of Elon 2008, who advanced to the championship game after playing in Round One. Yes, other teams have done it, but Elon was one of the bigger surprises to ever do it. This Spartans team has that same feel to it. I'm very interested to see what this team is capable of tomorrow afternoon against Western Carolina.
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