May 23, 2012

Wofford, Coastal Carolina, USC Upstate earn postseason bids

Mike Young and Wofford are in the CBI

No state teams earned a bid into the NCAA or NIT tournaments, but there are a few that are in lower tier postseason tournament fields.

Wofford, a program that has been in the NCAA Tournament in each of the past two seasons, is in the CBI field. The Terriers will play at Pittsburg Wednesday in the opening round. No start time has been announced. The winner will play the winner of Princeton-Evansville in the second round.

Coastal Carolina will face Old Dominion University in the first round of the fourth annual CollegeInsider.com Tournament tomorrow night. The game tips at 7:00 in Norfolk, Virginia. USC Upstate actually has a home game in the CIT. The Spartans face Kent State Thursday night at 7:00 in Spartanburg.

Clemson, College of Charelston, and Charleston Southern opted not to pursue these tournaments.

SportsTalk Rewind 2.7.11: Wofford’s Mike Ayers (AUDIO)

 

Mike Ayers

The Korn has been covering high school football recruiting for longer than most of the staff has been alive.  So obviously National Signing Day is a big day for all of us here at SportsTalk.  Naturally the next thing on the list is to get some feedback from the coaches who are responsible for building their respective recruiting classes. 

Tonight we welcomed into the program Head Coach of the Wofford Terriers, Mike Ayers, to the show to provide us some insight on his 2012 signing class that will make their way to Spartanburg in August.

AUDIO: Mike Ayers

Wofford back in FCS playoffs

Wofford Sunday was awarded an at large bid to the FCS playoffs.  The Terriers, who finished their season at 8-3 with a win Saturday at UT Chattanooga, will travel to Northern Iowa on December 3rd.  The game will be available on ESPN3. 

Wofford is in the post season for the fourth time in five years and for the fifth time since 2003.  The Terriers reached the quarterfinals last season defeating Jacksonville State before losing to Georgia Southern. 

Wofford is the only team from the state to make the playoffs.  Appalachian State and Georgia Southern also are in the playoffs from the Southern Conference.   Big South champions Stony Brook is the only representative from that league. 

FCS playoff bracket

SportsTalk Rewind 11.10.11: Wofford’s Mike Ayers (AUDIO)

The 9th ranked Wofford Terriers will be involved in a Southern Conference clash this weekend in Spartanburg.  They’ll be welcoming 3rd ranked Gerogia Southern to Gibbs stadium Saturday in a game with major conference championship implications.  Tonight we welcomed in Wofford Head Coach, Mike Ayers, to discuss the big matchup, and put to rest any talks of the ”Sportstalk Jinx.”  Kickoff Saturday is scheduled for 1:00 in the upstate.

AUDIO: Mike Ayers

SportsTalk Rewind 9.29.11: Wofford’s Mike Ayers (AUDIO)

The 8th ranked Wofford Terriers are hosting a FCS dandy Saturday at Gibbs Stadium.  They will welcome in the 3rd ranked and perennial SoCon power, Appalachian State Mountaineers to Spartanburg.  Terrier Head Coach, Mike Ayers, was kind enough to join us mid-practice to talk about the big matchup.  Kickoff for this inter-conference clash will be 3:00.

AUDIO: Mike Ayers