MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — On his team’s flight down to the College Basketball Invitational, Elias King didn’t have much hope for the end of his 2022 season.
Coming off a “DNP” – stat book parlance for “Did Not Play” – in Middle Tennessee men’s basketball’s triple overtime loss to UAB in the Conference USA Tournament, King’s fifth game out of the previous 15 that he did not appear in for the Blue Raiders, King wasn’t sure how much he’d get to play at the CBI in Daytona Beach, Fla.
It was a feeling the transfer from Mississippi State had gotten used to in his time in Murfreesboro.