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COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) – The South Carolina Gamecocks announced that a former men\u2019s basketball player has been selected for the NBA Rising Stars game.<\/p>\n
Collin Murray-Boyles, a former South Carolina forward, will join 10 other rookies in the 2026 Castrol Rising Stars game, the NBA announced Monday.<\/p>\n
The All-Star weekend features a mini-tournament with four teams and three games spotlighting the league\u2019s top rookies and second-year standouts. It is scheduled for Friday, Feb. 13, at the Los Angeles Clippers\u2019 Intuit Dome, starting at 9 p.m. ET on Peacock as part of NBA All-Star 2026.<\/p>\n
Murray-Boyles was selected ninth overall by the Toronto Raptors in the first round of the 2025 NBA draft. He became the first Gamecock selected in the first round of the NBA draft since Renaldo Balkman was picked No. 20 overall by the New York Knicks in 2006.<\/p>\n
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