The group of Murray, Kentuckians who make the nearly three-hour journey to Memphis 41 times a year will tell you it’s worth it. Then again, what might you expect from a group that has had a courtside seat to one of the most remarkable journeys in basketball.
The evolution of Grizzlies guard Ja Morant from accidentally recruited high school player to mid-major sensation to NBA All-Star starter, has been a breathtaking ride folks around Murray State University — a blue-blood mid-major located in the basketball-obsessed Bluegrass State — are only too happy to recount.
“He’s a once in a lifetime player, a once in a lifetime person,” said Racers coach Matt McMahon, who would know. The 43-year-old Oak Ridge, Tennessee, native presided over…
