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  Tuesday, October 25, 2005

BX Conf. Preview #20: Southern Conference
By Drew Barnette

#20 href=/profile//> SOUTHERN href=/profile//> CONFERENCE

East href=/profile//> Tennessee href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> left href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> SoCon href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> result href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> divisions href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> uneven. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> north href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> five href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> while href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> south href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> six. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> unusual href=/profile//> situation href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> northern href=/profile//> division href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> only href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> fourteen href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> while href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> southern href=/profile//> division href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> sixteen href=/profile//> games. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> south href=/profile//> appears href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> stronger href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> bottom href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> north href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well.


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NORTH href=/profile//> DIVISION:

-1. href=/profile//> CHATTANOOGA. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> mocs href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> north href=/profile//> division href=/profile//> title href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> advance href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NCAA. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> did href=/profile//> lose href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> scorers href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year’s href=/profile//> team, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> return href=/profile//> several href=/profile//> contributing href=/profile//> players href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> strong href=/profile//> again. href=/profile//> Guard href=/profile//> Casey href=/profile//> Long href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> player href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> watch href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> year. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> plays href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> solid href=/profile//> defense href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> rebounds href=/profile//> extremely href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> contenders href=/profile//> again href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> despite href=/profile//> losing href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> scorers. href=/profile//>

-2. href=/profile//> UNC href=/profile//> GREENSBORO. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> Spartans href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> great href=/profile//> finish href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> five href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> row href=/profile//> before href=/profile//> losing href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> Chattanooga href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> championship. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> return href=/profile//> junior href=/profile//> guard href=/profile//> Ricky href=/profile//> Hickman href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> averaged href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> 14ppg href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> sophomore href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> time href=/profile//> contributor href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> year. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> return href=/profile//> forward href=/profile//> Kyle href=/profile//> Hines href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> led href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> rebounding. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> lose href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> contributing href=/profile//> players href=/profile//> though href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> may href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> hard href=/profile//> time href=/profile//> making href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> that, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> still href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> year.

-3. href=/profile//> ELON. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> phoenix href=/profile//> lost href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> star href=/profile//> player href=/profile//> Jackson href=/profile//> Atoyebi href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> four href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> wound href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> winning href=/profile//> eight href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> overall. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> did href=/profile//> pick href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> little href=/profile//> bit href=/profile//> down href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> stretch href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> winning href=/profile//> three href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> five, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> those href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> came href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> bottom href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> wasn’t href=/profile//> anything href=/profile//> overly href=/profile//> impressive. href=/profile//> Guard href=/profile//> Scottie href=/profile//> Rice href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> forward href=/profile//> Chris href=/profile//> Chalko href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> back href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> impact href=/profile//> players, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> even href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> don’t href=/profile//> see href=/profile//> Elon href=/profile//> being href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> position href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> challenge href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> division href=/profile//> title. href=/profile//> href=/profile//>

-4. href=/profile//> APPALACHIAN href=/profile//> STATE. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> mountaineers href=/profile//> like href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> go href=/profile//> deep href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> bench. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> don’t href=/profile//> shoot href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> ball href=/profile//> too href=/profile//> badly href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> floor, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> don’t href=/profile//> rebound href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> factor href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> year. href=/profile//> Junior href=/profile//> guard href=/profile//> D.J. href=/profile//> Thompson href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> player href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> watch href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> team. href=/profile//> He href=/profile//> led href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> assists href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> scoring href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year.

-5. href=/profile//> WESTERN href=/profile//> CAROLINA. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> news href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> catamounts href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> return href=/profile//> four href=/profile//> starters href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year’s href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> experienced href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> lot href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> league. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> bad href=/profile//> news href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> managed href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> five href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> div1 href=/profile//> teams, href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> isn’t href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> brink. href=/profile//> David href=/profile//> Berghoefer href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> center href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> averaged href=/profile//> 14.6ppg href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> 8rpg href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> other href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> don’t href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> any href=/profile//> outstanding href=/profile//> players href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> likely href=/profile//> once href=/profile//> again href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> few href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> far href=/profile//> between. href=/profile//>



SOUTH href=/profile//> DIVISION:

-1. href=/profile//> DAVIDSON. href=/profile//> Last href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> wildcats href=/profile//> went href=/profile//> 16-0 href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> play, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> failed href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> did href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> go href=/profile//> dancing. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> appear href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> hands href=/profile//> down href=/profile//> favorite href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> again. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> did href=/profile//> lose href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> leading href=/profile//> rebounder, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> return href=/profile//> three href=/profile//> starters href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Brandon href=/profile//> Winters, href=/profile//> Matt href=/profile//> McKillop href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Kenny href=/profile//> Grant. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> return href=/profile//> Ian href=/profile//> Johnson href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Jason href=/profile//> Morton href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> both href=/profile//> averaged href=/profile//> double href=/profile//> figures href=/profile//> coming href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> bench, href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> strong href=/profile//> team. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> main href=/profile//> thing href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> kept href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> lack href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> quality href=/profile//> wins. href=/profile//> Although href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> ran href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> table href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> play, href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> div1 href=/profile//> opponents href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> conference. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> they’ll href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> chances href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> quality href=/profile//> wins. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> face href=/profile//> Saint href=/profile//> Joseph’s href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Missouri href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> home, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> Charlotte, href=/profile//> Syracuse href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> North href=/profile//> Carolina href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> road. href=/profile//> All href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> those href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> better href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> upset href=/profile//> alert href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> basketball href=/profile//> team. href=/profile//>

