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After a couple of days back on campus and back in class with professors explaining end-of-year projects and emails announcing the final senior celebrations in the coming weeks, I quickly realized that this incredible four-year journey is about to end. Over the next month, there will be a couple of long nights studying, hopefully a couple of long nights partying and plenty of reminiscing about all

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Walking out of Ford Field after Davidson's 57-59 loss to top-seeded Kansas in the Elite 8, I felt every single emotion imaginable: pain at watching my friend and classmate sit at center court after missing the game-winning shot...happiness that these Wildcats had advanced so far and fought so valiantly...numbness in realizing that I would never again watch a Davidson basketball game as a Davidson

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I apologize for getting the live blog going so late. The Elite 8 is not the time for computer trouble. Let's hope we are past it now.Davidson definitely won that first round as they got several defensive stops on two steals and a block as Kansas' huge offense got a little cocky and forced things that weren't there.Davidson is getting single coverage on their forwards down low so they are working

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An early morning saw Davidson students dragging out of bed to come down to the hotel lobby to film a short segment for ABC's Good Morning America. The network grabbed the current and former student body presidents, the senior cheerleading captain, threw in some stereotypes and got out of dodge....Tiny Davidson where the quirky little students act so cute with their textbooks and their Neil

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ABC network's Good Morning America: Weekend Edition will be broadcasting live on Sunday morning from the Doubletree hotel lobby where over 300 Davidson students are staying. The show comes on at 7 a.m. and goes to 8 a.m. Wildcat students have gained national fame for making the trip to Detroit free off of the generosity of the school's trustees. Last night, students sported "Witness" t-shirts in

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We all thought that the spotlight was blinding last week as CBS, ESPN, and Sports Illustrated descended on our campus, at this point we are just closing our eyes and holding on to each other for dear life.Upon getting to the hotel last night, Davidson students weren't just exclaiming about how they can't wait to read about this team in tomorrow's papers, they were also pumped about getting to

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After the biggest win of Davidson's program in the last forty years, there was no mobbing at center court. The locker room was not being torn apart and there were only two media members talking to players other than Stephen Curry and Jason Richards.Davidson's 73-56 win over third-seeded Wisconsin in the Midwest region semifinals was not a miracle of epic proportions. Davidson didn't need a last

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Welcome to the Live Blog of the Sweet Sixteen in Detroit, MI. I came up here virtue of Davidson's trustees who payed for over four hundred students to come Detroit for a free weekend. As I mentioned in that previous post, this city has embraced Davidson and if the Wildcats pull out a win tonight, it will be a fun weekend of revelry with tons of new friends and Wildcat fans. That being said, we

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This trip started at 4 am this morning when I, along with at least 400 other students, rolled out of bed, threw some clothes in a bag and made a zombie-like exodus from Sentelle, Cannon, Watts, Little Belk and Senior Apartments over to the Baker Parking Lot to board the famous "free buses."Local news was there to chart the famous boarding. There were here when we de-boarded and the AP already

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Davidson will be sending over 500 students to Detroit tomorrow for free. All Wildcat fans should wear black to stand out in the expansive Ford Field complex and not blend into the red Wisconsin crowd.

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Reminder: These photos are the personal property of Tim Cowie. If you are interested in getting a copy for your own use, please visit his photo website for the originals. Notice how low the benches and press row are in relation to the court.

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Part IPart II

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While all of the Davidson historians among us have been quick to look to the 1960's for a context for this Davidson run and its subsequent ridiculousness, I want to argue that maybe Davidsonians can also look to a more recent example of a watershed moment in Davidson athletics for some context on this Sweet 16 experience.In 1992, Davidson College was selected to host the National Semifinals of

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We last saw our adventurers at Belk Arena on Feb. 16 when they shot some handycam shootage of Stephen Curry and Dell with a bludgeoning of conference foe Furman going on in the background. But then I saw our boys back in Raleigh with that same ol Handycam...and then again on campus on Tuesday. They just can't get enough.I won't embed their videos this time because they just start playing as soon

