Nick Calathes was selected 45th by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the NBA Draft. But if Calathes wants to purify himself in the waters of Lake Minnetonka, instead of the Aegean Sea, the T-Wolves will have to hand over $500,000 for a buyout in addition to probably matching the $2 million deal in Greece.

Calathes also has himself in a clusterf, if he is not committed to one or the other. The Greek team signed a former Indiana Pacer to play the point, possibly sticking Calathes on the bench. The T-Wolves drafted three point guards before they even got to Calathes. (This is like the Detroit Lions with wide receivers.) The T-Wolves will hold Calathes rights, so it does not make sense for Calathes to leave for the NBA now. In Greece, he is a backup at worst. In Minnesota, he's behind draft picks Ricky Rubio, Jonny Flynn, Ty Lawson and veteran Sebastian Telfair. Unless he wants precious summer league minutes, he will stay in Greece.

In another sign that this is the Golden Age of The University of Florida, 60% of the incoming freshmen are girls. While females have outnumbered males at UF for about 10 years, no class has been 60-40. Also, one of the side effects of UF becoming more selective has been a drop in the attractiveness of the student body. (I include myself in this, since my lopsided face was in the class of 2006.) But, with more females on campus, surely you'll be able to find hot chicks outside of the sororities. (I say this as a GDI who managed to date two sorority girls, which is not for everyone.)

Speaking of dating hot chicks, The Random Tandem, Confetti and Breadcrumb have dropped their last Gainesville-based video; "I Hate Bees". The boys are headed to New York, leaving Titletown with a lack of ridiculously sexy, tight pants. While "I Hate Bees" lacks the packs of hot chicks that normally follow Confetti and Breadcrumb around, like in "Beards" and "Sideboob", the production values are much better.

I don't want to make a comment about the quality of Nick Calathes' personality, so I'll just list the facts and you decide.

1. Decides to enter name in NBA Draft, but does not hire an agent.

2. Is projected as a late first rounder, due to some uneven workouts.

3. Reportedly signs deal with a Greek team paying him about the same as an NBA first rounder.

4. Profit.

I'm not knocking a guy playing in Europe (Matt Walsh has been very successful there), but this is Christian Drejer territory. Actually, comparing Drejer to Calathes is a comment on Calathes' personality. I better stop now.

I know something is big when three of my friends contact me this morning about the same thing. From the Orlando Sentinel's Jeremy Fowler;

Florida forward Alex Tyus, Florida's second-leading scorer last season, is transferring from the Gators, Billy Donovan announced this morning. Tyus is Florida's third player to transfer this season and the 11th since the 2003-04 season. Nick Calathes could be the fourth player gone in the last six months if he opts to stay in the NBA draft, and 2009 signee DeShawn Painter already backed out of his letter of intent.

You can either believe the rather large number of guys leaving is a due to Donovan losing his touch, or he is cleaning house. He also sort of throws Tyus under the bus.

"For me as a coach, you know there's a certain vision and a certain path and a certain commitment for the team going forward that you want to have. For Alex, that's not really what he wanted to do."

Tyus leaving is the most surprising of the bunch, considering how much better he got last season. UF is now left with 10 scholarship players with Fowler saying Donovan is looking for another guard and possibly a big man to take Tyus' spot.

- Since the creation of the BCS in 1998, the Big Ten is 2-6 in basketball and football championship games. Can you name the winners and years they did it?

- Michigan State ran into one of the best college teams this decade they had to do it after defeating two other No. 1 seeds. (Only 1997 Arizona has defeated three No. 1 seeds.) Michigan State is a great team with good players. North Carolina is a great team with great players. But, even removing my homerism, UNC is second to 2007 Florida in terms of the best teams of the decade. While both teams defeated a team in the finals they had defeated in the regular season, 2007 Ohio State is far better than Michigan State. Florida was also trying to do something never done before; the same starting five repeating as champions. Both UF and UNC have NBA-ready talent, but I'd take Green-Humphrey-Brewer-Noah-Horford over Lawson-Ellington-Green-Thompson-Hansbrough. UNC's guards are fantastic, but Florida's front three would dominate.

- Speaking of Hansborough, if you love Tim Tebow, you cannot hate Hansbrough. I think the kid looks like a doofus, but Hansbrough is a great player. He's hated for that; looking like a doofus and being a great player. Change out doofus for religious, and you have why people hate Tebow. While Tebow is a bigger winner, Hansbrough is playing under a bigger microscope and more history. The legacy pre-Tebow is Steve Spurrier and Danny Wuerffel. That's it. Hell, people barely know Emmitt Smith was at UF. Hansbrough is following Jordan, Big Game James, Dean Smith, Larry Brown, Bob McAdoo and Sam Perkins. Not to mention UNC's 2005 championship team. You cannot compare the pressure on Tebow vs. Hansbrough. Tebow's been more successful, but don't underestimate Hansbrough because he looks funny and talks like he never attended a day of classes in Chapel Hill.

- If I may say something about baseball, I know Derek Jeter. Derek Jeter is a friend of mine. And that is no Derek Jeter. Seriously. He has no range anymore. He had trouble throwing out Gregg Zaun today. He's making the last years of Cal Ripken look good, and Ripken sucked. Although, there wasn't much Jeter could do to make the Yanks' 300 pound waste of cash pitch well. Rays-Red Sox today will be the ALCS preview.

- Finally, the winner of the Florida Gators Armagnet is "HeightsGirl's Bracketology", with 132 points. She edges out "I am Tebow!", who gets The Presidents' Trophy with one more win but one less point. Just like the College Bowl Pick'em, the winner is from the Tampa area. City of Champions, bitches.

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Only two teams are left in the NCAA Tournament and only two entries left in the Alligator Army Tournament Pick'em. Competing for the Florida Gators Armagnet is "HeightsGirl's Bracketology" and "World's Best Damn Bracket". If North Carolina wins, HeightsGirl wins with 132 points, only 1 point ahead of expected second place "I am Tebow". If Michigan State wins, "World's Best..." would have 121 points, 17 points clear of second. If you win, email me at alligatorarmy@gmail.com to claim your prize.

By the way, I'm rooting for Michigan State tonight. I cannot allow myself to root for an ACC team, even against a Big Ten team who once beat UF in the championship game. Also, it'd be a hell of an upset for Sparty.

With three games remaining in the NCAA Tournament, only a few entries are eligible to win the Florida Gators Armagnet. Seven of 19 entries have their champion still in the tournament, with five selecting North Carolina. Villanova and Michigan State each have one pick, and no one picked UConn. To break it down even more, only four entries can get a max number of points highter than 125.

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