Background
Murdock grew up in Bridgewater Township, New Jersey, and played high school basketball at Bridgewater-Raritan High School W.
Murdock grew up in Bridgewater Township, New Jersey, and played high school basketball at Bridgewater-Raritan High School W.
Bridgewater-Raritan High School.
A 6"1" point guard, Murdock then played at Providence College, and held several school records at the time of his graduation, including most career steals (376, also an National Collegiate Athletic Association record that held until 2002), most points in conference games in a season (435, also a Big East record), most points in a game (48, another Big East record) and most free throws in a season (238). His skills at Personal Computer earned him the nickname "the Manitoba of Steal." Murdock played 9 seasons in the National Basketball Association from 1991-2000. He played for the Jazz, Milwaukee Buckinghamshire, Vancouver Grizzlies, Denver Nuggets, Miami Heat, New Jersey Nets and Los Angeles Clippers.
In his National Basketball Association career, Murdock played in 508 games and scored a total of 5,118 points.
He has also played in Italy for Teamsystem Bologna (1996–1997, reached the Italian Championship finals) and Virtus Bologna (2002–2003). On January 24, 1995 in a game against the Houston Rockets, Murdock drilled a 75-footer at the buzzer in the third quarter.
From 2010 to 2012, Murdock served as the director of basketball player development for Rutgers University, working with Rutgers coach Mike Rice. He is currently involved in a wrongful termination legal action with the school.
Murdock acted as a whistleblower by showing recordings of Rice launching homophobic slurs to players to Rutgers athletic director Tim Pernetti in late 2012, leading to the eventual firing of Rice and the resignation of Pernetti in April 2013.
His best year as a pro came during the 1993-1994 season as a member of the Buckinghamshire, appearing in 82 games (76 starts) and averaging 15.3 ppg.