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[email protected] Begin forwarded message: > From: Shane Ford <[email protected]> > Date: July 23, 2013, 7:49:18 AM CDT > To: GatorNEWS <[email protected]> > Subject: [gatornews] [SUN]: Gators eye prospect north of border - "Hoops > Scoop" > Reply-To: [email protected] > > Hoops Scoop > Gators eye prospect north of border > Monday, July 22, 2013 at 6:15 by Kevin Brockway (Gainesville SUN) > > > Florida has had success recruiting the Northeast during the Billy Donovan era. > But the Gators may wind up extending its reach even further north for its > next commitment. > According to a source, Canadian big-man Chris Egi has received a scholarship > offer to Florida after a strong showing in front of UF coaches at the Summer > Showcase in Orlando. Egi is listed at 6-foot-8 in some recruiting websites, > 6-9 in others. At 205 pounds, Egi is rangy and athletic and would fit nicely > in front of UF’s press. > Another plus – Egi is an exceptional student, with a 95 percent grade > average in his native Markham, Ontario. As a result, Egi is mulling offers > from a number of Ivy League Schools and public ivys, including Columbia, > Harvard, Stanford and California. If Egi winds up at UF, he could follow in a > line of other expectational UF basketball scholar athletes, a list that > includes former (and current) SEC scholar athletes of the year Lee Humphrey, > Ray Shipman and Patric Young. > Born in September of 1996, Egi is listed in the class of 2015, but could > reclassify to 2014. He’s enrolled this fall at Montverde Academy outside > Orlando, which should provide ample opportunities to visit the UF campus. And > Montverde coach Kevin Boyle has a strong relationship with Donovan, having > passed along sophomore guard Michael Frazier II and incoming freshman point > guard Kasey Hill to the Gators. > Canada has become a recent hotbed for amateur basketball talent. Brampton, > Ontario native Anthony Bennett, who strongly considered UF before ending up > at UNLV, had a breakout freshman season and wound up as the No. 1 overall > pick by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2013 NBA draft. And incoming freshman > Andrew Wiggins (Kansas) could follow Bennett as the No. 1 overall pick in the > 2014 NBA draft. Wiggins will visit the O’Connell Center on Dec. 10 when > Florida hosts Kansas in the SEC-Big 12 Challenge. > – It didn’t surprise me that former Gator point guard Nick Calathes had his > draft rights traded to the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday. Grizzlies CEO Jason > Levien has been a fan of Calathes since he set back-to-back records for > assists in a season in his two seasons at UF (2008, 2009). Calathes never > quite lived up to expectations in Gainesville, but had little talent around > him on rebuilding teams and ended his two-year career with a fractured > relationship with Donovan. He still will have a challenge making the > Grizzlies’ roster, but could find a spot if he beats out Tony Wroten and > veteran Keyon Dooling in preseason camp. The fact that Calathes is 6-foot-6 > and is versatile enough to play multiple positions could help his chances. > > -- > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorNews" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GatorTalk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
