Cody's Blog

They have never earned an NCAA tournament bid. They have never won their conference tournament. They have never taken home a regular season title. They have never even skeaked out an NIT bid. But, on March 8th, the Wofford Terriers punched their ticket to the NCAA by defeating the Appalachian State Mountaineers in a gutsy performance 56-51. The Terriers, who joined the Southern Conference in 1997.  After competing athletically in the NAIA and Division II, the Terriers made the jump to Division I before the 1994-1995 season. Wofford only committed seven total turnovers for the game, and despite going nearly 10 minutes without scoring after jumping out to a 17-3 lead, their swarming defense allowed them to maintain the lead and the win. Guard Cameron Rundles lead the way with 20 points, and forward Tim Johnson pulled down 13 rebounds. The win gave them their 13th in a row, and marks the 15th time that the Terriers have help an opponent under 60 points. Early signs of a possible tournament berth could possibly have been detected. Wofford lost to the Pittsburgh Panthers by a mere three points, were within two of Illinois with 1o to go, hung in to only lose by 12 over the vastly superior Michigan State Spartans, and defeated both South Carolina and Georgia. The Terriers will probably be anywhere from a 14 to a 16 seed and could cause their opening round opponent some major heartburn come mid-March.