After Lewis Preston left UF just a few days ago for Penn State, Billy Donovan has has added Shaka Smart as his newest assistant coach. Smart, just 31, comes from Clemson and played college ball at Kenyon College.
Former UF basketball player and Chicago Bulls forward Joakim Noah entered into a plea agreement where he will be on six months probation as well as pay $150 to a charitable institution and $50 for a prosecution fee.
According to a report in the Associated Press, Yannick Noah could care less about his son's arrest and drug possession charges.
Former UF center and current Chicago Bull Joakim Noah was arrested on charges of possessing less than 20 grams of marijuana on S. Main Street early Sunday morning, according to Gainesville Police online documents. Noah was caught with an open container of alcohol as well.
Here's the this and that of what Billy Donovan talked about at today's media opp.
Alligator Staff Report
UF sophomore forward Jonathan Mitchell will not return to Gainesville for his junior season, a UF press release stated early Friday.
UF center Marreese Speights will enter the NBA Draft, coach Billy Donovan said in a statement Tuesday. Speights, a sophomore, will not hire an agent which means he can come back to school if he does not believe he'll be picked high enough or is not comfortable with his situation. Speights was second on the team in scoring and first in rebounding. With several big-man recruits coming in, the Gators would've had decent depth at their bigs, but without Speights that has become much more difficult now.
No. 2 seed UF will host No. 7 seed San Diego State in the first round of the NIT on Wednesday at 9 p.m.
Who would have thought on the night of Feb. 27 that the Gators would be envying the Georgia Bulldogs come March 16?
In Wednesday’s Alligator, the headline of an article read “Senators send ROTC to Atlanta.” It should have read “Senators send Navy ROT…