Player of the Year Malcolm U. Pitt Defensive Player of the Year (Coaches) Player of the Year (Media) (Coaches) Desonta Bradford, ETSU Fletcher Magee, Woff ord James Dickey, UNCG Freshman of the Year Freshman of the Year Coach of the Year (Coaches) (Media) (Consensus) Bo Hodges, ETSU Bubba Parham, VMI Wes Miller, UNCG 2018-19 SOCON MEN’S BASKETBALL 2018-19 Southern Conference Men’s Basketball Media Guide On the inside The Southern Conference 2018-19 composite schedule ........................................2-3 702 N. Pine Street 2019 postseason tournaments ........................................4 Spartanburg, SC 29303 2019 Southern Conference Championship ................5 Phone: ......................................................................................................... 864-591-5100 Southern Conference Fax: ............................................................................................................... 864-591-3448 History ...........................................................................6-10 Website: ............................................................................................. SoConSports.com SoCon Principles ............................................................11 Hall of Fame ...............................................................12-13 Commissioner John Iamarino ................................... 14 Conference staff Staff .....................................................................................15 John Iamarino ..................................................................... Commissioner Media Services ................................................................16 Geoff Cabe ................................................ Senior Associate Commissioner Teams Sue Arakas ........................................................... Associate Commissioner The Citadel .................................................................18-19 Doug King ..................................Associate Commissioner for Compliance ETSU..............................................................................20-21 Jason Yaman ........................................................ Associate Commissioner Furman ........................................................................22-23 Phil Perry .............................. Assistant Commissioner for Media Relations Mercer ..........................................................................24-25 Paul Lollis ..........................Assistant Commissioner for Video Productions UNCG ............................................................................26-27 Stanley Broaden ............................................. Director of Championships Samford .......................................................................28-29 Haley Shotwell .............................................. Director of Creative Services Chattanooga..............................................................30-31 Hannah Bradley ...............................Assistant Director of Media Relations S VMI ................................................................................32-33 Neili Akridge ..............................Executive Assistant to the Commissioner O Western Carolina ......................................................34-35 Carl Mattox .........................................................Championships Assistant C Woff ord ........................................................................36-37 Emily Fulton ................................................ External Operations Assistant ON Home courts .....................................................................38-39 Hannah Simmons ............................................. Media Relations Assistant Mike Wood............................................................. Coordinator of Offi cials S 2017-18 year-in-review Year-in-review ...........................................................40-41 PORTS Southern Conference Offi cers Individual stats ...............................................................42 President: Dr. Jameica Hill, Woff ord College Team stats .........................................................................43 Vice President: Dr. Jeff rey Hugdahl, Mercer University Individual game highs ................................................. 44 . Team game highs .......................................................... 