College Basketball - Southern Conference
Davidson Wildcats
Location: Davidson, North Carolina Reg. Season: 1964, 65, 66, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 81, 96, 97, 98, 02, 03, 04, 05, 07 Post-Season: 1966, 68, 69, 70, 86, 98, 02, 06, 07 |
Davidson College Wildcats started their men’s basketball program in 1907 in hands of Coach J. W. Rhea. After several years the program became a success. The Wildcats has won 18 SoCon regular seasons and have appear in 9 NCAA Tournaments including last year’s.
Innumerable great coaches have became part of the program, two of them Lefty Driesell who have been awarded has the SoCon Coach of the year 4 times and presently Coach Bob Mckillop who have been named 6 times in his 19 years at Davidson. Coach Mckillop has an overall record of 311-218 and this is his 19 season with the Wildcats.
On other side 2 of the greatest players and named All-American during their time are Fred Hetzel, who is the school second all-time leader in points with 2,032 points and all-time leader in
rebounds with 1,111 for the seasons 1962-65, and John Gerdy who is the all-time leader scorer with 2,483 points in the seasons 1976-79. Both players were ranked in the top 17th scorers in the nation 3 times.
For the season 2006-2007 the Wildcats were unstoppable, they finished as the SoCon regular season and tournament champions with an overall record of 29-5 and a conference record of 17-1. The NCAA Tournament was their second straight trip and their third straight 20 win-season.
During the 2007-08 campaign Davidson made an amazing run, taking elite teams such as Wisconsin, Georgetown and Gonzaga out of the way. With a 20-0 conference record the team ranked 40th nationally and Coach Bob McKillop is looking to repeat success this 2008-09 period.
Davidson 2009/10 Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Time/Result |
| 14-Nov | at No. 10 Butler | L 73-62 |
| 19-Nov | vs. South Florida* | L 65-58 |
| 20-Nov | La Salle | L 84-70 |
| 22-Nov | vs. Penn State* | L 59-57 |
| 25-Nov | Fredonia State | W 78-37 |
| 28-Nov | Rhode Island | L 75-65 |
| 3-Dec | at Citadel | W 74-63 |
| 5-Dec | at Charleston | L 67-55 |
| 12-Dec | at No. 22 Gonzaga | L 103-91 |
| 17-Dec | New Jersey | W 90-49 |
| 20-Dec | vs. Cornell* | L 91-88 |
| 21-Dec | vs. Hofstra* | W 61-52 |
| 28-Dec | Pennsylvania | W 79-50 |
| 30-Dec | Massachusetts | W 63-61 |
| 4-Jan | Samford | W 66-56 |
| 9-Jan | Appalachian State | L 78-68 |
| 13-Jan | at Furman | W 86-81 |
| 16-Jan | at Wofford | L 68-62 |
| 20-Jan | Western Carolina | L 77-67 |
| 23-Jan | at Georgia Southern | W 91-87 |
| 28-Jan | Charleston | 7:00 PM ET |
| 30-Jan | Citadel | 7:00 PM ET |
| 6-Feb | Georgia Southern | 7:00 PM ET |
| 11-Feb | at Appalachian State | 7:00 PM ET |
| 13-Feb | at Western Carolina | 7:00 PM ET |
| 17-Feb | Wofford | 7:00 PM ET |
| 20-Feb | Furman | 2:00 PM ET |
| 22-Feb | at Chattanooga | 7:00 PM ET |
| 24-Feb | UNC Greensboro | 7:00 PM ET |
| 27-Feb | at Elon | 7:00 PM ET |