{"id":573478,"date":"2026-01-31T19:03:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T19:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/573478\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T19:03:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T19:03:30","slug":"murray-state-star-reminds-college-basketball-fans-of-larry-bird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/573478\/","title":{"rendered":"Murray State star reminds college basketball fans of Larry Bird"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/category\/cbb\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">College basketball <\/a>has an elite class of talents potentially heading off to the NBA in 2026, but one rising freshman is taking the sport by storm at a mid-major program Murray State.<\/p>\n<p>The Racers are traditionally a Missouri Valley Conference juggernaut. However, this season\u2019s team has a star that reminds many fans of an NBA and college basketball legend.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Roman Domon <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PDTScouting\/status\/2017354763881361715?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">stands at 6-feet nine-inches<\/a> and his ball handling resembles some of the best to do it. But, basketball watchers cannot help but compare Domon to Boston Celtics great Larry Bird.<\/p>\n<p>MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/duke-fans-continue-extreme-tradition-college-basketball-tickets\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Duke fans continue extreme tradition for college basketball tickets<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">6\u20199 and dropping dudes with his handle \ud83d\ude33<\/p>\n<p>Murray State has a Freshman who is quietly killing everyone he plays <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qIZkfCzXrl\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/qIZkfCzXrl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hoop Herald (@TheHoopHerald) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheHoopHerald\/status\/2017370962283356366?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 30, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the similarities are certainly there between the Murray State guard and Bird. The former NBA superstar went to mid-major program Indiana State before taking the NBA by storm.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>This season, Domon is averaging over 14 points and nearly five rebounds per game. However, his most exciting attributes are certainly his ball handling and three-point shooting abilities.<\/p>\n<p>Domon is shooting over 41 percent from behind the arc as the Racers aim to make another run during March Madness.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/one-of-college-basketballs-most-controversial-decisions-has-a-new-twist\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">One of college basketball\u2019s most controversial decisions has a new twist<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/default-947-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-118320\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Murray State Racers faces the Xavier Musketeers in the NCAA men\u2019s basketball game .<\/p>\n<p>The freshman could certainly become a name that NBA fans are familiar with soon, but more time in college wouldn\u2019t necessarily be the worst thing for the promising Frenchman.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Enjoy free coverage of the top news &amp; trending stories on The Big Lead <\/a>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>NFL: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/ranking-the-greatest-super-bowl-performances-ever-by-a-quarterback\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ranking the greatest Super Bowl quarterback performances<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NBA: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/bucks-star-giannis-antetokounmpo-mom-hints-next-nba-team\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo\u2019s mom hints at next NBA team<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MLB: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/mets-sign-former-dodgers-world-series-champion\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mets sign former Dodgers World Series champion<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SPORTS MEDIA: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/mattress-mack-reveals-massive-2-million-super-bowl-60-wager\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mattress Mack reveals massive $2 million Super Bowl 60 wager<\/a><\/p>\n<p>ENTERTAINMENT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/wwe-star-calls-pat-mcafee-reveal-shocking-2026-royal-rumble-return\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WWE star calls Pat McAfee to reveal shocking 2026 Royal Rumble return<\/a><\/p>\n<p>VIRAL: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/kendall-jenner-halts-interview-for-tom-brady-super-bowl-60-prediction-on-facetime\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kendall Jenner halts interview for Tom Brady Super Bowl 60 prediction on FaceTime<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"College basketball has an elite class of talents potentially heading off to the NBA in 2026, but one&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":573479,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3723],"tags":[7,217,3497,7369,6,231,772,1544,77706],"class_list":["post-573478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-basketball","tag-basketball","tag-college-basketball","tag-larry-bird","tag-murray-state-racers","tag-nba","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-basketball","tag-ncaab","tag-roman-domon"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115991269351108928","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=573478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/573479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=573478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=573478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=573478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}