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Big South preview: High Point chasing first NCAA bid

Senior forward John Brown has led High Point in scoring for three straight seasons. Jason Mowry/Icon Sportswire

The Big South is a league we don't think about except...

When Gardner Webb knocks off Kentucky...

When Coastal Carolina gives Virginia an NCAA tournament run for its money...

When John Smith does this...

That's the plight of conferences like the Big South, back-burnered for much of the season by their big-conference peers.