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GatorLinks: Saban on his 'mistake' regarding Muschamp, UF baseball in polls, other tidbits
Wednesday, June 1, 2011 | Baseball, Men's Basketball, Football, Men's Golf, Softball, Scott Carter
The SEC spring meetings are taking place in Destin this week. Here are a few links from those meetings plus more from around the UF sports world:
--Alabama head coach Nick Saban said one of the mistakes of his coaching career was not naming Gators first-year coach Will Muschamp defensive coordinator with the Dolphins in 2005. Muschamp left after the season to take over Auburn's defense. Click here for a story from the Gainesville Sun.
--Gators basketball coach Billy Donovan is also in Destin this week for the SEC spring meetings. He discusses the issue of a potential new format for the SEC Tournament in this notebook from the Palm Beach Post.
--Muschamp addressed his reasoning behind allowing freshman RB Mike Blakely to transfer to SEC rival Auburn after only a few months on campus, an uncommon move in the conference's history. Click here to read a story from the Montgomery Advertiser.
--The Florida baseball team opens the NCAA Tournament in the same place it opened the regular season – No. 1 in Baseball America's national poll. The Gators moved back to No. 1 after winning the SEC Tournament on Sunday.
--Gators catcher Mike Zunino named a semifinalist for the Golden Spikes Award on Tuesday. Click here for more on the award.
--The play that resulted in pitcher Brian Johnson's mild concussion on Saturday in the SEC Tournament made it to Yahoo! Sports' Big League Stew blog on Monday. Click here if you missed it over the weekend. The good news is that Johnson is fine and hopes to be able to play in the NCAA Tournament.
--Former Gators standout Udonis Haslem played a big role in Miami's Game 1 win over the Dallas Mavericks in Tuesday night's NBA Finals opener. Click here to read about Haslem's performance from Yahoo! Sports.
--The Gators men's golf team is 17 shots back of leader Georgia Tech after the first round of the NCAA men's golf championships in Stillwater, Okla. Click here for complete team leaderboard.
--The UF softball team is in Oklahoma City preparing for the start of the Women's College World Series. Click here for information on the tournament from NCAA.com.
--Bet you didn't know that other than a Gator, Florida senior OF Kelsey Bruder's favorite college mascot is the Banana Slug of a certain California school. Click here to read more from Bruder in an NCAA.com feature called “Getting to Know the Players.”
