UD Basketball, Duke Basketball

Recently stories have come out pertaining to my two favorite college basketball teams (The Dayton Flyers and the Duke Blue Devils) taking on transfers.  It is pretty incredible how similar the stories are in terms of how they will work out for the teams.  Most college basketball fans have heard about Stephen Curry's younger brother Seth transferring from Liberty to Duke next year.  Curry led all freshmen in scoring last year, averaging 20.6 points per game.  He will not be eligible to play next year, but in the 2011 season.  With junior guards Jon Scheyer and Gerald Henderson vacating their spots after next season, it will be perfect timing for Curry to step in as a redshirt sophomore and contribute to the Blue Devils, hopefully with some similar numbers to those he put up at Liberty.  Duke will be looking for a scorer, and Curry seems to fit the bill.

Doug Harris wrote a story in the Dayton Daily News about Drake sophomore guard Josh Parker accepting a scholarship to transfer to Dayton next year.  Parker will be filling the scholarshiip vacated by ex-Flyer Stephen Thomas.  Thomas is transferring away from UD in order to play more minutes for his final two years.

The similarities become scary when one considers the circumstances into which Parker will be transferring.  He, like Curry, will not be playing until the 2011 basketball season.  That will be just in time to fill in for junior guards London Warren, Rob Lowery, and Marcus Johnson as they will graduate after next season.  While not putting up quite as gawdy of numbers as Curry, Parker did average 10.7 points per game last year, which would put him as the third leading scorer on UD this past season.  It will be excellent timing for Parker to come to UD, as he will be able to come in and hopefully solidify a strong backcourt with star recruit Juwan Staten out of Thurgood Marshall.  I am excited about seeing what both of these transfers can do in the coming years.