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Where will Stephen Curry's little brother end up?
What about Northwestern? (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)
Liberty's season ended Monday, an 88-65 loss to the James Madison Dukes in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament.
The future of the basketball program ended Tuesday.
Seth Curry, the high-scoring, little brother of Davidson’s Stephen Curry announced his decision to transfer in order to face tougher competition during his college career.
Frankly, the fact that Liberty had this kid for a year is a shock in itself.
Everyone watched the elder Curry light up the league in his freshman season, averaging almost 22 points per game. Then he turned it on for his sophomore campaign, almost leading the Wildcats to the Final Four.
At that point, coaches across the country should have been scrambling to recruit Seth. Even if he were a bust, given the play of his brother, it would have been worth the risk.
It is almost like watching Archie Manning play in the NFL and Peyton tear up the SEC, and then not recruiting Eli.
The family has the genes.
So Liberty got its season of glory, even if that glory ended in the fourth best tournament in the country.
Now where does Seth go?
It is hard to say. As the AP so blandly wrote, “Coaches at other schools are not permitted to comment on potential transfers.”
That doesn’t mean everyone won’t be playing what if. Who wouldn’t want to add a prolific scorer to their roster?
They may not be able to expect 20 points per game. This will be tougher competition than the Big South after all.
But Curry proved he could do it against everyone. He dropped 26 on Virginia, 22 on George Mason and 24 on Clemson.
Still, Curry wasn’t consistent when playing up a level.
Saint Louis, for as average as Rick Majerus’s team is, held him to only eight points and put him in a whole load of foul trouble. James Madison advanced to the last four of the CIT by tripping him into 4 turnovers and stopping the bleeding at only eight points.
Hey, nobody is perfect. Even Stephen put up a goose egg against Loyola and he still went on to lead the country in scoring.
All of that is a long-winded way of saying, “Why not Northwestern?”
Curry could step in and start as soon as he is eligible. After all, Northwestern could sure use the scoring help. How many times did Northwestern’s cold streaks doom the ‘Cats?
For all the back cuts and passing in the Princeton offense, the Wildcats live and die by getting the clutch shots as the shot clock is expiring. That too is in the Curry genes.
Plus, Seth would take a lot of the pressure off Michael Thompson, next year's new frosh Drew Crawford and John Shurna. It would be the option extra option that was missing at times this season.
Most importantly, Curry could get Northwestern over the hump. This team is right on the verge of something special, historic even. Add in the attention that will certainly come with one of the hottest scorers in the country on their side, and Northwestern is suddenly a staple of primetime basketball on television.
Northwestern would be the country’s new darling. Who needs Cinderella when you have a big-time school that everyone can get behind?
That’s the upside. Unfortunately, there is a lot of downside.
It is hard to imagine Curry choosing any Big Ten team, let alone Northwestern. The big bruiser league doesn’t lend itself to shooting theatrics.
Think about how much of a change it was to have David Holston and Chicago State coming into Evanston. The fans didn’t know what to make of the playground-style ball that the Cougars brought north up the Red and Purple lines.
Curry just wouldn’t fit in with the style of play.
And it is doubtful that any coach will change their entire game plan, no matter how explosive Curry is.
That means the Big East is probably out. The Big XII wouldn’t work either.
Let’s be honest, Curry is likely angling to break in closer to home in the ACC anyway.
That league might be a stretch for Curry, so chances are he will break in with a mid-major somewhere in the area. So beware if your current rooting interest lies in the Colonial conference, or the MAAC, or even Conference USA.
And if you wear purple and white, well, it was nice to dream for 30 seconds.
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