Davidson had endured a shaky start that season, as McKillop loaded up the non-conference schedule. Not his time. It’s hard to really describe how it felt. I didn’t watch any of the games. Was there a Giannis dream? Kansas answered back for a 59-53 lead with 1:15 to go, but a four-point Davidson possession – free throw, Jayhawks losing the rebound of a second missed free throw out of bounds, Curry 3-pointer – cut it to 59-57. We became the darlings of that year, with Steph being our guy, our leader. The official 2008-09 Men's Basketball schedule for the Davidson College Wildcats. He shot the ball amazingly. And just like when he was at Davidson, he’s a superstar, but he was just a normal guy, and nothing’s changed. Then, led by Steph, we just got on a wave, and that wave kept on going in that second half. Curry hinted at the future with his early games against the bluebloods; 24 points in a four-point loss to North Carolina, 20 in a six-point defeat by Duke. Steph is the most important part. Believe me; we were realistic; we saw that roster, we watched their tape. He hit the go-ahead bucket with 1:04 to go, on a play coach McKillop remembers fondly. The Wildcats blow them away with a 37-20 second half to win 73-56. And, you know, all of a sudden, you played North Carolina, and about two or three plays cost you the win. The 2008 NCAA tournament was the eighth NCAA tournament with a 65-team bracket, prior to the introduction of the 68-team bracket that featured the First Four in 2011. I liken him to a great Broadway performer. Richards: With this quarantine that’s going on, I actually popped in a couple of the old tapes a while ago just to kind of buy some time because there’s not much going on. He reportedly only received a walk-on offer from his father’s alma mater, Virginia Tech University. After a Kansas miss, the Wildcats had 17 seconds left, and one last chance. He drew a foul on it. Here are some of the best fathers and sons in the history of college basketball, including Glenn Robinson II and III, the Curry family and Marques and Kris Johnson. Matt Matheny, who is one of our assistant head coaches, and I sat down in his living room about 4:00 in the afternoon. At Davidson, at that point in time, we didn’t really recruit a lot from the area around Charlotte. Being able to get a guy like that, who’s kind of a hometown hero, getting him to come to Davidson was a huge win for us. Stephen Curry leads No. The Wildcats made it to the 2008 NCAA Tournament, where Steph’s All-Word performance introduced him to the world. The Wildcats finished the 2007-08 season 29-7 (20-0 in conference play) and were the No. Win-Loss: 8-15. 10 seed in the Midwest Region. Davidson with Coach McKillop had been consistently good, near the top of the Southern Conference, so when some of those guys left — some really good players — people thought Davidson was going to die down. Coach Fox: I think what he was able to prove to himself is how good he could be with all those players on that under-19 team. 10 Davidson by 10 points in the second half in Raleigh. “I kept my head down, did my job,” he said. But there has 100% been moments where he was the best basketball player on the planet, which is just mind-blowing to be able to say that. Coach McKillop: Stephen started on a Community House stage, a local community stage. “People around the basketball world knew how good Steph was, but that put him on the map, because everyone watches the NCAA Tournament. So it just kind of worked out in their favor. They were a lot taller than us at every position. It kind of broke down their rhythm. As a senior, Curry hoped to get a Division 1 scholarship to continue his career and showcase his phenomenal shooting ability. By Curry’s sophomore year, Davidson’s basketball program was establishing itself at the national level. Richards’ game-winning 3-point attempt was off, ending Davidson’s Cinderella run in the Elite Eight. He had led the nation in assists that season, as Robin to Curry’s Batman. Take that shot again, and Jason Richards makes it any day of the week. “I don’t think there’s ever been a question in anyone’s mind who was part of that experience of what could have happened. “It’s hard to believe it was 10 years ago, and maybe that speaks about what it has meant to Davidson,” said Bob McKillop, the coach now, as he was then. It was more about the run as a team, than that one specific play.”. And again, to us, it wasn’t a surprise. 