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Southern Basketball - Week 7 of 17

Mercer Most Important Games

The Most Important Games for the Mercer Bears are those conference games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Bears final standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Mercer Bears fans can use this table to identify the most interesting conference games in the upcoming week of play.

Mercer Most Important Games
Game Importance
Factor
(0‑∼100)
Game
Winner
Mercer Resultant Probabilities
Regular Season Finish
1*
First Round Bye
2*
First Round Bye
3*
First Round Bye
4*
First Round Bye
5*
First Round Bye
6*
First Round Bye
7 8 9 10
Mercer
(7‑5)

vs
Furman
(8‑4)
7 Mercer Wins 26% 19% 15% 12% 10% 8% 5% 3% 1% <1%
Current Probabilities 20% 17% 15% 13% 11% 9% 7% 5% 2% 1%
Furman Wins 14% 17% 16% 14% 12% 10% 8% 5% 3% 1%
Wofford
(7‑4)

vs
Western Carolina
(4‑7)
1 Wofford Wins 20% 17% 15% 13% 11% 9% 7% 4% 2% 1%
Current Probabilities 20% 17% 15% 13% 11% 9% 7% 5% 2% 1%
Western Carolina Wins 21% 17% 15% 13% 10% 9% 7% 5% 3% 1%
N.C. Greensboro
(3‑9)

vs
ChattanoogaChattan.
(5‑7)
0 N.C. Greensboro Wins 20% 18% 15% 13% 11% 9% 6% 5% 3% 1%
Current Probabilities 20% 17% 15% 13% 11% 9% 7% 5% 2% 1%
ChattanoogaChattan. Wins 20% 17% 15% 13% 11% 9% 7% 5% 3% 1%
Samford
(7‑6)

vs
VMI
(5‑7)
0 Samford Wins 20% 18% 15% 13% 11% 9% 7% 5% 3% 1%
Current Probabilities 20% 17% 15% 13% 11% 9% 7% 5% 2% 1%
VMI Wins 21% 17% 15% 13% 11% 9% 7% 5% 3% 1%
E. Tennessee St.
(8‑5)

vs
Citadel
(3‑10)
0 E. Tennessee St. Wins 20% 17% 15% 13% 11% 9% 7% 5% 2% 1%
Current Probabilities 20% 17% 15% 13% 11% 9% 7% 5% 2% 1%
Citadel Wins 20% 18% 15% 13% 11% 9% 7% 4% 3% 1%
  • Notes
  • ^ means the team will finish better than this playoff spot
  • X means the team cannot win this playoff spot
  • 50% - probability the team will win this playoff spot - green number indicates the team controls its destiny for this spot
  • 50% - probability the team will win this playoff spot - red number indicates the team does not control its destiny for this spot
  • * denotes first round bye in the post season conference tournament