Stephen Curry

[Davidson09]

If I'm not mistaken, I think Duke plays Loyola (MD) sometime soon. And I believe it's a TV game.

The entire country can see the craziness of Coach Patsos. Of course, I find it hard to believe he'd try the same BS tactic he did against Davidson.

P.S. Blake Griffin had a MONSTER game tonight.

[Clipsfan]

If I'm not mistaken, I think Duke plays Loyola (MD) sometime soon. And I believe it's a TV game.

The entire country can see the craziness of Coach Patsos. Of course, I find it hard to believe he'd try the same BS tactic he did against Davidson.

P.S. Blake Griffin had a MONSTER game tonight.

As good as his stats were tonight (32 and 15) they're not as good as his last game (35 and 21). Tonight was his worst rebounding game (he came in averaging 20) and his worst scoring game so far is 20. Sick.

I'm still rooting for Curry.

[Davidson09]

I'm still rooting for Curry, too

Even though OU won by 10, they were tied wth UAB very close into the game, and I believe UAB led for some/a lot of the way.

OU had to pull this one out, kudos to them for being a gritty team.

[oli-p]

So it seems that they put 2 defenders on him the entire time. And somehow I think Curry just found it comical and decided to "cooperate". So he just stood far away from the action and let the team play 4 on 3. Hilarious.

I'm proud that Duke was the only team that ever held him to single digit. Before today, that is.

In the 1991 tournament Bobby Knight was asked how his team was going to stop Shaq from scoring 35 points. Knight replied that they wouldn't keep Shaq from scoring 35, but no one else on LSU would score. They won that game. I like your analysis of cooporation and leaving a game of 4 on 3. With Division I athletes that isn't going to work very often.

[JasonEvans]

So, Seth Curry is blowing up (beating an ACC team and scoring 26) as a freshman at Liberty. Is there anyone on the planet surprised at this?!?!?! Why didn't more mainstream schools go after this kid?!?!

His dad was a little regarded recruit who went to a smallish school and blew up in college to become a stud pro.

His brother was a little regarded recruit who went to a smallish school and blew up in college to become a stud pro prospect who will go in the lottery when he comes out.

Now Seth comes along and no one looks at him as a player?!?!? Are you kidding me? If I was a lower-end SEC or ACC team I would have been all over this kid. Why didn't Ga Tech go hard after him? What about Clemson? Heck, he was in Charlotte for high school, why didn't Charlotte recruit him or NC State for that matter? Va Tech apparently got involved, but did not push too much and never made an offer. Davidson offered but he did not want to be in his brother's shadow.

--Jason "sigh-- sometimes recruiting really is easy if you bother to THINK" Evans

[Davidson09]

I just wanted to share this article with you all.


http://www.davidsoncats.com/viewtopic.php?t=7556



Happy thanksgiving!!

[Davidson09]

Rather, here's the article.

http://www.sportsline.com/columns/story/11137142

[jimsumner]

I'm not sure I'd consider VT a smallish school.

But Dell Curry was pretty darn good.

From about a year ago, before Stephen became a cover boy.

http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskb...120507aad.html

[dyedwab]

So, Seth Curry is blowing up (beating an ACC team and scoring 26) as a freshman at Liberty. Is there anyone on the planet surprised at this?!?!?! Why didn't more mainstream schools go after this kid?!?!

His dad was a little regarded recruit who went to a smallish school and blew up in college to become a stud pro.

His brother was a little regarded recruit who went to a smallish school and blew up in college to become a stud pro prospect who will go in the lottery when he comes out.

Now Seth comes along and no one looks at him as a player?!?!? Are you kidding me? If I was a lower-end SEC or ACC team I would have been all over this kid. Why didn't Ga Tech go hard after him? What about Clemson? Heck, he was in Charlotte for high school, why didn't Charlotte recruit him or NC State for that matter? Va Tech apparently got involved, but did not push too much and never made an offer. Davidson offered but he did not want to be in his brother's shadow.

--Jason "sigh-- sometimes recruiting really is easy if you bother to THINK" Evans

This is exactly what I was thinking. When you see what Stephen Curry did at Davidson, the real question is why DIDN'T a power conference school take a flier on Sean...Seriously. I mean, it's clear the kid can play at some level of ACC competition.

