These are just old pictures of the days of Johnston Gym...nothing to do with the question. Thanks to Eliz Kirkland ('88) for emailing me this question. I don't know the answer, though, so help me out!
Hey, if Derek Rucker is out there, he was on that team.....he should know.
Come on, Rucker, help us out!!
Atlantic 10 Conference Coach of the Year: 2015
Southern Conference Coach of the Year: 1994, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013
All-Time Winningest Coach in Davidson College History (495 wins and counting)
All-Time Winningest Coach in Southern Conference History
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NCAA Tournament: 1998, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008 (Elite Eight), 2012, 2013
NIT: 1994, 1996, 2005 (advanced to round of 16), 2009, 2014
Southern Conference Tournament Champions: 1998, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013
Southern Conference North Division Champions: 1996
Southern Conference North Division Co-Champions: 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003
Southern Conference South Division Co-Champions: 2004
Southern Conference South Division Champions: 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013
Southern Conference Champions: 2014
Atlantic 10 Conference Champions: 2015
In December 1968, Sport Illustrated featured Davidson (Mike Maloy) on it's cover as one of the three teams (UNC & Kentucky also featured) that could challenge John Wooden's UCLA Bruins and their stranglehold on the national title.
Chambers Building, Davidson College
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Born! Just sat under the celebration picture at the Soda Shop.
To quote the program from the Tourney last weekend - "among the highlights of the Southern Conference's era in Asheville [was] an off-balance 22-foot buzzer beating jumper by Davidson's Gerry Born that gave the Wildcats a 42-40 win over Chattanooga in 1986 . . ."
That's good stuff, Johnston Gym!! Thanks for the quote!!
I honestly had no idea who did what in that game.
to add to this, Born's younger brother went to UTC and helped them beat us in the SOCON finals in '94. Damn those mocs. We had a stud team that year led by jason zimmerman, the slovenian nightmare janko narat as well as quinn harwood, george spain and of course brandon williams. A great team that should have gone to the dance.
Is that the Peter Amidon, known by the SBA campaign slogan "Vote for the 6 foot Peter"?
I was at that NIT game, too, in 1996. I was in law school at USC, so it was no problem being there. I remember that Davidson jumped out to a 8-0 lead, or so, with Brandon Williams getting a monster break-away slam dunk. But it came apart after that.
That 1996 team should have gotten an at-large bid to the NCAAs. Dick Vitale was all over the NCAA committee for not inviting us, as I recall.
The 86 team played Kentucky in a first round NCAA game in Charlotte and jumped out to a lead. The place was rocking! But Kenny "Sky" Walker was too much, we got in foul trouble, and the Ky Cats pulled away.
I drove to Morgantown to see the 94 NIT game and we just didn't play as physical as WVa.
My recollection of the SC game in the 1996 NIT was B J McKie consistently slamming his fist into the groin of any Davidson player who set a screen that he had to fight thru. One of our guys actually crumpled to the floor in agony after one shot to the jewels. Refs never called it and he must have done it over a dozen times. Also remember seeing Harwood bodily thrown out of the lane and almost to the sideline while trying to play interior defense. Cocks got an easy layup on that play.
Ruk is in Sydney, he retired last year from 16 solid years playing in Australia
Gerry Born's shot was not off balance. It was a good shot.
The picture of the action in Johnston Gym shows Pat Hickert, '79taking a shot. Tom Dore and Tom Verlin are going for the rebound.
Notice how crowded Johnston Gym is. That is how I remembered it in the mid-70's.
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