Monday, December 26, 2011

Double Dribbles- 12-26-11

1) Every team in the SoCon has off until at least Wednesday, which makes for some down time as we look around the SoCon. Really, it has become clear that the South is really a two team race for first (Davidson and College of Charleston) and a three team race for second (Georgia Southern, Furman, and Wofford). The North is much more confused. There is a clear favorite at this point (Elon) and the next five teams are fairly jumbled, with every team having their moments this year, but no team showing that they clearly want to jump up and grab the bye by the horns. The North is going to be the more interesting division to watch as we race into SoCon play, but the South is the superior division at this stage in the game.

2) As we prepare for Wednesday, let's start by taking a look at Samford-Sam Houston State. The Bulldogs are more than capable of going down and winning that game in Texas. In fact, this game is big for the SoCon, as they continue to try to raise their overall profile. This is a Sam Houston State team that lost to Mercer by 22. That same Mercer team was taken to overtime by Samford. So the Bulldogs have every opportunity to win that game. The Bulldogs need to come up with this one from a confidence standpoint as well. Samford has this one before a trip to Maryland to wrap up non-conference play. This would be a big win for the Bulldogs to come up with to start trying to get their house in order for SoCon play.

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