2020–21 Southern Conference men's basketball season

2020–21 Southern Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams10
Regular season
Tournament
Southern Conference men's basketball seasons
2020–21 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
UNC Greensboro † 13 – 5   .722 21 – 9   .700
Wofford 12 – 5   .706 15 – 9   .625
Furman 10 – 5   .667 16 – 9   .640
Chattanooga 9 – 7   .563 18 – 8   .692
East Tennessee State 8 – 7   .533 13 – 12   .520
VMI 7 – 7   .500 13 – 12   .520
Mercer 8 – 9   .471 18 – 11   .621
The Citadel 5 – 11   .313 13 – 12   .520
Western Carolina 4 – 13   .235 11 – 16   .407
Samford 2 – 9   .182 6 – 13   .316
† 2021 SoCon tournament winner

The 2020–21 Southern Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2020, followed by the start of the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play begins in January 2021 and will conclude in March 2021.

Preseason Awards

Preseason awards were announced by the league office on November 11, 2020.[1]

Preseason men's basketball coaches poll

(First place votes in parentheses)

  1. UNC Greensboro (4) 76
  2. Furman (5) 74
  3. East Tennessee State (1) 63
  4. Mercer 56
  5. Wofford 47
  6. Western Carolina 44
  7. Chattanooga 38
  8. Samford 23
  9. VMI 15
  10. The Citadel 14

Preseason men's basketball media poll

(First place votes in parentheses)

  1. Furman (16) 278
  2. UNC Greensboro (9) 274
  3. East Tennessee State (4) 211
  4. Mercer (1) 190
  5. Wofford 184
  6. Western Carolina 175
  7. Chattanooga 150
  8. Samford 79
  9. VMI 61
  10. The Citadel 48
Honor Recipient
Preseason Player of the Year Isaiah Miller, UNC Greensboro
Preseason All-Southern Conference Team Ledarrius Brewer, East Tennessee State
Ty Brewer, East Tennessee State
Mike Bothwell, Furman
Noah Gurley, Furman
Clay Mounce, Furman
Ross Cummings, Mercer
Jeff Gary, Mercer
Isaiah Miller, UNC Greensboro
David Jean-Baptiste, Chattanooga
Mason Faulkner, Western Carolina
Storm Murphy, Wofford

Conference matrix

  Chattanooga East Tennessee State Furman Mercer Samford The Citadel UNC Greensboro VMI Western Carolina Wofford
vs. Chattanooga – 0−2 1−0 1−1 0−2 1−1 2−0 1−0 0−2 1–1
vs. East Tennessee State 2–0 – 1−1 1−1 0−0 1−1 1−1 0−1 0−2 1–1
vs. Furman 0−1 1−1 – 0−2 0−1 0−2 1−1 1−0 0−2 1–0
vs. Mercer 1–1 1−1 2−0 – 0−2 0−2 2−0 0−1 1−1 2−0
vs. Samford 2–0 0−0 1−0 2−0 – 0−0 2−0 1−1 0−1 1−0
vs. The Citadel 1−1 1−1 2−0 2−0 0−0 – 2−0 1−1 1−1 1−1
vs. UNC Greensboro 0−2 1−1 1−1 0−2 0−2 0−2 – 1−1 1−1 1–1
vs. VMI 0−1 1−0 0−1 1−0 1−1 1−1 1−1 – 1−1 1–1
vs. Western Carolina 2–0 2−0 2−0 1−1 1−0 1−1 1−1 1−1 – 2–0
vs. Wofford 1−1 1−1 0−1 0−2 0−1 1−1 1−1 1−1 0−2 –
Total 9−7 8−7 10−4 8−9 2−9 5−11 13−5 7−7 4−13 11−5

All-Southern Conference awards

Southern Conference men's basketball weekly awards

Week Player(s) of the Week School
Dec 1 Neftali Alvarez Mercer
Dec 8 Myron Gordon Samford
Dec 15 Myron Gordon (2) Samford
Dec 22 Malachi Smith Chattanooga
Jan 5 Mike Bothwell, Jr Furman
Jan 12 Hayden Brown The Citadel
Jan 19 Greg Parham VMI
Jan 26 Greg Parham (2) VMI
Feb 2
Feb 8
Feb 15
Feb 22
Mar 1

References

  1. ^ https://soconsports.com/news/2020/11/11/mens-basketball-mens-hoops-preseason-all-socon-team-polls-announced.aspx "Men's hoops preseason All-SoCon team, polls announced" soconsports.com. Retrieved 2020-01-21.