With all the talks about Florida Gator football, sometimes we fail to look at specifics with basketball.  Billy Donovan is hitting the courts this year with a really young team.  Having only lost 2 starters from last year, Nick Calathes and Walter Hodge, the Gators look to hit the blacktop this season with nearly all of its players from last year.

Florida's young team could mean great things

Florida has a very young team.  With only 1 senior on the squad, this looks to be a great year for Florida to build up its chemistry with players and return next year with a run at the NCAA tournament.  While nothing would make me happier than to have Florida make a run this year, I like to live realistically and as a realist, there is not that much hope at a title shot this year.

However, if we maintain all of our current juniors and only lose Dan Werner from this year, Florida would go from one of  the younger teams to a much, much more mature basketball team.  Breakdown by year:

Florida lost Eloy Vargas in a transfer and it was said by myself he would go to Kentucky but I have been unable to find …

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