Stephen Curry - 2008 March Madness Full NCAA Tournament Highlights
2020 ж. 15 Нау.
2 740 822 Рет қаралды
Full highlights from Stephen Curry’s incredible run in the 2008 NCAA Tournament in which he led the underdog 10-seeded Davidson Wildcats past Gonzaga, Georgetown, and Wisconsin before it finally came to an end in a thriller against the eventual national champs, Kansas, in the Elite 8.
•
Use code “NBAFREAK” for $20 OFF* your SeatGeek purchase. Aware I forgot “off” in the outro, just too lazy to fix it.
I still remember arguing with my friends in college that Curry was going to be a star in the league after watching this tourney run. 12 years later I still have the bragging rights on this prediction.
I would of been one of those guys arguing with you... Loved his game, but didn't think it would translate to the NBA because of his size... Boy was I wrong, wrong, wrong... and I have watched him torch my Spurs ever since.
Same I said watch this kid be a Knicks and spark something in New York I even thought Minnesota. Told my boys Ricky Rubio was going to be an all star too tho lolol
@@Youngdanny45 I always thought Rubio was hype but I like your comment about Knicks. I was a Knicks fan that was a big believer in Curry and was dying for Knicks to draft him but he didnt make it I was devastated. I was going to UNC Charlotte at the time and our school is rivals with Davidson. Saw Curry torch us and knew he was going to be a good NBA player before the March Madness run so that just was complete confirmation to me that he was going to be a star in NBA. They mention his game against Charlotte in the video he had 34 or 36 points. Man when the Knicks missed out on him that was the most devastated I've been in reaction to a Knicks draft which also says something.
Facts!!! I love those bragging rights he blew my mind in college.
Lol for that "bragging rights"😂 haha.. y You have it 100% lmao
“Look at curry man so inspirational” 😂😂😂
Flight!
I immediately recognized that as Flight’s inspirational quote lmao 😂
You can’t Guard me flight 😂
🤣🤣🤣
stfu
17:36 Bron sitting there not knowing he gonna lose to him three times in the finals lmao
Tru
I know right.
Chill 1 bc Kyrie and Love got injured and other 2 bc they added KD. Moment it was a level playing field we see Cleveland win the ship
Skylarr Gatson Well that’s the NBA buddy lmao
Skylarr Gatson that’s the nba, stop making excuses.
Curry doing the same stuff in the league at a higher level
True
Of course,yes he did it again and again
Imagine being Minnesota’s scouting department... watching curry do all of these amazing plays, especially while trailing.... then proceed to draft both Ricky Rubio and Johnny Flynn instead.
Kyle Ritchie Historically bad in the Draft under David Kahn!!
Rubio you can understand maybe he was a beast leading upto draft but Flynn not a chance
Here's the thing, you see a 6'2" shooting guard who shoots every time he touches the ball in this video. A lot of people thought that he wouldn't be able to develop into an NBA point guard.
@@mstelios4259 6'3"
Rubio was the right pick at the time, but so was to draft Curry next, it was the ideal combo, not another non shooting PG 🤦🏽♀️🙄
13 years later he is the greatest shooter to ever live.
This actually might be the greatest ncaa tournament run by an individual player in history. Steph owned this tournament and it looked so effortless.
Stephforless (Kenny Smith Voice)
2008 was one of the best years of a tournament!! That Same year Memphis show the world who they were until they faulted against KU!!!
Steph is a stud, but I'd give the nod to Kemba Walker in 2011.
Carmelo anthony..
@@PSICK1234ikillallracistrolls true, but that turd McNamara had a big hand in it, too.
As a Wisconsin fan, I'll never forget being so happy Davidson beat Georgetown thinking it made our trip to the final four much easier and possible... little did I know Curry was about to embarrass us lol
He did run Wisconsin off the Ford Field court 🤣🤣
🤣🤣🤣🤣
This Davidson team really worked together to get Steph the shot they wanted him to have within the offense. Nothing looks forced. This young steph led team was well coached.
Yeah coach is like "give ball to steph and get the f**k out of the way" extremely smart
"Hmm....should I pass it to him, him, him, or CURRY?" Yeah that's rocket science!
