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G.O.A.T. said 04/06, 06:04 PM
As some of you probably already know, everyone's new favorite player, Stephen Curry, has been named to the Associated Press 2nd Team All-America.

My opinion is that he deserved to make the first team. His stats were phenomenal: 25 points per game, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 44% from deep, 90% from the line, and 2 steals.

Some would argue that he plays in a weak conference. Yes, he does. I'm not disagreeing with you. BUT his team played a rigorous non-conference schedule and Top 25 teams were a plenty for Davidson this season. Here are some of his stats against those elite teams...

vs. #1 North Carolina: 24 pts, 4 reb, 2 ast, 2 stl
vs. #9 Duke: 20 pts, 5 reb, 2 ast, 2 stl
vs. #2 UCLA: 15 pts, 4 reb, 3 ast, 2 stl
vs. #8 Georgetown: 30 pts, 3 reb, 5 ast, 3 stl
vs. #5 Wisconsin: 33 pts, 3 reb, 4 ast, 4 stl
vs. #4 Kansas: 25 pts, 4 reb, 3 ast, 1 stl

I saved you some time and did the math. Against top ten opponents this season, Curry has averaged 25 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, and 2 steals per game. Now someone explain to me how that isn't deserving of first team.

Who does he replace? Chris Douglas-Roberts. Sorry, but his season wasn't that good. More to come...

G.O.A.T. said 04/07, 07:53 AM
It's a shame if Memphis doesn't get farther and have a better record than little Davidson. Coach Cal runs an elite program that gets any recruit it wants. Davidson gets just about zero top recruits.

However, Davidson, led by Curry, made it just as far as Texas (who has a 1st-teamer in DJ Augustin). Going by what you said about having a good team, the 1st Team All-America might as well be the best players from the Final Four teams.

As some of you know, one of my pet peeves is everyone saying Davidson is a one-man show. Richards and Lovedale does a great deal for that team that made the Elite Eight.

CDR led his team in points and tied for the lead in steals. He also headed his team in FT% (that shouldn't even count as an accomplishment on Memphis; he shot 71%) and 3P% (which wasn't so good as Curry's).

Steph led his team in points, steals (averaged almost 1 more spg), FT% (90%), and 3P%.

Stephen Curry is a much

G.O.A.T. said 04/07, 05:52 PM
I don't care what would have happened if Davidson didn't make it that far. The fact of the matter is they did. Curry was their star player and, along with Richards, their leader both on and off the court.

I'll be honest. I watched about 10 or 12 Memphis regular season games and about 2 or 3 Davidson regular season games.

I knew how good Curry was last year. I saw him play those games against Duke and North Carolina this year. He was for real.

What separated Curry from CDR? It may have been Curry's ZERO games with less than 10 points compared to CDR, who had 7 games like that. You know what that tells me? Curry had a much more CONSISTANT year than Douglas-Roberts.

Chris had a season high of 33 points. Steph eclipsed that mark on seven different occasions. Curry had a seven game streak of 20+ point games. CDR had only a four game streak of 20+ point games.

Bottom Line: Stephen Curry has had the better season. He's averaged a ridiculous amount of points, dominated teams like no one else, and took over the NCAA Tournament like not seen in recent years. He should have made the first team. Chris Douglas-Roberts did not deserve it.