There was no doubt people were doing that. Davidson Wildcats. So the fact Steph took the nation by storm, it was newspaper articles, people texting, people calling and leaving voice messages, sending emails. “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. But the legacy of 2008 was there for good. March 21, 2008. Thursday, it’ll be Kentucky having to deal with them, and would now be a good time for John Calipari to tell his guys about 10 years ago? And one other thing about Davidson of 10 years ago. Dell and Sonia were there. I think having the mentality he had is what made him even better. 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. That is demoralizing, that eats at you a little bit, they start getting tighter. It was just really special. Yeah, it was deep. Matt Matheny, who is one of our assistant head coaches, and I sat down in his living room about 4:00 in the afternoon. Now he’s director of basketball operations at Pittsburgh. … 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. Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry recalls the best memories from his 2008 NCAA Tournament run with Davidson. Coach called a timeout when we’re down 17. I think Steph had been going back on defense because he thought they would get the rebound, not realizing Andrew could actually get that board. The son of former NBA player Dell Curry, Steph was a scrawny teenager who stood 6’0 and weighed 160 pounds. The Wildcats charged ahead 49-45. They did not lose again in the regular season. An oral history of Steph Curry’s historic run at the 2008 NCAA Tournament, Draymond Green and James Wiseman are back at practice. Ten years later, the images of that March still warm Davidson. 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. 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. The official 2008-09 Men's Basketball schedule for the Davidson College Wildcats. First round, No. 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. 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. Second round, No. “I’d be lying to you if I said that shot didn’t replay in my mind every couple of days. However, the Jayhawks went on a run of their own and held a six-point lead with just over a minute to go. He makes that 3, and what was critical about it, is that it got the lead into single digits. 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. 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. He got us in the huddle and just kind of said, “hey, just smile, have fun, because that’s what it’s all about.” I think he kind of lifted a weight off our shoulders at that point to where we started to chip away possession after possession. Ten years later, McKillop has no regrets, or thoughts of what might have been. 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. 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. Final Fours: 0. I went to mass before the game and said a little prayer. 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. I remember when we were sitting there -- I think we were 4-6 at the time -- thinking to ourselves, we can’t let this get us down. Sweet 16, No. 3 seed Wisconsin and Davidson are tied 36-36 at halftime in Detroit’s Ford Field. Coach Fox: I love going out to the Bay Area to watch him play. That sounds ancient, but people started getting noticed because we were everywhere. 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. Coach Fox: Oh, it was awesome. As a senior, Curry hoped to get a Division 1 scholarship to continue his career and showcase his phenomenal shooting ability. You think what if I did this on this possession and that possession? Not his time. 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. Steph is the most important part. And, you know, he really never wavered on that commitment. I was playing by the numbers, doing what I thought was right.”. He still thinks the Davidson mania helped him get a shot at the NBA, though a series of knee injuries killed that chance. 2 seeded Georgetown Hoyas, who had made it to the Final Four the year before. 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. It was pretty awesome on those raised up courts that you see all the time now at NCAA Tournaments. Davidson’s program has stayed solid, but the Wildcats have not won an NCAA Tournament game since. Steph’s college coaches and teammates reflect on when he introduced himself to the world. Richards: When we started to chip away and make our run, the entire arena started cheering for us. The Wildcat sophomore making a lot of the magic was named Stephen Curry. By Curry’s sophomore year, Davidson’s basketball program was establishing itself at the national level. It was like we just smacked them in the face. We had that, and of course, Stephen was the master of that. The 2008–09 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 10, 2008, and ended with the 2009 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament's championship game on April 6, 2009, at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan.The season saw six different teams achieve the AP #1 ranking during the year (just one shy of the NCAA record). And I think that was a little different than our past two games. “It changed my life,” McKillop said. He reportedly only received a walk-on offer from his father’s alma mater, Virginia Tech University. Curry was a 3-star recruit coming out of high school and didn’t’ end up pursued by many traditional NCAA basketball powerhouses. Curry that day on the feeling that anything he put up was going in: “I try to have that feeling every time I shoot to ball. 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. 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So it just kind of worked out in their favor. Steph sprint’s from half-court to the arc, Andrew looks, which he did instinctively and habitually because all of our guys did, for Steph at the arc. Curry played one more season with the Wildcats before becoming the ninth-overall pick in the 2009 NBA Draft. Coach McKillop: There was a calm, there was a peace that we had the entire time. Coach McKillop: Some unsavory people in the Div. Curry that night: “It’s pretty cool to give him something to be happy about and cheer about, and just entertain him.”