By FITSNews || Selection Sunday for this year’s NCAA men’s basketball tournament (a.k.a. “March Madness”) is less than a week away, but one South Carolina school has already punched its dance card.
With its history-making 56-51 victory over Appalachian State Monday, Wofford has clinched its first-ever Southern Conference Tournament Championship – and the automatic NCAA bid that comes with it. Sure, the Terriers (26-8) will likely wind up being a sacrificial lamb to Kansas, Kentucky, Syracuse, Duke or some other top seeded team in the “Big Dance,” but still … at least they made it, which is more than some schools can say.
It wasn’t easy for Wofford. The Terriers entered the NCAA’s Division I-A in 1996, and didn’t have a winning season for thirteen consecutive years.
Ouch.
Wofford finally broke that streak of futility a year ago, and then this season – after starting conference play 0-2 – the Terriers reeled off fifteen wins in their final sixteen games to claim their first-ever regular season conference crown.
Congrats to Wofford and the city of Spartanburg, S.C. on this well-deserved moment …
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Wofford Wins SoCon Tournament, first-ever NCAA Bid (Spartanburg Herald-Journal)
By sclawboy March 9, 2010 at 1:51 pm
Wofford beat South Carolina (in Spartanburg) and UGA (in Athens). They have the ability to run with the big dogs.
Get it? Big dogs? I crack myself up…
By Hmmmmm March 9, 2010 at 3:11 pm
Wofford’s made it to the dance – lets see who they get partnered with…
However – Congrats to the Terriers!!
By Tony D March 9, 2010 at 3:16 pm
Wofford is actually the second school from SC to make the tournament this year. Winthrop won the Big South Conference tournament on Saturday.
By baker March 9, 2010 at 11:58 pm
Big, big win for Wofford College.
Coach Mike Young is a great guy who really deserves this positive turn of events.
Wofford may not have the firepower to pull off a first-round upset. But the team plays some pretty darn nasty defense, and I think they could very well give a high-seed some major fits (no pun intended).
By Toyota Kawaski March 10, 2010 at 8:32 am
Agree Baker! Coach Young is a great guy congrats to him and his kids.
By trish March 10, 2010 at 10:52 am
Winthrop gets no love in South Carolina. Go Eagles!!