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How will Davidson maintain the level of success it has enjoyed the past few seasons? The seniors -- Steve Rossiter, Bryant Barr, Dan Nelms and Will Archambault -- have won 85 games. They know how to win. Tonight at Belk.

The power of the story

Scott:

Another coach told Chadwick he would be the face of the program for four years, he said, and do for that team what Stephen Curry did for Davidson.

I wonder how often No. 30 and March 2008 come up in different coaches’ pitches these days.

The company you keep

Scott: Roy Williams, Rick Pitino, John Calipari, Bob McKillop, Jeff Capel -- you could have held quite a college coaching clinic in a 20-yard radius in that NBA green room.

Stephen Curry of Davidson College

Scott:

The Curry family had a sign at their table that read “Hi, Davidson” that attempted to get in front of ESPN’s cameras several times.

“That was just our way of saying hi to the community back there,” Curry said. “Just showing that I’m still wearing Davidson on my heart even though I have a Golden State hat on now.”

Still (always?)

Scott in New York:

Unbidden, the desk clerk at my New York hotel offered his opinion upon check-in when he realized I was from North Carolina.

“I hope the Knicks don’t take Stephen Curry in the draft,” the desk clerk said in a thick Noo Yawk accent. “I’m not a scout or nothing, but I just don’t think he’s NBA material.”

Then again, he wasn’t ACC material, either.

Throwin’ it out there

Rick Bonnell: A stab in the dark: Stephen Curry is a Golden State Warrior come draft night.

A week from tonight

Green room.

Northern California

Warriors:

According to one source, the Warriors have tried to get Curry to visit and told him they’d guarantee picking him 7th if he impressed them on a visit. But no visit, so far.

Kings:

Following a workout with the Washington Wizards (picking fifth) Tuesday, Curry told Washington reporters he’ll head to Sacramento this weeked to audition for the Kings (picking fourth). Steph’s dad, Dell, indicated previously that Steph would likely cut off workouts after the Washington session, in hopes he’d last to the Knicks at No. 8.

The reality is Curry’s just too valuable in this draft to last that long. He could go as high as No. 3 (Oklahoma City).

Smart move

Bonnell:

After wowing Knicks management Wednesday, Stephen Curry isn’t planning any more pre-draft workouts beyond one previously scheduled with the Washington Wizards, his father, Dell, said at a Bobcats workout Friday.

Still ...

Sorensen: ... tough to watch anybody else.

Larry Brown

On Stephen after today’s workout: I heard people rave about the way he shoots the ball. The most impressive thing to me is how he passes the ball. He’s a great passer.” Video. Pictures. Gastonia. AP. Dunk. Arnott: Watch Curry in the video. You won’t see him miss a shot, because he didn’t miss any.

Back at home

To work out for the Bobcats with five others.

League tourney

News.

Possibilities

Portland? Dime.

Got an agent

Dell on Stephen: “He felt comfortable with Octagon because he’d been around them his whole life.”

Ready

Scott:

Curry said Thursday at his news conference he was told he would be picked anywhere from No.7 to No. 20 in June’s NBA draft. Those guaranteed millions would make this a no-brainer for many.

But he wavered for weeks about this decision because he was so wedded to the Davidson college experience, his teammates and the idea that he should get his college degree before leaving.

Finally, the NBA won out. Davidson fans were left to bemoan their fate, having just lost the best Wildcats player any of them will see for the rest of their lifetimes one year early. I believe Davidson’s basketball program and its fans will struggle more in the 2009-10 season than Curry will.

Fowler in Davidson

McKillop: “But it’s not a divorce. Stephen will always be a part of our program. He will always be here in spirit with us.”

Stay or go?

McKillop: “I wish I could give you an answer, but I don’t have it.” AP. Charlotte. DavidsonNews.net.

Why it’s hard

Scott:

Davidson star Stephen Curry will announce Thursday at an 11:30 a.m. on-campus press conference whether he’s staying in school for his senior year or going pro.

Here’s the weird thing: Davidson coach Bob McKillop still doesn’t know what Curry’s decision is going to be. And neither do Curry’s parents.

“He told us he just wants to sleep on it,” Dell Curry, Stephen’s father, told me Wednesday night. “But he honestly hasn’t told us what he’s going to do yet.”

Said McKillop Wednesday night: “I don’t think Steph knows what he’s going to decide right now. His heart is feeling one way. His head is feeling another way. Somehow, he’s got to get his heart and his head feeling the same way.”

Interesting. Not that surprising, though -- not if you know the kid. He said early on in this process that he didn’t want it to drag out, and that he’d make a decision fairly quickly, but I think in retrospect he said that just hoping something somehow would show itself. This was never going to be easy. Go one way, and he lets himself down; go the other, and he lets other people down, or at least he’ll feel that way, even if it’s not true. And Stephen’s really one who wants to please those who are closest to him.