SoCon Championship - Semifinal

18-10, 8-9 SoCon

Final

	1	2	T
Mercer MER	33	40	73
VMI VMI	26	33	59

VMI KeydetsVMIVMI

13-12, 7-7 SoCon

VMI Keydets vs Mercer Bears

Alvarez helps Mercer defeat VMI, gain 1st SoCon title game

— Neftali Alvarez scored 23 points, making a trio of 3-pointers, and seventh-seeded Mercer defeated Southern Conference tournament upstart VMI 73-59 in the semifinal round on Sunday night.

Mar 8, 2021, 10:48 am - AP

MER

100%

According to ESPN Analytics

Data is currently unavailable.

NCAA Division I

Southern Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
East Tennessee State	13-5	-	23-11
Mercer	11-7	2	19-13
Wofford	11-7	2	19-13
Samford	11-7	2	18-14
Furman	10-8	3	22-13
Western Carolina	10-8	3	15-16
UNC Greensboro	9-9	4	15-19
Chattanooga	7-11	6	13-19
The Citadel	7-11	6	11-22
VMI	1-17	12	6-26

Men's College Basketball News

Paul Finebaum remembers former LSU coach Dale Brown

18h

Ole Miss served most punishments past two seasons for ex-assistant's violations

The NCAA has penalized Ole Miss' men's basketball program for tampering violations by former assistant coach Wes Flanigan, with most of the penalties served during the 2024-25 and 2025-26 school years.

18h

Dale Brown, LSU's winningest basketball coach, dies at 90

Dale Brown, who coached LSU to two Final Four appearances and whose players included Shaquille O'Neal and Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, has died at the age of 90.

15h

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