Stephen Curry

[tornado]

I think we need the next Josh Cox or Joe Alexander .......

I don't know about Josh Cox, but I think we may already have a few recruits coming along that flew under some people's radar....now if they can stay healthy and develop.....
Sam M., Will E., AW, AT, and Eddren..

[Out of Balance]

I disagree. I've heard Curry mentioned a number of times when talk of top players comes up. His problem is he plays in a weak conference and he gets no TV time (deservedly so). The difference between Curry and Graves/Emmeneker is that Curry will be a good pro player and those two will be lucky to find a roster spot in the NBA. And regarding Emmeneker, I think he gets MORE publicity than he's due just because he's a great story on a storybook team. He's good, but not "all that". I find his being named Valley MVP an embarrassment to the league. Who ever heard of an MVP with his weak stats.....makes the Valley look like a "no-talent" league, IMO.

I have to agree! Emmeneker and Drake are great stories! Emmeneker in no way should have been the Valley MVP and he will never,never play in the NBA!
Hell he can't shoot / won't shoot the 3!!!!
To be MVP you have to have stats that JC put up this yr. plus the stats off the court which both Emmeneker and JC did.
JC SHOULD HAVE HAD THE MVP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[BUBraves06]

I have to agree! Emmeneker and Drake are great stories! Emmeneker in no way should have been the Valley MVP and he will never,never play in the NBA!
Hell he can't shoot / won't shoot the 3!!!!
To be MVP you have to have stats that JC put up this yr. plus the stats off the court which both Emmeneker and JC did.
JC SHOULD HAVE HAD THE MVP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is by no means a slight towards JC, but we finished 5th in the league and I know that Jeremy had a great year and has had a great career at BU but he didn't deserve to be MVP. Emmeneker may not score big points but if you watched Drake a lot this year you'll know that he more then made up for his lack of points with the little things he did. He's the MVP because without him Drake doesn't win the league.

Again, I'm not taking a shot at JC. I just think that Emmeneker was a worthy MVP, and whether or not he ever plays in the NBA has nothing to do with it and is not a factor.

[Out of Balance]

This is by no means a slight towards JC, but we finished 5th in the league and I know that Jeremy had a great year and has had a great career at BU but he didn't deserve to be MVP. Emmeneker may not score big points but if you watched Drake a lot this year you'll know that he more then made up for his lack of points with the little things he did. He's the MVP because without him Drake doesn't win the league.

Again, I'm not taking a shot at JC. I just think that Emmeneker was a worthy MVP, and whether or not he ever plays in the NBA has nothing to do with it and is not a factor.

I think maybe out of pure accident what you said, (you hit on something)!
BU finished 5th and Drake 1st. Does this mean Kemmeneker had better teammates so this makes him league MVP? I agree they don't have the yr. they had without him but this would only make him Team MVP with no league leading stats. He is a great story but so is the rest of Drakes team.
Now on the other side maybe JC's teammates are not as good as that on the Drake's team or even as good as 2-4 teams in front of BU. Now look what all BU went through this yr. (lost of starters) for what ever reason and BU finishs 5th. This is mainly do to JC's play and leadership! Every game JC drew the opps.teams best def. player and more often they got help from others, he also played the second half of the season with a bad knee. With all this his stats have continued to climb to where they are today (best all around in the league) and help keep BU out of the bottom half. So with all said league MVP's are not always on 1st place teams!
So when you add it all up, JC is the LEAGUES MVP!!!!
As for NBA, I never said it was a factor!! I would welcome another great story for this kid and JC as well!!!!!!!!!!!!

[IlliBraves]

I don't think Curry's exactly gone under the radar. I've known about this kid's talent for awhile, which is why I chose Davidson to get to the sweet 16 (which actually looks more like a sweet 9 in my case, so the Davidson win is about all I have going for me on that bracket). Last year, Curry scored 32 in a heartbreaker to Maryland in the first round. Also, he has appeared in a few articles, most notably ESPN the magazine, sometime around October/Novemberish. Curry sounds like a pretty nice guy, that article described a fellow Davidson student who had lost his wallet, and Curry was the one who returned it to him. Not too many people in today's world who would do that. Nice to see a guy with his talent not acting like he's "too good" to go to a school like Davidson.

