Gator Links: Billy D, McElwain's plan, Jackson and Walker, Parsons, more tidbits
Friday, April 24, 2015 | Men's Basketball, Football, Women's Tennis, Scott Carter

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- You could say it's been a newsy week for the Gators and their fans.
In case you have missed some of the stories that Florida fans are talking about, here are some fresh links from around the Internet for your perusal on this Friday morning:
--Gators look to continue tradition of feeding first round of NFL Draft writes Jesse Simonton for the Miami Herald.
--The legal case of redshirt freshman J.C. Jackson continues to evolve writes Edgar Thompson of The Orlando Sentinel.
--Central Florida is a central focus in recruiting for Gators head coach Jim McElwain writes Kevin Brockway of The Gainesville Sun.
--VIDEO: The staff of The Oklahoman discusses Gators coach Billy Donovan and others as possible candidates to replace Scott Brooks as head coach of the NBA's Oklahoma City Thunder.
--For more on the Thunder's future plans, ESPN.com NBA writer Royce Young explores the topic of life after Brooks.
--Jim McElwain's task at Florida: Build roster, think ahead writes ESPN.com's Travis Haney (need an ESPNInsider subscription to access).
--Former Gators standout Chandler Parsons frustrated his first season with Dallas Mavericks is over due to knee injury writes Tim MacMahon of ESPNDallas.com.
--The future of Gators sophomore F/C Chris Walker made news on Thursday writes Rob Dauster of NBCSports.com
--An oral history of the 2000 Florida-Tennessee game in Knoxville is a good read from Mark Nagi of FoxSports.com.
--The unfortunate condition of Florida's offensive line writes Ed Aschoff of ESPN.com.





