Not sure if anyone has shared this. Nice to see the guys interviewed by Channel 8.
"Tylor Perry, Thomas Bell, Mardrez McBride, and JJ Murray all had to play junior college ball before they got their shot at UNT. And take it from them -- JuCo is not glamorous.
"After games," Murray said, "we'd go like to McDonald's or Wendy's - and we'd have $7 or $8 limits."
The group have compared notes from their JuCo days. And that includes head coach Grant McCasland, who won a Junior College national championship with Midland in 2007. On their way home from the national championship game, they got dinner at a gas station convenience store."
https://www.wfaa.com/article/sports/unt-basketball-rolling-thanks-to-multiple-players-who-were-once-overlooked/287-6ee63e31-1b39-4af3-8765-aafda4840665