Him and Richards are still close to this day
One thing about that team, there were no egos
@Real Creation they had 1 and 3 assist leaders in the nation that year
"Young fella'!" "Folks! WE GOT A STAR!" "BIG. TIME. PLAYER." Gus Johnson = March Madness.
I've been complaining about CBS not paying that man ever since. "This is March Madness"
Just beautiful
Randy Bautista you are soo right!
@Doctor MindBenDa ok Boom
Chef curry baking lakers we done 55 to 42 tonight may 19 2021
This guy might make the league one day
Nah he’s too small and can’t run point guard. Bust.
he cant even shoot properly, you expect him to get in the leauge. hes only good in defense
@@aaaa-ws7hm 😂😂😂😂😂
Classic tweener. No way he pans out
If he took that shot. He would have made it then would go #1 to a different teams and have ankle injury the rest of his career. It all happened for a reason
The greatest sound in sports is the snap of the net on a basketball shot that doesn't touch any rim. As a Warriors fan, I'd like to thank Steph for all the sound memories.
I remember this March Madness. I knew of him and had seen his highlights but I never followed him. He averaged like 35-38 points in the tournament. I knew he would be good. I never thought he would be as good as he is. He's the best shooter I've ever seen in my life....
@@user-uk9ji8hx4z not even close
Ray Allen?
@@yomamascupoftea9459 yeah what about him? lol, broke his record two days ago
Still to this day. There has never been a better tournament. It gives me chills to see L.B.J in the stands and to know those competed in the finals three times in a row 😮.
18:05 is some young basketball genius. slow trots back to offense until he notices his defender take his eyes off him, then full out sprints to the hoop. this clip should be shown to every kid learning the game.
Good eye you son of a bih 😅
So many of the commenters miss out on that detail. He is looks so unassuming, until he strikes. For those that have played organized ball, it is very hard to keep up with a guy constantly running around screens with a deadly shot. A moment of being unfocused and he strikes.
I noticed that too
@@vuls81 you called it perfectly, when a small guard has a deadly jumper and knows how to disappear behind endless screens it is so frustrating.
He probably would have went first overall if they could have found a uniform for him that wasn’t XXL at Davidson.
😂😂😂😭😭😭😭😭
I love this comment .. but this is in before...
I kept saying that when he was actually playing these games. All that effort to keep that Jersey on lol
🤣🤣🤣 that's funny AF
He looks like a hanger, lmfaoooo......
And now he’s a 4 time champion and best shooter to ever live
The announcers blaming curry at the end for giving the ball up😂😂 he’s got like 2 people twice his size double penetrating him
Uh teaming?
Big pause
Pause.
Pause
*Insert Dwight Howard gif
There's a perfect arch for his career. start from the bottom: 2008 vs gonzaga reached to the top: 2015 finals game 6 the same throw from same spot at the end of the games satisfying moment there. Chills
Never noticed that/never occurred to me. That’s awesome! Great observation
How is being a 10 seed that was under ranked starting st the bottom. It's weird to me as a big basketball fan people didn't know anything about him til tourney time. I watched plenty of his regular season games and they were using football defenses on him with a 2nd man always near him even without the ball. It wasnt a mystery he'd been a goos player in the NBA because of his shooting and creativity. Didn't necessarily think he'd be MVP, but I already assumed he'd be a 20 ppg guy
Sorry for the bad quality of the second game, there was literally no other footage of that game online.
The quality is nice honestly, makes it look more nostalgic
Content was good man.. Vintage curry with the shot
Lol it’s all good man. It looks like a 95’ game haha.
Rio Rogers What’s a 95 foot game? ;)
67L48 huh?
crazy how he went on to one of the greatest of all time.
And the crazy thing about this run is, the teams that Steph and Davidson faced in this run, all of them had (or, in Gonzaga's case, have since) made Final Fours and the last three all won NCAA titles. That's an amazing fact that everybody doesn't seem to realize about this run.
When I first started watching Steph and haven't looked back since...
I started after his 54 pt game in the garden
@@simplyjay0748 That's what's up
The best NCAA tournament ever by a player from a mid major hands down! Probably will never be done again like that. The range was crazy!!! NO FEAR!!!
