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Davidson to Play at Mizzou in Opening Round of NIT
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DAVIDSON, N.C. – No. 7 seed Davidson, the regular-season champions of the Southern Conference, will play at Missouri, Tuesday at 9 p.m. (EST) on ESPN2, in the opening round of the 2014 Postseason NIT.
Winners of 13 out of their last 14, the Wildcats enter their sixth NIT and 19th postseason appearance 20-12 overall.
Missouri, which earned the second seed in the Minneapolis Region, enters with a 22-11 overall record. The Tigers posted a 9-9 record in conference play before falling to No. 1 Florida in quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament.
The Tigers and Davidson will meet for the fourth time in series history. The Wildcats are 2-1 all-time vs. Mizzou, including an 84-81 win at Mizzou Arena on Nov. 19, 2004.
The victor of Tuesday's opening round contest will play the winner of No. 3 Southern Miss/No. 6 Toledo.
Davidson Wildcats (20-12) at Missouri Tigers (22-11)
Date: March 18, 2014
Time: 9:00 PM EST / 8:00 PM CST
Location: Columbia, Missouri
Site (Capacity): Mizzou Arena (15,061)
Audio: Davidson Radio Network (WHIP 1350 AM; WBCN 1660 AM; WAME 550 AM & 92.9 FM; WTIX 1410 AM; WGNC 1450 AM)
TV/Video: ESPN2
Web sites: Davidson (DavidsonWildcats.com), Mizzou (MUTigers.com)
Tournament Notes
Postseason NIT Appearances: 6 (1972, 1994, 1996, 2005, 2009, 2014)
Postseason NIT Record: 3-5
Last Appearance: 2009
1st Rd Result 3/17; at South Carolina, W, 70-63
2nd Rd Result 3/23; at Saint Mary's (Calif), L, 68-80
Postseason NIT Appearances Under McKillop: 5 (1994, 1996, 2005, 2009, 2014)
McKillop's Postseason NIT Record: 3-4
Series History
• Davidson leads the all-time series with Mizzou, 2-1.
• All three meetings came from 2004-06, with the Wildcats winning the first two, including an 84-81 win at Mizzou Arena on Nov. 19, 2004.
• Davidson also defeated the Tigers, 82-73, during the 2005-06 season at home.
• Mizzou topped Davidson in the last meeting, 81-75, at Mizzou Arena on Nov. 19, 2006.
Layup Line
• Regular season champions of the Southern Conference, Davidson is making its sixth postseason NIT appearance.
• Winners of 13 out of their last 14, the Wildcats enter 20-12 overall.
• Davidson suffered a 97-95 overtime setback to fifth-seeded Western Carolina in the semifinals of the Southern Conference Tournament.
• The Wildcats have posted 20 wins under head coach Bob McKillop 12 times, including eight of the last 10 seasons.
• Davidson has now reached the 20-win plateau 21 times in school history.
• The Wildcats won 10 of the last 13 SoCon regular season/division titles.
• Senior De'Mon Brooks was named the Conference Player of the Year by both the league's head coaches and media.
• He becomes the third Wildcat since 2008 to win the award twice and fifth in school history. (Fred Hetzel - 1963-65; Mike Maloy - 1969, 1970; Stephen Curry - 2008, 2009; Jake Cohen - 2012, 2013)
• In addition to Brooks earning his third first-team selection, Brian Sullivan (2nd Team) and Tyler Kalinoski (3rd Team) were selected all-league by the media, while the coaches voted Jack Gibbs to the all-freshman squad.
• Brooks leads the Wildcats in scoring and rebounding, averaging 18.7 points and 7.1 rebounds, while shooting 59 percent from the floor.
• In conference play, Brooks averaged 20.5 points, 7.6 rebounds and shot 65.7 percent (115-175) from the floor.
• The backcourt trio of Sullivan (13.2), Kalinoski (10.9) and Tom Droney (10.3) are also averaging double figures for Davidson.
• Kalinoski, who ranks among national leaders in 3-point field-goal percentage at 46.3 percent, also paces the Wildcats in minutes played (33.7), assists (105) and steals (40). • The Wildcats finished the conference slate shooting a league-best 52.9 percent overall, 46.2 percent from 3-point range and 74.3 percent at the charity stripe.
• Davidson led the league in almost every statistical category in conference games only. (See Page 5 of Notes)
• The Wildcats, who averaged a league-best 9.1 3-pointers per game in SoCon play, have connected on 10 or more treys in a game 10 times this season.
• Over their last 13 games, the 'Cats are 126-of-276 (.456) from behind the arc.
• Davidson, which will join the Atlantic 10 Conference in July, won 28 of its last 29 SoCon regular season games and 35 of 37 dating back to 2011-12.
• The Wildcats were 124-22 (.849) in their last 146 regular-season Southern Conference contests, dating back to 2006-07.
• In addition to winning 14 straight league games away from home, the Wildcats went 61-12 (.835) in their last 73 SoCon games on the road.
Tough Schedule
• Once again Davidson took on one of the nation's toughest non-conference schedules -- Duke, Virginia, Georgia, Clemson, New Mexico, Charlotte, Drexel, North Carolina, Wichita State and College of Charleston.
• Prior to the New Year, Davidson played five Top-25 opponents.
• All told, nine teams advanced to postseason play a year ago, including four that finished with RPIs in the Top-20, according to the NCAA's RPI ratings.
• Two of the Wildcats' non-conference opponents were awarded NCAA No. 1 seeds (Wichita State, Virginia), while eight earned postseason bids (6 NCAA, 2 NIT).