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To all Davidson Students: Given the extraordinary nature of the success of the men's basketball team, Davidson's Trustees have graciously offered to pay the expenses of those students who are able to attend the game in Detroit on Friday night. We realize that for some students, academic and other obligations will preclude taking advantage of this offer. Please note that classes are NOT

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"So is it pretty crazy back on your campus this morning?" asked Joe Reporter."Actually there aren't any students here because of Easter Break," answered Jason Richards.It seemed so ironic that during Davidson's biggest weekend in decades, all of its students were home celebrating a religious holiday. But while the students did not come back until Tuesday evening for Wednesday classes, there was

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Davidson is a college, not a university, located in North Carolina right outside of Charlotte. This school is home to 1,700 students with academic profiles comparable to the Ivy League schools of the north. Davidson students earn liberal arts degrees where they study music, history, english, Classics, math and science to cultivate a well-rounded academic experience. There is no such thing as a

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Davidson was just supposed to come into this NCAA Tournament and play to win. They were supposed to get better. And they were supposed to have fun. Everything else was deemed gravy. I'm not sure if the Wildcats can stomach this much gravy.Davidson overcame a 17-point deficit in the second half to come back and beat the Hoyas from Georgetown, 74-70. With the win, the Wildcats advance to the Sweet

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Welcome to the Davidson Live Blog...Part II. Press Row is a little less crowded today as the Zags, Hoosiers, UMBC and Mount Saint Mary's headed home. Dining in the media buffet and in some tailgates out in the parking lot, there was definitely a sense of pure enjoyment without all that nervousness we felt on Friday. Davidson certainly wants to win today and go to the Sweet 16, but let's face it,

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Dear America, It was, up until now, a hopeful but hypothetical conversation. We’ve had it over beers in bars. We’ve had it on cell phones from Boston to San Francisco, from New York to Atlanta, from Charlotte to Tampa. We’ve had it in the fall and in the winter, and in the spring and summer, too. We’ve had it for years. What if? What if we won in the tournament? It’s SUCH a good story, we said to

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For so many years and through so many lost opportunities, Davidson basketball has had to justify itself. Davidson College has been home to a great basketball tradition that took the country by storm in the 1960's. The Wildcats have set national standards of excellence for succeeding on the court and in the classroom. Davidson has long been the darling of everyone in March..."You played so hard,

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Sitting here at Press Row with a media guy from the Arkansas Traveler and hearing stories about the tornadoes and the SEC Tournament. We have both agreed that when you cover a tournament like the SEC or NCAA, you miss out on the whole perspective of the tournament. I didn't fill out a bracket this year and also did not watch too many of yesterday's games.The crowd is still pretty sparse here and

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Tipoff minus 1 hourWe are an hour out and my hands can barely steady themselves to type. I spent my morning breakfast in the hotel talking with some comrades about classic movie comedies. As soon as I got to the arena I went straight to the press room and bypassed the floor altogether. And then I opened Michael Kruse's thread on Davidsoncats.com. Dangit, I'm shaking now. No more message board

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Welcome to Will's World from Raleigh, N.C. We are here on the media day before tomorrow's first round games. Although it doesn't have the same feel as the Super Bowl media day, there are definitely a few nerves among the fans and Davidson's little media contingent. Tomorrow's a big day.The morning press conference was pretty same-old, same-old as Jason Richards and Stephen Curry fielded most of

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It's finally come to that time. On that afternoon last March as I posted a heart-breaking article with a picture of Stephen Curry in tears, I thought that this moment couldn't get here quickly enough. But here we are. Back in the NCAA Tournament...and this time we have a higher seed, a closer location, and an All-American. I'm ready to go.Like I have done throughout the regular season and the

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EA Sports' March Madness 08 recently conducted their official simulation of the NCAA Tournament on the XBOX360. In the simulation, Davidson reached the Elite 8 by knocking off Gonzaga, Georgetown and Wisconsin.No Wildcat margin of victory was by more than four points and the Wildcats were denied the Final Four by a nine point win from Kansas in the quarterfinal round in Detroit.Davidson pulled

