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Trey Murphy III Named to Second USA Basketball Select Team

Matt Newton

Former UVA basketball star and current New Orleans Pelicans forward Trey Murphy III has been selected to the USA Basketball Men's Select Team for the second year in a row.
Former UVA basketball star and current New Orleans Pelicans forward Trey Murphy III has been selected to the USA Basketball Men's Select Team for the second year in a row. / Stephen Lew-USA TODAY Sports
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For the second year in a row, former Virginia basketball star and current New Orleans Pelican Trey Murphy III was one of 12 players selected to the USA Basketball Men's Select Team. After helping the USA Men's National Team train for the FIBA World Cup in 2023, Murphy is back on the Select Team once again, this time training the National Team for the upcoming Paris Olympics.

Murphy is one of five returners from the 2023 USA Select Team, joining Jalen Duren of the Detroit Pistons, Keegan Murray of the Sacramento Kings, free agent Langston Galloway, and Boston Celtics guard Payton Pritchard, who just won the 2024 NBA Championship with another former Wahoo Sam Hauser.

2024 USA Basketball Men's Select Team

Jalen Duren (Detroit Pistons)
Cooper Flagg (Duke)
Langston Galloway (Free Agent)
Nigel-Hayes-Davis (Fenerbahçe, Turkey)
Trayce Jackson-Davis (Golden State Warriors)
Jaime Jaquez Jr. (Miami Heat)
Brandon Miller (Charlotte Hornets)
Trey Murphy III (New Orleans Pelicans)
Keegan Murray (Sacramento Kings)
Brandin Podziemski (Golden State Warriors)
Micah Potter (Utah Jazz/Salt Lake City Stars)
Payton Pritchard (Boston Celtics)
Jabari Smith Jr. (Houston Rockets)
Jalen Suggs (Orlando Magic)
Amen Thompson (Houston Rockets)

In his one season at Virginia after transferring from Rice, Trey Murphy III posted a 50-40-90 statline before declaring for the 2021 NBA Draft and getting picked No. 17 overall by the New Orleans Pelicans. Murphy had a breakout season in 2022-2023, starting 65 games and averaging 14.5 points per game and shooting 40.6% from beyond the arc, garnering votes for the NBA's Most Improved Player award. He missed some time with injuries this season, but was still productive and averaged career-highs in points (14.8), rebounds (4.9), and assists (2.2) while appearing in 57 games, including 23 starts.

Now, Murphy and the USA Select Team will help the USA Basketball National Team prepare to make a run at a fifth-consecutive gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The Select Team and National Team will train together from July 6-8 in Las Vegas.

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MATT NEWTON

Managing Editor and Publisher, CavaliersNow Email: mattnewton@virginia.eduTwitter: @mattynewtssWebsite | LinkedIn | Instagram Matt Newton is the managing editor and publisher at CavaliersNow. He has been covering UVA athletics since 2019 and has been the managing editor at CavaliersNow since launching the site in August 2021. Matt covers all things UVA sports, including Virginia basketball and football news and recruiting, former Wahoos in the pros, and coverage of all 23 of the NCAA Division I sports teams at the University of Virginia. A native of Downingtown, Pennsylvania, Matt grew up a huge Philadelphia sports fan, but has also been a UVA sports fanatic his entire life thanks to his parents, who are alums of the University of Virginia. Matt followed in his parents' footsteps and attended UVA from 2017-2021, graduating with a degree in Media Studies and a minor in Economics in May of 2021.Â