Lefty Driesell = Godfather of Davidson Basketball

As Davidson prepares to take on Wisconsin in the Sweet 16, Newsday has a feature on the man who put Davidson basketball on the map, Lefty Driesell.

Driesell began his college coaching career at tiny Davidson College in the early 1960's. The Wildcats had suffered through eleven straight losing seasons before Driesell took over the program.

But he got things turned around in short order. Four of Driesell's Davidson teams finished in the top 10, and one of his teams came within a basket of making it to the Final Four.

More on Davidson, courtesy of the blogosphere:

Will's World (a Davidson student blogs about Davidson basketball).

Davidson Basketball Update.