November 10th, 2008 02:40pm
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Credit reader Graham Wilson for pointing out a mistake I had in my story on Jai Lucas last Thursday. Florida has had nine transfers leave the program since 2003-04, the season I first started covering the team. I forgot Brandon Powell, the ex-Gator shooting guard who left for Marshall after his freshman season in 2006-07. Powell is eligible this season for his sophomore year after sitting out 2007-08 due to Division I transfer rules and had five points, …
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November 7th, 2008 01:18am
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Lost in the bustle of the Jai Lucas story was the still-slow progress on the status of freshman forward/center Eloy Vargas, who remains in limbo since recovering from offseason ankle surgery last June. Here were some of Billy Donovan’s comments regarding Eloy’s status on Wednesday:
“He’s doing better but he’s still behind. I think the biggest thing with Eloy right now is getting him to a point where we feel like he can be …
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November 6th, 2008 12:56pm
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Some thoughts on Lucas
First things first. If you want to call Jai Lucas selfish for deciding to transfer from UF, than you obviously know little about him as a person, or his family. His father John, battled his own demons and has spent countless time helping other basketball players recover from addiction at his suburban Houston complex. I personally know one former prominent basketball coach who credits John Lucas for turning his life around.
Like John, Jai …
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November 3rd, 2008 09:10pm
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Florida’s first exhibition game of the season against Warner University began with a twist, with Chandler Parsons replacing projected starter Walter Hodge in the starting lineup.
Reportedly, Hodge approached Billy Donovan with the idea of coming off the bench to benefit the team. The move gives Florida a little more size across the frontline to start the game, but Hodge still projects to get starter’s minutes off the bench. We’ll follow up later.
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