We’ve entered the final week of the regular season, and there’s still 7 teams fighting for a top 5 finish and first round bye. Here’s where we stand today:
Winthrop………………..12-4
UNC-Asheville………….11-5
High Point…….….……..11-5
Coastal Carolina……….10-6
Gardner-Webb…….…..10-7
Liberty……………………9-7
Radford………………….8-8
Here is everyone’s remaining schedules:
Winthrop
2/25 @ High Point
2/27 @ Campbell
UNCA
2/25 vs Liberty
2/27 vs Coastal
High Point
2/25 vs Winthrop
2/27 @ Presbyterian
Coastal
2/25 vs Charleston Southern
2/27 @ UNCA
Gardner-Webb
2/27 @ Liberty
Liberty
2/25 @ UNCA
2/27 vs Gardner-Webb
Radford
2/25 @ Campbell
2/27 vs Longwood
Winthrop has already clinched a top 5 finish. With 1 win in either of their final 2 games, UNCA and High Point can clinch a top 5 finish.
Here is the final standings projection from KenPom:
UNC-Asheville………13-5
Winthrop…………….13-5
High Point……………12-6
Coastal Carolina……11-7
Liberty………………..10-8
Gardner-Webb……..10-8
Radford………………9-9
If that happens, Liberty would win the tie-breaker with Gardner-Webb for the #5 seed since it would have swept GWU. The Flames would then face #4 seed Coastal Carolina in the Big South quarterfinals on Friday.
