Odds and Sods

Sophomore sensation Stephen Curry, son of former NBA player Dell Curry, led #10 seed Davidson to within a basket of the Final Four, with the underdogs going out to #1 seed Kansas on Sunday 59-57.

Curry, largely unrecruited out of high school because of his size, scored 30 or more points in each of the first four games of the tournament. In the fifth, he poured in a paltry 25. He will almost certainly be named the most outstanding player of the tournament.

The only thing more shocking? He’s going back to school. Curry announced after the game that he would return to school for his junior season.

Traditionalists will applaud this reasoned move, so rare among young black men in this day and age etc. etc.

However, if he does not jump to the NBA immediately it would not be stupid – it would be phenomenally stupid.

Curry’s draft stock will never be as high as it is this moment. He single-handedly dominated the NCAA Tournament. He made fools of the finest players in the land. He would be drafted in the middle of the first round.

That would undoubtedly give him a guaranteed contract and a place on an NBA roster for a minimum of 3-4 seasons. Even the most modest of that money would endow him with enough to live comfortably without working a day the rest of his life.

A college degree is nice. But it’s not multi-millions in the bank nice.

Staying in school another year can only hurt him. It gives draft “gurus” like Chad Ford another year to dissect his wingspan and anatomize his motor. They can only find flaws.

Not to mention the possibility of an inopportune knee injury.

Stephen Curry has hit his collegiate peak. If he leaves Davidson now, he leaves a God. His degree will be waiting for him upon his return.

Staying in school would be a colossal mistake.