Hopefully, the call was heeded when I warned a few weeks ago to get ready for March Madness. If you don't know who Stephen Curry is by now, or what a No. 10 seed means, then you probably left planet Earth for the past week.

As is always the case, the NCAA tournament has so far featured a number of games that will remain in our collective memory banks for days and years to come. We can express this in such a fashion because the tournament always has a way of topping itself as the total number teams dwindles down to the magic Final Four.

So who will it be? Is UCLA the team to beat with its smothering defense and the inside post play of freshman phenom Kevin Love? Or will it be the unbelievable long-range display put on by the baby-faced assassin, better known as Stephen Curry, who will lead unsung Davidson into the Promised Land?

This is the beauty of the madness. It can be predictable if one plays it safe and predicts the top seeds will advance. It can also be unpredictable, such as when some geek on the street, who proclaims to really know his hoops, continually preaches how Georgetown will fall early because Roy Hibbert, at 7-2, is just not a dominant player and this will keep the Hoyas from moving into the Sweet 16.

Wait a minute … that's exactly what happened! Changing gears slightly, Hibbert just isn't that good of a player. Strike me down for it, but I think six points and one lousy rebound in a game that could have been (and, ultimately, did mean) your last game ever in the college ranks is incredible to me. All other factors aside, Hibbert needed to show up for the Hoyas and he didn't so home they go.

On the post player thing, Kevin Love was quite impressive for the UCLA Bruins. At 6-10, 275 pounds, he is not the most mobile center, nor can he jump higher than anyone else on the floor. However, he gets terrific position for rebounds and opportunities to show off his array of skills in the paint, he has great timing when blocking shots, and he can step beyond the arc and knock down the trey.

Meanwhile, Curry, the 6-3 sharpshooter from Davidson, has been a site to behold in this year's tourney. This kid is a throwback to the way the game used to be played. His ability to move constantly without the ball to free himself for that ultra-quick release on his jumper is a thing of beauty. As he showed against Georgetown, he doesn't stay cold for long. He scored 25 of his 30 points in the second half to help little Davidson rally from a 17-point second-half deficit, and he scored 30 of his 40 points in the second half of Davidson's comeback win over Gonzaga in the first round.

The word "overlooked" creeps into the psyche when speaking of Curry. Okay, so he was a 5-11 guard coming out of high school, but coaches and recruiters in general are so stuck on size it's ridiculous (although I can definitely see where they are coming from as I watched two kids, one 6-6 guard (son of former Laker Mychal Thompson) and the other a 6-3 guard, duel recently in one of California's state championship games).

Thompson was totally effortless as he scorched the opponent for 37 points and a state record seven three-pointers and although the other guard, Chase Tapley of Sacramento high (alma mater of former Phoenix Suns' all-star Kevin Johnson, now running for Mayor of Sacramento) was great in his own right with 35 points on an assortment of moves. But, it was Tapley who fell off in the fourth quarter, while Klay Thompson looked so fresh that he could have continued jacking treys for another two quarters.

Was this about conditioning, size, or the effort it takes to pull score in a million ways, as opposed to taking mostly jump shots? It may not matter, but to a scout, a 6-6 guard with the ability to knock down three-point shots is most attractive, hands down.

Curry did grow to his current height in a year and he has averaged over 21 and 25 points in his first two seasons at Davidson, while shooting over 40 and 44 percent beyond the arc in those two seasons. So why hasn't he received the recognition he so rightfully deserves?

Like size, basketball gurus are stuck on certain programs. Duke, Michigan, Kentucky, UCLA, North Carolina, and a few fortunate others schools get most of the attention, but we always hear about a fabulous player from an un-heralded school every March who puts a scare into the big boys.

Sure the Davids eventually fall in the Sweet Sixteen, Elite Eight, or Final Four and get put back in their place. But, shouldn't their performances on such a huge stage alert scouts, coaches, and recruiters that paying some attention to the Stephen Currys of the basketball world, especially if they are in your own backyard. as he was playing high school ball near North Carolina, N.C. State, and Duke, isn't such a bad idea?

Who can say. But, if you find a kid who can shoot like Curry, sign him up now – even if he isn't a prototype.