IRVING, Texas, DEC. 28, 2020 – University of South Florida guard Caleb Murphy (Youngstown, Ohio) has been selected as the American Athletic Conference Freshman of the Week, the league announced on Monday.
Murphy poured in 14 points last Tuesday against Wichita State and added six assists and three rebounds against the Shockers.
Murphy becomes the first Bull to be named the AAC Freshman of the Week since Alexis Yetna (Paris) earned the award four times during the 2018-19 season.
The Bulls and Murphy return to action Tuesday at 7 p.m. with a match-up at Memphis scheduled to air on ESPN2.
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About USF Men’s Basketball
The USF men’s basketball team is led by head coach Brian Gregory. On March 22, 2017, Gregory was introduced as the 10th head coach in program history. He previously led programs at Georgia Tech (2011-16) and Dayton (2003-11). Gregory spent nearly a decade as an assistant coach under Michigan State’s Hall of Fame head coach Tom Izzo and helped the Spartans win the 2000 NCAA National Championship. Gregory owns over 300 career head coaching wins and six postseason appearances, including the 2010 NIT Championship. In his second season at the helm of the Bulls, Gregory led the team to the best win turnaround in the NCAA, the most single-season wins in school history and the 2019 College Basketball Invitational championship.
USF has retired three numbers in its 47-year history: Chucky Atkins (12), Charlie Bradley (30) and Radenko Dobras (31). The Bulls have earned three NCAA tournament bids, appeared in the NIT eight times and won the 2019 College Basketball Invitational.
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