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The 2008–09 Davidson Wildcats men's basketball team represented Davidson College in NCAA men's Division I competition. The Wildcats had emerged in recent years as a legitimate national power despite being a mid-major school with one of the smallest student bodies in the NCAA Division I. The team was given high expectations after advancing to ...
Coached by 2008 NABC Coach of the Year Bob McKillop and led by consensus Second Team All-American guard Stephen Curry, the Wildcats completed an undefeated season in the Southern Conference and reached the 2008 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Elite 8, upsetting Gonzaga, Georgetown, and Wisconsin before falling to eventual national ...
In 2008, Davidson defeated the Gonzaga Bulldogs, Georgetown Hoyas, and Wisconsin Badgers to advance to the Elite Eight. The Wildcats nearly made the Final Four, but lost to the eventual champion Kansas Jayhawks 57–59.
Davidson's basketball team first reached considerable success in the 1960s under Coach Lefty Driesell, when Sports Illustrated ranked it No. 1 in the country prior to the 1964–65 season. [8] The Wildcat men have competed in 11 NCAA tournaments (1966, 1968–70, 1986, 1998, 2002, 2006–08, and 2012).
Curry became the first Davidson basketball alum to compete in the Olympics. He’s one of four Olympians/Paralympians to have once been a Wildcat, joining Evy Leibfarth, Caroline Queen (Canoe ...
The Wisconsin defense, best in the nation at points allowed with 53.9, remained close until early in the second half, when some key steals and Davidson threes pulled the Wildcats far ahead. [ 41 ] In the night game, top-seeded Kansas defeated # 12 Villanova, 72–57.
Richards played college basketball for Davidson [1] [2] along with future NBA MVP Stephen Curry. [3] As a senior, he led the NCAA Division I in assists, averaging 8.14 per game. Along with Curry, he helped guide the Wildcats to an NCAA Elite Eight appearance in 2008.
After assisting former Wildcat player and assistant coach Jason Zimmerman at Emory University in Atlanta, Matt was named assistant coach to his father at Davidson in 2008, was elevated to associate head coach in 2016, and succeeded his father as Wildcats head coach in 2022. [2] Brendan also played for his father at Davidson.