Collective wisdom had it that Greensboro was the group that was going to knock off Davidson if that was going to happen this weekend. There was that much-discussed 20-point first-half lead in the game at Greensboro, the game in Belk was quite competitive throughout, and when those tournament pairings came out the eye couldn’t help but go immediately to that likely semifinal rematch.
A thread on DavidsonCats.com indicated that at least one Wildcat fan was “terrified” going into this one.
Um …
Okay.
Here’s the thing, though: For a good chunk of the first half Sunday, Greensboro had made I would say two or three contested threes that were out of the ordinary, and Steph and Bryant Barr had missed I would say two or three relatively uncontested threes that were also out of the ordinary. And the good guys were still up by 14 at the break.
In the second half, when those shots stopped going down with that frequency, and when the Wildcats just kept doing what the Wildcats do …
Well.
Y’all saw it.
The boys are making hard look easy.
Steph sure has a way of making crazy shots par for the course. Said Derek Smith on press row: “Cue the circus music.” For the most part, though, his 26 points were quiet. There are many, many things to love about Steph, but this is what I love the most: He is as big as he needs to be. He ups the ante when the ante needs to be upped -- the 41 in Greensboro, of course, being the most conspicuous case in point. He had, what, 19 on Saturday, and then 26 against Greensboro, and it’s just a flat-out fact, no ifs, ands or buts, that full-on Steph hasn’t had to show up so far this weekend. You get the feeling he’s saving some of that A game for when it’s more necessary to roll it out.
A quiet 26.
Davidson basketball.
I love that.
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