Monday, March 30, 2009
Seth Curry picks Blue Devils
Five days after the announcement that he would pursue a transfer, Liberty basketball star Seth Curry chose his destination Sunday.
Curry visited Duke, received a scholarship offer and made an oral commitment before returning to his Charlotte, N.C., home.
Curry, the leading scorer among Division I freshmen, will finish out the school year at Liberty and enroll at Duke for the 2009-2010 school year. He will have three years of eligibility for the Blue Devils, starting with the 2010-2011 season.
"From the start of this, Duke was at the top of his list," said Curry's father, Dell, a collegiate standout at Virginia Tech who spent 17 seasons in the National Basketball Association.
Dell Curry's older son, Stephen, led all Division I scorers this season as a junior at Davidson. Seth, a 6-foot-3 guard, averaged 20.2 points for the Flames (23-12).
Tech was one of five ACC schools that had inquired about Seth Curry, the Big South Conference freshman of the year; however, he had not set up any other visits.
"We were going to wait till today and see what today was like," Dell Curry said Sunday, "but we knew that Duke would be tough to beat, just with the prestige of the school and the program.
"We didn't know what to expect on the visit, but the facilities were unbelievable."
Dell Curry said he had spoken to Blue Devils' assistant coach Steve Wojciechowski on Thursday, prior to Duke's game in the semifinal round of the NCAA's East Regional.
Villanova upset Duke 77-54, but that didn't drastically alter the timetable for the Curry family visit.
"If they had won, it probably would have been Monday," Dell Curry said.
The choice of Duke was not intended as a reflection on any of the other 30 schools that expressed interest, including Virginia Tech.
"Seth had a list of schools and Virginia Tech was on it," Dell said. "Seth talked to coach [Seth] Greenberg and I talked to coach Greenberg."
The elder Curry was quick to praise the Flames.
"They didn't withhold any information and there was always a line of communication," Dell Curry said. "Coach [Ritchie] McKay has been a class act. I can't express that enough."
