We roll with Mercer here as they hook up against East Carolina. Bob Hoffman is the same coach that took down Duke a couple years ago in the NCAAB Tournament. He has been a long-term installment at Mercer Basketball after the exit of Mark Slonaker - who was actually named Coach of the Year at one point. The Bears come off a 11 point win over Radford where they played horrendously. They could have just been looking forward to this game which is likely the case.

They have played some big named schools over the years and have done very well as there is no intimidation factor as they roll into East Carolina. This team did not play well in their last game despite the win and East Carolina has not faced a quality caliber team in the top 160 like Mercer. The only team they played similar was Charlotte who they lost to by 12 points. I'm backing Mercer here on the road on Friday evening.