Murray’s talent was unquestioned. His character still remains in doubt.

Aaric Murray, a former college men's basketball standout is facing charges after a call about a woman being held hostage lead deputies to find drugs in the home on April 16th. 

Murray and Richard Johnson allowed deputies to search the residence to verify the female wasn’t there. Deputies said a bag of crack rock cocaine, a bag of marijuana, cutting agents and drug packaging materials were found during the search.

Upon a search of Murray’s person, deputies found $6,415 in U.S. currency, which he said he won from gambling at a local hotspot, but was unable to provide proof and “none of the hotspots in town are open due to the pandemic,” according to the complaint.

Deputies took Murray into custody due to capias warrants he had against him; deputies searched Johnson and found him in possession of $2,768 in U.S. currency, as well as a “small amount of controlled substances” and taken into custody, deputies said.

A search warrant was issued for continued search of the residence in which deputies additionally found about 5g of crack rock cocaine, 3g of marijuana, an eighth of a gram of heroin, packaging materials, cutting agents, a set of digital scales, $100 in U.S. currency, four handguns, multiple ledgers and several cell phones.

Murray had a number of run-ins at La Salle with coach John Giannini, who benched him on several occasions.

The 6'10" center averaged 15.2 points and 7.7 rebounds at La Salle before transferring to WVU.

December of 2011, Murray was arrested in Philadelphia for drug marijuana possession while sitting out as a transfer.

In his lone season for the Mountaineers, Murray was as erratic as the team he played for. He showed flashes of pro-potential on certain nights and then looked completely disinterested later that same week. Murray averaged 8.8 points, 5.9 rebounds and 1.5 blocks for a West Virginia team that struggled through a 13-19 campaign in 2012-13. That July Huggins and Aaric Murray came to a mutual agreement that it would be in Murray's best interest to finish his collegiate career somewhere else.

Murray then landed at his third school in 5 years when he joined Texas Southern. 

One of the conditions of Murray’s joining the team at Texas Southern — coached by former Indiana and UAB coach Mike Davis — was drug rehab. Davis placed Murray with former NBA coach John Lucas, who now makes his living training athletes and placing them in a substance abuse recovery program in Houston.

Murray had to be drug tested once a week, attend counseling almost every day, and stay in close contact with Davis and Lucas. 

At Texas Southern, he averaged 21 point and almost 8 rebounds per game. On December 18th, 2013, Murray scored 48 points against Temple in a one point upset, setting records for the most points scored against Temple by one player. He was named Southwestern Athletic Conference Player of the Year.

In 2014, he was arrested for his second DUI. Murray was found driving a car without a front wheel through downtown Morgantown. 

Then in  2018, Murray was charged with breaking and entering and grand larceny.

According to the criminal complaint, 29-year-old Aaric Murray stuffed a backpack full of cigarettes at the Little General on Van Voorhis Road in Morgantown while the clerk was helping a customer. The value of the cigarettes taken equaled $2,760.

Murray was a Top 50 recruit out of high school, attending the Glen Mills School for adjudicated delinquents, having been placed there by the courts due to truancy.