-2. href=/profile//> GEORGIA href=/profile//> SOUTHERN. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> eagles href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> probably href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> best href=/profile//> player href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> league href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> senior href=/profile//> guard href=/profile//> Elton href=/profile//> Nesbitt. href=/profile//> He href=/profile//> averaged href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> 20ppg href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> led href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> league href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> three href=/profile//> pointers href=/profile//> made. href=/profile//> Another href=/profile//> solid href=/profile//> guard href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> junior href=/profile//> Donte href=/profile//> Gennie. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> aren’t href=/profile//> nearly href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> strong href=/profile//> underneath, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> enough href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> hold href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> own href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> boards. href=/profile//> Forward href=/profile//> Louis href=/profile//> Graham href=/profile//> made href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> freshman href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> he’ll href=/profile//> need href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> go href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> work href=/profile//> underneath href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> order href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> give href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> eagles href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> chance. href=/profile//>

-3. href=/profile//> FURMAN. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> paladins href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> having href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> sort href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> tanked href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> end href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> losing href=/profile//> four href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> six href=/profile//> games. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> return href=/profile//> four href=/profile//> starters href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year’s href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> hopefully href=/profile//> result href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> little href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> consistency href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> them. href=/profile//> Their href=/profile//> rebounding href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> notch, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> shoot href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> ball href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> floor. href=/profile//> Guard href=/profile//> Robby href=/profile//> Bostain href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> center href=/profile//> Moussa href=/profile//> Diagne href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> players href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> watch href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> club. href=/profile//> href=/profile//>

-4. href=/profile//> COLLEGE href=/profile//> OF href=/profile//> CHARLESTON. href=/profile//> CofC href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> great href=/profile//> program href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> generally href=/profile//> towards href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> SoCon. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> young href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> inexperienced href=/profile//> though href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> rely href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> several href=/profile//> junior href=/profile//> college href=/profile//> transfers href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> job href=/profile//> done. href=/profile//> Junior href=/profile//> guard href=/profile//> Dontaye href=/profile//> Draper href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> leading href=/profile//> returning href=/profile//> scorer href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> preseason href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> player, href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> cougars href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> rely href=/profile//> heavily href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> him. href=/profile//> It href=/profile//> doesn’t href=/profile//> look href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> rest href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> able href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> give href=/profile//> him href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> lot href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> support href=/profile//> though. href=/profile//> href=/profile//> href=/profile//>

-5. href=/profile//> WOFFORD. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> terriers href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> without href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> best href=/profile//> player href=/profile//> Howard href=/profile//> Wilkerson href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> missed href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> half href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> due href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> knee href=/profile//> injury. href=/profile//> He href=/profile//> plans href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> being href=/profile//> back href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> which href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> needs href=/profile//> him. href=/profile//> Tyler href=/profile//> Berg href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> another href=/profile//> player href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> watch. href=/profile//> Wofford href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> somewhat href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> sleeper href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> league href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> finish href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> higher href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> people href=/profile//> expect, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> even href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> Wilkerson href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Berg href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> don’t href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> they’ll href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> able href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> many href=/profile//> games. href=/profile//> They’ll href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> competitive href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> probably href=/profile//> pull href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> wins, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> enough href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> themselves href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> title href=/profile//> picture. href=/profile//>

-6. href=/profile//> THE href=/profile//> CITADEL. href=/profile//> Being href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> type href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> school href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> Citadel href=/profile//> is, href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> hard href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> field href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> competitive href=/profile//> basketball href=/profile//> program. href=/profile//> Most href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> notch href=/profile//> basketball href=/profile//> prospects href=/profile//> simply href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> want href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> subject href=/profile//> themselves href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> military href=/profile//> school href=/profile//> such href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> one. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> lost href=/profile//> eleven href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> row href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> end href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> managed href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> eight href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> div1 href=/profile//> programs href=/profile//> overall. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> return href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> scorers href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> Donny href=/profile//> McLendon href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Warren href=/profile//> McLendon href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> able href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> manage href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> few href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> play, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> chances href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> they’ll href=/profile//> once href=/profile//> again href=/profile//> finish href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> bottom href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> league. href=/profile//> href=/profile//> href=/profile//> href=/profile//>



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Charleston, href=/profile//> SC

 
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