Picked to finish last in the 11 team Big South and having not finished better than 10th place the past 4 seasons, it comes as a shock, but with 4 games left in the regular season, the Flames have a legitimate shot at the regular season Big South Championship. Here’s the current standings:
UNC-Asheville………….10-4
Winthrop………………..10-4
Coastal Carolina……….10-5
Liberty……………………9-5
High Point………………..9-5
Gardner-Webb………….8-7
Radford………………….7-7
Charleston Southern…..5-10
Longwood……………….4-10
Campbell………………..4-11
Presbyterian…………….3-11
That leaves 5 teams battling for the top spot – UNC-Asheville, Winthrop, Coastal Carolina, Liberty, and High Point. Here are those teams remaining schedules:
UNCA
2/18 @ Presbyterian
2/20 @ Winthrop
2/25 vs Liberty
2/27 vs Coastal
Winthrop
2/18 vs Coastal
2/20 vs UNCA
2/25 @ High Point
2/27 @ Campbell
Coastal
2/18 @ Winthrop
2/25 vs Charleston Southern
2/27 @ UNCA
Liberty
2/18 vs Radford
2/20 vs Presbyterian
2/25 @ UNCA
2/27 vs Gardner-Webb
High Point
2/18 @ Longwood
2/20 @ Radford
2/25 vs Winthrop
2/27 @ Presbyterian
Here is the final standings projection from KenPom:
UNC-Asheville………13-5
Winthrop…………….12-6
Coastal Carolina……12-6
High Point……………12-6
Liberty………………..11-7
The Flames’ own the head-to-head tiebreaker with Coastal Carolina and High Point, split with Winthrop, and lost the first meeting to UNCA. The regular season Big South champion clinches an appearance in the NIT if they fail to win the Big South Tournament and advance to the NCAA Tournament.
