2010 Southern Conference Basketball Tournament March 5th – 8th
2010 SoCon Tournament
The Southern Conference has announced the pairings for the 2010 Men’s Basketball
Tournament, slated to begin Friday in Charlotte. The opening round and quarterfinals (March 5-6) will take place at Bojangles Coliseum while the semifinals and championship game will be held at Time Warner Cable Arena (March 7-8),
home of the NBA’s Charlotte Bobcats.
Wofford (23-8, 15-3 SoCon) and College of Charleston (20-10, 14-4) secured the top seeds in the South Division and earned byes until Saturday’s quarterfinals. Appalachian State (20-11, 13-5) and Western Carolina (21-10, 11-7) earned byes in the North Division and will wait to be matched up with their opponents following Friday’s opening round.
The tourney will begin with Davidson (16-14, 11-7) taking on Elon (8-22, 5-13) at 2:00 p.m. Friday afternoon. That game will be followed by UNC Greensboro (7-22, 6-12) taking on Furman (13-16, 7-11). Friday’s evening session begins when The Citadel (15-15, 9-9) squares off against Samford (11-19, 5-13) at 7:00 p.m. The Chattanooga Mocs (14-17, 6-12), last year’s tournament champion, will take on the Georgia Southern (9-22, 6-12) in the final game of the first day.
Friday, March 5
Bojangles Coliseum
Game 1 – (3S) Davidson vs. (6N) Elon, 2:00 p.m.
Game 2 – (4N) UNC Greensboro vs. (5S) Furman, 30 minutes following first game
Game 3 – (4S) The Citadel vs. (5N) Samford, 7:00 p.m.
Game 4 – (3N) Chattanooga vs. (6S) Georgia Southern, 30 minutes following.
Saturday, March 6
Bojangles Coliseum
(2N) Western Carolina vs. Game 1 winner, 2:00 p.m.
(1S) Wofford vs. Game 2 winner, 30 minutes following first game
(1N) Appalachian State vs. Game 3 winner, 7:00 p.m.
(2S) College of Charleston vs. Game 4 winner, 30 minutes following
Sunday, March 7
Time Warner Cable Arena
Semifinal 1 – 6:00 p.m.
Semifinal 2 – 30 minutes following first semifinal
Monday, March 8
Time Warner Cable Arena
Championship Game – 9:00 p.m.
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