10 Davidson vs No. Every time he’s been put on the stage in a pivotal role, he has taken that play, that musical, that drama, that comedy, whatever it might be, he has taken it from Podunk Town America to big city America to Broadway. Note: Insider gets you ready for the NCAA Tournament with complete scouting reports on all 65 teams and in-depth bracket analysis to help you project the field all the way to San Antonio. “We would have had another shot at Carolina, which we had lost to by four to begin the season,” Richards said. We knew he would have a long career, but to see him continue to grow and master his craft, it’s fun to watch. But that play also got better because Stephen played the lead role. Watch all of his top shots and plays from the Wildcats' memorable Cinderella run. We had maturity. Richards: His freshman, my junior year, we went to coach Coach McKillop and said, ‘you know, we want to play a tough schedule. Coach McKillop: Now we’re in the memory bank, and we’re saying we’re even with Wisconsin; we were down double digits against Gonzaga. It was just a matter of if you shoot enough, they’re going to start going in. Richards: His game changed significantly from his freshman to sophomore year in terms of what he was able to do on the basketball court. Sweet 16, No. UNC Greensboro took the Southern title and the NCAA tournament berth in 2018, 62-47. We go out to Anaheim to play UCLA, and we jumped out to a 15 or 17-point lead. But the other thing is, they were big. They can take that memory for the rest of their lives, it will be so cherished and so treasured.”. Stephen Curry scored 25 of his 30 points in the second half and little Davidson upset mighty Georgetown 74-70 on Sunday to reach the NCAA tournament's round of 16. They did not lose again in the regular season. Also, of what Jason Richards was doing, I think he had 13 assists, no turnovers and just the overall team effort. Coach Fox: I know SEC and ACC team coaches that were definitely trying to tell him, “hey, you don’t have to go there, even though you signed your letter of intent with Davidson, all you got to do is go to prep school for you get out of that.” So they were giving him the way to do it. And I think that was a little different than our past two games. It was an open look. 1 ranked Jayhawks. We knew he was a special talent. The Selection Committeeseeded the entire field from 1 to 65 within four regionals of 16 teams; Mount St. Mary's, as the winner of the play-in game, automatically received a 16 seed. When Steph said yes, there was a lot of good wine drank that night. I think that speaks volumes of his upbringing in his household and Mr. and Mrs. Curry, raising Steph and their children. Second round, No. I kind of watched those games almost as just a fan. Davidson took over at the beginning of the second half, going on a 24-9 run to open up a 15-point lead. March 21, 2008. Our assistant coaches were spectacular in the way they prepared us. It’s only going to prepare us for what we wanted to do in March. Richards: We went into halftime with Wisconsin tied. Against Gonzaga, we were down. NCAA Tournament. A tiny school, oozing with charm, started cutting down one giant after another in the NCAA Tournament, as the bandwagon filled every seat. That’s what kind of the whole season was, a build-up to March.”. 1 ranks tried to get him to look elsewhere, to de-commit, so to speak, even though he has signed with us. Curry spent part of the summer playing with Team USA’s U-19 World Championship squad that earned a silver medal, playing alongside the likes of Patrick Beverley, De’Andre Jordan and Michael Beasley. The pivotal 3 Steph made was at the top of the key. He’s still the same person. They had Patrick Ewing’s son and Roy Hibbert, who was a first-round pick, and a host of other outstanding players. “So it was something that didn’t wait for March, but March was sort of an exclamation point for what was going on.”, MORE: First televised college basketball game featured Pitt and Fordham in February 1940. 11 years ago today, Stephen Curry put the nation on notice vs. Gonzaga. 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That’s why we were in the positon we were, the last 10 seconds of the clock, down two.”. Georgetown, we were down. The Wildcats trailed by 11 points with less than 15 minutes remaining in … Plus, you can follow all the games on your desktop with our discreet RealTime Scoreboard.. Also, don't miss Blue Ribbon's analysis of Davidson and all 65 teams. Too bad, Davidson’s fairy tale couldn’t have lasted one week longer – as it did two years earlier for George Mason, as it would two years later for Butler. Davidson basketball scores, news, schedule, players, stats, photos, rumors, depth charts on RealGM.com The Wildcats weren’t dead yet. Ten years later, the images of that March still warm Davidson. Then he moved to a big city stage, then moved to an off-Broadway stage. “I certainly don’t have any desire to go back and look at some of that footage that might make me second guess.”