Steph Curry rewrote recruiting's rules en route to NBA MVP Posted May 12, 2015 When college basketball recruiting was less stratified and homogeneous, the notion of a Steph Curry was not so terrifically unusual. The 1980 NBA MVP went to Massachusetts. The 1995 NBA MVP went to Navy. Even as late as 2006, the NBA MVP was a product of the basketball powerhouse known as … Santa Clara. (Sporting News)