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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, APRIL 27, 2015
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"I knew he was crafty, I mean, a great shooter. There's nothing you can do. You try to pressure him and run him off the [three-point] line and he'll hit incredible shots in the lane. You back off so he won't drive, he's going to hit a fight. So you've got to pick your poison, and he's a tough player to guard. That's why he's [a candidate] for MVP."
— New Orleans Pelicans' Anthony Davis ESPN
FACT OF THE DAY
The Golden State Warriors had two players in the top 10 in Scoring in Guards Stephen Curry (23.8 PPG) and Klay Thompson (21.7 PPG).
ESPN
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q. What was the first team to win its playoff series in the 2015 NBA Playoffs?
A: The Golden State Warriors
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THE MORNING BREW
Stephen Curry should be the 2015 NBA most valuable player
Chris Sitek
@ChrisSitek
There are 10 seconds to go in game three and the Golden
State Warriors are trailing the New Orleans Pelicans 105-108. Warriors have the ball, forward Draymond Green passes it out to guard Stephen Curry. Curry takes two dribbles and shoots the three. Short. He gets another chance from the left corner off an offensive rebound and splash. The game is headed to overtime.
Golden State went on to win this game 123-119 in overtime. This marked the third largest fourth quarter comeback in NBA history, but more importantly it showed the greatness that is Curry. Curry finished the game with 40 points and
nine assists, according to ESPN.go.com. Curry followed his huge game-three performance with another big outing, pouring in 39 points, eight rebounds and nine assists in Golden State's game-four win, 109-98, to sweep the Pelicans, according to basketball-reference. com.
The sixth-year point guard has dominated this post-season leading the NBA in points-per-game with 33.8 and is fifth in the NBA with 7.3 assists per game. Curry is known for being a precise sharpshooter, but he can beat opponents in so many ways. According to basketball-reference.com, Curry led the NBA in free-throw percentage at an astounding 91 percent made. He is also a gifted passer and is sixth among active players with 7.7 assists per game, according to ESPN.go.com.
During the regular season Curry was sixth in the league at 23.8 points-per-game and was fourth in the NBA, shooting 44 percent from three. He led the Warriors to a 67-15 regular season record with a 39-2 home record, both the best in the NBA, according to ESPN.go.com. This earned Golden State the No.1 seed in the Western Conference. With that they swept the New Orleans Pelicans and their star power-forward Anthony Davis, 4-0. According to vegasinsider.com, the Golden State Warriors are 8-to-5 favorites to win the NBA title, and this is due in large part to the play of Stephen Curry.
Additionally, Stephen Curry broke the NBA record for three-pointers made with 286. This broke his old
record of 272 threes he made two years ago. Curry had a 10-game streak where he scored 20 or more points in
each game during January and February. He has only been held to under 10 points four times the entire season, according to ESPN. go.com.
Curry's success didn't come right away. He has battled several injuries, including repeated ankle issues that caused him to miss 40 games during 2011-2012 season, according to probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com.
He also lived under the shadow of a team known for having great point guards. According to rantsports.com
and encyclopedia.
com, the team
has held All-Star
Phil Smith; two-
time All-Star Baron
Davis, who led the
improbable upset of
the Dallas Mavericks,
a then-No. 1 seed and
ended a 12-year playoff
drought for the Warriors;
four-time All-Star Guy
Rodgers, who's the team's all-
time assist leader; and five-
time All-Star Tim Hardaway,
who is second all-time in
assists for the team.
Curry had some big shoes to fill. Now it is Curry's time and with that he has shined especially in the brightest of moments (think: buzzer beater in game three), and that's why I believe Stephen Curry is the 2015 NBA most valuable player.
Men's golf seeks first Big 12 Championship in 16 years
Edited by Samantha Darling
NICK COUZIN
@Ncouz
Kansas men's golf took its talent to Tulsa, Okla., this week to take part in the Big 12 Championship Southern Hills Country Club The tournament will consist of 72 holes with 36 played Monday and 18 each on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Coach Jamie Bermel's lineup for the tournament consists of juniors Belle Wille and Connor Peck, sophomore Chase Hanna, and freshmen Jacques Wilson and Daniel Hudson.
CHASE HANNA
Hanna by far has been the best player on this Jayhawk team this year. The Jayhawks played in a total of 11 tournaments this year and Hanna led the team in five of them. He also finished in the top 20 in six of them. Additionally, he had the lowest stroke on the team this season with 72 strokes per round and he had the lowest total team score with eight rounds in the 60s. In Kansas history, he sits 18th all time as a second-year program player.
His play on the greens also translates to the classroom, as he was a Big 12 Academic All-American.
BEN WELLE
"I think his experience is a big thing for Chase," Bermel said in the University press release. "He has seen the golf courses last year, and his maturity as a sophomore has really helped as well. Chase continues to get better each week."
Welle really came onto the scene in the fall when he tallied the lowest score on the team twice. His stroke average is second lowest on the team at 72.4 per round, and it falls only behind Chase Hanna on the team.
In 31 rounds he played this
season, nine were under par and seven were even, accounting for more than half of the rounds he played on the year. That mark was truly phenomenal, and he'll look to keep it up as the team heads off to Tulsa.
DANIEL HUDSON
As a true freshman, Hudson was able to post the fourth lowest stroke average on the team with 73.4 strokes per round. Not only that, but he was able to finish in the top 20 twice and top 10 once. Considering his age, those numbers are definitely impressive, and Bermel said he has been pleased with Hudson's
performance.
"Daniel Hudson has really played well apart from the first tournament of the spring." Bermel said in the press release. "He has been in the top 20 three times and 23rd last week. Dan has shown a great deal of improvement from the fall as he did not get in the lineup too much."
CONNOR PECK AND JACQUES WILSON
Peck was one of the few jayhawk golfers to play in every competition this year. His stroke average was sixth lowest on the team with 73.5 strokes per round,
and he also added the team's lowest round average twice to his season resume.
Wilson competed in only one event this year as an individual. Wilson is a redshirt freshman coming off a back injury from last season.
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Bermel will look to lead the team to its first title in 16 years.
Edited by Yu Kyung Lee
CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE CHANCES The Jayhawks only have one Big 12 golf title, which they earned in 1999. That was under coach Ross Randall. Their second best finish came in 2000 when they tied for second.
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