. A week later, Kansas was national champion. Stephen Curry’s first foray into the national spotlight came in the 2008 NCAA Tournament. It was just really special. And Steph played that role and got better and better at that role. And when the Wildcats hit the Sweet 16, the school offered free bus transportation and ticket to any student who wanted to go to Detroit. The odds are against them, but they've been there before. “We didn’t think we were outmatched. “It still is a very vibrant, very vivid, exhilarating memory that touches everyone in the Davidson community. I mean, he’s had a couple of injuries over the past few years. But, with the honor and the integrity that the Curry family always has, they wanted none of that. Everyone knew where the ball was going, including the Jayhawks, who double-teamed Curry. But you can’t just discredit the way Steph played. They miss a shot. Let me tell you this, Jason Richards made that shot countless times in practice, that same shot, when we went through the situation in practice, some of it live, some of it simulated. NCAA conference tournament schedule: Tracking March Madness automatic bids, “That was Steph Curry’s coming-out party,” teammate Jason Richards would say a decade later. And one other thing about Davidson of 10 years ago. It was like we just smacked them in the face. His career ended with an NIT second round loss at Saint Mary’s. As a coach, and I’m sure coach McKillop will tell you this, you feel pretty good about your team. But here they were with a compelling star, a fearless confidence, an affable coach, and a lovable story. In both games, we played our best basketball in the second half, and we’re going to be okay. After pulling off a second-consecutive upset, Davidson was set to take on the third-seeded Wisconsin Badgers in the Sweet 16. We knew he was going to be a very important piece to our success at Davidson even when he first stepped foot on campus. Our feeling was that, “man we got to get Steph the ball, if we don’t have him touch the ball on the way up the court, he might not get it back.”. Do you think Steph’s going to say, “okay, let’s hold it out, call a play and get a great shot?” No, he just fired it in. In 2008, Davidson defeated the Gonzaga Bulldogs, Georgetown Hoyas, and Wisconsin Badgers to advance to the Elite Eight. We knew the only way to compete with them was just to play our game stick, to our principles. But the feeling that we had, was that Steph comes from a tremendous family, and he was excited to come to Davidson. We want to prepare ourselves for the NCAA Tournament.’ So that’s when coach and the staff at Davidson put together that non-conference schedule. Davidson. 2008 NCAA Tournament. WIS (3) 56: Final: DAV (10) 73 NOVA (12) 57: Final: KU (1) 72 MSU (5) 74: Final: MEM (1) 92 TEX (2) 82: Final: STAN (3) 62 via Sports Logos.net. “I want to say about 1200 of the 1700 went,” McKillop said. And then, all of a sudden, before you know it, it was 15 points. Brendan McKillop: I think for anyone to project for him to have the success he’s had, I don’t think that would be possible. The one thing we did was that we made a huge adjustment, X’s and O’s wise; we wanted to speed them up a little bit. That sounds ancient, but people started getting noticed because we were everywhere. He was ready to drive down to talk to these coaches. 'March Means More': Remembering Stephen Curry's 2008 NCAA Tournament Run Thomas Duffy @ @TJDhoops. And he had a business-like work ethic, bring my hard hat and lunch pail to workouts, individuals, to practice every day. And, you know, he really never wavered on that commitment. North Carolina, Duke, UCLA. Even though Davidson fell short of the Final Four, Curry was named the Most Outstanding Player in the tournament’s Midwest Region. NCAA Tournament Scores — Mar 23, 2008. Coach Fox: Oh, it was awesome. Coach Fox: They were the last game of the day on Friday. There are currently 32 conferences in Division I men's basketball. We felt as if we had emptied our tank. Steph found one of his most trusted teammates for the final shot. In 2008… The son of former NBA player Dell Curry, Steph was a scrawny teenager who stood 6’0 and weighed 160 pounds. Davidson drew a first-round matchup against the seventh-seeded Gonzaga Bulldogs. As a coach, you’re fortunate to have that for one game. We thought we had a chance to beat them, just like we did any other team in that tournament. It was the kind of feel-good underdog story that puts the heart into March. The Elite 8 matchup against the No. So when the shot didn’t go