Brandyn Curry

Player information
Brandyn Curry
Brandyn Curry (2018)
birthday	10th February 1991 (age 29)
place of birth	Huntersville , North Carolina , United States
size	185 cm
position	Point guard
college	Harvard University
Club information
society	Helios Suns Domžale
league	1. SKL
Jersey number	10
Clubs as active
2009–2014 Harvard Crimson ( NCAA ) 2014–2015 SPM Shoeters Den Bosch 2015–2016 Eisbären Bremerhaven Since 2016 Helios Suns DomžaleUnited States Netherlands Germany 0Slovenia

Brandyn Curry (born February 10, 1991 in Huntersville , North Carolina ) is an American basketball player . After studying at Harvard University in his home country, Curry became a professional basketball player and won the 2015 Dutch championship as "Finals MVP " in his rookie season in Europe . Curry then played in the 2015/16 basketball league for the German first division club Eisbären Bremerhaven, before competing for the Slovenian champion Helios Suns Domžale since the 2016/17 season .

Career

After graduating from Hopewell High School in his hometown, Curry received a scholarship from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts . Here he played from 2009 for the high school team Crimson in the Ivy League of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), where in his first season later NBA pro Jeremy Lin was his teammate when the Crimson in the postseason for the first time CollegeInsider- Tournament (CIT). Here the Crimson were eliminated in the first round as well as a year later at the premiere in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) 2011. After the Crimson 2011 the championship of the Ivy League and participation in the national NCAA finals after a tie by a defeat in had missed a play-off game against the Princeton Tigers , the Crimson won the Ivy League championships from 2012 to 2014 undisputed and prevented, among other things, the participation of the Columbia Lions with the German national player Maodo Lô in the " March Madness ". After the Crimson took part in the NCAA finals for the first time since 1946 in 2012 and were eliminated immediately in the first game of the postseason for the third time in a row, Curry and his teammate Kyle Casey were suspended from the university for attempted fraud before their final NCAA season. This season, the Crimson achieved their first ever postseason success when they surprisingly defeated the Lobos of the University of New Mexico in 2013 . A year later, Casey and Curry were back there when the Crimson again their first finals game against the Cincinnati Bearcats won, but then before the next game against the favored as a year Spartans of Michigan State University lost what curries NCAA career finally ended. Despite the historical success of the Crimson, Ivy League player Curry was not included in the following NBA draft 2014 in the clubs from the highest endowed professional league NBA .

In August 2014 Curry signed his first professional contract in Europe with the Dutch record champions EBBC SPM Shoeters from Den Bosch . The former runner-up took part in EuroChallenge 2014/15 , in which, thanks to the better direct comparison, they surprisingly prevailed against the German first division club ratiopharm Ulm and reached the next group stage. In the round of the best 32 teams, they won the home game against Tartu Rock alone and lost both the away games and the other two home games after two extra times, including 92:94 against the future German Final Four participant Fraport Skyliners . After leaving the international competition, they fought in the play-off semi- final series of the national championship in seven games in Landstede Zwolle , before only allowing one win in five games in the final series Donar Groningen with the former Ulm Lance Jeter . At the 16th championship of the EBBC Curry was named Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the final series. In the 2015/16 basketball Bundesliga , Curry played for the German first division team Eisbären from Bremerhaven . After a bad start to the season and a change of coach, however, his playing times decreased after the first third of the season, especially since the Eisbären finally brought back Lorenzo Williams in addition to Jerry Smith , and over the course of the season Curry only got four points and two assists in an average of 15 minutes per game in the highest German Achieve division. At the end of the season, the polar bears were only just able to save themselves from relegation in 15th and fourth from bottom place in the table. Curry moved the following season to the Slovenian champion KK Helios Suns from Domžale , where he played again with his student teammate Kyle Casey, who is returning to the club after a year in the NBA Development League .

Web links

easyCredit BBL - Brandyn Curry - player profile on the easyCredit Basketball-Bundesliga website
Brandyn Curry College Stats - NCAA statistics (on sports-reference.com english )
Brandyn Curry - Harvard - Profile on the sports websites of Harvard University (English; as of 2014)

Individual evidence

↑ Associated Press : Harvard vs. Princeton - Game Recap: Princeton KO's Harvard on last-second jumper to earn NCAA bid. ESPN , March 13, 2011, accessed October 31, 2016 (English, match report).
^ Nicole Auerbach: Cheating scandal in the past, Casey and Curry back in the fold at Harvard. USA Today , November 1, 2013, accessed October 31, 2016 .
↑ Julian Benbow: Brandyn Curry's last season at Harvard is ending too soon. The Boston Globe , February 27, 2014, accessed October 31, 2016 .
↑ Lindsay H. Jones: Harvard pulls NCAA tournament shocker vs. New Mexico. USA Today , March 22, 2013, accessed October 31, 2016 .
↑ Eddie Pells ( AP ): Harvard vs. Michigan State - DI Men's Basketball: Spartans hold off Harvard 80-73. National Collegiate Athletic Association , March 22, 2014, accessed October 31, 2016 .
↑ SPM Shoeters - Fraport Skyliners / GAME REPORT: Skyliners Progress After Double OT. FIBA Europa , February 18, 2015, accessed on October 31, 2016 (English, match report with statistics).
↑ SPM SHOETERS LANDSKAMPIOEN! SPM Shoeters Den Bosch , May 29, 2015, archived from the original on October 31, 2016 ; accessed on October 31, 2016 (Dutch, media info).
↑ Polar bears get combo guard Brandyn Curry. Eisbären Bremerhaven , June 26, 2015, archived from the original on October 31, 2016 ; accessed on October 31, 2016 (media info).

personal data
SURNAME	Curry, brandyn
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH	February 10, 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH	Huntersville , North Carolina

[1] Associated Press : Harvard vs. Princeton - Game Recap: Princeton KO's Harvard on last-second jumper to earn NCAA bid. ESPN , March 13, 2011, accessed October 31, 2016 (English, match report).

[2] Nicole Auerbach: Cheating scandal in the past, Casey and Curry back in the fold at Harvard. USA Today , November 1, 2013, accessed October 31, 2016 .

[3] Julian Benbow: Brandyn Curry's last season at Harvard is ending too soon. The Boston Globe , February 27, 2014, accessed October 31, 2016 .

[4] Lindsay H. Jones: Harvard pulls NCAA tournament shocker vs. New Mexico. USA Today , March 22, 2013, accessed October 31, 2016 .

[5] Eddie Pells ( AP ): Harvard vs. Michigan State - DI Men's Basketball: Spartans hold off Harvard 80-73. National Collegiate Athletic Association , March 22, 2014, accessed October 31, 2016 .

[6] SPM Shoeters - Fraport Skyliners / GAME REPORT: Skyliners Progress After Double OT. FIBA Europa , February 18, 2015, accessed on October 31, 2016 (English, match report with statistics).

[7] SPM SHOETERS LANDSKAMPIOEN! SPM Shoeters Den Bosch , May 29, 2015, archived from the original on October 31, 2016 ; accessed on October 31, 2016 (Dutch, media info).

[8] Polar bears get combo guard Brandyn Curry. Eisbären Bremerhaven , June 26, 2015, archived from the original on October 31, 2016 ; accessed on October 31, 2016 (media info).