Articles Tagged: Keegan Murray

Iowa men’s basketball loses Keegan Murray to the NBA, but has ample talent returning, starting with Keegan’s brother, Kris Murray.

General manager Monte McNair raved about Keegan Murray Thursday night after the Sacramento Kings selected him with the No. 4 overall pick in the NBA Draft.

About 50 people showed up at Cedar Rapids Prairie High School Thursday night for a NBA Draft party. They didn’t have to wait long to hear former Hawk Keegan Murray’s name get called as the fourth-overall pick, to the Sacramento Kings.

See photos from the NBA Draft watch party at Cedar Rapids Prairie, where Keegan Murray was an all-state basketball player. The Sacramento Kings picked him with the No. 4 overall selection Thursday night.

Keegan Murray became the highest-drafted player in Iowa men’s basketball history when the Sacramento Kings took him with the No. 4 overall pick.

See photos from Keegan Murray’s time with the Cedar Rapids Prairie and Iowa basketball programs.

Here’s a look at the top three likely landing spots for Keegan Murray in Thursday’s NBA Draft, with the realization a late trade could upend things.

Iowa’s Keegan Murray started his NBA lottery pick story at Prairie High in Cedar Rapids.

If Keegan Murray goes in the top five picks of Thursday’s NBA Draft, he will be highest-drafted Hawkeye ever. Ricky Davis in 1998 was Iowa’s last first-round pick.

The last player from Cedar Rapids to be taken in an NBA draft will be smiling as the next one gets announced Thursday night. Russ Millard, a second-round NBA draft pick in 1996, was a big part of some big Iowa wins.

Keegan Murray's parents made Cedar Rapids their home, and soon their city will claim an NBA first-round draftee.

“A winning mentality, for starters,” is what Keegan Murray Jim told Rome about what the NBA team that drafts him will be getting.

Iowa forward Keegan Murray declared for the NBA draft. The consensus first-team All-American could become the Hawkeyes’ first NBA lottery pick in June

Iowa was ice cold in Buffalo, falling 67-63 to Richmond in an NCAA men’s basketball tournament first-round upset.

Richmond’s top seven players have played a total of 33 seasons. Several want to extend this season by upsetting Iowa Thursday in Buffalo