1) The BracketBusters are set. On the weekend of February 17th and 18th, four SoCon teams will participate in the annual event. Davidson hosts Wichita State in a televised game that will be a big one for the SoCon and the Wildcats. Appalachian State hosts Winthrop. Wofford plays at Charleston Southern. College of Charleston goes to Kent State. Whew. Winthrop is 9-14, and 6-6 in the Big South. Charleston Southern is 14-7, 8-3 in the Big South. Kent State is 14-6, 4-3 in the MAC. Wichita State is 18-4, 9-2 in the MVC. The Shockers may be able to get an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. Appalachian State will be favored, but I'm not sure if any other team from the SoCon will be. A 2-2 or 3-1 mark would be wildly successful for the SoCon in this event.
2) So is Wofford that hot? Or is Western Carolina that cold? Maybe some of both. Wofford has won six straight since losing in Chattanooga, and has won eight of ten overall. Western Carolina has lost eight of nine against D-1 teams. The lone win in that stretch for the Catamounts was over Wofford at home. But Wofford certainly got their revenge on Monday night. Their dominating 82-56 win shows that Wofford is certainly hot on the tail of Davidson for the South title and that the back-to-back champs will not go quietly this year, like so many thought they would. Western Carolina on the other hand has two more huge games this week. They battle Georgia Southern and also Chattanooga this week. If they can't win either of those games, they will have a very difficult time getting out of the cellar in the North this year. Amazing for a team so many people expected to contend for the North title.
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