[tornado]

Curry had a little bit of a coming out party last year at the end of the regular season,
as he won the conference scoring title at 21 ppg and led his team to the Southern Conference auto bid.
Prior to that almost nobody knew or cared much who he was, as this story notes.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&id=2787197

Then Curry's stellar performance in the 2007 NCAA at least made him familiar to most fans, but now he is becoming a household name.

[BUBraves06]

I think maybe out of pure accident what you said, (you hit on something)!
BU finished 5th and Drake 1st. Does this mean Kemmeneker had better teammates so this makes him league MVP? I agree they don't have the yr. they had without him but this would only make him Team MVP with no league leading stats. He is a great story but so is the rest of Drakes team.
Now on the other side maybe JC's teammates are not as good as that on the Drake's team or even as good as 2-4 teams in front of BU. Now look what all BU went through this yr. (lost of starters) for what ever reason and BU finishs 5th. This is mainly do to JC's play and leadership! Every game JC drew the opps.teams best def. player and more often they got help from others, he also played the second half of the season with a bad knee. With all this his stats have continued to climb to where they are today (best all around in the league) and help keep BU out of the bottom half. So with all said league MVP's are not always on 1st place teams!
So when you add it all up, JC is the LEAGUES MVP!!!!
As for NBA, I never said it was a factor!! I would welcome another great story for this kid and JC as well!!!!!!!!!!!!

I guess when it comes down to it what I was trying to say is that the argument against JC being the MVP is that his team finished 5th, if he was that valuable, how come BU didn't finish higher in the standings? I realize we've had players out this season for a multitude of reasons and that's a shame but the one thing that has come out of it is we've been able to see just how great of a player JC has become. I also understand that the MVP doesn't always come from a first or second place team (Andre Dawson winning the MVP for the last-place Cubs in the late 80s is the first example that popped into my mind), but it's much more likely that a player whose team is at the top of the standings wins the award because his value is shown in his team having a successful season.

[DUBulldog]

And regarding Emmeneker, I think he gets MORE publicity than he's due just because he's a great story on a storybook team. He's good, but not "all that".

I couldn't agree with you more. He's had a much better year than anybody could have expected, but I think he's just a good player who ended up in the perfect situation for him.....4 teammates who spread the defense way out and created incredible opportunities for the point guard.

I agree they don't have the yr. they had without him but this would only make him Team MVP with no league leading stats.

Just as an FYI, Emmenecker did lead the league in assists. He also led the league in turnovers, although Ruffin led the league in turnovers per game.

[tornado]

Stephen Curry's mom and dad were both pretty athletic.
His dad, Dell Curry, was a great shooter at Virginia Tech and an NBA veteran,
while his mom was a volleyball player at Virginia Tech.
Here's a pic of Dell (left) and Sonya and I guarantee the cameras at the next game will spend a lot of time focusing on Stephen Curry's mom,
as she is very attractive and folks in the TV studios seem to have thing about looks.

[tornado]

A couple recent articles on Stephen Curry, including one today in the PJS and these

http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=391506

http://www.fayobserver.com/article?id=289651

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/basketball/ncaa/wires/03/25/2060.ap.bkc.ncaa.davidson.hot.curry.1st.ld.writethru.0971/

argue very strongly that the bigger schools didn't offer Curry because of his small, thin frame, but it turned out to be a HUGE blessing for Curry.

So instead he goes to Davidson, and gets to start right away as a freshman, gets to play tons of minutes, produce huge numbers, get national recognition, get on national TV, carry his team to the Sweet Sixteen, and even get his mom and dad's picture all over the tube.

Had he gone to Virginia Tech, he'd have been required to redshirt then sit the bench a couple years and be part of the practice team for the "starters".

In fact, Stephen Curry is getting MORE national publicity than just about any player in college basketball right now.

More than Brandon Rush, more than Eric Gordon, more than even Tyler Hansbrough and Michael Beasley, and certainly more than any player on the entire team of any school that failed to offer this kid a scholarship and really regrets it now....like Virginia Tech and Virginia.

