ESPN reported yesterday that Seth Curry’s father, former NBA great Dell Curry,  made it known Sunday night after a visit to Durham earlier in the day that Seth had been offered a scholarship by the Duke Blue Devils and accepted. Curry averaged 20.2 points a game for the Flames this past season, making a name for himself in his own right outside of the shadow of his brother, Stephen.

Because of the transfer rule in college basketball, Seth will sit out the 2009-10 season and be eligible for 2010-11 as a third-year sophomore.

Seth also told ESPN that the opportunity to continue his career at Duke, and get a Duke education were other major factors in the decision.

The media/television exposure could have also been a factor, hmmm?

Perhaps Coach K. will have an opportunity to get back  the Blue Devils back to the Final Four with Curry’s help.

Get to know Seth Curry:

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Seth Curry Transfer To Duke

Most college basketball (myself included) fans would love to see him back at Davidson. I think there’s something to be said for those players who finish what they started, get their degree, develop as a player and then make the leap. Curry’s draft stock wouldn’t drop if he returned to school. But if he feels as though he has done all he can do at the college basketball level, he’ll most likely make the jump.

Stephen isn’t the only Curry with a big decision on his plate. His brother, Seth (who is just as gifted in his own right) is leaving Liberty after only one year. Seth was quote by SI.com saying he would like to “take advantage of new opportunities that may be available to him in a higher-rated conference.”

What school wouldn’t be interested in picking him up? Seth was the nation’s leading freshman scorer, averaging 20.2 points.

I’d love it if both of them united at Davidson for Stephen’s last hurrah. But maybe that’s just wishful thinking.

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Where Will Team Curry End Up

So remember, read these and then consider yourself more in the know as a result. Plus, make sure to leave the poor sick monkeys alone, they’ve got more problems than Utah State’s strength of schedule (172).

[Are teams finally realizing how to contain Wake Forest hybrid guard Jeff Teague?]

[I share the frustration of March to Madness on this one. Damn Houston Baptist University]

[ k.u.chebag's doing k.u.chebag kinds of things. March 1st should be a blast]

[ Some interesting notes from A Sea of Blue on Kentucky's lackluster contest against Vanderbilt on Wednesday,

"In his last 47 minutes played, Michael Porter has committed nine turnovers, and dished out three assists (he had four turnovers in only 15 minutes of action against Vandy).”

&

“From 14:54 to 13:52 of the first half, Kentucky was whistled for FOUR fouls -- From the 14:52 to 14:21 mark of the second half, UK was again called for FOUR fouls: 1:03 of clock-time = Eight UK fouls"]

[Quiet confidence, likable cockiness, a jumper to die for, the last Curry apple sure didn't fall far from the tree]

[ Back in action for the first time in 13 weeks, UNC freshman Tyler Zeller on what a standing ovation felt like and why he fouled 4 times in 8 minutes]

[The Michigan Wolverines are now firmly back on the bubble thanks to a thorough thrashing of the Minnesota Golden Gophers on Thursday evening, a squad going in the wrong direction (in midst of losing 4 of 5). Michigan put up 74 big ones despite only 8 points in 22 minutes from Manny Harris]

[Todd Bozeman currently is the head coach for the MEAC's first place team Morgan State (11-2). Todd has been around the block. He was once regarded as one of America's hot young coaching minds--in 1993 he led the Cal Bears (Jason Kidd) to an upset over Duke in the 2nd round but 3 years later found himself virtually banned from coaching for 10 seasons because he committed a major NCAA no-no. Now coach Bozeman is in the process of turning Morgan State around and in his spare time he dabbles in the blogosphere at Blogging with Doze]

[I don't know what exactly I was thinking at the time, but whatever intuition was seeping throughout my noggin during a muggy day in July certainly wasn't the ideal grade it needed to be]

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Fast Breakin’

Let’s remind everybody that this is a college hoops site. We clear?

Alright, so Samford came back in the second half and put up 16 on the board. Grand total of 22 points in the bag for the Bulldogs.

The Friday brothers, certainly you’ve heard of them, had a rough go of it.

The good news… Samford assisted on 7 of 9 field goals.

Otherwise…

Savannah State gave Michigan quite a fight and, to my surprise when I encountered the live stream of this game late in the 2nd half, actually led by 20 at halftime. Michigan reversed the difference in the 2nd half, sending the game into overtime.

Check out the video for the skinny on this high intensity affair at Crisler Arena (don’t feel too sorry for freshmen Zack Novak, he hasn’t had a wide open dunk in like, ever…let him can some threes and he’ll recover).

STAT of the DAY

Liberty’s Seth Curry, younger brother of Stephen, played the entire 50 minutes of Liberty’s double overtime victory against William & Mary. Seth scored 13 of his game total 21 in the 2 overtime frames.

CLUTCH sure runs in the fam!!

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Mississippi Valley State: You have company

–Stephen Curry LAUNCHED 15 three’s against the Sooners yesterday in a 4 point defeat. He only made 6 of them. Taking 29 shots to score 44 points isn’t the type of efficiency a team looks for from their PG.

–Bryant Barr had a lousy game, only connecting on 1-9 field goals.

–Davidson showed their explosiveness for sure. Oklahoma had a 21 point lead and in a blink of an eye Davidson had it down to 7. It was a very entertaining game to say the least, even if I was reminded of my blah high school b-ball days of actually driving past a defender (rare) to only then absolutely brick an 10 foot floater. I’m talking about you Bryant Barr.

–Blake Griffin scored 25 and pulled down 21 boards. Brother Taylor contributed quite a bit too, scoring 16. Willie Warren looked like a stud, some kind of Baron Davis, Anthony Morrow hybrid.

–Indiana squeaked by IUPUI 60-57. Indiana led by 11 at halftime against the cupcake half-brother.

– The Friars of Providence out gunned the Dartmouth… hold on… Big Green. And Friar Blog just wants to be able to watch his friggin team play some basketball.

STAT of the DAY

Seth Curry, Liberty guard and younger brother of Stephen Curry, led the team in scoring with 18, but did so on 17 shots from the field. Liberty got bit by UNC-Asheville 84-56.

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North Dakota State doubles up opponent