in, I was just thinking about the game. Coach Fox: Wisconsin that whole time said, “we shut down this guy, we’re winning the game.” All of a sudden, no matter what they do, no matter how hard they try, they’re unable to do it. Curry was averaging 26 points a game. Stephen Curry led 10-seed Davidson to the Elite Eight in the 2008 NCAA tournament after scoring 40 points against Gonzaga, 30 against Georgetown, 33 against Wisconsin and 25 against Kansas. The Davidson Wildcats, looking the part of the upstart as much as ever. Everyone on our team had an integral part in their roles and winning those games. When he came back to campus and started working out again, and we’ll be replaying one-on-one, I mean, he was pretty much nearly impossible to stop. Steph wound up accepting a scholarship close to home, joining the Davidson Wildcats, a school of just 1,700 students at the time, for the 2006-07 season. 10 seed in the Midwest Region. Well, now he’s on a Broadway stage. The Bulldogs led the Wildcats by 11 points in the second half, but Curry went off, bringing Davidson back from the dead. Before he became a superstar with the Golden State Warriors, Stephen Curry was a little-known basketball player who was trying to make a name for himself during his senior year at Charlotte Christian high school. Curry that day: “It hurts a lot to get so far, be this close to the Final Four.”, MORE: Naismith Award 10 semifinalists announced |. Curry that day: “I don’t want to get caught up in this-is-a-big-atmosphere, and people-are-watching kind of mindset.”. That summer, he went and played with Team USA. I spoke with Davidson head coach Bob McKillop, assistant coach Jim Fox, teammates Jason Richards and Brendan McKillop, as well as former Georgetown player and current Denver Nuggets executive, Jon Wallace. The Jayhawks, free of Davidson at last, jumped into each other’s arms, and soon after headed for San Antonio for the Final Four. And we go out on the first play, and I’ll never forget this. Jason was fatigued, so I took him out. “It changed my life,” McKillop said. So no matter what the deficit that we had, we knew we could get out of it. The nation would learn that Davidson provided free laundry to its students – all 1,700 of them. You watch him be Steph Curry, the world superstar. You have to realize how good UCLA was with Kevin Love, Russell Westbrook and Darren Collison on the roster. When you see Steph has that look in his eye and continue to just a shot-after-shot, it was only a matter of time that we got back in the game. He had to come in and earn his spot. 3 Wisconsin in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament in 2008 (Midwest Region). The Wildcats blow by for an 82-76 win, with 40 points from Curry, 30 in the second half. Coach Fox: a lot of people thought Davidson has no shot of winning those games. We never had such a calming and peaceful feeling as we prepared for Kansas. Francisco Alonso was named MVP of the tournament. He catches it in full-stride with a new shot clock. NCAA college basketball coverage at CBSSports.com. But, the way he did things, the way he handled himself, you saw that he exuded confidence. We were down double digits at half time against Georgetown. That was a big adjustment that we made. Then just a couple of tough shots he hit, you can’t describe that as well. Sherron Collins missed on a 3-point attempt during Kansas’ next possession, setting up a wild final possession for the Wildcats. Luka Doncic is a little out of shape right now, just like the rest of us. Coach Mckillop: It was Easter Sunday. Seven years later, Curry was in his first NBA Finals, beating the superstar who stood and cheered for him that night in Ford Field. Steph was never a vocal, you know, like in your face type of guy. Next up for the Wildcats was a date with the No. About logos. Curry spearheaded a 16-2 run that saw him complete a four-point play, connect on a 3-pointer and then finish off a three-point play that gave Davidson a 60-58 lead, its first since the opening minute of the game. Stay up to date with the latest in college basketball recruiting news. Coach called a timeout when we’re down 17. In the 2008 NCAA Tournament, Stephen Curry carried his Davidson Wildcats into the Sweet 16 over the second-seeded Georgetown Hoyas. “He got doubled teamed and flipped the ball back to me with one second left. “In 2008, when you think about it, Facebook had just started,” Richards said. Ten years later, McKillop has no regrets, or thoughts of what might have been. … Seeing a guy I knew most of my life, playing for the team I loved, and then being able to be a part of it even though I wasn’t necessarily on the court for those