2) College of Charleston (12-5, 4-2): The Cougars had a head-scratching loss against UNCG at home earlier in the week but rebounded nicely against North Division leading Elon winning by 19. Charleston can reclaim some respect tonight with a victory tonight in Davidson.
3) Chattanooga (9-10, 3-3): The Mocs recorded a quality win over Wofford at home by 3 points. However, Chattanooga lost on the road to bottom-dweller Samford this week. They need to turn things around with two straight road games looming with an improving UNCG team and the Elon Phoenix.
4) Wofford (10-8, 3-3): Mike Young's squad is probably glad to be leaving the High Country of the Appalachian Mountains with two straight losses to Chattanooga and Western. The Terriers turned things around by beating the breaks off visiting Georgia Southern by a whooping 25 points.
5) Appalachian State (7-9, 3-3): Making their Top 5 debut the Mountaineers defeated Furman on Thursday but suffered a heart breaker to Davidson. ASU took the lead on a 3-pointer with 4:48 left but The Wildcats responded with a 10-0 run to essentially ice the game. Appalachian State will have a tough road ahead this week play at Wofford on Thursday before facing arch-rival Western on Saturday.
6) Western Carolina (9-10, 3-3): WCU has been in the spotlight this week with its 141-39 shellacking over Toccoa Falls on Tuesday. The victory is ranked as the third largest margin of victory in D-1 basketball history. The game was a good confidence booster, albeit against an NCCAA team, for a Catamount squad that had suffered back-to-back losses last week including a 58-55 loss to Furman on a last second 3-pointer. WCU travels to App St. on Saturday.
7) Elon (8-8, 3-2): The Phoenix split their road game series this week 1-1 with a win over the Citadel. This was Phoenix's first victory in over a month. Despite not winning in over 30 days they still lead the North by a half game and can further their lead this week with two home games against Samford and Chattanooga.
8) Georgia Southern (6-10, 4-2): This Eagles team is hard to figure out. They are in the tops of South Division along with Davidson and Charleston, however, they lost to Wofford and Davison by more than 20 points. Maybe GSU true colors are starting to show. The next home stand should prove where this belongs as the Eagles play Charleston and the Citadel.
9) Furman (8-8, 2-4): Furman started its Appalachian tour as they faced App St and WCU this past week splitting both games. The Paladins cut a 9 point Mountaineer lead to 2 points with 2:35 left but ASU scored the final points to stall the comeback attempt. In Cullowhee, the Paladins stole a win on the road on a last second 3-pointer and ending WCU's late game surge to win the game. Furman's lone game this week is against Wofford on Saturday.
10) UNCG (4-14, 2-4): The award for the biggest Surprise of the Week goes to UNCG. Wes Miller's club went into Charleston and walked away with a 7 point victory. If that wasn't dramatic enough for Spartan fans the next game sure wouldn't disappoint. Down 1 with less than 2 seconds remaining UNCG converted an inbounds alley-oop to provide a 67-66 victory at the Citadel. The most impressive thing about the victories? They were on the road.
11) Samford (4-12, 1-4): The Bulldogs notched their first conference victory over the season with a 81-70 defeat of Chattanooga. Samford is a team that is much like UNCG: improving. They played Georgia Southern close losing only by 5 points on the road. While these teams may not win the SOCON, they definitely can play the role of spoiler. However, it is still early in the season.
12) Citadel (4-13, 1-5): The Bulldogs suffered a 15 point drubbing from Elon and a heartbreaker against UNCG. Things won't get any easier with the trip to Davidson. Even though it's still early in conference play the Bulldogs seem to headed for last this season.
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