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SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The 2015 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, presented by General Shale, is set to begin Friday night. 

Eighth-seeded UNCG faces No. 9 Samford at 6:00 p.m.  The Bulldogs and Spartans split their two regular season meetings.  That game will be followed by the seventh-seeded The Citadel taking on No. 10 seed Furman. 

Wofford captured the No. 1 overall seed and earned a bye to Saturday’s quarterfinals as the Terriers finished the regular season with a 16-2 mark.  Wofford will face the UNCG-Samford winner at noon.  The second quarterfinal is between the No. 4 seeded Western Carolina Catamounts and No. 5 ETSU.  The Bucs won both regular season meetings between the two teams. 

Chattanooga (2), Mercer (3) and VMI (6) also earned byes into the quarterfinals.  The Mocs, who finished 15-3 in league play, will play Saturday at 6:30 p.m. against either The Citadel or Furman.  Mercer will face VMI at 8:30 p.m. in the final quarterfinal.

Sunday’s first semifinal is set for 6:00 p.m. with the second matchup scheduled to tip at approximately 8:30 p.m.

Friday’s opening round, Saturday’s quarterfinals and Sunday’s semifinals will be available on ESPN3.  Monday’s championship game will tip off at 7:00 p.m. and can be seen on ESPN2.

2015 Southern Conference Tournament Schedule
Friday, March 6
Game 1 - (8) UNCG vs. (9) Samford, 6:00 p.m.
Game 2 - (7) The Citadel vs. (10) Furman, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 7
(1) Wofford vs. Game 1 winner, 12:00 p.m.
(4) Western Carolina vs. (5) ETSU, 2:30 p.m.
(2) Chattanooga vs. Game 2 winner, 6:00 p.m.
(3) Mercer vs. (6) VMI, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday, March 8
Semifinal 1 – 6:00 p.m.
Semifinal 2 – 8:30 p.m.

Monday, March 9
Championship Game – 7:00 p.m.