Monday, November 21, 2011

Double Dribbles-11-21-11

1) College of Charleston proved that they may be even better this year without Andrew Goudelock. They have looked great so far, but when they defeated Clemson this weekend, they proved that they are a serious threat to win the SoCon. Combine that with Davidson's halftime lead in Cameron against Duke, and the top two teams in the SoCon are indisputable at this point. In fact, under the right conditions, these two teams may be able to contend for an at large bid to the NCAA Tournament. They need to keep on winning and winning big, but it is at least a possibility at this stage. They have each performed well enough at this point to keep them in the discussion. Very interesting weekend for the confirmed two best teams in the SoCon.

2) On the other end of the spectrum, people were all excited about both Western Carolina, Chattanooga, Appalachian State, and UNC-Greensboro in the preseason. None have performed exceedingly well. The Mocs are one of two winless teams in the SoCon so far. Appalachian State beat Tennessee Tech, but lost to ETSU in a puzzling performance. UNCG was destroyed by Tennessee and Georgetown, before getting beaten by Middle Tennessee. They did beat Towson on Sunday. Then there's Western Carolina, who is 2-2, but was hammered by 25 by South Carolina (who turned around and lost to Elon) and by 32 by Iowa State. With Samford the other winless team at 0-2, is it any wonder that I think that Elon should be considered the North favorite at this point? Really- so far, outside of Davidson and CofC, the SoCon has been utterly disappointing so far.

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