Murphy is a 6-foot-8, hard-working forward who has a great motor and plays the right way. The senior has long arms, good athleticism, and really solid conditioning level, so he’s effective on both ends of the floor as a roller, rebounder, and rim deterrent—nobody had more blocks than him on Saturday. Murphy should be able to find time on Kingswood-Oxford this season and will be a D3 big man after that, and I think he could look a lot different in a few years.

Murphy, a forward out of the Kingswood Oxford School in Connecticut, took a major step in his development this winter while proving to be a high level interior defender. The 6’8″ forward does a nice job as the last line of defense, showing good instincts when playing out of rotations and the ability to block or alter shots without fouling. He runs the floor hard in transition, does a nice job of rolling to the rim out of ball screens, and shows good instincts on the offensive glass. He also does a nice job of finishing plays around the rim, with either hand and through contact.