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Seth Curry to transfer to Duke

By JOEDY McCREARY (AP Sports Writer)

Mar 30, 2009

Seth Curry is joining Coach K and the Duke Blue Devils.

Curry's father Dell told The Associated Press on Sunday night that his son will transfer to Duke next season.

The younger brother of Davidson star Stephen Curry was the Big South freshman of the year at Liberty after leading the nation's first-year players with a 20.2-point average.

He announced plans last week to transfer so that he could play a higher level of competition, and Dell Curry said his son was impressed by the level of interest Hall of Fame coach Mike Krzyzewski and his staff had in the young shooting guard.

Seth Curry will sit out next season, and the Charlotte native will have three seasons of eligibility remaining beginning in 2010-11, when the Blue Devils will need another scoring guard. Gerald Henderson and Jon Scheyer will be seniors next season.

"Coach K kept telling him the timing couldn't be better," said Curry's father, who spent most of his 16 NBA seasons with the Charlotte Hornets. "There'll be plenty of opportunities to contribute."

A Duke spokesman, citing NCAA rules, said the school can not comment on whether a player has transferred into the program until his paperwork is received.

Seth Curry scored 23 and 18 points in his first two college games, and he scored a season-high 35 at VMI in January before the largest crowd in Keydets history. He was held to eight points in his final game with the Flames, an 88-65 loss to James Madison last week in the CollegeInsider.com tournament.

Now he's set to become the first member of his famous family to play in the ACC.

Dell Curry starred at Virginia Tech in the 1980s - well before the Hokies joined the conference - before becoming one of the NBA's most prolific 3-point shooters.

Stephen Curry was virtually ignored by the ACC's schools coming out of high school three years ago and instead wound up at Davidson, where he blossomed into one of the biggest draws in the sport after leading the Wildcats to within a missed 3-pointer of last year's Final Four.