ALEX MURPHY RUMORS & GOSSIP

Amile Jefferson to Duke!

Duke’s 2012 recruiting class had been a party of one (Rasheed Sulaimon) ever since Alex Murphy decided to forego his fifth year of high school and come to Durham a year early. Today, that changed when Philadelphia’s Amile Jefferson announced at a press conference at his high school that he will be coming to Duke in the fall. Not only is Amile a bigtime talent (the 21st...
Via Duke Hoop  |  11 days ago

Duke's Alex Murphy to play for Finland's U20 team

It came as a bit of a surprise, at least to me, when I saw that Duke redshirt freshman Alex Murphy will be play for the U-20 Finnish National Team. For one I had no idea Murphy or his family was of Finnish decent, but apparently his mother, Paivi, played on Finland's national team from 1988-94 and also played professionally in Sweden. Murphy got to learn a lot while redshirting...
Via SCACC Hoops  |  17 days ago

Alex Murphy May Redshirt But Decision Hasn’t Been Made Yet

Watching Inside Basketball with Duke’s Coach K, yesterday’s episode focused on Alex Murphy, who left high school after four years to come to Duke instead of going through another year of prep school. Uncovering the mystery of Murphy not participating in any Duke games has been a favorite past time of many Blue Devil fans this season. The show talked with both Alex and...
Via Duke Hoop  |  January 02, 2012

Duke's Marshall Plumlee and Murphy Likely to Redshirt

We've all known that Marshall Plumlee was likely to redshirt, and I've suspected since the concussion injury that Murphy suffered that he might as well. Today, we get some confirmation on both. The citizen times ran a story on Plumlee, saying that Duke plans to redshirt the youngest Plumlee. The quotes from the Plumlees' high school coach tell us it was no surprise...
Via SCACC Hoops  |  November 30, 2011

Top-25 junior shooter Matt Jones commits to Duke

Duke is on the board in the 2013 class, as they landed a verbal commitment Monday evening from Matt Jones, a 6′-4″ shooting guard from DeSoto (TX). Jones, an elite level shooter, announced his commitment via his twitter account, as he wrote,”After long consideration with my parents and people around me, we felt it was [...] Related posts:Alex Murphy Leads Off...
Via Hoopniks  |  November 28, 2011

2011-12 Duke Blue Devils Player Spotlight: Alex Murphy

Image Courtesy of courier-journal.com The early signing period started for the Class of 2012 college basketball recruits started Wednesday. For Duke freshman Alex Murphy this was to be the culmination of his prep career, likely culminating in him signing his letter of intent during his 5th year of high school with his parents and coaches on hand to celebrate all of his hard work...
Via Duke Hoop  |  November 10, 2011
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