Thursday, March 15
Portland, Ore.
1:40 pm (ET)
Davidson College
vs
No. --/18 Louisville~
M. Basketball Takes on Louisville Thursday in Portland
3/14/2012 12:47:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Tipoff is set for 1:40 p.m., and the game will be televised on TBS.
Davidson Wildcats (25-7) vs. No. 18 Louisville Cardinals (26-9)
Date: March 15, 2012 - 1:40 p.m. (Eastern)Site: Rose Garden (19,980 capacity) - Portland, Ore.
Audio: John Kilgo calls the action with Logan Kosmalski and Ken Hall on the Davidson Radio Network (1660 AM, 1350 AM, 1450 AM, 104.7 HD3)
Video: TBS (Brian Anderson, Dan Bonner, Jenn Hildreth)
Web sites: Davidson (DavidsonWildcats.com), Louisville (UofLSports.com)
Full game notes (PDF)
Audio of Davidson pre-game press conference
Practice day photo gallery
Davidson NCAA Tournament Central
Live stats
Layup Line
• Davidson makes its 11th appearance in the NCAA Tournament, earning the automatic bid as champions of the Southern Conference.
• The 13th-seeded Wildcats will take on the fourth-seeded Cardinals of Louisville. The contest will be televised live on TBS with Brian Anderson calling the action, Dan Bonner providing color and Jenn Hildreth reporting from the sideline.
• The winner will face the winner of fifth-seeded New Mexico against 12th-seeded Long Beach State.
• Davidson got here by defeating Western Carolina 93-91 in double overtime March 5, in Asheville, N.C. It's the Wildcats' 11th SoCon Tournament title and the sixth under 23-year veteran head coach Bob McKillop.
• Davidson is 18-3 in its last 21 contests, dating back to the last game of the 2011 calendar year.
• The Wildcats are led by two SoCon Players of the Year. De'Mon Brooks earned the honor from the SoCon coaches, and Jake Cohen got the award from the media association. While the media association (began voting in 1951-52) and the coaches (began voting in 1989-90) have differed on their selections over the years, it's the first time two players from the same team have split the honor.
• Brooks was also named the SoCon Tourney MVP, while Cohen earned all-tournament honors.
• McKillop was named SoCon Coach of the Year in the coaches' poll. It's his eighth SoCon Coach of the Year distinction. One of the nation's longest-tenured active coaches, McKillop will be coaching in his 697th collegiate contest today, all at Davidson.
• McKillop has led Davidson to 25 wins or more in four of the last six seasons.
• With today's NCAA Tournament appearance, every four-year player in the Davidson program since 1994 will have played in the “Big Dance.”
• Davidson owns an 8-11 all-time record in the NCAA?Tournament. The 'Cats were 3-1 in their last tournament in 2008.
• Davidson's three games in Asheville in the SoCon Tourney were its first neutral site contests this season (the Kansas game in Kansas City is considered a Jayhawk home game by the NCAA).
• Louisville earned an automatic bid by winning four straight games in the Big East Tournament in Madison Square Garden last weekend. The Cardinals defeated Cincinnati 50-44 in the championship game.
• Louisville is 12-4 in its last 16 contests. The Cardinals are 4-0 in neutral site games with all four wins coming in the Big East Tourney.
• The Big East title helped the Cardinals move into 18th in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll. They are not ranked in the Associated Press Poll because the AP does not put out another poll until after the NCAA?Tournament.
• Louisville and Davidson share two common opponents this season - Vanderbilt and College of Charleston. The Cardinals topped Vandy 62-60 in overtime at home, while Davidson lost 87-83 at home to the Commodores. Louisville defeated College of Charleston 69-62 at home, while Davidson split a pair of conference contests against the Cougars (W, 87-69, home; L, 86-78, road).
• Louisville is the fourth ranked team Davidson has played this season. Davidson is 14-80 all-time when playing a ranked opponent (AP Poll) and has lost nine of its last 10. The 'Cats defeated No. 12/11 Kansas 80-74 Dec. 19, their last win against a ranked opponent.
Series History
• This will be just the second meeting on the hardwood between Davidson and Louisville and the first since Dec. 12, 1959.
• The Cardinals topped the 'Cats 90-47 at home in that contest.
Academic All-American
• JP Kuhlman has been named third-team Capital One Academic All-America by the College Sports Information Directors of America.
• He is the seventh Davidson men's basketball player to garner Academic All-America honors and the first since Derek Rucker earned first-team accolades in 1988.
• He has a 3.80 grade point average in religion and plans to attend medical school after graduating from Davidson.
Claw Marks
• Ninety-eight percent of the 'Cats' scoring and 96 percent of their rebounding comes from juniors, sophomores and freshmen.
• The 'Cats have posted 20 wins under head coach Bob McKillop 10 times, including six of the last eight seasons. Davidson has won 20 games in a season 19 times.
• Davidson won its eighth SoCon division title in the last 11 seasons and the 11th title under head coach Bob McKillop.
• The Wildcats rank ninth in the nation in team free-throw percentage (.764). Nik Cochran, Jake Cohen and JP Kuhlman all rank in the top-12 in the SoCon.
• Davidson has made 20 or more free throws in 11 games this season.
• Davidson hit all of its free throws (14-for-14) against Duke Nov. 18, for the first time since 2008 (Appalachian State, 6-for-6). The 'Cats also made all seven attempts against Chattanooga Feb. 4.
• Davidson changed the starting lineup for the first time this season against Samford, Feb. 15, as Chris Czerapowicz got his first career start. The 'Cats are 4-1 since the change.
• The Wildcats have led at halftime in 27 games.
• By defeating Kansas 80-74 Dec. 19, the Wildcats defeated a ranked opponent for the first time since topping Wisconsin 73-56 in the 2008 NCAA Tournament.
• It was Davidson's first win over a ranked opponent in the regular season since defeating No. 15 South Carolina Jan. 16, 1974.
• It was the 'Cats' first win over a ranked opponent on the road since defeating No. 17 St. John's 88-84 Jan. 4, 1972.
• Davidson finished the regular campaign with a 6-5 record in non-conference games.
• Davidson did not give up a 3-pointer at UNCW Nov. 26 (0-for-3).
• The 'Cats' game against Georgia Southern Jan. 7, was the 300th in Belk Arena, which opened in 1989. Davidson won the contest 96-74.
• Davidson returned seven of its top eight scorers and four starters from last season. Players who accounted for 81 percent of the team's scoring and 87 percent of the team's rebounding are back in uniform this year.
Davidson Milestone Watch
• Fellow juniors Jake Cohen and JP Kuhlman registered their 1,000th career point this season. Cohen's came against Western Carolina Jan. 12, and Kuhlman topped the mark at Appalachian State Jan. 14. Both players are playing in their 97th career contest today.
• Cohen is one of three players in school history to record over 1,000 career points, 500 rebounds and 100 blocked shots (Jamie Hall '82, Detlef Musch '93). Davidson did not keep blocks as a stat until the 1976-77 season. He is 19 blocked shots away from breaking the school career record and one away from setting a new single season mark. He's also two points and 45 rebounds shy of cracking the top-20 at Davidson in both categories.
• Kuhlman joins Stephen Curry as the only two players in school history to tally over 1,000 career points, 400 rebounds and 300 assists.
• De'Mon Brooks is 209 points away from 1,000 and 142 rebounds shy of 500.
• Nik Cochran is 240 points short of 1,000 and went over the 200-assist mark with six against Western Carolina.
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