1) The theme of this day will be the "Favorites Try To Avoid Upsets." Appalachian State, Davidson, and Furman all won double digit games in the SoCon. All three teams will be looking to get to the quarterfinals. Who wants these teams to win? People who want to see great basketball on Saturday. We want to see Donald Sims and Omar Carter square off with Wofford and Noah Dahlman. We want to see the league's two hottest teams in Davidson and Western Carolina square off. We want to see Furman and Chattanooga battle to find out which blowout was more real. Of course, a Cinderella team never hurt anyone's feelings- the SoCon in general is probably rooting for The Citadel-Elon winner to be the most likely Cinderella- even if College of Charleston does present the best NCAA Tournament option.
2) When Elon and The Citadel hook up, it will be the last game of the day, and will be the least anticipated, but there is a lot to look forward to. The match-up is the only one between two All SoCon players, in Cameron Wells and Chris Long. It is the match-up between the two teams with the closest SoCon record. And the winner will be one of five teams with a chance to go to the NCAA Tournament when they tip-off on Saturday night against College of Charleston. This game has potential to be the best game of the day, even if it does hold the least appeal of any game in a lot of respects.
3) The SoCon Monster Game of the Day is between Davidson and UNC-Greensboro. Are you going to be in Chattanooga? Then make sure that you get to the first game of the day, because it could be really good. The Wildcats are good, but they lost once to the Spartans, and nearly lost at home to the Spartans last weekend. This game should be a great game, and could easily produce the upset of the first day. I wouldn't mind seeing it- I think the Spartans are grossly underrated. But, the Wildcats are the hottest team. This should be a great game. I can't wait for this one.
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