DAVIDSON, N.C. – No. 7 seed Davidson, the regular-season champions of the Southern Conference, will play at Missouri, Tuesday at 9 p.m. (EST) on ESPN2, in the opening round of the 2014 Postseason NIT.
Winners of 13 out of their last 14, the Wildcats enter their sixth NIT and 19th postseason appearance 20-12 overall.
Missouri, which earned the second seed in the Minneapolis Region, enters with a 22-11 overall record. The Tigers posted a 9-9 record in conference play before falling to No. 1 Florida in quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament.
The Tigers and Davidson will meet for the fourth time in series history. The Wildcats are 2-1 all-time vs. Mizzou, including an 84-81 win at Mizzou Arena on Nov. 19, 2004.
The victor of Tuesday's opening round contest will play the winner of No. 3 Southern Miss/No. 6 Toledo.
Davidson Wildcats (20-12) at Missouri Tigers (22-11)
Date: March 18, 2014
Time: 9:00 PM EST / 8:00 PM CST
Location: Columbia, Missouri
Site (Capacity): Mizzou Arena (15,061)
Audio: Davidson Radio Network (WHIP 1350 AM; WBCN 1660 AM; WAME 550 AM & 92.9 FM; WTIX 1410 AM; WGNC 1450 AM)
TV/Video: ESPN2
Web sites: Davidson (DavidsonWildcats.com), Mizzou (MUTigers.com)
Tournament Notes
Postseason NIT Appearances: 6 (1972, 1994, 1996, 2005, 2009, 2014)
Postseason NIT Record: 3-5
Last Appearance: 2009
1st Rd Result 3/17; at South Carolina, W, 70-63
2nd Rd Result 3/23; at Saint Mary's (Calif), L, 68-80
Postseason NIT Appearances Under McKillop: 5 (1994, 1996, 2005, 2009, 2014)
McKillop's Postseason NIT Record: 3-4
Series History
• Davidson leads the all-time series with Mizzou, 2-1.
• All three meetings came from 2004-06, with the Wildcats winning the first two, including an 84-81 win at Mizzou Arena on Nov. 19, 2004.
• Davidson also defeated the Tigers, 82-73, during the 2005-06 season at home.
• Mizzou topped Davidson in the last meeting, 81-75, at Mizzou Arena on Nov. 19, 2006.
Layup Line
• Regular season champions of the Southern Conference, Davidson is making its sixth postseason NIT appearance.
• Winners of 13 out of their last 14, the Wildcats enter 20-12 overall.
• Davidson suffered a 97-95 overtime setback to fifth-seeded Western Carolina in the semifinals of the Southern Conference Tournament.
• The Wildcats have posted 20 wins under head coach Bob McKillop 12 times, including eight of the last 10 seasons.
• Davidson has now reached the 20-win plateau 21 times in school history.
• The Wildcats won 10 of the last 13 SoCon regular season/division titles.
• Senior De'Mon Brooks was named the Conference Player of the Year by both the league's head coaches and media.
• He becomes the third Wildcat since 2008 to win the award twice and fifth in school history. (Fred Hetzel - 1963-65; Mike Maloy - 1969, 1970; Stephen Curry - 2008, 2009; Jake Cohen - 2012, 2013)
• In addition to Brooks earning his third first-team selection, Brian Sullivan (2nd Team) and Tyler Kalinoski (3rd Team) were selected all-league by the media, while the coaches voted Jack Gibbs to the all-freshman squad.
• Brooks leads the Wildcats in scoring and rebounding, averaging 18.7 points and 7.1 rebounds, while shooting 59 percent from the floor.
• In conference play, Brooks averaged 20.5 points, 7.6 rebounds and shot 65.7 percent (115-175) from the floor.
• The backcourt trio of Sullivan (13.2), Kalinoski (10.9) and Tom Droney (10.3) are also averaging double figures for Davidson.
• Kalinoski, who ranks among national leaders in 3-point field-goal percentage at 46.3 percent, also paces the Wildcats in minutes played (33.7), assists (105) and steals (40). • The Wildcats finished the conference slate shooting a league-best 52.9 percent overall, 46.2 percent from 3-point range and 74.3 percent at the charity stripe.
• Davidson led the league in almost every statistical category in conference games only. (See Page 5 of Notes)
• The Wildcats, who averaged a league-best 9.1 3-pointers per game in SoCon play, have connected on 10 or more treys in a game 10 times this season.
• Over their last 13 games, the 'Cats are 126-of-276 (.456) from behind the arc.
• Davidson, which will join the Atlantic 10 Conference in July, won 28 of its last 29 SoCon regular season games and 35 of 37 dating back to 2011-12.
• The Wildcats were 124-22 (.849) in their last 146 regular-season Southern Conference contests, dating back to 2006-07.
• In addition to winning 14 straight league games away from home, the Wildcats went 61-12 (.835) in their last 73 SoCon games on the road.
Tough Schedule
• Once again Davidson took on one of the nation's toughest non-conference schedules -- Duke, Virginia, Georgia, Clemson, New Mexico, Charlotte, Drexel, North Carolina, Wichita State and College of Charleston.
• Prior to the New Year, Davidson played five Top-25 opponents.
• All told, nine teams advanced to postseason play a year ago, including four that finished with RPIs in the Top-20, according to the NCAA's RPI ratings.
• Two of the Wildcats' non-conference opponents were awarded NCAA No. 1 seeds (Wichita State, Virginia), while eight earned postseason bids (6 NCAA, 2 NIT).
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