travisduncan
Gator Fan
Chandler Parsons slid out of the first-round and into the hands of the Houston Rockets at pick No. 38.
While second-round players do not receive guaranteed contracts, and there is really no gaurantee he has a roster spot, Parsons could make this team which is in a current state of flux, rebuilding from the Yao Ming-non-dynasty.
The Rockets actually purchased the pick from the T-Wolves so that alone shows there is an interest to make Parsons a part of the team in Houston next season under new head coach Kevin McHale.
Vernon Macklin was drafted 52nd overall by the Detroit Pistons, a team like Houston which is rebuilding from the Chauncey Billups led playoffs teams.
Judging from Twitter reactions alone, Macklin seems to be more excited about going to Detroit, than Parsons is about Houston. Billy Donovan actually seemed to be more excited than Parsons.
-The Florida Gators baseball team is just one win away from reaching the Championship round of the College World Series. They defeated Vandy on Tuesday and guess what they get to play Vandy again to reach the final. The Gators will face Vanderbilt today at 2:00 p.m. ET on ESPN for a right to move on to the best of 3 series to decide this year's title. Vandy will have to beat UF twice in order to advance to play the winner of South Carolina and Virginia. Not only is the SEC dominating football it is also dominating America's other past time.
-Mechelle Voepel of ESPN.com has a nice feature on running back Jeff Demps, highlighting his track career. Demps' high school mentor Walter Banks says "Deep down inside, I think he really wants to play football," Banks said. "But he just wants to know where football is going to take him."
Demps will be competing at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships this week in Eugene, Ore.
-Former Gators cornerback Janoris Jenkins has officially agreed to paly football for Division II North Alabama according to head coach Terry Bowden.
-The Gators added their 13th commitment of the class of 2012 this week, when they recieved the verbal from Austin Hardin out of Marist High in Atlanta, Georgia.
Hardin is considered one of the top kickers in the nation and was very high on Muschamp's list. In fact he was on campus this week for a visit and Muschamp called him into his office, where he accepted the scholarship offer on the spot.
Muschamp is hitting the Peach State hard, four of the 13 commitments thus far for his first class are from his other home state.
