He shoots the basketball. Swish! If only it were always that easy at this exciting time of year. Or maybe that’s just how it looks through Stephen Curry’s eyes.

The super soph from upstart Davidson led his school to a third consecutive win in the NCAA Div. I Men’s Basketball tournament by putting on another show netting 22 of his game high 33 in the second half of a convincing 73-56 win over No.3 seed Wisconsin to advance to the Midwest Regional Final earlier tonight.

Former NBA long range bomber Dell Curry’s son had been kept relatively in check by some solid man-to-man D by Wisconsin senior guard Michael Flowers, who held him to 11 first half points as each team was knotted at 36. However, the second 20 minutes were a different story. Much like in roasting Davidson’s first couple of victims Gonzaga and Georgetown, the 20 year-old Curry got toasty hot slicing and dicing the Badgers from inside off effective curls inside and from way downtown on what else but his bread and butter.

He along with some unbelievable dishing from overlooked point guard Jason Richards, who dropped 13 dimes and also knocked down three triples finishing with 11 points as well. Aside from finding running mate Curry on the outside for six treys, he also made some sweet passes to third option Andrew Lovedale, who also hit for double digits with 12 going a perfect five-of-five from the floor finishing from in close.

Aside from outscoring the Badgers all by himself 22-20 in the second half, Curry put the dagger in with a classic stepback three from three feet behind the key as the shot clock expired. This kid is just silky smooth and doesn’t feel pressure. He did force the issue a couple of times but bounced back not letting those shots affect his overall game unlike Tennessee’s Chris Lofton, who was abysmal in a blowout loss to Louisville the night before bricking eight of nine from beyond the arc. Last tournament, he played well and had the Volunteers on the verge of upsetting Ohio State. This year, he tanked. Talk about your stock plummeting.

Next up for Davidson, who now owns a nation best 25-game win streak will be top seeded Kansas, who is on the verge of finishing off 12th seeded Villanova on the strength of a productive night from big Brandon Rush (14) along with some hot shooting from scrappy New York product Russell Robinson (15 pts, three treys).

So what did Pop think of his brilliant son’s latest 30-plus point performance?

“In the NBA, I never experienced this as a player. I don’t think even in all my playoff games in my career that I’ve felt like this,” the elder Curry and proud father said after getting plenty of celebratory handshakes.

“To see your son succeed and have fun on a national stage is great.”

Pretty cool stuff.

“It’s hard for a defense to sustain themselves for a whole 40 minutes. Eventually, you’ll find yourself open,” the younger Curry pointed out. “It’s just being patient and sticking to the system that we have at Davidson.”

I never really looked at it from that standpoint. Kudos to him and teammates for keeping their dream season alive. It shall only get tougher against Kansas with plenty at stake this weekend.

As T-Ho might say, “Get your popcorn ready!”