Donovan's U.S. squad opens strong in U-19 World Championships, more tidbits
Friday, June 28, 2013 | Men's Basketball, Women's Basketball, Football, Women's Swimming & Diving, Scott Carter
Gators basketball coach Billy Donovan is in Prague coaching the U.S. U-19 team at World Championships.
A few links for your perusal this morning, starting with Billy Donovan's U.S. squad playing in the U-19 World Championships in Prague:
--Team USA cruised to an 88-29 win over Ivory Coast in its opener and Billy D was pleased with the D.
--Former Gators forward Erik Murphy and fellow draftee Tony Snell (New Mexico) added some much-needed shooters to the Bulls' roster writes K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune.
--VIDEO: Veteran NBA scribe Sam Smith discusses Chicago's draft on Bulls.com.
--OnlyGators.com caught up with Murphy after Thursday night's draft and posted Twitter reaction to Chicago taking Murphy at 49th overall.
--Gator swimmer Elizabeth Beisel and Maya DiRado staged a classic race in the 400 IM at Thursday's U.S. National Championships writes SwimVortex.com.
--Time to stop playing blame game for who failed Aaron Hernandez writes Gregg Doyel of CBSSports.com.
--Gainesville Sun columnist Pat Dooley writes how the snowball effect is real in college football, which was a positive for UF in Will Muschamp's second season.
--The promotion of former Gators OF Preston Tucker has a prominent Astros blog (The Crawfish Boxes) on SBNation.com taking a closer look at Tucker's projections.
