March 28th, 2008 09:36pm

Back in NYC

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Florida will play in Madison Square Garden next week for a shot at its first NIT Championship in school history. The trip to New York City will be the first for some Florida players, but three current freshmen have experience playing on the MSG floor. Jai Lucas, Chandler Parsons and Nick Calathes all played there as high school seniors at the Michael Jordan Classic last April. Lucas said he recalled current New Orleans Hornets guard Chris Paul sitting … Read More »

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March 25th, 2008 08:53pm

Postcard from Arizona

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It’s about 20 minutes before tipoff and there are few blue and orange T-shirts at Wells Fargo Arena. They’re expecting about 10,000 here but the arena looks pretty vacant at this point. Maybe all the students are out at Mill Avenue, grabbing a last beverage. Had a chance to grab some lunch in Scottsdale this afternoon. Between the nouveau riche shops and spas is a quaint old west village filled with trinket shots. Somewhere, I’d … Read More »

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March 19th, 2008 06:18pm

NCAA Tourney picks

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I entered two NCAA Tournament brackets this season. Here’s a look at my mix of picks from both brackets, or what I really think is going to happen: Round of 32 Memphis, Mississippi State, Temple, Pittsburgh, Marquette, Stanford, Miami, Texas, UCLA, BYU, Drake, UConn, Purdue, Xavier, West Virginia, Duke, Georgetown, Davidson, Wisconsin, USC, Siena, Clemson, UNLV, Kansas, Tennessee, Butler, Louisville, St. Joseph’s, Winthrop, Notre Dame, Arkansas, North Carolina Sweet 16 North Carolina, Notre Dame, Louisville, Tennessee, Kansas, Clemson, USC, Georgetown, Memphis, Pittsburgh, Stanford, Texas, … Read More »

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March 17th, 2008 02:54pm

Staying or going?

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Call it a numbers crunch. Florida is set to enter next season with nine scholarship players returning and five more who have signed letters of intent for the 2008-09 season. That’s 14 players for 13 scholarship slots. It has also led to rumors that at least one, if not more, of the nine current scholarship players will leave the program next season. But as of Thursday night, each player I spoke to said he intends to return … Read More »

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March 12th, 2008 11:45pm

Lanier happy for Siena

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First-year Florida assistant coach Rob Lanier said he was pleased to see Siena earn an NCAA Tournament berth by winning the Metro Atlantic Association Conference Tournament title. “That’s a good young team,” said Lanier, who coached at Siena from 2001-05. “I was really happy for Tay (Senior point guard Tay Fisher.) He was a member of my last recruiting class and he’s a great kid.” When asked if it would feel weird to face Siena as a Florida … Read More »

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March 6th, 2008 08:56pm

Coaches honor Calathes

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Florida freshman guard Nick Calathes was named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches’ District 6 first team on Thursday. Joining Calathes were forward/center Richard Hendrix of Alabama, point guard Jamont Gordon of Mississippi State, Alabama-Birmingham forward Robert Vaden and South Alabama guard Demetric Bennett. Calathes leads Florida in scoring at 15.9 points per game and leads the Southeastern Conference in assists at 6.1 per game. District 6 covers the states of Florida, Georgia, Mississippi and Alabama.

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