BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE (ranked 27th by kenpom)
March 1-5
Hosted by higher seeds in the quarterfinals. Final Four at #1 Seed Coastal Carolina. FYI, this is in Conway, South Carolina. Championship at higher seed.
Sponsored by Advance Auto Parts
Tickets: No idea. The website gives phone numbers to four schools: Coastal Carolina, Liberty, UNC-Asheville, VMI (i.e. the top four teams and home teams). None of the phone numbers work.
The Bracket:
Tuesday March 1: #1 Coastal Carolina v #8 Gardner-Webb
#2 Liberty v #7 High Point
#3 UNC-Asheville v #6 Charleston Southern
#4 VMI v Winthrop
Thursday March 3: Semis
Saturday March 5: Finals
The Favorite: Coastal Carolina, although the Chanticleers have slipped up recently. They’ve gone 2-2 in their last four, after winning 21 straight. The losses were both at home, and against their first round opponent, Gardner-Webb, and UNC-Asheville.
Trivia: The slogan for the tournament is: “Big South Tournament, building leaders through athletics.” Really? I’m not one to argue against the important role sports play in development, maturity, etc, but way to ignore academics altogether.
Winthrop has won 10 of the 25 tournaments. Coastal Carolina has not won since 1993.
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