Hello There, Guest! (LoginRegister)

Post Reply 
Official SoCon Tournament Thread: Other Games
Author Message
Bookmark and Share
ETSUfan1 Offline
SoCon / ETSU Mod
*

Posts: 12,623
Joined: Apr 2005
Reputation: 93
I Root For: ETSU Football
Location: Abingdon, VA

Donators
Post: #1
Official SoCon Tournament Thread: Other Games
Discuss the league tournament match-ups and results here for games where ETSU is not involved.



Date: March 5th-8th, 2021

Place: Harrah's Cherokee Center Asheville

Broadcast: Nexstar, ESPN+, ESPN (finals)

Tournament Bracket
(This post was last modified: 03-04-2021 10:24 AM by ETSUfan1.)
03-04-2021 10:24 AM
Visit this user's website Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
Advertisement


posterformerlyknownasthedoctor Offline
Heisman
*

Posts: 6,851
Joined: Dec 2007
Reputation: 19
I Root For: ETSU
Location:
Post: #2
RE: Official SoCon Tournament Thread: Other Games
Looks like UNC-G had quite the tussle with El Cid. It was tied with just over 2 minutes to go. Spartans end up winning by 8 - and that's with El Cid only shooting 19% from deep. But El Cid also won the boards by 3.
03-06-2021 02:08 PM
Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
shampoo Offline
All American
*

Posts: 3,135
Joined: Apr 2010
Reputation: 27
I Root For: blue and gold
Location: JC,TN
Post: #3
RE: Official SoCon Tournament Thread: Other Games
I’m here in Asheville. The Bucs still haven’t shown up, only 1 bucket in the first 8 mins of the game. Probably the only game I’ll get to watch in person this year. Come on, make it count, Bucs!
03-06-2021 02:48 PM
Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
DaBuc Brass Offline
2nd String
*

Posts: 313
Joined: May 2020
Reputation: 0
I Root For: ETSU
Location:
Post: #4
RE: Official SoCon Tournament Thread: Other Games
Mercer needs to hang on in this one. Anyone know why Magic Bender has been out for Mercer last couple games?
03-06-2021 06:52 PM
Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
bucfan81 Offline
Heisman
*

Posts: 7,283
Joined: Nov 2006
Reputation: 14
I Root For: ETSU
Location: Johnson City
Post: #5
RE: Official SoCon Tournament Thread: Other Games
(03-06-2021 06:52 PM)DaBuc Brass Wrote:  Mercer needs to hang on in this one. Anyone know why Magic Bender has been out for Mercer last couple games?

And Mercer pulls the upset!
03-06-2021 07:17 PM
Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
swvabucsfan Offline
All American
*

Posts: 3,789
Joined: Dec 2007
Reputation: 34
I Root For: ETSU
Location:
Post: #6
RE: Official SoCon Tournament Thread: Other Games
(03-06-2021 06:52 PM)DaBuc Brass Wrote:  Anyone know why Magic Bender has been out for Mercer last couple games?

Bender has left the program and is no longer on the roster
03-06-2021 08:31 PM
Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
Advertisement


MercerFan Offline
Orange & Black
*

Posts: 3,395
Joined: Apr 2005
Reputation: 48
I Root For: The Bears
Location: USA

Donators
Post: #7
RE: Official SoCon Tournament Thread: Other Games
Mercer and VMI in the semifinals! Love it.
03-06-2021 10:08 PM
Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
etsuBucsFan1988 Offline
Millennial Grief Counselor
*

Posts: 2,918
Joined: May 2005
Reputation: 9
I Root For: ETSU Hoops
Location:
Post: #8
Official SoCon Tournament Thread: Other Games
WOW
03-06-2021 10:08 PM
Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
Bucster Offline
All American
*

Posts: 2,915
Joined: Mar 2006
Reputation: 26
I Root For: ETSU
Location: Chapel Hill, NC
Post: #9
RE: Official SoCon Tournament Thread: Other Games
(03-06-2021 10:08 PM)MercerFan Wrote:  Mercer and VMI in the semifinals! Love it.
No UTC, Furman or Wofford in the Semifinals. Gotta love it!
03-06-2021 10:11 PM
Visit this user's website Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
MercerFan Offline
Orange & Black
*