Larry Bird
@@adameinck3572 my thought exactly
Timberwolves passed on him twice 🤦♂️
He was trying to go to the Knicks at 8, so didn't work out with them...but still could've used one of their picks on him. Crazy to pass on him twice. Warriors picked him even when his agent told them not to and his dad told the GM Steph wouldn't play
Did they really ? Omg 🤦♂️
As a wolves fan it really hurts to think about it. I mean Rubio was a decent pick and I‘m not mad about that. But Johnny Flynn on their other hand...
Bene G Rubio passing to curry would have made so much sense.
@@wncwaterfalls exactly, even at that time Curry was Rubio's ideal partner. Flynn couldn't shoot to save his life
Thirteen Years after I first viewed this incredible, inspirational run, I stumbled on it again. I remember watching the Gonzaga game in 2008 and the initial Curry explosion and saying "Dell's son. Yup. NBA for Sure." and then "This guy's gonna go on a roll.". DAMN, BACK THEN I WAS SPOT ON. When they beat Georgetown I said to my boys "Stephen Curry's gonna scare the living crap out of Kansas in the Elite Eight." I knew they would beat Wisconsin easily (Big Ten. Always too slow defensively, I thought years ago.) and I had my heart in my chest watching the Kansas Highlights as I did that Sunday Afternoon when I was so hopeful for Curry and Davidson. You felt Bill Self's fear when he tried many defensive schemes. Nothing worked. Rush couldn't stop him, nor could Chalmers or the Amoeba Trick D/Box and One. As I watched Davidson go toe-to-toe with the perennial heavyweight I kept thinking years ago, "They need one more player." Sadly, the last shot proved me right. The broadcast team was ridiculous to think that the Jayhawks were gonna let Curry get that shot off; they threw the kitchen sink at the kid. Now I bet CHEF CURRY, the TWO-TIME MVP/THREE TIME CHAMPION WITH UNLIMITED RANGE WOULD HAVE BEATEN THE CRAZY D, but not that guy, that day. And in hindsight, I'm glad, because I bet any amount of money because of that moment, today we see the greatest shooter the game has ever known with a sick ball handle.
Exactly my thoughts! I think that last shot he didn't take became one of his biggest motivations to be the best player he is right now. One of his "chip on the shoulder." 😎😎😎
Make that four chips!
You see, there’s NBA ready players in college which you can see it when you watch those players play. But watching Curry in college was something else entirely. You could already see that what he was doing was beyond anything basketball had ever seen. And you’d be right because he has changed the NBA
Those first 2 games were basically home games. Curry is from Charlotte and was playing in Raleigh. The whole state was rooting for him. See all the Carolina fans were hype! #StephCurryWitTheShot
He was an "unconscious" shooter. They're still hoping and praying that he wakes from his "coma"..12 years later. Lol.
5:32 young Seth Curry🤣
Steph can carry a team and put it to relevance like he did with Davidson. And GS on top as the most valued franchise right now.
Discovered him in accident while waiting for the next Derrick Rose game while he was on Memphis straight dominating.They were showing highlights of the Gonzaga game before the Georgetown game.... been a fan ever since 💯
That's TRUE, Meanwhile Memphis was proving everybody wrong!! 2008 overall #1:seed
All this time i thought mark jackson or Steve kerr created a system for steph but... They running the SAME exact sets from currys days at DAVIDSON . i love it
Dude is so agile with a fast release. What a nightmare for defenses.
I am sure Curry was content with his decision to make the final pass. What a humbling moment to pass it to a team-mate when it's for the good of the team
Nah he should’ve taken it to the hoop.
@@brianbirnbaum9760 Agreed, humble or not, he had the hot hand....90% probability he would have made it.
Look at Curry man such an inspiration
A lot of people don’t remember this, but I remember my older brother told about this kid and watching this tourney run with him and my pop and we were all in awe..been my favorite player all time ever since
Damn. I watched the whole thing
Ikr
Watching this again after all these years and remembering how crazy his run was. You can see flashes of how he plays now. Thanks Steph for bring 4 chips to the Bay!!
people laughed when I said he was going to win multiple MVPS and Championships
I remember telling my friends to look out for him in the previous year's NCAA tournament. He did well but lost in the opening round against Maryland. Then this year came and I was so happy he did so well
Watching Curry at Davidson gives me the same feeling when i watched Randy Moss at Marshall. Just generational talent.
