Navigate to the next page. Go to the search for The Davidson Wildcats are the NCAA Division I basketball team that represents Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina. The squad is now a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference. In 2018, the squad competed in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament for the first time. Davidson plays an aggressive brand of basketball that focuses on defense and has a strong running game. This style of basketball is known as "small ball" because they like to use smaller players on the court at a time, with the intent of forcing opposing teams into making mistakes or losing focus. Although Davidson usually ranks near the bottom of most statistical categories, they do have one of the most successful programs in college basketball history. They have won more than 300 games over the past 40 years, which is second only to Kansas in men's basketball. Davidson has appeared in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament nine times since it started in 1939. They have a record of 7-2 in these rounds. The most recent appearance came in 2018 when they lost to Virginia in the first round. The team is coached by David McLaughlin who took over after John Davidson retired in 1996. He is a former NBA player who spent eight seasons in the league with the New York Knicks and Chicago Bulls. David McLaughlin has led the Wildcats to seven straight postseason appearances, including a trip to the NCAAs in 2018.