UNC Greensboro men’s basketball coach Wes Miller walked out of the Greensboro Coliseum with a smile after a recent win over the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
“We needed that one,” he said.
With the way the Southern Conference race is shaping up so far, he’s not wrong.
Southern ConferenceSix league teams have at least nine wins overall this season, led by East Tennessee State with 13. The Buccaneers are 3-0 in the SoCon, but four teams are 3-1 and The Citadel is 2-3.
Not included in that group are Mercer and Wofford, who have quality teams led by successful coaches – Bob Hoffman and Mike Young – who are off to slow starts but should be in the thick of things by the time the league season is over.