WHat has to happen to eliminate ETSU:

Lipscomb beats ETSU
Florida-Gulf Coast beats ETSU
Mercer beats UNF
Jacksonville beats UNF
Jacksonville beats Kennesaw
Stetson beats ETSU
Stetson beats USC-Upstate
Lipscomb beats either Mercer or Kennesaw

This set of results would leave Stetson and UNF tied for 6th at 8-10, and ETSU and Jacksonville tied for 8th at 7-11. Stetson beats UNF by virtue of their win over USCU. Jacksonville and ETSU woudl have identical records against the top 5 teams. And with Stetson #6 and UNF #7, Jacksonville's win over Stetson makes them #8.

So it's a long shot, but not completely impossible.

That's not impossible. We won't win another game until November.

Seven teams are in now including Lipscomb. Only the 8th and final spot is to be decided and that could be decided as early as Friday night.

ETSU is in.

OP updated to reflect games of 2/20. ETSU is in, Belmont is in the driver's seat for the 1-seed, and Lipscomb suddenly started shooting FTs like my 9-year-old.

It sucks that Mercer has lost 2 straight, but a little good does come out of it. Now of course this "good" is not worth losing the regular season title -- but it's better than nothing. The "good" is that they will avoid Jacksonville (and North Florida) in the first round. The potential 1st round matchup of either Lipscomb, ETSU, or FGCU all sound good. Belmont drawing JU is great because I believe JU can win with this momentum and their aggressive beat-you-up style of play. JU will at minimum wear Belmont down.

That would be WAY too much fun to see Belmont go home early again.

Lipscomb reporting that #2 Mercer vs. #7 Lipscomb is 7:30pm/Central on Wednesday. I like how the bracket is setting up! I want UNF, ETSU, and JU on Belmont's side of the bracket.