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There is nothing more emblematic of NCAA March Mania/Mayhem/Madness than the bracket and filling it out. And there is nothing that writers love more than these four days when they get to make crazy and outrageous claims with very little consequence. "West Virgina in the Final Four?" Sure, why not. "Belmont upsetting Duke?" Anything's possible in March! By next Monday, we all get to speak with

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The day was March 4, 2005. The sun was setting on yet another beautiful day in Chattanooga, TN. As the afternoon turned to evening and the temperature slipped into a cool chill, I met up with a member of Davidson's ticket office staff in the parking lot adjacent to McKenzie Arena. After slipping a cool $20 into the hands of the Davidson staffer, I got my hands on a beautiful gray t-shirt that

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And the dream continues. Davidson's story book season has already gone through last year's flava of the week, Winthrop. Now it goes through the mid-major of all mid-majors: Gonzaga. For the past three years, people have speculated about what it would take to become the next Gonzaga. Well the next step is to beat...Gonzaga. After being sent to locations like Dayton, Albuquerque and Buffalo, the

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It's been a long but exciting week in Charleston. I have found that there are so many small stories that didn't make it into the game posts that need to be put on here somewhere, so I figured that I would put together a long post that incorporated all of them.***All of 2008 has been quite an adventure for me. I have been given the opportunity to travel around the South watching the Wildcats pick

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The following pictures are copyright property of Tim Cowie provided for the blog.

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For anyone (including myself) who thought that this game would not be as emotional tonight because of all the circumstances which made it different from the first two championships, we were wrong.The Wildcats marched into the NCAA Tournament with power in the paint, timely shooting from the perimeter and relentless defense, beating Elon 65-49.Elon ran their gameplan nearly to perfection as they

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Davidson marched into its third straight conference title game with a convincing 30-point blowout of UNC-Greensboro in yesterday's semifinal. Elon comes to the final by virtue of a tough win over a soul-less College of Charleston squad and an upset of UT-Chattanooga in the quarterfinals.The Wildcats pulled rankings in both the AP and Coaches Poll this afternoon, making it the first time in

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SUNDAY IN CHARLESTON*** Collective wisdom had it that Greensboro was the group that was going to knock off Davidson if that was going to happen this weekend. There was that much-discussed 20-point first-half lead in the game at Greensboro, the game in Belk was quite competitive throughout, and when those tournament pairings came out the eye couldn't help but go immediately to that likely

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Davidson gets yet another 30-point victory in the Southern Conference Tournament, beating UNC-Greensboro 82-52.Davidson scored 44 (that's right, 44!) points in the paint and held Greensboro to 8. Hines finished with just 10 points on 3-9 shooting. Davidson's defense forced five turnovers on Hines. On the flip side, Hines' shot blocking did not stifle Davidson's big men as Meno finished 6-6 from

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Here at the North Charleston Coliseum and the Big Red Machine is ready to go again. The team looks loose during shootaround, especially Can Civi. He's looking to follow up yesterday's big performance with a breakout night in the SoCon semis.I've been spending the whole day warding off bad karma. As most people remember, Davidson's last perfect season was spoiled by the Greensboro Spartans in the

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SATURDAY IN CHARLESTON***One-man team?Two-man team?Evidence, ahem, indicating otherwise:Max. First possession of the game. Wide the heck open on the baseline, surprise, surprise. J is good.Lovedale at about 9:40 or so. Turnaround jumper in the lane.About 30 seconds later? Bryant Barr for three.Should I keep going?Thought so.Rossiter at about the five-minute mark. O board. Good and earned. Up

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Davidson rolled over the eighth-seeded Wofford Terriers in convincing fashion on Saturday afternoon. The win was uncharted territory for a Davidson team that has historically struggled in the first halves of tournament quarterfinal games against teams that already have a game under their belt.The Wildcats were led by sophomores Stephen Curry and Bryant Barr who combined to shoot 10-18 beyond the

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What a bad morning so far. The women’s team loses badly in the morning game and I’m stuck running around the coliseum trying to find lunch and Blogger crashes on me.The crowd is immense here in the North Chuck. No one outside of CofC even begins to parallel it, and the Wildcat supporters are much more into it than the College was last night.The rims were really tight in the girls game and

