Western Carolina CatamountsW CarolinaWCU

8-19, 4-12 SoCon

Final

	1	2	T
W Carolina WCU	36	36	72
Samford SAM	44	49	93

Samford BulldogsSamfordSAM

21-8, 11-5 SoCon

Western Carolina Catamounts @ Samford Bulldogs

Game Information

Homewood, AL

Referee:Billy Dunlap

Referee:Owen Farist

Referee:Chuck McCoy

NCAA Division I

Southern Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
East Tennessee State	13-5	-	23-11
Mercer	11-7	2	19-13
Wofford	11-7	2	19-13
Samford	11-7	2	18-14
Furman	10-8	3	22-13
Western Carolina	10-8	3	15-16
UNC Greensboro	9-9	4	15-19
Chattanooga	7-11	6	13-19
The Citadel	7-11	6	11-22
VMI	1-17	12	6-26

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Ole Miss served most punishments past two seasons for ex-assistant's violations

The NCAA has penalized Ole Miss' men's basketball program for tampering violations by former assistant coach Wes Flanigan, with most of the penalties served during the 2024-25 and 2025-26 school years.

Dale Brown, LSU's winningest basketball coach, dies at 90

Dale Brown, who coached LSU to two Final Four appearances and whose players included Shaquille O'Neal and Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, has died at the age of 90.

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