2020–21 Southern Conference men's basketball season

2020–21 Southern Conference men's basketball season
2020–21 Southern Conference men's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	10
Regular season
Tournament
Southern Conference men's basketball seasons
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2020–21 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
UNC Greensboro †	13	–	5	.722	21	–	9	.700
Wofford	12	–	5	.706	15	–	9	.625
Furman	10	–	5	.667	16	–	9	.640
Chattanooga	9	–	7	.563	18	–	8	.692
East Tennessee State	8	–	7	.533	13	–	12	.520
VMI	7	–	7	.500	13	–	12	.520
Mercer	8	–	9	.471	18	–	11	.621
The Citadel	5	–	11	.313	13	–	12	.520
Western Carolina	4	–	13	.235	11	–	16	.407
Samford	2	–	9	.182	6	–	13	.316

† 2021 SoCon tournament winner

The 2020–21 Southern Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2020, followed by the start of the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play begins in January 2021 and will conclude in March 2021.

Preseason Awards

Preseason awards were announced by the league office on November 11, 2020.^[1]

Preseason men's basketball coaches poll

(First place votes in parenthesis)

UNC Greensboro (4) 76
Furman (5) 74
East Tennessee State (1) 63
Mercer 56
Wofford 47
Western Carolina 44
Chattanooga 38
Samford 23
VMI 15
The Citadel 14

Preseason men's basketball media poll

(First place votes in parenthesis)

Furman (16) 278
UNC Greensboro (9) 274
East Tennessee State (4) 211
Mercer (1) 190
Wofford 184
Western Carolina 175
Chattanooga 150
Samford 79
VMI 61
The Citadel 48

Honor	Recipient
Preseason Player of the Year	Isaiah Miller, UNC Greensboro
Preseason All-Southern Conference Team	Ledarrius Brewer, East Tennessee State
	Ty Brewer, East Tennessee State
	Mike Bothwell, Furman
	Noah Gurley, Furman
	Clay Mounce, Furman
	Ross Cummings, Mercer
	Jeff Gary, Mercer
	Isaiah Miller, UNC Greensboro
	David Jean-Baptiste, Chattanooga
	Mason Faulkner, Western Carolina
	Storm Murphy, Wofford

Conference matrix

	Chattanooga	East Tennessee State	Furman	Mercer	Samford	The Citadel	UNC Greensboro	VMI	Western Carolina	Wofford
vs. Chattanooga	–	0−0	1−0	0−1	0−2	1−0	1−0	1−0	0−1	1–0
vs. East Tennessee State	0–0	–	1−1	0−1	0−0	0−1	0−1	0−1	0−2	1–0
vs. Furman	0−1	1−1	–	0−1	0−0	0−1	0−0	1−0	0−1	0–0
vs. Mercer	1–0	1−0	1−0	–	0−0	0−1	1−0	0−1	0−1	2−0
vs. Samford	2–0	0−0	0−0	0−0	–	0−0	2−0	0−1	0−1	1−0
vs. The Citadel	0−1	1−0	1−0	1−0	0−0	–	2−0	1−0	1−0	0−1
vs. UNC Greensboro	0−1	1−0	0−0	0−1	0−2	0−2	–	0−1	0−0	1–1
vs. VMI	0−1	1−0	0−1	1−0	1−0	0−1	1−0	–	0−1	1–1
vs. Western Carolina	1–0	2−0	1−0	1−0	1−0	0−1	0−0	1−0	–	1–0
vs. Wofford	0−1	0−1	0−0	0−2	0−1	1−0	1−1	1−1	0−1	–
Total	4−5	7−2	5−2	3−6	2−5	2−7	8−2	5−5	1−8	8−3

All-Southern Conference awards

Southern Conference men's basketball weekly awards

Week	Player(s) of the Week	School
Dec 1	Neftali Alvarez	Mercer
Dec 8	Myron Gordon	Samford
Dec 15	Myron Gordon (2)	Samford
Dec 22	Malachi Smith	Chattanooga
Jan 5	Mike Bothwell, Jr	Furman
Jan 12	Hayden Brown	The Citadel
Jan 19	Greg Parham	VMI
Jan 26	Greg Parham (2)	VMI
Feb 2
Feb 8
Feb 15
Feb 22
Mar 1

References

^ https://soconsports.com/news/2020/11/11/mens-basketball-mens-hoops-preseason-all-socon-team-polls-announced.aspx "Men's hoops preseason All-SoCon team, polls announced" soconsports.com. Retrieved 2020-01-21.

[1] ttps://soconsports.com/news/2020/11/11/mens-basketball-mens-hoops-preseason-all-socon-team-polls-announced.aspx "Men's hoops preseason All-SoCon team, polls announced" soconsports.com. Retrieved 2020-01-21.

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v t e Southern Conference men's basketball
Teams	Chattanooga Mocs The Citadel Bulldogs East Tennessee State Buccaneers Furman Paladins Mercer Bears Samford Bulldogs UNC Greensboro Spartans VMI Keydets Western Carolina Catamounts Wofford Terriers
Championships & awards	Southern Conference men's basketball champions Player of the Year
Seasons	1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23