Speights goes 16th overall to Philadelphia 76ers
June 25, 2008Regina Glenn-Speights and her daughter, Willena, sat in the middle of their living room floor waiting to hear their son and brother's name called.
Regina Glenn-Speights and her daughter, Willena, sat in the middle of their living room floor waiting to hear their son and brother's name called.
Marreese Speights can finally just sit down, wait and relax with his family.
A student gets out of class and starts the short stroll from Weimer Hall toward Stadium Road. His eyes are focused straight ahead in a deadpan gaze - the common look for most UF students going from class to class.
The Marreese Speights watch is down to five days.
Marreese Speights didn't hire an agent so he could have the possibility of returning to UF.
Gators forward Jonathan Mitchell has decided to transfer from UF, sports information director Fred Demarest confirmed Friday morning.
UF center Marreese Speights has decided to enter his name in the NBA Draft, but he has not hired an agent.
In the wake of the Gators' disappointing season, it's time to do some math.
NEW YORK - In the city that never sleeps, the Gators put their troubled season to rest.
Maybe Walter Hodge dressed in the dark Friday morning. Or maybe, without even noticing, he found a way to send the strongest message of all.
RALEIGH, N.C. - After all the UF women's basketball team had been through, it's hard to imagine a worse end to the season.
When you live by the 3, sometimes you die by the 3.
TEMPE, Ariz. - The Florida Gators are two wins away from bringing another trophy back to Gainesville.
Sometimes it just feels good to survive and live to play another day.
How much can one team grow in a week?
Sometimes even the best mottos need some time off.
The locker room said it all.
As the smoke settles and the Gators try to move on, UF coach Billy Donovan believes his team is right where it belongs.
Maybe it was nerves. Maybe it was the do-or-die atmosphere. Or perhaps it was just San Diego State.
Depree Bowden has not played her final game in the O'Connell Center after all.