Kid seems pretty good. I could see him being a solid nba player
Golden st one of the most smartest franchise in the nba drafting curry 2009
Low caliber joke
I would like to see a 30-30 type movie from the perspective of opponent players, coaches, scouts and trainers during this tournament run. What did they think of the team’s run, Curry’s ability before the tournament, during the tournament, and the game itself?
I'd give my arm to watch that, lols.
@@05dalwell it’s out now lol
@heystara7318 Yeah, and thankfully I didn't have to lose an arm for it. 😂
This shit still give me chills !! I remember this whole run like it was yesterday. I was in like the 6th grade
stephen curry so inspiring and motivating
I remember watching this tournament and thinking man this kid is lights out everytime he shoots. It was hard to see he'd turn out to be the greatest shooter ever and a 4 time champ.
It was during this tournament that I found out that his dad was Del Curry of Virginia tech in that early 80's Era. I saw him go head to head, shot for shot, Mano to Mano against the famous Dr. dunkinstien, Darrell Griffin ofLouisville and never forgot how del was so ultra smooth. It made total sense that steph was a chip off the old block
Remember watching him live at ford field...damn what a performance
Steph has come a long way and has shown his worth with his hard work to get where he is today
One day this guy gonna be a champ
First time ive seen Steph's collegiate games. Even before his NBA career, he was already a deadly and terrorizing other teams with his extraordiray skills. His performance before compared to his present ones are almost the same. What has changed is his youthfulness. iF i have not seen the present, i can still say he is a shoe in to the NBA and most of all a great attraction to the league. Best shooter and a remarkable player in NBA history. One of my favorite to have donned the basketball jersey.
I REMEMBER THIS SEASON AND TOURNAMENT VIVIDLY BECAUSE I BET GAMES. I REMEMBER BEING SO AMAZED BY STEPH I KNEW HE WAS GONNA BE A GREAT PLAYER IN THE NBA. HE WAS SOOO MUCH BETTER THAN EVERY OTHER COLLEGE PLAYER
Based degenerate gambler knowing the future better than most
This guy he changed the game on Nba! Stephen Curry is Great!!
Everybody thinking Curry wouldn’t be successful because of his size then he proves them all wrong and becomes one of the best shooters in NBA history. True inspiration for all the smaller guys
He is inspiration for everybody.
One of the best? C'mon man you can do better than that
Lebron was enjoying this, ignoring that his turn will come...ignoring that because of this Curry, his title of GOAT will always be contested (as compared to MJ🏀🏆).
Based MJ is the GOAT. SPACE JAM 2 STINKS
Facts he’s the best shooter of all times
I wonder if the Warriors scouting department was at these games??? Or if they watched the tapes before drafting Curry, weighing the pros and cons of drafting him....4 championships later I'm glad they did!!!
17:35 lebrons watchings his future rival.
What amazes me about this is the fact that he's still the same today. The comments from the commentators on his shots and assists are still the same. I just watched the clip of his jersey being retired at Davidson. He is still the same basketball player today as he was in high school. I never get tired of watching his highlights.
2x MVP and 3x NBA Champion for a reason!! underdog mentality 💯
4x time now yesuhhh
@@brandonsmith4457 and a fmvp
the way Curry played at that time is very similar to Klay thompson nowadays in Warriors
Double throwback: Seth in the audience watching Steph in Dell's footsteps (5:58)- now in the footsteps of both of them. 🙂
Seth #LETHAL
I love watching Curry college highlights. Amazing
17:30 LeBron there, no idea yet how many NBA finals battle he will have with Curry (mostly losing)
And we have a Steph Curry who has no idea the far superior Kevin Durant would lead him to more chips 🤷🏽♂️
@@andremetternich9535 But he does know LeBron had to take his talents to South Beach to win his first chip....
A Gaddis regardless LeBron is leagues better than steph and will go down in history as a better player.
@@vuls81 But we all know the heat weren't a team with the greatest record of all time who blew a 3-1 lead before lebron joined unlike the Warriors
@@cdsnz237 which is do mostly to injury and shit calls as well as the shot which was shot by the man himself Kyrie Irving who basically "bought" LeBron that chip just like kd "Bought" Curry his second chip when it comes down to it both had help and both had adversity which led to their win or loss
This was one of the longest sustained shooting zones I have ever seen!!!!