minutes. Wallace (played for the Hoyas and had 12 points in the game): We saw how Steph led the comeback the game before against Gonzaga. While Curry was getting the big headlines, Richards was having a big month himself. Because we knew we were right there, we had terrific senior leadership. But there was something else going on that spring. Curry was back at Davidson the next season and led the nation in scoring, but the Wildcats could not recapture the same electricity. Davidson Best Tournament Performances. Curry’s individual 2008 NCAA Tournament numbers are ridiculous. And out of the blue, he gets up, maybe halfway through our presentation, and says, “I want to come to Davidson.” Matt and I drove home, and it was as if we didn’t need our car. I’m a New York guy, so Broadway, to me, is the most important. He is so old he covered Bob Knight when he had dark hair and basketball shorts were actually short.The views on this page do not necessarily reflect the views of the NCAA or its member institutions. Four seconds later, Richards found Curry for a 3-pointer that cut the lead to 59-57. Brendan McKillop: Going into the locker room after that, and just like the range of emotions, you know we tried to understand how great what we had accomplished was, but also, you know, everyone was heartbroken, and we fully expected to win that game. Steph’s college coaches and teammates reflect on when he introduced himself to the world. The first and second round games were pl… Curry that night: “It’s pretty cool to give him something to be happy about and cheer about, and just entertain him.”. Coach McKillop: There was a calm, there was a peace that we had the entire time. He still thinks the Davidson mania helped him get a shot at the NBA, though a series of knee injuries killed that chance. 7 seed Gonzaga leads No. That’s something that you don’t see every day as a freshman coming in at the collegiate level. I was playing by the numbers, doing what I thought was right.”. However, basketball is a game of runs. These are the essential Steph Curry college basketball stats, moments and best quotes from his career at Davidson. But before the two-time NBA MVP was recognized as the best shooter of all-time, he was a relative unknown going into the 2008 NCAA Tournament. I think it sped them up a little bit. The NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship is an annual single-elimination tournament featuring 65 teams representing all Division I Conferences in the nation. Coach Fox: Our guys were ready for a battle against a good team, against a really well-coached team on an incredible stage. Especially working in college basketball this time of year, it obviously brings back memories, but I don’t sit back here and think what if, because I’d drive myself crazy. They’re going to go on their run, we’re going to go on our run, but no matter what, we can’t let the deficit kind of derail us from the way we play Davidson basketball. 1 seed Kansas, 59-57, with the Jayhawks desperately holding on at the end, double-teaming Curry the last possession. I think the one thing that’s great about Steph is how he is such a great person. After those three games and we had just tremendous confidence. 2 seeded Georgetown Hoyas, who had made it to the Final Four the year before. Coach Fox: I love going out to the Bay Area to watch him play. “It all started when his defender tripped and Kansas was kind of in a scramble and running around,” Richards said. We had it for those two successive weekends.”, But he hasn’t watched the Kansas game. TEAM BESTS. Coach McKillop: They were doubling Steph every time he touched the ball in the half-court, so he hadn’t really possessed the ball in roughly six minutes. This is an oral history of the lead up to Curry’s explosion and the remarkable run Davidson went on in March of 2008. “Coach asked us if we wanted to play a tough schedule, we knew we had the team coming back,” Richards said. We were on TV, we were in the paper. Georgetown vs. Davidson Box Score, March 23, 2008. Brendan McKillop: I was kind of just trying to enjoy the ride, and I was out of the regular rotation as a freshman. Elite Eight, and the long, glorious ride finally ends against No. You don’t want to shoot not to miss, you want to shoot to make it.”. Mike Lopresti is a member of the US Basketball Writers Hall of Fame, Ball State journalism Hall of Fame and Indiana Sportswriters and Sportscasters Hall of Fame. Steph hit eight-of-10 3-point attempts in the second half, pouring in 30 out of his 40 points over the final 20 points as Davidson went on to an 82-76 win. Thanks to original video provider. 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