45 COM All-time records and honors Individual records ....................................................46-50 Team records .............................................................51-54 Coaching records ...........................................................55 Coaching history by school ..................................56-57 Individual annual leaders .....................................58-61 Team annual leaders ...............................................62-63 Yearly basketball awards .......................................64-66 All-conference teams .............................................67-72 All-freshman teams .................................................73-74 Players of the week .................................................75-77 Freshmen of the week ................................................. 77 Players of the month .................................................... 77 Yearly standings .......................................................78-84 SoCon champions .........................................................85 SoCon tournament results ...................................86-98 SoCon all-tournament teams ........................... 99-103 SoCon tournament records......................................104 National awards ...........................................................105 Credits NBA players ....................................................................106 Editor: Phil Perry NBA draftees ..................................................................107 Design: Phil Perry Postseason history by school .........................108-109 Cover: Haley Shotwell SoCon in the NCAA tournament ...................110-111 Editorial assistance: Jason Yaman and the SoCon basketball SIDs. SoCon in other national tournaments .................112 2018-19 MEN’S BASKETBALL 1 COMPOSITE SCHEDULE Nov. 6 (Tuesday) Nov. 18 (Sunday) Dec. 3 (Monday) The Citadel at Clemson, 7 p.m. ACCNE Woff ord at Oklahoma, 2 p.m. FSOK Reinhardt at ETSU, 7 p.m. ESPN3 ETSU at Georgia State, 7 p.m. ESPN+ (Bad Boy Mowers Battle 4 Atlantis) (Cayman Islands Classic) Chattanooga vs. Jacksonville, 4 p.m. Dec. 4 (Tuesday) Bob Jones at Furman, 7 p.m. ESPN+ (Goldie and Herman Ungar Classic; Mobile, Ala.) Furman at Elon, 7 p.m. Phoenix All-Access Chattanooga at Charlotte, 7 p.m. CUSA.TV Samford at Cleveland State, 5 p.m. ESPN+ Woff ord at Kansas, 8 p.m. ESPN+ Washington College at VMI, 7 p.m. SDN (Buckeye Basketball Classic) North Carolina at Woff ord, 7 p.m. ESPN2 VMI at Kentucky, 8 p.m. SEC Dec. 5 (Wednesday) UNCG at North Carolina A&T, 7:30 p.m. (Ohio Valley Hardwood Showcase) Johnson & Wales at The Citadel, 7 p.m. ESPN3 North Alabama at Samford, 7:30 p.m. ESPN3 Mercer at Florida Atlantic, 7 p.m. CUSA.TV Mercer at UAB, 8 p.m. Nov. 19 (Monday) VMI at Virginia Tech, 7 p.m. ACCNE Chicago State at ETSU, 7 p.m. ESPN+ Western Carolina at NC State, 7 p.m. ACCNE Nov. 7 (Wednesday) (Cayman Islands Classic) Western Carolina at Wright State, 7 p.m. ESPN+ Prairie View A&M at UNCG, 7 p.m. ESPN+ Dec. 6 (Thursday) (Cancun Challenge) Kentucky Christian at Woff ord, 7 p.m. SDN Nov. 20 (Tuesday) Nov. 8 (Thursday) Western Carolina vs. Jacksonville State, 12:30 p.m. CBSD Dec. 7 (Friday) Hiwassee at ETSU, 7 p.m. ESPN+ (Cancun Challenge; Cancun, Mexico) UNCG at Elon, 7 p.m. Phoenix All-Access The Citadel at James Madison, 7 p.m. MadiZONE HD Sportsnet Nov. 9 (Friday) Jackson State/Sam Houston State at ETSU, 7 p.m. ESPN3 Dec. 8 (Saturday) Piedmont at Mercer, 7 p.m. ESPN3 (Cayman Islands Classic) Furman at USC Upstate, 2 p.m. ESPN+ VMI at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. ACCNE Maryland-Eastern Shore at Mercer, 7 p.m. ESPN+ UT Martin at ETSU, 4 p.m. ESPN+ Jacksonville State at Samford, 7:30 p.m. ESPN3 (Wolfpack Classic) Georgia Southern at Mercer, 4 p.m. ESPN3 UNCG at LSU, 8 p.m. SEC+ Samford at Ohio State, 7 p.m. BTN+ Western Carolina at UNC Asheville, 5:30 p.m. ESPN+ Furman at Loyola Chicago, 8:30 p.m. NBCSC/ESPN3 (Buckeye Basketball Classic) Kentucky Christian at VMI, 7 p.m. ESPN3 Dec. 9 (Sunday) Nov. 10 (Saturday) (Ohio Valley Hardwood Showcase) *VMI at Chattanooga, 1 p.m. ESPN+ College of Charleston at Western Carolina, 12 p.m. ESPN3 Coastal Carolina at Woff ord, 2 p.m. ESPN+ Woff ord at High Point, 2 p.m. ESPN+ Nov. 21 (Wednesday) Samford at Alabama A&M, 5 p.m. Eastern Kentucky at Chattanooga, 7 p.m. Western Carolina vs. North Florida/Southern Miss, 12:30/3 p.m. (Cancun Challenge; Cancun, Mexico) CBSD Dec. 11 (Tuesday) Nov. 11 (Sunday) Southern Wesleyan at Furman, 6:30 p.m. ESPN3 Charleston Southern at Furman, 7 p.m. ESPN3 Goucher College at VMI, 1 p.m. SDN (Advocare Invitational) (Ohio Valley Hardwood Showcase) Coppin State at Woff ord, 7 p.m. ESPN3 Dec. 12 (Wednesday) ETSU at Creighton, 1:30 p.m. FS1 (Bad Boy Mowers Battle 4 Atlantis) Coppin State at UNCG, 7 p.m. ESPN3 (Cayman Islands Classic) Chattanooga at Georgia State, 7 p.m. ESPN+ Nov. 23 (Friday) VMI at Presbyterian, 7:30 p.m. ESPN+ OOPS Nov. 12 (Monday) VMI at Stetson, 1 p.m. ESPN+ Mid-Atlantic Christian at The Citadel, 7 p.m. ESPN+ Mars Hill at Woff ord, 1 p.m. SDN Dec. 13 (Thursday) H (Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational)