ATLANTA — If this is Emory, this must be Tuesday. Or Wednesday. I’ve been crossed up on the days of the week all … well, week.

This is the final game of the Southern Hospitality tour. Twenty-two teams have battled to try to keep from becoming a blur in my mind. Perhaps I should be doing the battling.

Mitch Cole, the Birmingham-Southern coach, just came over to me and said “everything I say tonight is off the record!”

I told him I wouldn’t stick my head in his huddle (his bench is right next to my seat at the scorer’s table) but if the fans could hear it then I don’t think it could be off the record.

Emory is back after a three-week layoff. Spiros Ferderigos, Emory’s best player, has his left hand taped, but hit a three-pointer early and more or less controlled a rebound with that hand so he looks OK for now.

Emory and Birmingham-Southern are both 6-3.

DECATUR, Ga. — At Agnes Scott College this afternoon and I cannot recall having been in a darker gym. I can’t imagine a night game here because some of the light is natural.

Now, that having been said, the campus is really nice. I’ve been to some women’s schools that give off the appearance that they’re in trouble as an institution, but this is not one of them.

Agnes Scott lists 12 on its roster but I never saw more than nine warm up. And 13 minutes to tip they are still back in their locker room.

Phonernetting here too.

Edit: The podcasts are up. Alex Stewart, the Agnes Scott head coach, played basketball at Georgia Tech, so she has some interesting perspective on moving from the ACC to the GSAC.

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