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per Marcus:
Street & Smith’s basketball annual for this year features Murphy and Iowa’s Tyler Cook (also smaller pic of Illinois' Trent Frazier) on one of its regional college covers. The last time I can remember a U player as one of the main cover boys on a preseason hoops magazine was Andre Hollins in Athlon Sports back in 2014-15.
That was the second year for Richard Pitino coaching at Minnesota, while this is his sixth season in Minneapolis. Murphy, who averaged 16.8 points and a Big-Ten best 11.3 rebounds last season to earn all-conference honors for the second straight year, is as deserving to be on the cover as any player Pitino has coached.
Street & Smith assistant editor Will Long explained why Murphy was picked on the cover this year: “(Murphy's an) experienced senior forward who averaged a double-double last season and should be instrumental in helping the Golden Gophers contend in the Big Ten while rebounding from a 15-17 record in 2017-18.”
Street & Smith pro/college magazine arrives in stores on Sept. 18 and predicts the Gophers to be fourth in the Big Ten.
http://www.startribune.com/gophers-jordan-murphy-makes-college-hoops-magazine-cover/492879671/
Go Gophers!!
Street & Smith’s basketball annual for this year features Murphy and Iowa’s Tyler Cook (also smaller pic of Illinois' Trent Frazier) on one of its regional college covers. The last time I can remember a U player as one of the main cover boys on a preseason hoops magazine was Andre Hollins in Athlon Sports back in 2014-15.
That was the second year for Richard Pitino coaching at Minnesota, while this is his sixth season in Minneapolis. Murphy, who averaged 16.8 points and a Big-Ten best 11.3 rebounds last season to earn all-conference honors for the second straight year, is as deserving to be on the cover as any player Pitino has coached.
Street & Smith assistant editor Will Long explained why Murphy was picked on the cover this year: “(Murphy's an) experienced senior forward who averaged a double-double last season and should be instrumental in helping the Golden Gophers contend in the Big Ten while rebounding from a 15-17 record in 2017-18.”
Street & Smith pro/college magazine arrives in stores on Sept. 18 and predicts the Gophers to be fourth in the Big Ten.
http://www.startribune.com/gophers-jordan-murphy-makes-college-hoops-magazine-cover/492879671/
Go Gophers!!