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Davidson's women's team takes the court for warmups here on this Saturday morning as they take on Elon in SoCon quarterfinal action. The Wildcats' last appearance was a 12-point victory over the College of Charleston at Senior night. The Cougars knocked off 4th seeded Georgia Southern this morning to advance to the semifinals against the juggernaut Chattanooga Mocs and Alex Anderson. The winner

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Just returned from an exciting afternoon at the North Charleston Coliseum where Wofford knocked off Western Carolina by a score of 58-49 in the opening game of the Men's Tournament. That result means the Wildcats will face the Terriers in a 2 p.m. tip tomorrow afternoon in Quarterfinal action.-Western Carolina put up a fierce fight despite being outrageously undermanned. Coach Hunter only used

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The following was published in Thursday's Charlotte Observer, written by Davidson beat writer Kevin Cary.The Davidson men's basketball team will play for a chance at the NCAA tournament starting Saturday, and the Wildcats expect some of their extended "family" to be there.That family is the rest of the Davidson student body, which has embraced the nationally ranked Wildcats and given the team a

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The Southern Conference office announced the 2008 SCSMA All-Conference teams yesterday, with Davidson's Stephen Curry, Bob McKillop and The Citadel's Cameron Wells taking home top honors. On a day before the coaches ballots will be released, I thought I would provide you with my SCSMA ballot and several other awards that I think should be included next year. (Note that I do not include an

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Davidson cracked the AP Top 25 for the first time since the 1969-1970 season this week after beating conference rivals Appalachian State and Georgia Southern to finish a perfect 20-0 in the Southern Conference. The Wildcats were ranked 25th for one week in the USA Today Coaches Poll before losing to Western Michigan back in November. The Wildcats are ranked 25th again with 74 votes after being

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Now that the regular season is over, all eyes turn to that great city on the water: Charleston, SC. Whether you are coming to Charleston for the first time this weekend or for the umpteenth time in your life, you should take a look at my handy SoCon Visitor's guide that I have put together about my fair home town. Every once in a while, writers need to go out on limbs and open themselves up to

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The Wildcats head down to Statesboro in their final regular season test of 2008. Davidson is coming off an emotional Senior Day win over Appalachian State, while Georgia Southern just lost in Charleston last night against their rival, the CofC Cougars. Right now the Eagles are sporting a 13-6 conference record and are eyeing a three seed in the upcoming conference tournament.Although Georgia

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The following feature was written by Davidson Assistant SID Lauren Biggers. The original story can be found here.Senior Katie Hamilton’s college career hasn’t played out quite as she expected.A late signee with the Wildcats, Hamilton was uncertain she even wanted to play basketball coming out of high school. At Davidson, though, she found the perfect mix of academics and athletics for which

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The following was printed in the Davidson-ASU game program from Wednesday, February 27.In order to let Davidson fans get to know seniors Thomas Sander, Boris Meno and Jason Richards a little better, we thought it would be best if we sat the winningest class in school history down together and let them interview each other. We gave them a little help with questions, and it took off from there.

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Appalachian State is wearing their brand new solid yellow uniforms. They didn't bring them the best luck against Niagara. The crowd is still filing in here in Belk Arena. We've got all of our resident videographers here tonight...Austin Bell, Wells Black...the NY Times is in the house.And the white towels are waving as the Wildcats take the court. We have complained a lot about "low" weekday

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The following is the transcript of a recent email interview that Will's World had with ESPN.com's Mid-Major Expert, Kyle Whelliston. Whelliston attended Davidson's BracketBusters victory and wrote an excellent article about Wildcat point guard Jason Richards.What impressed you the most about Jason Richards' performance on Friday night?Definitely his poise. It's easy to forget that he has about as

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They say that true commitment is built by always playing your hardest, even when no one is watching. On Friday night, the men's basketball team fought hard to a secure a very important Bracketbusters victory in front of a national television audience. On Saturday afternoon, the women's basketball team worked even harder to overcome a double digit deficit to win yet another SoCon battle on the

