SPARTANBURG, S.C. ? Chattanooga has wrapped up the number one seed in the upcoming 2008 Southern Conference Women’s Basketball Championships to be held at the North Charleston Coliseum in North Charleston, S.C.
The top-seeded Lady Mocs (26-3. 18-0), who recently completed a perfect 18-0 SoCon mark during regular season play, will face either eighth-seeded Appalachian State (8-21, 5-13) or No. 9 seed UNC Greensboro (6-23, 4-14), on Friday, March 7 at approximately 12:30 p.m. The Mountaineers and Spartans face off in the second game of the tournament with an approximate tip of 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 6.
Western Carolina (23-7, 15-3) placed second in the regular season standings and awaits either seventh-seeded Furman (10-19, 5-13) or Wofford (9-20, 2-16), the tournament’s 10th seed. The Lady Catamounts’ quarterfinal matchup will precede Chattanooga’s opening game on Friday morning, tipping off at 10:00 a.m. Furman and Wofford will kick off the tournament with a 3:00 p.m. tip on Thursday afternoon. Furman and Appalachian State posted identical 5-13 SoCon marks and split a pair of regular season meetings. The Lady Paladins garnered the seventh seed, however, as a result of a 70-66 win over third-seeded Davidson on February 25.
In addition to Chattanooga and Western Carolina, Davidson, Georgia Southern, College of Charleston and Elon have also earned first round byes in the tournament. Davidson (19-10, 13-5) earned the third seed by virtue of a regular season sweep of Georgia Southern and will take on sixth-seeded Elon (11-19, 6-12) at approximately 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 8.
Georgia Southern (17-12, 13-5) is seeded fourth and is matched up against the tournament’s fifth seed, College of Charleston (13-15, 9-9). The Lady Eagles and the Cougars will tip off at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday.
The winners of the quarterfinal round games will face off in the semifinals on Sunday at 12:00 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. Both semifinal games and the championship game, which tips at 5:00 p.m. on Monday, will be televised by SportSouth.
2008 Southern Conference Women’s Basketball Championships
(at North Charleston, S.C.)
March 6 (Thursday)
Game 1: No. 7 Furman vs. No. 10 Wofford 3:00 p.m.
Game 2: No. 8 Appalachian State vs. No. 9 UNC Greensboro 30 minutes after Game 1
March 7 (Friday)
Game 3: No. 2 Western Carolina vs. Winner of Game 1 10:00 a.m.
Game 4: No. 1 Chattanooga vs. Winner of Game 2 30 minutes after Game 3
March 8 (Saturday)
Game 5: No. 4 Georgia Southern vs. No. 5 College of Charleston 9:00 a.m.
Game 6: No. 3 Davidson vs. No. 6 Elon 30 minutes after Game 5
March 9 (Sunday)
Game 7: Winner of Game 4 vs. Winner of Game 5 (SportSouth) 12:00 p.m.
Game 8: Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 6 (SportSouth) 2:30 p.m.
March 10 (Monday)
Championship Game (SportSouth) 5:00 p.m.