October 31st, 2008 02:39pm
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Here’s Florida’s projected starting lineup for Monday’s exhibition opener against Warner University. Not much of a change from last year, other than Alex Tyus starting at center for the departed Marreese Speights
C ” Alex Tyus, so F ” Dan Werner, jr G ” Nick Calathes, so G ” Jai Lucas, so G ” Walter Hodge, sr.
Yes, apparently the NAIA school …
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October 30th, 2008 02:52pm
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Kenny Boynton is due to announce his oral commitment at 6:30 tonight on ESPNU.
Boynton (6-foot-2, 185 pounds) took his official visit to Florida over the weekend, leading to speculation that the Class of 2009 standout guard from Plantation-American High school will commit to the Gators. However, sources that I’ve talked to say that both Georgia Tech and Duke remain in the mix.
Boynton has canceled his visit to Texas this weekend.
I had a …
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October 29th, 2008 03:10pm
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Before Florida faces Georgia in football Saturday afternoon at
Jacksonville Municipal Stadium, coach Urban Meyer could pay a visit to
the basketball facility for some inside information.
UF junior forward Dan Werner played on the same eighth-grade
youth football team with star Georgia tailback Knowshon Moreno in
Middletown, N.J. – the Middletown Eagles.
Werner was a 5-foot-10 quarterback on the team. Moreno played on both sides of the ball.
Werner recalled one scrimmage when Moreno …
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October 27th, 2008 05:34pm
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Florida suffered another blow to its practice depth over the weekend when freshman forward Allan Chaney suffered a sprained hand in practice Saturday afternoon.
With Vernon Macklin (ankle) and Adam Allen (knee) also out, the Gators practiced with 10 players Saturday afternoon.
I talked at length with freshman Erving Walker about his ability to get shots up despite his lack of height (5-foot-8) and his New York City roots for a feature story that will run …
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October 27th, 2008 12:24am
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Last season, with limited options, Florida started Jai Lucas, Walter Hodge and Nick Calathes in what was essentially a three-guard starting lineup. Granted, Nick Calathes had the size (between 6-foot-5, 6-6) to play the wing but often played at the point because of his court-vision skills, leaving smaller guard Walter Hodge (6-1) and Jai Lucas (5-11) off the ball.
I asked Billy what he felt about the three-guard starting lineup last season. Here’s his response:
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October 25th, 2008 10:57am
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Just got back from the Gator Practice facility where Florida sophomore
Adam Allen arrived at Saturday morning’s practice on crutches. Good
news for Allen and for Gator fans, Allen suffered a strained MCL
ligament in his left knee and will be out a week to 10 days, according
to coach Billy Donovan.
“We were really concerned it was going to be
some kind of tear of the meniscus or tear of the tendon, but it’s not
that way at all,” Donovan said. “It looks like it’s …
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October 24th, 2008 12:19pm
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Florida coach Billy Donovan weighed in on Arizona coach Lute Olsen’s retirement after 34 years as a head coach in college basketball:
“He built it into an incredible program over a 25-year period and that’s a long time for what he’s done. And I think when you do that, you kind of go out how you would like to go out. I think for him there were some health issues, there were some family issues for whatever reason it’s …
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October 23rd, 2008 05:28pm
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Highlights of Day 2 of SEC media days included Kentucky sophomore forward Patrick Patterson sporting an old-school hairdo (the ‘fro added at least a few inches on his 6-foot-9 frame) and Kentucky coach Billy Gillispie being a little more relaxed (we learned that he’s quite a pool shark.) Ole Miss coach Andy Kennedy and his players didn’t make it because of mechanical problems that were detected before boarding their charter flight to Birmingham.
Florida coaches Billy Donovan …
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October 23rd, 2008 11:34am
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Each year, Southeastern Conference director of officials Gerald Boudreaux does an excellent job filling us in on the various rules changes and points of emphasis. There’s a new somewhat convoluted way of classifying technical fouls (I warn you, you will be quizzed on this) and of course the obvious change in the 3-point line this season (back to 20 feet, 9 inches).
Anyway, here’s what Boudreaux went over with us Wednesday morning.
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October 22nd, 2008 04:50pm
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Just wrapped up the first day of interviews for SEC media day. No, Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl didn’t wear an orange jacket, instead opting to show his school colors with a creamsickle orange and white striped tie. But Pearl did pay a nice compliment to Billy Donovan, noting that the league has taken on Donovan’s personality.
“The SEC, it is wide open, it is up tempo, it is fast-paced, it is spread, it is ball screens and …
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