FORT WORTH, TEXAS, MARCH 10, 2021 – University of South Florida point guard Caleb Murphy was selected to the American Athletic Conference All-Freshman Team, the league office announced on Wednesday.
Murphy (Youngstown, Ohio) started in 18 of the 19 games he appeared in and finished the regular season third on the team with 8.8 points per game, which included eight games in double digits and a career-high 20 points Dec. 29 at Memphis.
His 2.8 assists per game average ranks ninth all-time at USF among freshman, and his 54 total assists are 11 shy of moving into the top 10 at USF in assists by a freshman.
Murphy becomes the sixth player in school history to earn AAC All-Freshman Team honors, joining John Egbunu (2014), Chris Perry (2014), Jahmal McMurray (2016), David Collins (2018) and Alexis Yetna (2019).
Murphy and the Bulls open AAC Tournament play Thursday at noon when No. 8 seed USF takes on No. 9 seed Temple at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.
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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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