2020–21 Southern Conference men's basketball season

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.

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

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 parentheses)

1. UNC Greensboro (4) 76
2. Furman (5) 74
3. East Tennessee State (1) 63
4. Mercer 56
5. Wofford 47
6. Western Carolina 44
7. Chattanooga 38
8. Samford 23
9. VMI 15
10. The Citadel 14

Preseason men's basketball media poll

(First place votes in parentheses)

1. Furman (16) 278
2. UNC Greensboro (9) 274
3. East Tennessee State (4) 211
4. Mercer (1) 190
5. Wofford 184
6. Western Carolina 175
7. Chattanooga 150
8. Samford 79
9. VMI 61
10. 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	–	0−2	1−0	1−1	0−2	1−1	2−0	1−0	0−2	1–1
vs. East Tennessee State	2–0	–	1−1	1−1	0−0	1−1	1−1	0−1	0−2	1–1
vs. Furman	0−1	1−1	–	0−2	0−1	0−2	1−1	1−0	0−2	1–0
vs. Mercer	1–1	1−1	2−0	–	0−2	0−2	2−0	0−1	1−1	2−0
vs. Samford	2–0	0−0	1−0	2−0	–	0−0	2−0	1−1	0−1	1−0
vs. The Citadel	1−1	1−1	2−0	2−0	0−0	–	2−0	1−1	1−1	1−1
vs. UNC Greensboro	0−2	1−1	1−1	0−2	0−2	0−2	–	1−1	1−1	1–1
vs. VMI	0−1	1−0	0−1	1−0	1−1	1−1	1−1	–	1−1	1–1
vs. Western Carolina	2–0	2−0	2−0	1−1	1−0	1−1	1−1	1−1	–	2–0
vs. Wofford	1−1	1−1	0−1	0−2	0−1	1−1	1−1	1−1	0−2	–
Total	9−7	8−7	10−4	8−9	2−9	5−11	13−5	7−7	4−13	11−5

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

1. 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.