Well-traveled Murphy Holloway has gone from Irmo to Oxford to Columbia and now back to Oxford. Seems this is going to be his last stop despite rumors of a continued stay as part of the South Carolina basketball team.
If you recall, Holloway signed to be a Ole Miss Rebel out of high school and spent two years there only to change his mind due to family issues and became a Gamecock. The stint at USC allowed him to be closer to family but he never suited up as a Gamecock. With expectations high for Holloway in the garnet and black, the young man had another change of heart that lead him to make a choice to leave USC to return back to the Ole Miss camp.
Parrish Alford of Inside Ole Miss Sports writes that Ole Miss is making plans for Holloway to be a Rebel as soon as Summer Session II and at that time they will ask the NCAA for a one year waiver that will allow Holloway to play in the 2011-12 season.
Ole Miss coach Andy Kennedy had this to say on the issue that seems to put the idea of Holloway coming back to USC to rest – “He’s already signed an SEC agreement to Ole Miss. So there is no going back to South Carolina.”
With the ink dry on that paperwork and the NCAA likely not to take up the case until the start of school, his days as a Gamecocks appear to be over. With it, expectations for Coach Horn’s crew in the upcoming season decrease and the ongoing rebuilding of the Gamecock basketball program continues on.
