Author: Paul Whitt
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – A lot can happen in 365 days. But recovering from the most difficult heartbreak that Furman head coach Bob Richey and several Paladin players have ever experienced would take a year and 40 minutes. One year agon in the Southern Conference Championship game, Ritchie watched helplessly as Chattanooga senior David Jean-Baptiste made a […]
#1 Chattanooga 64 #2 Furman 63 – OT (ASHEVILLE, NC) – When a city or municipality is in trouble, all of the attention turns to the mayor to solve the problem. And when the top-seeded Chattanooga Mocs found their Southern Conference tournament title hopes and likely NCAA Tournament future in peril, they turned to the […]
Game 7 Semifinal #1 #1 ETSU 97 #5 WCU 75 (Asheville, NC) – Not sure if ETSU head coach Steve Forbes can turn his premonitions into financial gain, but if Sunday afternoon was any indication, you may find him in Vegas soon. The fact his top-seeded Buccaneers easily handled the fifth seeded Catamounts of WCU […]
Wofford 81 ETSU 72 (Asheville, NC) – As far as shot-making goes, the coaches on both sidelines thought they had seen everything imaginable over the past four years from Wofford’s senior sharp-shooter Fletcher Magee. The Southern Conference’s Player of the Year, on the brink of NCAA history, is known for his variety of high-risk, no-look, long-range […]
VMI 96 Western Carolina 83 (Asheville, NC) – When it comes to basketball in March, it’s common knowledge that the team that defends the best will have the upper hand in typically close, tense games. But in the opening game of the 2019 Ingles Southern Conference Basketball Tournament Friday night, defense took a backseat as VMI […]
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