
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, February 25, 1991                   TAG: 9102250087
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B3   EDITION: STATE 
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DATELINE: ANDERSON, S.C.                                LENGTH: Short

RADFORD OPENS BIG SOUTH WITH CHARLESTON SO.

Regular-season champion Coastal Carolina is the top seed in the Big South Conference men's basketball tournament that starts Thursday at the Anderson Civic Center.

Coastal Carolina, which was 13-1 in league play, is the No. 1 seed for the fourth straight year in the eight-team tournament. Coastal Carolina will open the tournament on Thursday against eighth-seeded Campbell at 1 p.m.

Radford, the No. 2 seed, will face No. 7 Charleston Southern in Thursday's 7 p.m. first-round game. The other two first-round games pit No. 4 Davidson against No. 5 Winthrop at 3 p.m., and No. 3 Augusta against No. 6 UNC Asheville at 9 p.m.

The four first-round winners advance to Friday's semifinals, which will be played at 6 and 8 p.m.

Saturday's title game starts at noon and will be telecast by ESPN.

The Big South champion will meet the Southwestern Athletic Conference champion on Wednesday, March 6, in a special "play-in" game to the NCAA Tournament. That contest also will be telecast by ESPN. - Staff report

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