. CBSSports.com is your college basketball scores and news source. Davidson went 29-5 overall in Curry’s freshman year and lost in the first round of the 2007 NCAA Tournament. But that play also got better because Stephen played the lead role. We felt as if we had emptied our tank. UNC (1) 108: Final: ARK (9) 77 TENN (2) 76: Final: BUT (7) 71: OT GTWN (2) 70: Final: DAV (10) 74 OKLA (6) 48: Final: LOU (3) 78 MSST (8) 74: Final: MEM (1) 77 When Steph said yes, there was a lot of good wine drank that night. “He was put on the national stage because of the competition he had,” McKillop said. 10 seed in the Midwest Region. 10 seed in the Midwest Region. In the 2008 NCAA Tournament, Stephen Curry carried his Davidson Wildcats into the Sweet 16 over the second-seeded Georgetown Hoyas. We were down double digits at half time against Georgetown. Davidson had endured a shaky start that season, as McKillop loaded up the non-conference schedule. The Bulldogs led the Wildcats by 11 points in the second half, but Curry went off, bringing Davidson back from the dead. Davidson was down six points in the second half with the Jayhawks seemingly taking charge, when a reserve named Bryant Barr came off the bench and hit three 3-pointers in two minutes. NCAA college basketball coverage at CBSSports.com. 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. Stephen Curry leads No. The nation would learn that Davidson provided free laundry to its students – all 1,700 of them. Three-point play, and we never look back. Thanks to original video provider. Richards has to, from the next zip code. The Wildcats made it to the 2008 NCAA Tournament, where Steph’s All-Word performance introduced him to the world. They had Doc Rivers’ son. Coach Fox: They were the last game of the day on Friday. So I knew going into those games, the likelihood of getting on the court was slim to none. Next up for the Wildcats was a date with the No. I think for them, it was probably very deflating. The Badgers lead the nation in scoring defense, allowing only 53 points a game. It was a close contest through the first 20 minutes and the game was tied 36-36 going into the break. The pivotal 3 Steph made was at the top of the key. Wallace (played for the Hoyas and had 12 points in the game): We saw how Steph led the comeback the game before against Gonzaga. Georgetown, we were down. “We didn’t think we were outmatched. Sherron Collins missed on a 3-point attempt during Kansas’ next possession, setting up a wild final possession for the Wildcats. That was the 2008 season Calipari and Memphis nearly won the national championship. March Madness predictions: Here's how your bracket will do if you only pick the better-seeded team. A tiny school, oozing with charm, started cutting down one giant after another in the NCAA Tournament, as the bandwagon filled every seat. 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. He’s still the same person. Elite Eight, and the long, glorious ride finally ends against No. But the feeling that we had, was that Steph comes from a tremendous family, and he was excited to come to Davidson. It was a close game. TEAM BESTS. He has covered college basketball for 43 years, including 39 Final Fours. The Elite 8 matchup against the No. You don’t want to shoot not to miss, you want to shoot to make it.”. Jason was fatigued, so I took him out. You have to realize how good UCLA was with Kevin Love, Russell Westbrook and Darren Collison on the roster. “Coach asked us if we wanted to play a tough schedule, we knew we had the team coming back,” Richards said. In 2008… 2008 NCAA Tournament. But we didn’t make all the plays we needed to, and I think that really set the tone for the year. 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. It was just a matter of if you shoot enough, they’re going to start going in. The Jayhawks switched every screen that was set for Curry, giving him little-to-no space to even possess the ball. We had maturity. “People around the basketball world knew how good Steph was, but that put him on the map, because everyone watches the NCAA Tournament. Davidson held a 49-45 lead after Bryant Barr, who remains one of Curry’s closest friends, connected from deep. Post-Season NCAA Tournament. It was the kind of feel-good underdog story that puts the heart into March. In March 2008, Stephen Curry and Davidson College—total undergraduate population: 1,674—beat Gonzaga in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The Wildcats trailed by 11 points with less than 15 minutes remaining in … We kind of pressured them just to where we just tried to get the ball out of their point guard’s hands. He just was relentless in going after that rebound, got the possession, and immediately looked to the arc for Steph. Not just the basketball players at that time, but basketball players from every generation, alums from every generation, community people from every generation.”, MORE: Xavier basketball approaching history as first-ever Big East title is within reach vs. Providence. I mean, we circled him as our top guy, felt he could be somebody that changes our program. They had a lot of abilities, from the talent on their team that we didn’t have. 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. Richards: It’s disappointing because we wanted to win the game. 2 seed Georgetown leads Davidson 46-29 with 17:52 left. 11 years ago today, Stephen Curry put the nation on notice vs. Gonzaga. 'March Means More': Remembering Stephen Curry's 2008 NCAA Tournament Run Thomas Duffy @ @TJDhoops. It was close through the opening 10 minutes, but the Hoyas began imposing their will over the final eight-and-a-half minutes, taking an 11-point lead into the break. 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. Championships: 0. It was more about the run as a team, than that one specific play.”. Stay up to date with the latest in college basketball recruiting news. So no matter what the deficit that we had, we knew we could get out of it. Curry that day: “I don’t want to get caught up in this-is-a-big-atmosphere, and people-are-watching kind of mindset.”. And one other thing about Davidson of 10 years ago. The Wildcats blow them away with a 37-20 second half to win 73-56. 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. 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