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ESPN - Schlabach: Despite loss, Mercer still impresses - Men’s College Basketball
Attention is something new for Mercer, too. The Bears haven’t played in the NCAA tournament since 1985, when Sam Mitchell nearly led them to an upset of Georgia Tech in the first round. Mitchell played 13 years in the NBA and is now coach of the Toronto Raptors.

Mercer won the Atlantic Sun regular-season championship for the first time in 2002-03, but was upset by Central Florida in the semifinals of the conference tournament.