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Jamal Murray for SEC Freshman of the year and other notes from Calipari’s presser

As has been well-documented on this site, Jamal Murray is having a hell of a month. He’s averaging 25.4 points in February, which, as BTI pointed out, is the third best scoring average per month in Kentucky basketball history behind Dan Issel and Jodie Meeks. Calipari was asked if he thinks Murray should win SEC Freshman of the Year, and while he didn’t give an answer, he had a lot of praise for the freshman guard.

“I don’t know. We’ll let it play out. I know he’s awful good. Woo! Awfully good. And he’s playing winning basketball, which he wasn’t at the beginning of the year.