Only a tie-breaker and a 71-58 loss at Davidson kept the late-charging Bulldogs from a surprise first-round bye. Another team affected by the flip of the calendar page to February, coach Pat Dennis and company rattled off six wins in their final seven games.
The leader of this charge has been Travis Cantrell and his 12.4 points per game and long-range bomber Alan Puckett, who shot three-pointers at a league-leading 42.1 percent clip.
If momentum is any indication, the Bulldogs are favorably seeded, as the earliest they could meet a team with a February record of .500 or better would be the semifinals.

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