JJ Murray

[Marty]

 

[El Paso Eagle]

Great news!!

[MrAlien]

well deserved

[southsideguy]

Rudy! Rudy!

[KRAM1]

Really happy to see this.  Congrats to JJ!

[Greendylan]

Well-deserved!  Congrats to him!

[97and03]

Ok I am going to be the asshole here. I am sure he is a good kid and works hard but he got this because the coaches didn’t find a late recruit for Alcindor, as Billy mentioned elsewhere. This kid only played in 8 games and shot under .300. He is a senior so it has no long-term effect thankfully. We have seen a ton of roster turnover from this staff and we generally see guys leave with a replacement in mind. Not sure if this was planned this way but I kind of doubt it.

Either way, happy for the kid, just musing. 

[UNTLifer]

This young man is going to be our Draper replacement.  The designated bomber.

[Greendylan]

19 minutes ago, 97and03 said:

Ok I am going to be the asshole here. I am sure he is a good kid and works hard but he got this because the coaches didn’t find a late recruit for Alcindor, as Billy mentioned elsewhere. This kid only played in 8 games and shot under .300. He is a senior so it has no long-term effect thankfully. We have seen a ton of roster turnover from this staff and we generally see guys leave with a replacement in mind. Not sure if this was planned this way but I kind of doubt it.

Either way, happy for the kid, just musing. 

There may be a lot of truth to what you are saying, but I feel like McCasland tries to sprinkle in some morale-boosting moves like this every now and then.  It seems to me that he has shown an above average degree of loyalty to his players when compared to your status quo D1 basketball coach.  Could he have upgraded the roster by awarding the scholarship to an external recruit? Probably so, but perhaps this is a testament to the fact that he feels comfortable with where the roster currently is and sees more value in proving to his players that hard work will be rewarded, even for those way down the bench.

That's my take anyway, but who knows?

[southsideguy]

HE teammates did seem happy for him in the video, happy team equals better chemistry.