The Davidson Wildcats

Well I don’t know where they come from, but they sure do come.  I hope they comin’ for me.  And I don’t know how they do it, but they sure do it good.  I hope they doin’ it for free.  They give me cat scratch fever.  Cat scratch fever. -Ted Nugent 

Public Service Announcement:  OK, here we go!  Here comes the madness.  March Madness.  Madness, madness, they call it madness.  Well if this is madness, then I know I’m filled with gladness.  It’s gonna be rougher.  It’s gonna be tougher.  And I won’t be the one who’s gonna suffer. 

No, I won’t suffer, but some other folks might.  Some higher seeds might.  Some esteemed bracketologists might.  Anybody who overlooks these Davidson Wildcats might.  Those folks there might because this Davidson basketball team’s got cat class and they got cat style. 

The Davidson Wildcats find themselves before the threshold of excellence.  By opening up a can on UNC Greensboro in the Southern Conference semis last night, Davidson just extended the nation’s longest winning streak to twenty-one.  Look for it to be twenty-two tonight.  Twenty-two skidoo tonight.  Twenty-two skidoo tonight after the finals. 

The Davidson Wildcats are ranked twenty-fifth in the nation.  The Davidson Wildcats have won 35 straight conference games.  There’s a reason for that.  They’re good.  Real good.  Stephen Curry is good.  Real good.  Davidson guard Stephen Curry is the Southern Conference’s Player of the Year.  He’s a sharpshooter.  The rootinest, tootinest sumbitch with a six-shooter you ever did see.  The son of another rootin tootin sumbitch.  The son of Dell Curry.  The son of Dell Curry is a difference maker.  Wofford coach Mike Young believes:  “It would be rare against anybody, with the exception of a few top-ranked teams, for Davidson not to have the best player on the floor.”  Yowza!  He’s that good.  But Curry doesn’t do it alone. 

No, Kimosabe.  He has somebody getting him the rock.  He has Jason Richards getting him the rock.  He has the leading assist man in the entire nation getting him the rock.  Jason Richards’ ball handling skills are second to none.  Jenna Jameson’s got nothing on him.  Richards has an uncanny knack for finding Curry.  And Curry can finish from anywhere.  Anywhere!  

Coach Bob McKillop has the Wildcats playing team basketball.  Five players on the floor functioning as one single unit: team, team, team.  No one more important that the other.  Coach Bob McKillop has them playing them playing defense.  Smothering defense.  Asphyxiating defense.  Suffocating defense. 

Last night, the Wildcats effectively squelched Kyle Hines.  Kyle Hines, UNC Greensboro’s senior leader.  Kyke Hines, the SoCon’s top post player.  Squelched Kyle Hines and moved on to the finals.  Next up, the madness.  Can they be this year’s George Mason?  You betcha!  They’re the chief, they’re the king, but above everything, they’re the most tip top, Top Cats!

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Public Acknowledgements:  Madness, Stray Cats, Yosemite Sam, Charlotte Observer, Hoosiers, Tonto and Officer Dibble

Peace out homies.  Six two and Even!

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