Curry, Richards and McKillop Honored By League Head Coaches
3/6/2008 11:24:22 AM | Men's Basketball
Joey Beeler - Assistant SID
DAVIDSON, N.C. -- Along with being named the media's top player, Davidson's Stephen Curry was voted the Southern Conference Player of the Year by the league head coaches, while Jason Richards and Head Coach Bob McKillop were also honored as announced Thursday morning.
A sophomore from Charlotte, N.C., Curry led the SoCon in scoring and ranks fifth nationally with an average of 25.3 points per game. The five-time league Player of the Week and three-time Player of the Month also ranks among national leaders in free-throw percentage (8th/89.4), three-pointers made (3rd/125) and three-pointers per game (3rd/4.3).
Named to both the Wooden and Naismith midseason lists, Curry hit the 20-point plateau 21 times this season and the 30-point mark eight times, including a career-high 41 points at UNC Greensboro, Feb. 13. To go along with his scoring totals, the 6-3 shooting guard has hit five or more three-pointers in a contest 14 times on the campaign.
A year ago, Curry was named SoCon Freshman of the Year, first-team all-conference and the 2007 SoCon Tournament MVP.
For the second consecutive season, Curry's backcourt mate Richards joins him on the All-SoCon first team. Richards, the Wildcat point guard and senior from Barrington, Ill., leads the nation in assists (233) and assists per game, averaging 8.0 per outing.
During the 2007-08 regular season, the Bob Cousy nominee handed out 10 or more assists on eight separate occasions and recorded five double-doubles to give him nine for his career. The Davidson tri-captain also scored in double figures 22 times this season, which included four games of 20 points or more.
Richards finished the regular season in impressive fashion, recording his 1,000 career point against Appalachian State (Feb. 27) and becoming just the second Davidson player to hand out 600 career assists in the finale at Georgia Southern (March 1).
The all-time winningest coach in school and SoCon history, McKillop was named the Coach of the Year for the second straight season and league-record seventh of his career. Davidson's perfect 20-0 SoCon slate marks the third time (1995-95, 2004-05, 2007-08) under McKillop the Wildcats have run through the conference slate flawless.
Sitting at 334-224 for his 19-year career with the Wildcats, McKillop has guided his club to nine conference divisional crowns, four league tournament titles and seven postseason berths -- the NCAA Tournament in 1998, 2002, '06 and '07 and the NIT in 1994, '98 and 2005.
With four-straight 20-win seasons for the first time since 1962-66, McKillop has now hit the plateau eight times during his tenure.
Winners of 19 straight, Davidson enters this week's SoCon Men's Basketball Tournament 23-6 overall. The top-seeded and two-time defending champions begin play in Saturday's quarterfinals at 2 p.m. against the winner of #8 Wofford / #9 Western Carolina.
Player of the Year: Stephen Curry, Davidson
Coach of the Year: Bob McKillop, Davidson
Freshman of the Year: Cameron Wells, The Citadel
Coaches All-Southern Conference Team
Stephen Curry, Davidson
Kyle Hines, UNC Greensboro
Louis Graham, Georgia Southern
Jason Richards, Davidson
Donte Minter, Appalachian State
Nicchaeus Doaks, UTC
Stephen McDowell, UTC
Drew Gibson, Wofford
Brandon Giles, Western Carolina
Brett James, Elon
Coaches All-Freshman Team
Andrew Goudelock, College of Charleston
Donald Sims, Appalachian State
Cameron Wells, The Citadel
Willie Powers, Georgia Southern
Austin Dahn, The Citadel
A sophomore from Charlotte, N.C., Curry led the SoCon in scoring and ranks fifth nationally with an average of 25.3 points per game. The five-time league Player of the Week and three-time Player of the Month also ranks among national leaders in free-throw percentage (8th/89.4), three-pointers made (3rd/125) and three-pointers per game (3rd/4.3).
Named to both the Wooden and Naismith midseason lists, Curry hit the 20-point plateau 21 times this season and the 30-point mark eight times, including a career-high 41 points at UNC Greensboro, Feb. 13. To go along with his scoring totals, the 6-3 shooting guard has hit five or more three-pointers in a contest 14 times on the campaign.
A year ago, Curry was named SoCon Freshman of the Year, first-team all-conference and the 2007 SoCon Tournament MVP.
For the second consecutive season, Curry's backcourt mate Richards joins him on the All-SoCon first team. Richards, the Wildcat point guard and senior from Barrington, Ill., leads the nation in assists (233) and assists per game, averaging 8.0 per outing.
During the 2007-08 regular season, the Bob Cousy nominee handed out 10 or more assists on eight separate occasions and recorded five double-doubles to give him nine for his career. The Davidson tri-captain also scored in double figures 22 times this season, which included four games of 20 points or more.
Richards finished the regular season in impressive fashion, recording his 1,000 career point against Appalachian State (Feb. 27) and becoming just the second Davidson player to hand out 600 career assists in the finale at Georgia Southern (March 1).
The all-time winningest coach in school and SoCon history, McKillop was named the Coach of the Year for the second straight season and league-record seventh of his career. Davidson's perfect 20-0 SoCon slate marks the third time (1995-95, 2004-05, 2007-08) under McKillop the Wildcats have run through the conference slate flawless.
Sitting at 334-224 for his 19-year career with the Wildcats, McKillop has guided his club to nine conference divisional crowns, four league tournament titles and seven postseason berths -- the NCAA Tournament in 1998, 2002, '06 and '07 and the NIT in 1994, '98 and 2005.
With four-straight 20-win seasons for the first time since 1962-66, McKillop has now hit the plateau eight times during his tenure.
Winners of 19 straight, Davidson enters this week's SoCon Men's Basketball Tournament 23-6 overall. The top-seeded and two-time defending champions begin play in Saturday's quarterfinals at 2 p.m. against the winner of #8 Wofford / #9 Western Carolina.
Player of the Year: Stephen Curry, Davidson
Coach of the Year: Bob McKillop, Davidson
Freshman of the Year: Cameron Wells, The Citadel
Coaches All-Southern Conference Team
Stephen Curry, Davidson
Kyle Hines, UNC Greensboro
Louis Graham, Georgia Southern
Jason Richards, Davidson
Donte Minter, Appalachian State
Nicchaeus Doaks, UTC
Stephen McDowell, UTC
Drew Gibson, Wofford
Brandon Giles, Western Carolina
Brett James, Elon
Coaches All-Freshman Team
Andrew Goudelock, College of Charleston
Donald Sims, Appalachian State
Cameron Wells, The Citadel
Willie Powers, Georgia Southern
Austin Dahn, The Citadel
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