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Tourney time
Postseason begins for Eagles
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Georgia Southern guard Jelani Hewitt (5) saves a loose ball during a Feb. 22 game against Elon at Hanner Fieldhouse. Hewitt and the Eagles begin their 2014 Southern Conference tournament against Furman today at 1:30 p.m. in Asheville, N.C.
This is it. Georgia Southern takes on Furman today at 1 p.m., at the U.S. Cellular Center in Asheville, N.C., in the opening round of the Southern Conference tournament, and it will be the program’s last shot at a SoCon title before it joins the Sun Belt next season.The Eagles have played in the SoCon tournament every year since 1993, and have never won it. In fact, they’ve have never made it to the league championship game.