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YouTube Gold: Davidson’s Near Miss vs. Kansas In The 2008 Elite Eight

A lot of coaches underestimated Stephen Curry in high school, but basketball fans caught on pretty quickly as Curry was a sensation at Davidson.

In his final season, 2008, Davidson made a deep run in the NCAA tournament and faced #1 seed Kansas in the Elite Eight.

The Wildcats pushed Kansas hard and with 16.8 left, had cut the lead to 59-57. The Jayhawks missed and Davidson got the ball out of bounds with 16.8 left. Curry had 25 points but of course Kansas had focused on him in a big way throughout the game and the end would be no different.