Alex James Murphy is an American college basketball player who currently plays for the University of Florida.
Background
He is the son of former National Basketball Association (National Basketball Association) player Jay Murphy, and the brother of National Basketball Association forward Erik Murphy. His mother Päivi is from Finland and played for the Finnish national team between 1988 and 1994.
Education
He attended the Saint Mark"s School in Massachusetts, where he played basketball alongside 2012 elite recruits Kaleb Tarczewski and Nik Stauskas.
Career
He had previously played for University. Murphy was one of the top-rated college basketball recruits in the class of 2011. Murphy was ranked as the Number.
41 player in the ESPNU 100, the Number.
45 player by Rivals.com, and the Number. 41 player by Scout.com.
Murphy led Saint Mark"s School to a 27–3 record as a junior, but the team fell short of a state championship. In April 2011, he decided to join the class of 2011 and attend university in the fall of that year.
Murphy left Saint Mark"s School and attended South Kingstown High School for the remaining months.
Murphy played for the elite New England Playaz alongside his high school teammate elite 2012 recruit Kaleb Tarczewski as well as 2011 elite point guard recruit Naadir Tharpe. Murphy committed to play basketball at on February 7, 2011. Murphy chose over Florida, Boston College, North Carolina, Kentucky, Villanova, and West Virginia.
On April 19, 2011 Murphy announced that he would be graduating a year early from Saint Mark"s School and would enroll at University a year earlier than expected.
Murphy on why he reclassified: "lieutenant was a very difficult decision but in the end I just thought this was the best thing for my future," Murphy said. "lieutenant"s a great opportunity."
Redshirt
In December 2011, Murphy decided to redshirt his freshman season with fellow recruit Marshall Plumlee.
Murphy said, "lieutenant’s still to be determined but a redshirt year is most likely what I"m going to do. That"s the plan right now.” after Number.
5 beat Washington, 86–80, Saturday at Madison Square Garden.
2012–2013
In 2012-2013, Murphy played 31 games, averaging 2.1ppg and 1.0rpg. In 2013-2014, Murphy played 5 games for before declaring his desire to transfer to Florida on December 18, 2013. College stats
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Murphy played for the Finnish U20 national team at the International Basketball Federation Europe Under-20 Championship Division Bachelor in 2012.
Membership
Having met all of the academic requirements, Murphy was able to enroll at in the fall of 2011, and was the fifth member of "s 2011 recruiting class.