Upset Alert!

The Camel is calling it.
Last year's tourney darling Davidson will fall in the Southern Conference Tournament.

A team in Charleston, South Carolina is on the rise. You might have heard of it. In 1995, there was a controversy over allowing a female to enroll in the school. In 1980, a graduate named Pat Conroy wrote a fictional story about the harsh treatment of military school recruits called "The Lords of Discipline." He wasn't exactly a popular man on campus. Now, in a weird turn of events, Conroy's cousin Ed is head coach of the men's basketball team...and they're doing surprisingly well. After a 6-24 record (1-19 conference) in 2008, the CITADEL BULLDOGS are 20-11. They've won 12 out of their last 13 games, including an 18-point win over Davidson two weeks ago. The Bulldogs are the No. 2 seed in the SoCon tournament. This is kind of a big deal, because the Citadel has never made it to the Division I NCAA basketball tournament. Since Division I was established in 1948, only four other teams have been without a tournament appearance (Army, Northwestern, William and Mary, and St. Francis).

Then again, Stephen Curry has demonstrated his ability to score 40+ points a handful of times, and single-handedly propel his Wildcats to victory.

The New York Times has an interesting article about the Citadel's basketball program and author Pat Conroy's triumphant return to campus. The Bulldogs take the court this weekend in Chattanooga after a first-round bye in the SoCon.

"Citadel had a Bulldog, with short and grizzly hair
Carolina had a Gamecock, now wouldn't that make a pair?
When they get together, there's bound to be a scrap.
Just watch that Citadel Bulldog wipe the Gamecock off the map!"