SO---- I guess the obvious conclusion is....that maybe more thin kids coming out of high school should take note, kids like Bill Cole, Brian Randle, Matt Roth...
Instead of banging your bodies into a pulp playing the role of scout team for 200-300 pound goons like Shaun Pruitt and DeAndre Thomas, and being disabled for much of your D-I career, consider coming to a mid-major and being THE star of the team from your freshman year on.......
It's really the kid's choice, but in the end, who had the most promise coming out of HS, Brian Randle or Stephen Curry?
Who had the biggest and the best D-I offers??
But who is having the better college career, getting the most notice, and having the most fun in postseason play, and maybe even has the most chance at a nice, long professional career if he wants?

[Out of Balance]

I guess when it comes down to it what I was trying to say is that the argument against JC being the MVP is that his team finished 5th, if he was that valuable, how come BU didn't finish higher in the standings? I realize we've had players out this season for a multitude of reasons and that's a shame but the one thing that has come out of it is we've been able to see just how great of a player JC has become. I also understand that the MVP doesn't always come from a first or second place team (Andre Dawson winning the MVP for the last-place Cubs in the late 80s is the first example that popped into my mind), but it's much more likely that a player whose team is at the top of the standings wins the award because his value is shown in his team having a successful season.

JC is and was that valuable to BU all yr. And by the way, its just as I said, one player doesn't make a good team and sure having one does not asure you a high finish! I think you may be right in your last sentence but I do know this, Drake and the rest of the MV are done and BU is this playing! And guess who is still showing his value to the team! Also just in case you didn't hear JC made another milestone and joined some former MVP'S!
1st, 5th or last, JC got the shafted and its people that think on lines of story book endings that lead to it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[BUBraves06]

JC is and was that valuable to BU all yr. And by the way, its just as I said, one player doesn't make a good team and sure having one does not asure you a high finish! I think you may be right in your last sentence but I do know this, Drake and the rest of the MV are done and BU is this playing! And guess who is still showing his value to the team! Also just in case you didn't hear JC made another milestone and joined some former MVP'S!
1st, 5th or last, JC got the shafted and its people that think on lines of story book endings that lead to it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As I said in my other posts, I'm NOT trying to downplay the year that JC has had, and yes I'm well aware of JC's career accomplishments, all I was saying is that I believe Emmeneker is a worthy MVP. And btw you're contradicting yourself anyways, at the begining of your post you say that one player doesn't make a good team, but at the end of your post you say that JC is still playing and Emmeneker isn't, so which one is it?

[Out of Balance]

As I said in my other posts, I'm NOT trying to downplay the year that JC has had, and yes I'm well aware of JC's career accomplishments, all I was saying is that I believe Emmeneker is a worthy MVP. And btw you're contradicting yourself anyways, at the begining of your post you say that one player doesn't make a good team, but at the end of your post you say that JC is still playing and Emmeneker isn't, so which one is it?

I read my statement again and I'm not sure you can read or you are mad and talking out of controll!! Or maybe you are just trying to come up with something because you now realize you made a mistake about what it should take to be MVP.
Read it again, you will (hopefully) see that I never said Emmeneker wasn't playing, but What Team from the MV is still playing and who is still is helping his 5th place team! You are the one who is turned arounded. I stand by what I said that Emmeneker played along side better team players! Ask yourself this if BU would of finished 1 with everything the same who would your choice be for MVP or if Emmeneker would even be talked about.
He was a great story............................................. ......

[J Money]

I see what ya'll are saying but saying that BU is still playing is a fairly ridiculous argument. Drake was a 5 seed in the NCAA tournament. BU is in the CBI semis. I have no idea what argument you're trying to make by saying BU is still playing.

[BUBraves06]

I see what ya'll are saying but saying that BU is still playing is a fairly ridiculous argument. Drake was a 5 seed in the NCAA tournament. BU is in the CBI semis. I have no idea what argument you're trying to make by saying BU is still playing.

I'm confused too, Out of Balance are you really trying to argue that JC should be MVP/is a better player because Drake/Emmeneker are not playing anymore and BU still is? I know you never specifically mentioned Emmeneker, but we are talking about the MVP right ... which, if you recall was EMMENEKER! And there's really no reason to question my reading skills, unless you wanna start being a jerk, I can read just fine thank you.