Posts: 3,395
Joined: Apr 2005
Reputation: 48
I Root For: The Bears
Location: USA

Donators
Post: #10
RE: Official SoCon Tournament Thread: Other Games
(03-06-2021 10:11 PM)Bucster Wrote:  
(03-06-2021 10:08 PM)MercerFan Wrote:  Mercer and VMI in the semifinals! Love it.
No UTC, Furman or Wofford in the Semifinals. Gotta love it!

And UNCG almost lost too. Would have been the top 4 seeds all losing. Instead we have the #1,5,6,7 still remaining. Good luck against UNCG. I’m feeling a rematch of the 2010 championship from a different league... when Mercer and ETSU were the #5 and 6 seeds in the final.
03-06-2021 10:14 PM
Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
swvabucsfan Offline
All American
*

Posts: 3,789
Joined: Dec 2007
Reputation: 34
I Root For: ETSU
Location:
Post: #11
RE: Official SoCon Tournament Thread: Other Games
VMI never gives up, and never goes away. In a game where Furman maintained a double digit lead for most of the second half, the Keydets did about what they did to beat Wofford, getting a couple of stops to sneak close, and a couple of big shots to tie. Then outplaying them (thanks to Miles Lewis and Greg Parham scoring) in overtime. Amazing.

Congrats Mercerfan, but....do NOT overlook the Keydets!

So every favored team really struggled today. Wofford and Furman lost. ETSU barely snuck by a depleted Chattanooga team. Even UNCG was behind the Citadel at the half.

What else would you expect in the year of Covid?
03-06-2021 10:15 PM
Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
Advertisement


MercerFan Offline
Orange & Black
*

Posts: 3,395
Joined: Apr 2005
Reputation: 48
I Root For: The Bears
Location: USA

Donators
Post: #12
RE: Official SoCon Tournament Thread: Other Games
Absolutely SWVA! I know the Mercer squad is taking VMI very seriously. They got some ballers.
03-06-2021 10:21 PM
Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
DaBuc Brass Offline
2nd String
*

Posts: 313
Joined: May 2020
Reputation: 0
I Root For: ETSU
Location:
Post: #13
RE: Official SoCon Tournament Thread: Other Games
(03-06-2021 08:31 PM)swvabucsfan Wrote:  
(03-06-2021 06:52 PM)DaBuc Brass Wrote:  Anyone know why Magic Bender has been out for Mercer last couple games?

Bender has left the program and is no longer on the roster

Horrible timing!
03-06-2021 10:23 PM
Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
DaBuc Brass Offline
2nd String
*

Posts: 313
Joined: May 2020
Reputation: 0
I Root For: ETSU
Location:
Post: #14
RE: Official SoCon Tournament Thread: Other Games
What a crazy year in the SOCON! I picked the Mercer win, but thought Furman would prevail. They're cursed in this tourney.
03-06-2021 10:38 PM
Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
swvabucsfan Offline
All American
*

Posts: 3,789
Joined: Dec 2007
Reputation: 34
I Root For: ETSU
Location:
Post: #15
RE: Official SoCon Tournament Thread: Other Games
Kenpom's line for tomorrow:

VMI over Mercer, 79-78

UNCG over ETSU, 66-64

So, judging by today, we should expect the opposite?
03-06-2021 10:50 PM
Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
swvabucsfan Offline
All American
*

Posts: 3,789
Joined: Dec 2007
Reputation: 34
I Root For: ETSU
Location:
Post: #16
RE: Official SoCon Tournament Thread: Other Games
(03-06-2021 10:23 PM)DaBuc Brass Wrote:  
(03-06-2021 08:31 PM)swvabucsfan Wrote:  
(03-06-2021 06:52 PM)DaBuc Brass Wrote:  Anyone know why Magic Bender has been out for Mercer last couple games?

