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After previously committing to Howard, DeMon Brooks reopened his recruitment when Howard made a coaching change. The 6′7″ power forward was pursued hard by many southern conference schools including Appalachian State, Elon and The College of Charleston, but decided to come to Davidson in order to anchor the young talented team down low.

Some important notes about Brooks:

> 6′7″ 215 lb. power forward from Hopewell High School in nearby Huntersville, N.C.

> During his senior year averaged 17.5 points and 10.2 rebounds and recorded 15 double doubles.

> The I-Meck 4A player of the year.

> Over the last two seasons, helped lead the Hopewell Titans to a 52-4 record and back to back conference championships.

> Nicknamed ‘Bootz’: “The fans are not booing, they are yelling ‘Boooooooootz!’”

> Will join friend and teammate Jordan Downing as the first pair of Titan Players to join the Davidson team.

Quotes from Hopewell Coach, Ed Davis on Brooks’ commitment:

> “This is a very special situation for Jordan, DeMon and everyone in the Hopewell basketball (family). It speaks so highly of their character and work ethic. Davidson won’t just let anybody into their school or on their basketball team. To take two guys from one team says a lot about the players.”

> “He really wanted to stay closer to home and Davidson had a really good freshman class last year and a really good one this year. (Brooks) is really excited about playing for (Davidson) coach (Bob) McKillop, and to play basically in your back yard is exciting to him, too.”

Video of Demon Brooks:

Below is video of Demon Brooks and his Hopewell basketball team beating rival Lake Norman on December 17. Brooks is #24 in blue. Basketball highlights begin at the 2:45 mark.
(Note: Fellow Davidson recruit Jordan Downing is #21 in blue)

Tuesday on ESPN, legendary coach Bob Knight sat down to talk about the best aspect of Stephen Curry’s game… his passing.

While most people would agree that Curry has become a superstar due to his uncanny ability to put up points, that is not what impresses Knight the most.

According to Knight, Curry is “the best passer in college basketball”.

In analyzing film from this season, the former coach gives Curry high marks for running the teams set offense. He “knows where the cuts going to be… and delivers the cross court pass perfectly.”

However, it is in transition that Knight has even higher praise for Curry. After breaking down a fast break initiated by Curry and finished off with a Ben Allison dunk, Knight comments that “there are very few players who have ever played the game that can make that pass”.

“He’s as good a passer as has ever played college basketball.”

Watch the complete segment below…

Every college basketball fan knows that Davidson has some of the best (if not the best) outside shooters in the college game.

More loyal Davidson fans are excited about a presence down low that Davidson has not had in a long time.

The Big Easy…

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The guys over at Midmajority love Stephen Curry. So, when they asked their fans to come up with a Stephen Curry highlight video set to Queen, you knew people were going to come up with something goood.

Of course, what you are about to see is not just good. It is the greatest video ever…

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The Davidson game vs. Duke is bringing in more press than most basketball games this season. Gary Parrish talks about what Davidson will have to do to pick up their first win against the Blue Devils since 1981.

            
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ESPN has not been shy in marketing the Davidson game against Duke tonight at Cameron, here is their latest installment of pregame hype.

Andy Katz talked with Stephen Curry on Tuesday morning to discuss the upcoming game with Duke and the season thus far:

With the international flare Davidson brings to the basketball court, it comes as no surprise that we may see a Wildcat or two in the next Olympics.

In a video interview with FIBA.com, Andrew Lovedale revealed Great Britain’s interest in his services for the 2012 London games:

“Coach Finch [the coach of the British national team] was actually talking to Coach McKillop and talked about looking into my status and trying to get me onto the British national team for the 2012 Olympics,” according to Lovedale.

“That’s something I’m really hoping comes through. That’s actually where I grew as a basketball player and that’s were I was scouted.  I used a lot of resources there to become who I am today so that would be a dream come true for me if I could play for them.”

Lovedale was born in Nigeria, but he attended Loretto College in Manchester, England prior to joining the Davidson Wildcats.  The soft-spoken senior is Davidson’s top rebounder and second leading scorer averaging 12.8 points and 9.6 rebounds per game.  

Great Britain’s Mens Basketball team did not qualify to play in the Beijing Olympics, but they earn an automatic bid for London 2012 as the host nation.

Some Davidson highlights of the Wildcats game vs. the College of Charleston on December 29th, from down low.

Video is courtesy of The Davidson Show

Davidson guard/forward Max Paulhus Gosselin gives us a glimpse into his digs at Davidson College, MTV Cribs style.

Kobe, Lebron, D’Wade, and now Max prove that basketball players live the high life. Enjoy…

             
Video is courtesy of The Davidson Show.

In honor of A Neutral Spite’s ranking of the best Stephen Curry moments, as well as the Sporting News voting Curry as the 2008 College Athlete of the Year, we decided to revisit the best of what Steph has shown us in the past year.

The video has some of Steph’s best moments from last season and the start to this one. Enjoy…