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East Tennessee State (22-7, 12-4 SoCon) at UNC-Greensboro (23-5, 12-3 SoCon) – 3:00 PM EST (ESPN+)
Today’s UTR Game of the Day keeps us in the SoCon geographic footprint; the UNC-Greensboro Spartans will host the East Tennessee State Buccaneers in a battle for second place in the league standings. UNC-G won the first meeting between both teams 75-68 back in January; Francis Alonso and Angelo Allegri scored 15 points apiece in that game for the Spartans. They’ve already split their season series with Furman, and a potential season sweep of ETSU and a run to at least the conference championship game would also put UNC-Greensboro into the NCAA Tournament at-large discussion.
East Tennessee State also has a season split with Furman, and much like UNC-G, neither team was able to beat Wofford this season. Unfortunately for the Bucs, losses at Creighton, at Illinois and at Georgia State in the noncon left them with missed opportunities which mean that they really need to win the SoCon Tournament in order to make the NCAA Tournament themselves. They certainly have that capability, and they do have a balanced scoring attack with 4 players averaging above 10 points a game.