Thirty-five minutes of struggles for Stephen Curry were erased in a dizzying five minute finish that carried Davidson over WVU, 68-65. It thrilled his mom – “a 15 on a scale of 10″ according to Dick Vitale – who was featured onscreen more than West Virginia coach Bob Huggins. Everyone is thankful for that production decision, and we’ve got a nice screen grab after the jump courtesy of Sports Hernia.

Three thoughts, and we’ll turn it over to you:

1) Stephen Curry, regardless of what happens against Purdue and Duke and in the NCAA tournament would be our vote for Player of the Year. Yes over Blake Griffin and yes over Tyler Hansbrough. Curry’s a lithe, undersized kid who went unrecruited by everyone, and he’s about to lead the country in scoring and single-handedly keeps the Wildcats in games (or beats) high majors. That is simply astonishing; to us, it is more impressive than Hansbrough’s domination, which has been expected since he tore up the high school ranks in Missouri and landed in a lineup that probably has four other future NBA players. Curry isn’t some kid at a small school tearing it up, and then maybe pulling an upset in one game against an upper-echelon team – he’s been doing it for three years! Had 32 as a freshman against Michigan (loss), 30 against Maryland (loss); as a sophomore, had 24 against North Carolina (loss), 40 against Gonzaga (win), 30 against Georgetown (win), 33 against Wisconsin (win), and this year, 44 against Oklahoma (loss) and 44 against NC State (win).

2) How, if you’re WVU, do you not run two guys at Curry as soon as he has the ball in the last few minutes? Tark the Shark called him the greatest shooter he’s ever seen. Guy’s seen 40 years of basketball.

3) In addition to ordering a Stephen Curry jersey last night – we did feel guilty that he doesn’t benefit at all, but that’s another story – we plan on trying to become his friend on Facebook. Mancrush? Who cares. He’s more fun to watch than Reggie Bush was at USC, or Devin Hester returning kicks last year. More fun to watch than Kevin Durant was when he was at Texas, or JJ Redick when he was at Duke (hate him or not, the guy watching him curl around pick after pick and drain three after three was intoxicating).

To be fair, West Virginia was undermanned – defensive stopper Joe Mazzulla’s shoulder injury limited him to six early minutes, and he never returned; 2nd leading scorer Alex Ruoff was sidelined with back spasms. Ebanks looks like a nice player, and they’ll probably be better than 9th in the Big East.