Wildcats Make A-10 Tourney Debut Friday

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No. 24/24 Davidson Wildcats (23-6, 14-4 A-10)
Date: March 11-15, 2015
Location: Brooklyn, New York
Site (Capacity): Barclays Center (18,103)
Audio: Davidson Radio Network - John Kilgo & Jarod Latch
TV/Video: NBCSN/CBSSN/CBS Sports
Web sites: Davidson (DavidsonWildcats.com), Atlantic 10 (Atlantic10.com)

Tournament Notes
A-10 Tournament Record: 1st Appearance
A-10 Regular Season Titles: 1 (2015)
A-10 Tournament Titles: 1st Appearance
SoCon Tournament Record: 65-46
SoCon Regular Season/Division Titles: 23
SoCon Tournament Titles: 12
SoCon Championship Game Appearances: 19
SoCon Championship Game Record: 12-7
McKillop's Conference Tournament Record: 33-15
SoCon Tournament Titles Under McKillop: 7

Wildcat Tidbits
• Top-seeded Davidson enters its first-ever Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament 23-6 overall.
• The 'Cats will make their A-10 Tournament debut with a 12 p.m. tip Friday against #9 La Salle in the quarterfinals.
• The Wildcats, who captured the regular season title outright with a 107-78 win at Duquesne, enter on a nine-game winning streak, which is also the fifth longest in the nation.
• Davidson's current streak marks the 11th time under head coach Bob McKillop the Wildcats have strung together at least that many triumphs during a season.
• Ranked for the first time since the 2008-09 season, the Wildcats have captured 14 regular season (13 SoCon, 1 A-10) crowns under McKillop and 24 in school history.
• On Tuesday, Tyler Kalinoski was voted Atlantic 10 Player of the Year, while McKillop was selected Coach of the Year.
• Backcourt mates Jack Gibbs and Brian Sullivan were tabbed second-team all-conference and Peyton Aldridge earned a spot on the all-rookie team.
• Kalinoski ranks among league leaders in scoring (16.9/3rd), rebounding (5.7/19th), assists (4.2/3rd), steals (1.2/15th), 3-point field-goal percentage (.433/4th), 3-pointers made (84/1st) and assist/turnover ratio (2.9/1st).
• Gibbs (16.0), Sullivan (13.1) and Jordan Barham (11.7) are also averaging double figures for the Wildcats.
• On Monday, Kalinoski was named A-10 Player of the Week for the third time this season.
• The Wildcats have hit the 20-win plateau under Coach McKillop 13 times, including 9 of the last 11 seasons.
• 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 (1.81), are second in 3-pointers per game (10.9), fourth in scoring offense (80.6) and eighth in 3-point field-goal percentage (.401)
• See page 4 of game notes for entire list of team/individual statistical rankings.

Kalinoski and McKillop Receive League's Top Honors; Three Others Earn All-Conference
• 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).

Back in the Polls
• For the first time since the 2008-09 campaign, Davidson is ranked in the Associated Press (AP) and USA Today Coaches Top-25 as the Wildcats are ranked 24th in both polls this week.
• In 2008-09, the Wildcats were ranked 20th in the preseason, then spent five more weeks in the rankings before dropping out, with their losses coming against ranked teams Oklahoma, Purdue and Duke.
• Following its run to the Elite 8 in 2008, Davidson concluded the season ranked 9th in Coaches' Poll and 23rd in the AP.

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