In case you needed more of a reason to hate the NCAA...
Saw this on my timeline this morning:
Stauskas: he and Steph Curry had shooting match set up for his Mississauga backyard for last year, TSN would televise. NCAA rules nixed it.
— Mark Snyder (@Mark__Snyder) May 16, 2014
Fuck the NCAA.
Well they can totally do it now. Make it happen Nik
Makes sense to me that they wouldn't let this happen....
I could shoot the lights out where I grew up, but sucked everywhere else.
I was looking at Curry's college numbers the other day. He shot 44% from three as a sophomore on over 10 three point attempts per game. That's just absurd shooting.
Singlehandedly carried a bunch of nondescript guys through the NCAA tournament until they ran into national champion Kansas in the conference finals. Was an epic run.
So, just so I understand your argument here.
You agree that Curry would "dust" Nik because he shot 44% from three while averaging 10+ threes a game (Ignoring that he shot just 38% the following year)
Vs Nik, who shot 44.2% this year (vs curry's %43.9 high) and had a higher career as well at 44.1% vs 41% for curry.
The only advantage for Curry is he jacked up more 3s (9.6/gm vs 5.2/gm)
Don't get me wrong here, I think it would be extremely entertaining and close. However, I do think it's ridiculous to believe curry would "dust" Nik while using those stats as the reason why.
Please explain why that is. I'd truly love to hear why.
Nik would beat the brakes off of Curry.
MICH!!!
a home court advantage given the exchange rate between American and Canadian threes
It does sound like an odd rule, but there actually is a prohibition on any sort of practice or scrimmage if it is actively publicized or scored in any way, which is probably the one the NCAA referenced. I didn't realize it until I went back to the handbook just now, but the definition of a practice or scrimmage and when it can take place (or indeed where and under what circumstances) in the land of the NCAA is rather, well, anal.
Just read about this in the Freep. Then I read about some Oklahoma football player signing an affidavit so he could use his girlfriend's courtside Thunder tickets, and his school self-reporting serving spaghetti at a banquet when they were only supposed to serve a snack. The NCAA is not making any new fans this week . . .