'Cats and Iowa Set for Second Round Battle in Seattle
3/18/2015 2:16:00 PM | Men's Basketball
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No. 10 Seed Davidson Wildcats (24-7)
South Region | Second & Third Rounds | Seattle, Washington
Date: March 20 & 22, 2015
Site (Capacity): KeyArena (17,459)
Audio: Davidson Radio Network - John Kilgo & Jarod Latch
TV/Video: TNT - Spero Dedes, Mike Gminski & Jaime Maggio
Web sites: Davidson (DavidsonWildcats.com), NCAA (NCAASports.com)
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Tournament Notes
NCAA Tournament Appearances: 13
NCAA Tournament Record: 8-13
First/Second Round Record: 5-8
Sweet 16 Appearances: 4
Elite Eight Appearances: 3
Last NCAA Tournament Win; 2008
Tournament Appearances Under McKillop: 8
NCAA Tournament Record Under McKillop: 3-7
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Wildcat Tidbits
• Davidson makes its 13th appearance in the NCAA Tournament and first-ever as an at-large selection.
• Winners of 10 of their last 11, the Wildcats captured the 2015 Atlantic 10 Regular Season Title in their first season as a league member.
• Coming off a 93-73 setback to VCU in the A-10 semifinals, Davidson enters 24-7 overall.
• In addition to Tyler Kalinoski being named the Atlantic 10 Player of the Year and Bob McKillop Coach of the Year, Jack Gibbs and Brian Sullivan earned second-team recognition, while Peyton Aldridge was voted to the all-rookie team.
• This marks the fourth-straight season a Davidson player has been voted conference player of the year.
• Now in his 26th season at the helm, McKillop has been named conference coach of the year 10 times (9 SoCon, 1 A-10).
• The Wildcats have hit the 20-win plateau under Coach McKillop 13 times, including 9 of the last 11 seasons.
• Despite falling out the rankings earlier this week, the Wildcats have captured 14 regular season (13 SoCon, 1 A-10) crowns under McKillop and 24 in school history.
• Every four-year player in the Davidson program since 1994 has played in the NCAA Tournament.
• The Wildcats own an 8-13 all-time record in the NCAA Tournament. Two years ago, Davidson fell to third-seeded Marquette, 59-58, in the second round.
• Davidson has hit a school record 337 3-pointers this season.
• Kalinoski leads the team in scoring (17.0 ppg), assists (128), assist/turnover radio (2.9), steals (39), 3-pointers made (91) and minutes played (35.0 mpg).
• Gibbs (16.3), Sullivan (12.8) and Jordan Barham (11.9) are also averaging double figures for the Wildcats.
• Seven different players have hit the 20-point plateau this season for the Wildcats.
• Three of Davidson's losses this season have come against nationally-ranked teams.
• The Wildcats lead the nation in assist/turnover ratio (1.80), are second in 3-pointers per game (10.9), third in assists per game (17.2), sixth in scoring offense (79.9) and 14th in 3-point field-goal percentage (.397).
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No. 10 Seed Davidson Wildcats (24-7)
South Region | Second & Third Rounds | Seattle, Washington
Date: March 20 & 22, 2015
Site (Capacity): KeyArena (17,459)
Audio: Davidson Radio Network - John Kilgo & Jarod Latch
TV/Video: TNT - Spero Dedes, Mike Gminski & Jaime Maggio
Web sites: Davidson (DavidsonWildcats.com), NCAA (NCAASports.com)
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Tournament Notes
NCAA Tournament Appearances: 13
NCAA Tournament Record: 8-13
First/Second Round Record: 5-8
Sweet 16 Appearances: 4
Elite Eight Appearances: 3
Last NCAA Tournament Win; 2008
Tournament Appearances Under McKillop: 8
NCAA Tournament Record Under McKillop: 3-7
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Wildcat Tidbits
• Davidson makes its 13th appearance in the NCAA Tournament and first-ever as an at-large selection.
• Winners of 10 of their last 11, the Wildcats captured the 2015 Atlantic 10 Regular Season Title in their first season as a league member.
• Coming off a 93-73 setback to VCU in the A-10 semifinals, Davidson enters 24-7 overall.
• In addition to Tyler Kalinoski being named the Atlantic 10 Player of the Year and Bob McKillop Coach of the Year, Jack Gibbs and Brian Sullivan earned second-team recognition, while Peyton Aldridge was voted to the all-rookie team.
• This marks the fourth-straight season a Davidson player has been voted conference player of the year.
• Now in his 26th season at the helm, McKillop has been named conference coach of the year 10 times (9 SoCon, 1 A-10).
• The Wildcats have hit the 20-win plateau under Coach McKillop 13 times, including 9 of the last 11 seasons.
• Despite falling out the rankings earlier this week, the Wildcats have captured 14 regular season (13 SoCon, 1 A-10) crowns under McKillop and 24 in school history.
• Every four-year player in the Davidson program since 1994 has played in the NCAA Tournament.
• The Wildcats own an 8-13 all-time record in the NCAA Tournament. Two years ago, Davidson fell to third-seeded Marquette, 59-58, in the second round.
• Davidson has hit a school record 337 3-pointers this season.
• Kalinoski leads the team in scoring (17.0 ppg), assists (128), assist/turnover radio (2.9), steals (39), 3-pointers made (91) and minutes played (35.0 mpg).
• Gibbs (16.3), Sullivan (12.8) and Jordan Barham (11.9) are also averaging double figures for the Wildcats.
• Seven different players have hit the 20-point plateau this season for the Wildcats.
• Three of Davidson's losses this season have come against nationally-ranked teams.
• The Wildcats lead the nation in assist/turnover ratio (1.80), are second in 3-pointers per game (10.9), third in assists per game (17.2), sixth in scoring offense (79.9) and 14th in 3-point field-goal percentage (.397).
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Players Mentioned
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