And, what is even more surprising is that some coach who has a history with turning more unsung recruits into stars (think Gary Williams with a guy like Joe Smith or Juan Dixon) didn't take a run at him

[davekay1971]

Up to the mods if they want to keep this, but there have been a lot of Steph Curry threads already this year, and I thought it might be useful to just have on thread to link to as the season goes on.

I've been a pretty open Curry fan on the board. IMHO, he's the most exciting player in college hoops not wearing a Duke uniform in a long time... He's obviously not a perfect player, but he's fun to watch.

Last night against Chattanooga, 41 points on 22 shots with 4 boards, 6 assists, 1 steal, and 5 turnovers. 31 points were in the second half, which is pretty impressive no matter who you're playing. Davidson, interestingly, was behind at halftime and won 100-95.

[Davidson09]

Wow. Hell of a game. UTC led for a lot of it. They had a great shooting night. #0 Stephen McDowell (also pronounced Steff-in) shot 6-15 from the 3 for a total of 31 points.

Davidson played well offensively, but our perimeter defense was a little suspect. If the Duke-vs-Purdue team shows up on January 7, Davidson absolutely cannot bring the same type of defense. Forward Andrew Lovedale grabbed a career high 18 boards, though - solid.

Chattanooga has a record of 1-6 or 1-7 right now, i can't remember, but that is entirely too misleading. they played teams like memphis and temple and tennessee very well, losing to, i believe, 3 or 4 top 25 teams in their first 6 games. the will win 14-15 games in the southern conference (out of a total of 20).

Steph Curry with 41. 14-18 from the free throw line, though. We were up 92-78 with about 3 or 4 minutes left; suddenly, it was 97-95 us with 21 seconds left. In the end, free throws secured it. Perhaps the most pleasant surprise of the night - G/F William Archambault. 4-6 from the three point line, 20 points overall, and a huge dunk. Gave him that boost of confidence he needs to go into big games like Purdue and Duke. This is true with Purdue, but more true with Duke: Davidson absolutely needs 1-2 other scoring options besides Steph in order to win. Will showed tonight that against a hot team, he can make clutch shots to keep us in the game.

Steph also dunked late in the second half. Kinda funny/unnecessary: Coach was less than happy; the game wasn't over yet.

Davidson is learning more and more how to gel together as a team. Guys are finding other open guys, making sensible passes, and setting better screens. Our offense is starting to take shape, but we have a ways to go.

But, amidst all my critique, Davidson is 8-1, having beaten a quality NC State team (that will do damage in the ACC) and a quality WVU team (that plays very physically and will make the tourney this year).

Go 'Cats and Go Duke.

[dukelifer]

Up to the mods if they want to keep this, but there have been a lot of Steph Curry threads already this year, and I thought it might be useful to just have on thread to link to as the season goes on.

I've been a pretty open Curry fan on the board. IMHO, he's the most exciting player in college hoops not wearing a Duke uniform in a long time... He's obviously not a perfect player, but he's fun to watch.

Last night against Chattanooga, 41 points on 22 shots with 4 boards, 6 assists, 1 steal, and 5 turnovers. 31 points were in the second half, which is pretty impressive no matter who you're playing. Davidson, interestingly, was behind at halftime and won 100-95.

I am a Curry fan as well and I hope he will average 30+ and knock off Hansbrough or Lawson for player of the year.

[MChambers]

I am a Curry fan as well and I hope he will average 30+ and knock off Hansbrough or Lawson for player of the year.

Don't even have to be a Curry fan to feel this way!

[brevity]

You can already see Stephen Curry (and Blake Griffin) splitting national honors with Tyler Hansbrough. There'll be no consensus this year. Mr. Deer-in-Headlights will win something -- he won't be shut out altogether.

(It would be nice to see Hansbrough lose votes to his teammates. I'm not convinced he's the best player on his own team right now, though he does unleash the gaudy stats in conference play.)

[wisteria]

Actually, I'm all for Hansbrough to get that POY.

You see, POY and No.1 ranking are like two of the most effective curses on National Championships. Very few teams survived that.