How prestigious is Davidson?

mattmom
Wed, 26 Oct 2005 08:18:42 +0000

I have to say that Davidson’s football team is not very good (though highly literate, I believe), and I too continue to wonder why it plays DI (it is DIAA, so no scholarships)–perhaps a lack of potential regional DIII competition. It does play some D II teams and loses to them too, and travels great distances to play other DIAA teams, to whom it also often loses. (But I was interested to see that Williams had lost its first two football games this year, so even the mighty occasionally falter.)

Anyway, I wouldn’t look to Davidson as a football power, but you (CousinBill et al.) can watch its basketball team play Duke on ESPN 2 the Saturday before Thanksgiving. I don’t think they’ve beaten Duke in a couple of decades, but they gave them a good scare last year:) In fact, and I know this is not what you mean by prestigious (it isn’t what I usually mean either), but Davidson has along history as a known basketball school; Lefty Dreisel (spelling?) coached there. And it has gone to the NCAA at least once, and almost went last year but lost its conference tournament after being undefeated in conference play prior to that). Oh…and they play Princeton, too, during the season…prestige by association, but on which side? :)