Bender has left the program and is no longer on the roster

Horrible timing!

It certainly is.

Hey MercerFan, do you know anything more about this??
03-06-2021 10:53 PM
Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
Advertisement


BucDoctor Offline
All American
*

Posts: 2,876
Joined: May 2005
Reputation: 27
I Root For: UVa, ETSU
Location: Parts Unknown
Post: #17
RE: Official SoCon Tournament Thread: Other Games
Stevens at VMI is the most underrated player in the conference. Kid is as tough as a pine knot.
03-06-2021 10:58 PM
Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
shampoo Offline
All American
*

Posts: 3,135
Joined: Apr 2010
Reputation: 27
I Root For: blue and gold
Location: JC,TN
Post: #18
RE: Official SoCon Tournament Thread: Other Games
(03-06-2021 10:58 PM)BucDoctor Wrote:  Stevens at VMI is the most underrated player in the conference. Kid is as tough as a pine knot.

How’d he do in the tourney?
03-07-2021 01:51 AM
Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
swvabucsfan Offline
All American
*

Posts: 3,789
Joined: Dec 2007
Reputation: 34
I Root For: ETSU
Location:
Post: #19
RE: Official SoCon Tournament Thread: Other Games
(03-06-2021 10:58 PM)BucDoctor Wrote:  Stevens at VMI is the most underrated player in the conference. Kid is as tough as a pine knot.

Agree, but at least Kenpom doesn't underrate him. They list him 4th best player in the SoCon, behind Isaiah Miller, Noah Gurley and Storm Murphy, and ahead of Malachi Smith.

The announcers said that Coach Earl called him "the slowest player in D1" coming out of high school. He's completely changed his body - lost the gut, toned up. (he used to look like a chubbier Billy "the Whopper" Paultz) He's not fast, but he hustles... all game. Has gone from a 19 minute player his first 2 years to a 31.3 minute player. From a 7.0 point scorer his first 2 years to a 17 point scorer in conference this year. From 3.5 rebounds to 8.5 in the SoCon. From 0.6 blocks to 1.7. From 1.1 assists to 3.6 in conference. He could always hit a 3, but he's developed an array of effective post moves, shooting .494 in conference.

Like all of the VMI players, he doesn't get flustered and hang his head when they drop behind by 14. He keeps plugging, believing in their offense, which KenPom now rates #1 in SoCon play. They won't go away, pick up a point here or there. And with a late stop or two, and late big shot or two, suddenly they are right there - in position to steal a win against an opponent that is dumbfounded because they thought the game was over.
(This post was last modified: 03-07-2021 09:31 AM by swvabucsfan.)
03-07-2021 08:06 AM
Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
etsubuc Offline
All American
*

Posts: 3,215
Joined: Feb 2007
Reputation: 13
I Root For: ETSU
Location: Jonesborough
Post: #20
RE: Official SoCon Tournament Thread: Other Games
I've been watching a lot of VMI during the second half of this season because I find them to be the most entertaining team and best coached team in the conference. I don't know if Dan Earl can sustain the momentum of this year at a school like VMI, but he has done a great job this year.
03-07-2021 08:22 AM
Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
Post Reply 




User(s) browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)


Copyright © 2002-2024 Collegiate Sports Nation Bulletin Board System (CSNbbs), All Rights Reserved.
CSNbbs is an independent fan site and is in no way affiliated to the NCAA or any of the schools and conferences it represents.
This site monetizes links. FTC Disclosure.
We allow third-party companies to serve ads and/or collect certain anonymous information when you visit our web site. These companies may use non-personally identifiable information (e.g., click stream information, browser type, time and date, subject of advertisements clicked or scrolled over) during your visits to this and other Web sites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services likely to be of greater interest to you. These companies typically use a cookie or third party web beacon to collect this information. To learn more about this behavioral advertising practice or to opt-out of this type of advertising, you can visit http://www.networkadvertising.org.
Powered By MyBB, © 2002-2024 MyBB Group.