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The Tourney Effect

By Bradford Doolittle
Basketball Prospectus

Monday, March 30, 2009

Last season, Stephen Curry of little-known and little-seen Davidson burst upon the national scene last March with a 40-point performance in a first-round upset of Gonzaga in the NCAA tournament. He followed that with great outings in upsets over Georgetown and Wisconsin, before Davidson was finally eliminated by eventual national champion Kansas. As we all know, Curry's star-making turn sent his draft stock through the ceiling. He entered the tournament pretty much as a non-factor in mock draf ...

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