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Jason Richards scored 21 points and tallied five assists on national television as Davidson knocked off Winthrop 60-47 in the ESPNU Bracketbusters opener. The game featured a raucous crowd of 6,105 and the level of intensity was extremely high for forty minutes despite sub-40% field goal shooting from both teams."This game had a feel like a second-round NCAA Tournament game," said Winthrop coach

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The Wildcats will have yet another chance to shine on national television this Friday when they head to Rock Hill, S.C. to take on Winthrop in the BracketBusters game. You can check out previews for the game at Bracketography and ESPN.com.This post will be updated throughout the game as I live blog all the Wildcat action. Be sure to send in questions via the comment feature about the game or

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As should be obvious by now, I didn't do a live blog for Tuesday night's ESPN2 matchup between Davidson and UNC-Greensboro. I was drafted into service for ESPN's stat coordination team and had to sit on the other press row next to the statting/blogging Lauren Biggers and UNCG's assistant coaches. Here are some late night thoughts from Davidson's 18th conference win this season.-After listening to

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Behind every great team, there is a great manager. And with Davidson's Omar Pickett, the greatness often overflows the kettle. Pickett is known to Wildcat fans the world around for his pinstripe suits and his unceasing energy behind the Davidson bench. I recently had the chance to sit down with Omar Pickett "Tha Ticket."Favorite food: Rice and Hot Dogs (HA!!! YOU THOUGHT IT WAS BOJANGLES!!!)

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***Photo by Brian Westerholt***-The main story from today's game was Will Archambault. Finishing with a career-high 28 points, Archambault paced all Davidson scorers, including Stephen Curry who finished with 26. Both players scored more than half of Furman's overall point total of 51. Archambault's performance came on the heels of a solid seven points and four offensive rebounds against

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Davidson looks to win its 15th consecutive game and 27th consecutive conference match today when they take on the Paladins of Furman in Belk Arena. The 3 p.m. tip will be televised on SportSouth, marking the 12th time that Davidson has played a televised game this season. Davidson's winning streaks rank third and second respectively among all NCAA schools.The Wildcats are led by Stephen Curry,

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-The stars were aligned for Davidson to lose tonight. Greensboro had been underperforming...Davidson had been blowing people out...Sander was on the bench. The Spartans scorched the nets shooting 9-12 from three in the first half. Their intensity and home crowd helped ignite a first half blitz that found Greensboro sitting right below their average offensive output of the last week: at halftime.

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18:30 D 0 G 5G controls the tip and MPG guards the 5-9 Dwayne Johnson. Things start well for the Spartans with a Hines layup and a travel on Richards. Stywall hits a three and this place is the most intimidating place in the SoCon so far. G is ready to go. How did they lose to Furman? Hines blocked Lovedale on Davidson's only good look at the basket.---15:42 D 4 G 14I am being told by a UNCG

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Here's a quick glance around the Southern Conference's internet outlets to find out what's on the fan's minds:In Davidson-land, fans have begun to get over the slight from ESPN that placed Davidson in a Bracketbuster game with a Winthrop team that is 40-50 RPI points its inferior. Fans are now more concerned about how to keep themselves interested and involved while the Wildcats blow out their

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Here are some quick post-game thoughts after Davidson's 81-56 win over the College of Charleston.-I got several comments over the last few days for calling out Davidson's fans during Wednesday's Elon game. They showed up in force today and did their best to create energy in what was yet another beatdown in Belk Arena. I sat in the student section for the first time in over a year, and definitely

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70-58....January 26, 2008-Thomas Sander scores 21 and Davidson's defense holds College of Charleston to 17% shooting from behind the arc.72-65....March 3, 2007-Stephen Curry goes off at the end of the first half, scoring eight points in a row from the point as Jason Richards sits on the bench in foul trouble. Dontaye Draper is held to one field goal in his final game as a Cougar.73-63....February

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The defining moment in Davidson's 12th straight victory and 14th conference win came at a stoppage in play late in the second half. Elon trailed by only seven and had the ball. I glanced over to the opposite corner of the arena to find President Ross and his wife let out simultaneous deep yawns. Then, as if compelled by some higher god of yawns, I watched an Atlanta Braves-like wave of them just

