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Well thats a headline i would love to be able to write and really mean it. When I saw the draw, I had to feel for Davidson catching a surging team like Maryland that has abused so many big name schools this year.
If I have to make a retraction post at 3pm tomorrow having watched Maryland win, I think we can just put this post on ice till next year. Davidson is so young that if they learn to build on the circle of players they now have, trust and push each other, theyll be in the 16 before Curry graduates.
On a side note, I dont wish to give Curry more love than he already gets based on the path his Dad’s name paved. I am glad he has talent that is all his own, but Davidson College has 4 players with over 10 per game, so Ill name drop some lovefor all those who contributed in large part to the SoCon Championship video you see on the left.
For Jason Richards, Thomas Sander and Boris Meno all with 11 or more point per game averages three more important less known names that are equal parts of a “whole success”.
Now for the game and what is at hand:
“Coming off their ninth SoCon Championship, the Davidson Wildcats will tip-off the 2007 NCAA Tournament with a 12:20 p.m. contest against the fourth-seeded Maryland Terrapins Thursday, March 15.”
Maryland strikes me as the brawler and legitimately tough team, and this is not the type of team you can pull a “fast one” on and still an upset. I am liking VCU’s chances at an upset of Duke much better than this game.
Can Davidson beat Maryland and open a path to the Sweet 16 perhaps? yes absolutely they have the shooters to do it, but can they keep maryland off the boards and off the free throw line? That may be a problem.
Alot of analysts are picking Old Dominion to beat Butler and that clears the other high seed out of that branch of the tourney. Maryland is hot, and Maryland is talented, but Davidson does have what it takes to win, which is the ability to score more than any other opponant on a given night. To get past Maryland would make a 12 vs 13 second round as many are calling it, and perhaps a nice local tie-in for the Charlotte area with a team back in the sweet 16.
Heres to hoping, wishing the best and praying for a bounce or two for Davidson college.
Charlotte Critic has lived in Charlotte for 5 years. My backgroundis in Italian food, latin food and the restaurants of New York and Miami. I believe that value and large portion is as important as all other aspects of dining. I love a huge meatball sub as well as fine dining.