Kyle Kuric
Kyle Kuric during a game with Estudiantes in 2013.
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| No. 24 – Herbalife Gran Canaria | |
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| Position | Shooting guard / Small forward |
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Liga ACB EuroCup |
| Personal information | |
| Born | August 25, 1989 |
| Nationality | American / Slovak |
| Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Listed weight | 195 lb (88 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Memorial (Evansville, Indiana) |
| College | Louisville (2008–2012) |
| NBA draft | 2012 / Undrafted |
| Playing career | 2012–present |
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| 2012–2014 | Estudiantes |
| 2014–present | Herbalife Gran Canaria |
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Kyle Matthew Kuric (born August 25, 1989) is an American professional basketball player who plays for Herbalife Gran Canaria of the Liga ACB. Kuric grew up in Evansville, Indiana, and graduated from Memorial High School in 2008. Kuric is most noted for leading the Louisville Cardinals to a win in the last game Louisville played at Freedom Hall, and being named winner of the "2011 Papa John's Dunk of the Year". Kuric is of Slovak descent, and also has a Slovak passport.
Kuric as a senior averaged 20.8 points, 6.7 rebounds, 1.8 steals and 1.3 blocked shots. Kuric led a senior heavy Memorial team to the school's first sectional championship in 12 years. Memorial was ranked number 1 in the 3A in Indiana for several weeks during the season.
Kuric was named the 2008 Evansville Courier & Press All-Metro Player of the Year, a second team AP all-state honoree and was ranked No. 147 in the ESPN 150 listing of the top players in the class of 2008. He was selected to the Indiana All-Star team in 2008. Following high school he signed a letter of intent to play for the University of Louisville Cardinals.
Kuric saw little game action his freshman year mainly playing behind Terrence Williams who was a lottery pick in the 2009 NBA Draft. Kuric's most notable game as a sophomore was Louisville's final game held in Freedom Hall against then No. 1 ranked Syracuse Orange. He scored 22 points, all in the second half, to lead Louisville to the upset win. Kuric added three rebounds, two assists, a steal, and four dunks while connecting on 9-of-11 field goals (4-of-6 three-pointers).Pat Forde of ESPN called him the "unlikely hero" of that game.
Kuric ended his junior season as the 2nd leading scorer for a Louisville team that many believe overachieved. Preseason predictions had them 8th in the Big East Conference and they did not receive a single vote in the preseason top 25 poll nationally. The Cardinals ended the season with a record of 25-10 and ranked number 11. They placed third in the Big East regular season and reached the final game of the Big East Conference tournament losing to UConn Huskies by 3 points. The Cardinals were seeded 4th in the NCAA tournament, but were upset in the first round by 13th seed Morehead State University. Kuric came on strong in Big East Conference play by averaging a team-high 15.1 points and 5.8 rebounds over the last 13 games, hitting 34-of-74 three-pointers (.459) and 53.8 percent from the field. He was third in the Big East in Three-point field goal percentage (.449, 70-of-156) and was seventh in field goal percentage(.514).
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