Yea all these years later he still in the same shooting zone haha
@@jameshall9873 LOL!
Absolutely
I think this guy might eventually be one of the greatest shootera ever. A stretch i know, but possible.
I'm from the future and I tell you right now, he is the greatest basketball player of all time. The G.O.A.T
So happy to have found this video!!! He's so young..so amazing Already 👍
Huge game for him. Just amazing 🤘🙌🙏🤙
He was ridiculous I do not remember that
I think this kid can break the NBA 3 point record someday
I remember well, as I watched him destroy my Badgers team. He was so quick, like lightning. He seemed to never miss he was playing his own game at times. The only thing I questioned and told everyone that day at the tavern lol I said he will be an unbelievable superstar if he can stay healthy, we all questioned his size and durability. Well he proved he's stronger than I and allot of people thought. Best shooter I personally ever witnessed he reminds me of Larry Bird.
LOOK AT CURRY MAN WHAT A LEGEND SO INSPIRATIONAL WHAT A LEGEND - Flight
another NBA championship for curry 👌
I swear his mom hasn’t aged a day
Jose Rodriguez Still fine as all get out!
Inazuma Studios I know it was a compliment lol
She really hasn't. Truth be told, neither has Dell. them genes are remarkable.
Little did we know he would be 10 all time and change the game forever.
Look at curry man, so inspirational
It kills me everytime I think about my beloved Memphis Grizzlies passing on Steph Curry in the draft....Wow.
As kings fan, I feel you! We got T. Evans and we could’ve got S. Curry. But again, kings organization suck so he prob end up in a trade anyways lol
LeBron just sitting there not knowing this kid is going to steal his chips is the best part
Crazy you can see the magic he had so early on
Curry inspirational man.
He's NBA caliber. Hope he makes it.
The guy's amazing 👌he could be a high draft pick in the NBA 🙌
i needed this in my life #thankyouchefcurry
Lol. Just Curry being Curry. But for all of us who had never heard of him until this it was absolutely amazing to watch this run as it happened.
Thanks Minnesota for picking two players and he wasn't one from a Oakland CA native appreciate that lol three chips later I'm 41 saw all the wrong moves we have made finally something good Klay too
been the best player at every level of the sport. All-time stuff.
And now he is the 3 point king in the NBA and he is the best shooter that ever live.
Throwback Thursday of the 🐐!!!
Had Curry recognized that #23 on Kansas fell he would have went right and had a deep 3 off that screen. Oh well he went on to win much bigger things.
Too bad for those first 6 teams that passed on Chef Curry. Obviously their scouts couldn't tell what was brewing in the pot nor did they know the type of ingredients needed for greatness!!
Mr. Tuckers TBH im happy that curry was draft by the warriors
Reality of the nba at the time Curry was drafted: LeBron was big time and the blueprint type player teams wanted to build around. Also Curry was playing shooting guard in college and teams didn't know if he could play PG and was too small for SG. But mainly because teams weren't heavily invested into actually developing players but wanted instant stars.
@@marz4021 all this shows is that you should never choose aesthetics over skill. Steph is 6’3. Bigger than some if not most pgs even today. Muscle mass and core strength can be achieved. Got to go with skill over anything. Him and Draymond really changed what scouts are looking for now out of the guards and forward position. And this is after they were labeled undersized or tweeners
Thank you
Look at curry man so inspirational
Pretty good, hope he get into the draft, probably a third rounder
Remember when March Madness was a thing?
Thanks for sharing
Steph Curry + Guss Johnson equals greatness on tv
This just goes to show that no matter where u go for college sports, as long as u put ur mind to it, u can become something great
No, it doesn’t his dad wad already an above average nba player.
@@YoLoBrOtHeR it didn’t help now did it
@@dancarli8639 help what? Is there new news or something? Completely lost on what your saying dude.
@@YoLoBrOtHeR it didn’t help in his career saying his dad played in the league wack asf nigga I’ll wash u
@@YoLoBrOtHeR he still had to work hard buddy
I liked how they used that baby face filter on curry and nobody else....Pretty slick🤔😂😂
He had no shot at the end with time expiring. He had no choice. What a great run. Great video.