Michael Jordan which was led by future NBA rival Patrick Ewing. Jordan later described this shot as the major turning point in his basketball career. During his three seasons at North Carolina, he averaged 17.7 ppg on 54.0% shooting, and added 5.0 rpg. He was selected by consensus to the NCAA All-American First Team in both his sophomore (1983) and junior (1984) seasons. After winning the Naismith and the Wooden College Player of the Year awards in 1984, Jordan left North Carolina one year before his scheduled graduation to enter the 1984 NBA draft. The Chicago Bulls selected Jordan with the third
Jordan Murphy (basketball) rebounds on November 30 against Oklahoma State and surpassed him two games later on December 5 with 18 points and 13 rebounds against Nebraska. Jordan Murphy (basketball) Jordan Murphy (born February 28, 1997) is a basketball player for the Minnesota Golden Gophers who is playing his senior season for the 2018–19 team. He was a Big Ten All-Freshman selection in 2016 and a Third-team All-Big Ten selection in 2017. He was a second-team All-Big Ten selection in 2018. He is the all-time Golden Gopher career rebound and career double double leader. Murphy led his middle school to a 75–0 record.