Pictures of former Davidson star and current Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry in a cap and gown made rounds on all of the social networking sites today sparking speculation that Curry graduated with his class of 2010.
While Curry plans to get a Davidson degree, the photos were of Curry donning his former roommate, Bryant Barr’s cap and gown at a picnic held at coach Bob McKillop’s house and were just in good fun.
After Davidson’s defeat at the hands of the Purdue Boilermakers on Saturday, there was a lot of speculation as to where the Wildcats went wrong.
According to head coach Bob McKillop, the struggle his team had, including the tough night for his star player Steph Curry (5 for 26 on the night), falls on his own shoulders.
“Stephen Curry has gone through an extraordinary six months. The pressures that he has been able to play through and handle on the court, I don’t how he does it,” McKillop said.
“On top of (scoring), I expect him to bring the ball up the court, guard (Purdue’s) E’Twaun Moore, rebound the ball, make shots, deliver us from evil – mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa (my most grievous fault).”
“I’ve put too much on him and I’ve got to figure out in the next four or five days how I can take some of that off of him because I am wearing him down.”
Last year’s NABC coach of the year, McKillop, has the next week off to tweak his gameplan before the team’s next game against College of Charleston on December 29th.
Davidson head coach Bob McKillop speaks candidly about his team, Steph Curry, and the 08/09 Wildcats.
The interview reveals some of Coach McKillop’s strategy for recruiting, scheduling and gameplan.
In a recent interview with the Winston Salem Journal, Davidson Basketball coach Bob McKillop spoke about what it meant to him coming to Madison Square Garden in New York City and winning a big game against a Big East Team…
“I saw many St. John’s games in this building. I grew up in South Ozone Park and my best friend growing up there was Kevin Joyce, who played at South Carolina and had some great games in this building,” McKillop said. “I’ve seen some great players in this building. The Knicks with Red Holzman. I’ve got memories solidly embedded in my mind about how great this building is.”
Knowing how important the building was to Coach McKillop, the davidson players had to step up to make the game a special one. And, although the game got ugly at times, the Wildcats did not dissapoint.
“It was a joy to be back here in New York and win in this place,” McKillop said. “Steph stepped up to the plate and tried to swing for the fences early. He was in New York and on this grand stage and I think maybe he tried a little too hard.”
But when the dust settled and Davidson pulled away with the win, McKillop was all smiles.”I said to our guys we were going to have fun because you don’t get this gift of playing on this wonderful floor in this magnificent city very much in our lives,” he said.