May 29, 2008

Terrell Ivory in Blairstown, N.J.: “Coach McKillop, every time I leave, he gives me a hug, and he says, ‘I love you,’ and it doesn’t feel weird. The day I lost my father is the day Coach McKillop sort of walked into my life.”

Mike Summey on the phone from West Virginia: “I was an assistant at The Citadel, and one summer Coach Sendek asked me, ‘Who’s the best offensive team in the Southern Conference?’ I said, ‘Coach, it’s Davidson.’ He said, ‘Who’s the best defensive team in the Southern Conference?’ I said, ‘Coach, it’s Davidson.’ He said, ‘Who’s the toughest team in the Southern Conference?’ I said, ‘Coach, it’s Davidson.’”