By the numbers: See how much bigger, stronger Billy D's boys are this season

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- The Florida basketball team started practice a week ago, but getting the Gators in the best shape possible was a process that started almost the moment last season ended.

Actually, from the time each player set foot on campus.

We all know how Billy Donovan loves the process. Preston Greene lives the process.

Greene (pictured right) is UF's strength and conditioning coordinator, which means he's charged with putting individual players on training programs and diets that will ferry them to their peaks. Patric Young looked awfully good when he arrived on UF's campus in 2010, but Greene chiseled that mad frame even more when he came from Clemson in time for Young's sophomore year.

Remember what Greene did to Casey Prather's body? How he added all that muscle without sacrificing any of Prather's breathtaking athleticism?

Think about that the next time you see junior Michael Frazier II in uniform when the Gators make their 2014-15 public debut Nov. 6 in an exhibition game against Barry University. Frazier is nearly the identical weight he was when he arrived in July 2012 -- he weighed 199 then, he's 200 now -- but he's up 6 pounds in muscle and down 4.3 percent in body fat.

Preston and Shawn He looks like a strong safety ... but still shoots it like a 3-point assassin.

Here's a look at how each UF basketball player was sized up when they first checked in compared to where they were for the first day of practice last Friday after an offseason working with Greene and assistant strength coach Sean Ferguson (pictured left, alongside Greene, standing on a tire during the car-pull portion of "Strongman Friday" workouts over the summer). The before-after photos are especially telling.

PLAYER (starting date)                         THEN     NOW (lean mass change / body fat change)

Eli Carter (July 8, 2013)                           214        200 (minus 5 pounds / minus-3.9 percent)

Chris Chiozza (July 7, 2014)                    160       166 (plus 7.1 pounds / minus 1.3 percent)

Lexx Edwards (July 7, 2012)                    238       222 (minus 5.7 pounds / minus 2.3 percent)

John Egbunu (July 7, 2014)                     266       258 (minus-.8 pounds / minus 3.7 percent)

Michael Frazier II (July 1, 2012)               200       199 (plus 6 pounds / minus 4.3 percent)

Dillon Graham (July 1, 2012)                   179       175 (plus 6.5 pounds / plus 6.5 pounds / minus 4.3 percent)

Zach Hodskins (July 7, 2014)                  203       200 (minus .5 pounds / minus 1.2 percent)

Jon Horford (May 5, 2014)                       238       242 (plus 11 bounds / minus 3 percent)

Kasey Hill (July 12, 2013)                        181       175 (plus 2 pounds / minus 4.7 percent)

Jacob Kurtz (May 5, 2012) 179 189 (plus 10 pounds / minus 2.2 percent)

Alex Murphy (Dec. 5, 2013) 229 228 (plus 8 pounds / minus 3.8 percent)

Devin Robinson (July 7, 2012) 178 186 (plus 8.8 pounds / minus 1.2 percent)

Dorian Finney Smith (July 10, 2012) 200 215 (plus 14 pounds / minus 3.8 percent)

Chris Walker (Dec. 16, 2013) 203 217 (plus 17.5 pounds / minus 2.2 percent)

DeVon Walker (July 1, 2012) 189 204 (plus 17.6 pounds / minus 2.2 percent)

(Below: Kasey Hill then)

Kasey before