Stephen Curry and Davidson were both small underdogs, but somehow, Curry took Davidson to the Elite Eight of college basketball.
Have you ever felt like you were too small or not even given a chance? Well Steph Curry has, but it didn’t stop him from from taking over college basketball and leading Davidson on a Cinderella Story.
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Today I wanted to talk about the time Steph Curry took over college basketball as an underdog and took a team with no chance to the Elite 8. Let me know in the comments if Curry is the best shooter in both college and NBA history and ideas for new story videos. Alright let’s get into it.
Curry was a nobody coming out of high school. He didn’t attract any big names and really the only D1 school to offer him any sort of basketball scholarship was Davidson. Davidson coach Bob McKillop thought that he found a gem.
Davidson is a school in North Carolina that had simply been one of those teams that would not qualify for the NCAA tournament or get out in the first round. Two years before Curry’s arrival, they did not qualify for the tournament and the year before Curry’s arrival, they got out in the first round.
The first game of Stephen Curry’s college career was an up and down ride, having 9 turnovers in the first half down 18. Curry comes back strong and they win the game. The next game, Curry scores 32. Curry would end up averaging 21.5 points per game for his first season. Davidson would go 29-5, make the NCAA tournament, but lose in the first round. It was next season where the magic happened.
Curry would go on to average 25.9 points and lead Davidson to the 10th seed in the 2008 NCAA tournament. He was named a second team All-American but wasn’t a legend. Davidson had lost to all of the big programs during the regular season like North Carolina, Duke, and UCLA, but only lost by an average of 6 points. Curry had also grown to 6’ 3”.
Davidson was matched up with the 7th seeded Gonzaga Bulldogs who are always powerhouses. Curry scored 10 points in the first half, but Davidson was down 11. What happened next was just unreal. Curry would go on to score 30 points in the second half! He hit three after three. The crowd was just going crazy. Davidson came back and won 82-76. This was Davidson’s first tournament win since 1969! No one could stop him as he went 8 for 10 from deep. He had 40 for the game and simply was starting his reign in March Madness.
The next game was against the second seeded giants, the Georgetown Hoyas. Davidson had been underdogs for the Gonzaga game, but no one thought Davidson even had a small chance against Georgetown. This is where the madness comes in in March Madness. Once again, Davidson was down by 17 against Georgetown, but Curry was the hero, scoring 25 second half points, 30 for the total game. The whole nation had gone bonkers for Curry. He had become a household name and just was taking over college basketball. He was single-handedly lifting Davidson and they had reached the Sweet 16. Steph Curry was being mobbed anywhere he would go.
Their next game against the number 3 seeded Wisconsin was another miracle. LeBron James was watching and visited Davidson during the half. Yeah imagine that, Curry and LEBron were buddies back then. Curry would outscore Wisconsin in the second half 22 to 20. Once again Curry scored over 30 points, ending up with 33 points and Davidson had beat down Wisconsin 73-56. The magical run had kept going.
Next up was the number 1 seeded Kansas Jayhawks in the Elite 8. The Jayhawks defense was hounding Curry making him go 9 for 25 for the game and 4 of 16 from 3. Curry gave Davidson the lead 51-47 with over 8 minutes left and he hit a 3 to get Davidson within striking distance at 59-57. Curry got the ball back with 21 seconds left. It seemed perfect, Curry could hit a three to get Davidson the win, but a double team forced Curry to pass to the open man for the 3, but he missed and that was that. The underdogs had finally lost. Kansas would eventually win the tournament and maybe if Curry had shot it, they would have won, but this was a magical run. Curry was named the tournament’s most outstanding player which was first for someone who didn’t reach the final four.
Next season, Curry averaged over 28 points and 5 assists but Davidson didn’t qualify for the tournament. Still, Curry had literally took over college basketball, hit the most 3 pointers for a season in college basketball history, and led a team without a single tournament win in almost 40 years to the Elite 8. But what do you think? Is Curry the best shooter in college? In the NBA? Let me know in the comments down below.
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