Brandon Knight Will Not Be Coming To Florida

by mlmintampa on Mar 24, 2010 12:00 AM EDT in Florida Basketball

Back-to-Back Gatorade National Player of The Year Brandon Knight will not be coming to Gainesville. The Gators have dropped out of the running for the Pine Crest guard. From Scout;

Scout.com, according to a source, learned that Florida took itself out of contention for Knight's services. The move will do nothing except fuel the theory that Kentucky is in the driver's seat for Knight.

The Gainesville Sun talks about where UF goes next;

With Knight off UF’s list, the Gators will likely turn their attention to 6-foot-1, 210-pound Ray McCallum, a Detroit area standout point guard. But McCallum could end up playing for his father at Detroit Mercy. McCallum, the 15th ranked point guard in the Class of 2010, also is being pursued heavily by Arizona.

Scout also notes how this impacts the 2011 class. With Knight totally out of the picture, UF can rebuild their recruiting connection with Austin Rivers, who is now being wooed by Duke.

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Damn Kentucky.

I thought we had this recruiting thing locked up with Billy D, what the heck happend?!

I thought you were the Steve Spurrier of BBall!

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by Hook85 on Mar 24, 2010 2:11 AM EDT reply actions

No big deal

Knight sucks anyway……(said in jest with sour grapes)

by skigator93 on Mar 24, 2010 3:39 PM EDT up reply actions

How about

They turn their attention to true 2 guard or a 3 forward, because we lack at both those positions if Shipman leaves, and we lack at them even if he doesn’t.

Here’s the break down I’m seeing

PG – Walker, Boynton, Tishman, Fricke
SG – Boynton, (Prather)
SF – Parsons, Tyus, maybe Murphy, (Prather)
PF – Tyus, Murphy, (Young), Kadji
C – Macklin, (Young), Tyus, Kadji, Murphy

So as you can see the 2 and the 3 are where I see a need more than the 1. because Boynton and Walker can pla the 1. It would be hard pressed for Florida to a get a good PG this year when we should be targeting Austin Rivers next year. Instead go for the 2/3 because you can sell playing time there.

Boom-shocka-locka!!!

by ECFIVESTER on Mar 24, 2010 8:40 AM EDT reply actions

If Shipman stays

PG – Walker, Boynton, Tishman – also available – Fricke
SG – Boynton, Shipman, (Prather) – also available – Parsons
SF – Parsons, Shipman, (Prather) – also available – Tyus, maybe Murphy
PF – Tyus, Murphy, (Young) – also available – Parsons, Kadji
C – Macklin, Kadji, (Young) – also available – Tyus, Murphy

Boom-shocka-locka!!!

by ECFIVESTER on Mar 24, 2010 8:45 AM EDT up reply actions

Where is Shipman going?

by skigator93 on Mar 24, 2010 9:31 AM EDT up reply actions

He is meeting with Donovan today. Supposedly considering a transfer.

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by mlmintampa on Mar 24, 2010 9:40 AM EDT up reply actions

Wow - first I heard of it

But I can’t say I blame him. I would consider transferring too if the coach thought so little of me that he repeatedly played Werner over me! I thought that Shipman looked pretty good most of the time he played this season. I think he should have played more minutes too.

How many scholarships do we have to give? And why do we have about 5 guys on the team that will never see the floor?!?!

by skigator93 on Mar 24, 2010 9:56 AM EDT up reply actions

We have

3 if Shipman stays. 2 are already given with Casey Prather (a 2/3) and Patric Young (a 4/5), I have seen some sites say that there is 4 but I believe it’s 3 if Shipman stays.

Boom-shocka-locka!!!

by ECFIVESTER on Mar 24, 2010 10:27 AM EDT up reply actions

I think we need to get more focused on Rivers, the kid is an absolute baller and has the potential to really turn shit around for this program. Im not saying abandon all hope of getting another very good player, im just saying we have a top 10 talent who is committed to us for next year and we need to keep that top ten talent. Especially away from Duke…i fuckin hate Duke.

mIm do you know the reason for Shipmans interest in transferring? or where he wants to go?

by gatorempire127 on Mar 24, 2010 12:18 PM EDT reply actions