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I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Coach McKillop after practice. Here is a script from that interview:Will's World: We are now at the midpoint of the conference season in the beginning of February. How would you assess Davidson's first half of conference games?Coach McKillop: We continue to work very hard in practice and our performance in games is reflective of that effort that

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As announced on Monday by ESPN, Davidson will play at Winthrop during the 2008 ESPN Bracketbusters Weekend. Davidson will play on TV on the evening of Friday, Feb. 22. Although it has not yet been revealed whether Davidson will be on ESPN2 at 7 or ESPNU at 9, all signs point to the 7 pm slot since UC Santa Barbara at Utah State will be the only other game that night.Despite being featured in

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In case anyone forgot, Stephen Curry is freaking good. He currently ranks fifth in the nation in scoring (24.4 ppg) and sixth in the nation in three-pointers per game (4.1). Just this week, Curry was selected SoCon Player of the Week, a Top-30 candidate for the Wooden Award, a Top-30 candidate for the Naismith Award, CSTV Player of the Week, and AOL.com's Mr. Excitement.The last time that he

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-Too many turnovers tonight for Davidson. Richards and Curry both had four and the Wildcats coughed up the ball four more times than did Wofford.-"We had the right people shooting the right shots. Barr had some big rebounds. We are really coming together right now." Max Paulhus Gosselin-Davidson's free throw shooting is a virus that they can't seem to get over. Davidson was 10-17 from the line

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The Wildcats host the Wofford Terriers in the second of their two-game conference season series. The Wildcats won the first meeting 80-55. Wofford might not have the services of Shane Nichols tonight. He was listed as doubtful this morning and has not been put into the projected starting lineup. More updates as tip-off approaches.---It looks like Nichols won't be seeing any time tonight as he in

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I experienced yet another perspective on Davidson Athletics on Tuesday night, when Wildcat radio man Derek Smith asked me to fill in for Tia Washington and do color for the radio broadcast of the Women’s basketball team’s game against Furman. The most color commentary that I have ever done came in my own living room bantering with my Dad as we watched a game with the sound turned down. Derek said

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CHARLESTON, S.C. –- So I was walking down George Street in this pretty little city, about an hour and a half before tip, headed toward Kresse Arena, right behind two campus cops."I don't even know who we're playing," the first cop said."Davidson," the second cop said."Oh shit," the first cop said.What can you say? The man had a point.The Wildcats here on Saturday were in their road reds for the

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The Wildcats finish up their stay in Charleston by playing an early evening game with the College of Charleston tonight at 5. Davidson (12-6, 10-0) is coming off a ho-hum 86-70 win over The Citadel while Charleston (9-10, 4-5) is trying to recover from a 88-71 home loss to UNC-Greensboro.Davidson's Stephen Curry was given mention this morning on ESPN's College Gameday. The sophomore ranks fifth

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And so the Wildcats are back. 9-0 in the conference and staying in their home away from home at Davidson. Last night on the team bus, all of the guys were cracking up, laughing to the one-liners of a comedy on the bus screens. When several players began to see me packing my bag, their eyes perked up. There, coming around the bend of I-26 was the best bad hotel that any of these players had ever

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Danielle Hemerka is not a flashy player. In fact, if you look in your library’s thesaurus, Hemerka’s name comes up as item one as the antonym of flashy.So while Stephen “cocked hand/sliding across midcourt/making everyone buy his jersey” Curry was continuing to assault the record books with a 29 point performance at Western Carolina, Hemerka did some assaulting of her own down I-40 in Elon....

