The Virginia Cavaliers didn’t know until Tuesday evening before practice that transfer Trey Murphy would be available for Wednesday’s season opener against Towson. His waiver was approved by the NCAA after deciding to come to Charlottesville in mid-April. The initial understanding was that Murphy would have to sit for the NCAA-mandated year — like Sam Hauser did last season after coming from Marquette — but the pandemic changed everything.
“Coach [Bennett] told me outside of the group,” Murphy said in the Zoom press conference after the game. “When he told me I just started smiling from ear to ear, but you couldn’t really see because I had a mask on.