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CHATTANOOGA (March 6, 2025) --- The top-seeded Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball team is off to Asheville, North Carolina, in search of the program's 13th Southern Conference Tournament title with the event kicking off for the team in the quarterfinal round on Saturday inside the Harrah's Cherokee Center – Asheville.
 
No. 1 Chattanooga (23-8), who is riding an 11-game winning streak and coming off a regular season league title, will face the winner of No. 8 Mercer and No. 9 Western Carolina in the quarterfinal stage on Saturday afternoon. Tip-off is set for Noon on ESPN+.
 
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The Mocs enter the tournament with a mass of momentum after winning its last 11 games, the longest win streak for the program since 11 during the 1996-97 Sweet 16 season. Head coach Dan Earl was tabbed the SoCon Coach of the Year on Wednesday and highlighted six total selections for the team in the annual league awards.
 
Chattanooga is looking to punch its ticket to the NCAA Division I Tournament for the 13th time in program history and first time since 2022. The Mocs have already secured an automatic berth into the National Invitational Tournament (NIT) following its regular season title and necessary KNIT score (specific metric formula)

Game details and notes are available below. Fans can find all championship information for this weekend's Southern Conference Tournament at the championship central location HERE and all fan information and schedule of events HERE.
 
GAME DETAILS
SoCon Tournament Quarterfinal Round
#1 Chattanooga (23-8) vs. #8 Mercer/#9 WCU
Date: Sat., March 8 ∙ Time: 12 p.m. ET ∙
Site: Asheville, N.C. (Harrah's Cherokee Center – Asheville)
TV: ESPN+ ∙ Radio: Mocs Sports Network (WFLI)
Follow: Live Stats ∙ @GoMocsMBB on X/Twitter

FAN INFORMATION
Highland Brewing Downtown Taproom (56 Patton Ave, Asheville, NC 28801) on the 2nd floor of the S&W Market building is the home of Mocs Central for the SoCon Tournament this year. Socials will occur before each game, starting 90 minutes before tip and ending 15-30 minutes prior. For more info, call the Mocs Club at (423) 425-4233.

TOURNAMENT HISTORY
SoCon Tournament Record: 64-35 (.646) ∙ Set for 100th game on Saturday.
SoCon Tournament Final Apps.: 20
SoCon Tournament Titles: 12 (last 2022)

GAME NOTES
Chattanooga
 
STORY LINES
CHATTANOOGA NO. 1 SEED; SET FOR NO. 100
∙ Chattanooga (23-8, 15-3 SoCon) enters the SoCon Tournament as the No. 1 seed after earning its 13th SoCon regular season crown.
∙ Second appearance as No. 1 seed since 2022... 6-0 as top seed since 2013...100th all-time SoCon Tournament game for UTC on Saturday... enters the tournament with a 64-35(.646) all-time record.
∙ Saturday also marks game No. 100 at UTC for Dan Earl... enters with a 62-37 (.626) record... 4-2 with the Mocs in the tournament.
 
LENGTHY WIN STREAK
∙ The Mocs have won 11-straight... longest streak for the program since 11 during the 1996-97 Sweet 16 season... second-longest active streak in NCAA Division I (Central Conn. State, 12).
∙ Third-longest program streak by total wins (11)... fourth time reaching 11... reached 12 from end of 1976-77 season to beginning of 1977-78... 14 in 1982-83.
∙ UTC started the SoCon slate 1-2 before finishing 15-3... 15 SoCon wins is most since 2015-16... just the second time with 15 since start of 1993-94... 27 over last two seasons is tied for third most (2014-15).
 
ROAD WARRIORS
∙ The Mocs went 8-1 in SoCon road games... 8-straight wins after dropping the opener at Mercer... program record for consecutive road wins both overall and SoCon only.
∙ Chattanooga is 45-29 (.608) in true road games since 2020... most wins (45) across all of NCAA DI over that span... three clear of Belmont (42) in second & four clear of UC Irvine (41) in third.
∙ UTC went 10-5 on the road in 2024-25... one of 10 NCAA DI teams (as of 3/3) to win 10+.
 
CHATTANOOGA BACK IN MID-MAJOR RANKS
∙ Chattanooga jumped remained at No. 14 in the latest CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 (3/3)... top-ranked SoCon team.
∙ Chattanooga is one of two SoCon teams in the Top 25 (Samford, 19)... UNCG & Furman are receiving votes... 38th and 39th, respectively.
 
DAN EARL(Y) SUCCESS AMONG THE BEST
∙ Dan Earl earned win No. 62 at UTC in his third season... just the third UTC head coach to reach 60+ wins in first three seasons (DI era).
∙ Earl is the first UTC head coach since Mack McCarthy (1985-88) to reach 60 wins in first three seasons... ties McCarthy's 62 total wins for most by a UTC head coach during the three-season span.
 
ALL-SOCON AWARDS FEATURE FIVE MOCS
∙ Dan Earl led the All-SoCon awards after being named the 2024-25 SoCon Coach of the Year... second career SoCon COTY honor (20-21, VMI).
∙ Earl is the 4th UTC head coach to win SoCon COTY over the past 11 years... Will Wade (2014), Matt McCall (2016), Lamont Paris (2022).
∙ Senior Frank Champion was named the SoCon Newcomer of the Year... Honor Huff (1st Team)... Trey Bonham (2nd), Bash Wieland (2nd) & Champion (2nd) earned all-league laurels.

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