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The alums have all flown home now. The snow has all but melted. And the basketball team is off in Cullowhee thinking about the next set of bodies that the SoCon will throw at them. The once in a lifetime moment came and went...but thankfully, we are left with more than just a ticket stub and maybe a few autographs. Here's a look at all of the different takes from the weekend of Davidson

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Michael Kruse is a staff writer for the St. Petersburg Times and friend of Will's World. A graduate of Davidson and former editor of the Davidsonian, Kruse was in town to enjoy the 100th anniversary festivities and kindly wrote up an article for the blog.Good, rich weekend for the Wildcats, was it not?So much to just fill you up: old friends and familiar faces, the 100th anniversary festivities,

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***photo by Marty Price***Davidson extended its conference winning streak to 18 games on Saturday afternoon by defeating North Division leader Chattanooga 85-58. The Wildcats have now started the conference season at 8-0. Davidson has only opened the conference season with eight straight in three different seasons: they finished undefeated each time.Davidson was led by the incredible talent of

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The Wildcats tip off against the Chattanooga Mocs today at 2 p.m. on this 100th anniversary celebration Saturday. Lefty Driesell spearheaded a panel discussion this morning that was moderated by John Kilgo and featured Mike Williams '49, Hobby Cobb '56, Dick Snyder '66, Jerry Kroll '70, John Gerdy '79, and Kenny Wilson '84. More on that to come...Today's game will be the biggest matchup for the

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The Davidson Wildcats hit their first eight of nine shots to open up a 24-13 lead over the Furman Paladins Wednesday night before cruising to a 73-51 victory. The win puts Bob McKillop's Wildcats at a perfect 7-0 in the conference. It is the second consecutive season that Davidson has opened the league slate with seven victories.Stephen Curry once again led all scorers with 14 points. However,

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Coming off a 85-50 stomping of Wofford on Saturday, Davidson travels to Furman tonight to take on the Paladins in this final matchup of the three-game road trip. Furman has struggled mightily this season, posting a 2-14 record overall. Davidson will look to win its 31st of its last 32 conference games.I will be on hand in Greenville to bring you all the action via the live blog. So keep it tuned

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The Davidson Athletics website has now started a new blog where current athletes, coaches, and staff have been given the opportunity to write about different topics."Wildcats' Roar" has opened with content from Davidson SID Lauren Biggers and men's soccer player Robert O'Donnell. A sophomore from Chevy Chase, MD, O'Donnell is currently in Charleston, SC working with the Obama Campaign. He plans

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Tonight's post-game wrap-up is again presented by Davidson's own Lauren Biggers. While not writing for Will's World, Biggers likes to watch The Office and Lost, while keeping up with current events. She enjoys drinking Diet Coke.Back by popular demand – well, my mom and (most of) the guys in the office liked my mindless commentary at least - I decided to make a second straight road trip. Will’s

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Davidson Basketball travels to Spartanburg, SC today to take on the Terriers from Wofford College. Wofford is 1-3 in the conference but their three losses have come to UTC, ASU and UNCG, all teams that are fighting to win the North Division. Davidson has only won twice in the last several years at Wofford, and those wins were decided in the final minute. The Wildcats are coming off a

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Will Roberson is a 2002 graduate of Davidson College and former member of basketball staffs at Davidson College and Clemson University. He now resides in Charlotte, N.C., and is a constant reader and "critic" of the blog. In the following interchange, he and I square off on an age-old question: which is better, college or professional sports?Will Bryan: College athletics are superior to

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Help Us Celebrate 100 Years of Basketball at Davidson, Saturday, January 19, 2008!You and your family are invited to take part in celebrating 100 years of Davidson College basketball next Saturday, January 19. Players and coaches – including Lefty Driesell and Terry Holland ’64 – from eight different decades will return to campus during the weekend. Don’t miss your chance to hear from them, get

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The following account was written by intrepid assistant Davidson SID Lauren Biggers. I have preserved the language and the grammar in order to give the most accurate rendition of her original thoughts (the run-on sentences being a metaphor for the little things piling up for victory).When I decided to make the trip up to Elon, it was mostly because it was a Wednesday night, and my other option

Will Bryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11351035615084993899noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10907410.post-45464711097807594472008-01-09T19:26:00.001-05:002008-01-09T19:26:28.992-05:00

The Wildcats travel up to Elon tonight to take on the Phoenix in Davidson's fifth conference game of the season. Davidson is 4-0 in the conference and 6-6 overall, while Elon is 4-2 in conference and 6-8 overall. I won't be publishing a live blog tonight, but I hope to post some thoughts from a special columnist who will be at tonight's game. So look for those to come...Remember, tonight's tip is

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