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Yahoo
06-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Florida Projected to have Second Straight Big NBA Draft in 2026
Florida Projected to have Second Straight Big NBA Draft in 2026 originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Florida Gators had a very successful 2025 NBA Draft this past week with all three members of their backcourt trio being selected. Advertisement Walter Clayton Jr. was picked by the Utah Jazz with the 18th overall selection in round one while Alijah Martin (Toronto Raptors) and Will Richard (Golden State Warriors) went in the second round. This marked the second time in program history that UF had at least three players selected in the same draft. The only other time was in 2007, after Florida's back-to-back national championships when the Gators sent five members to the NBA. Looking ahead, Florida still has a wealth of possible NBA-ready talent for the 2025-26 season. On Friday, USA Today released its "Way-too-early" 2026 NBA Draft first-round projections, which named three Gators going in the first 29 picks. Florida Gators players hoist the trophy. Robert Deutsch-Imagn Images In the mock draft, USA Today dubbed Boogie Fland, Alex Condon and Thomas Haugh worthy of first-round selections next year. Advertisement Fland was marked as the No. 10 overall prospect for 2026. He is entering his first season with the Gators after transferring from Arkansas this offseason. As a freshman, Fland put up 13.5 points, 5.1 assists and over a steal per game with the Razorbacks. Now, in the absence of Florida's three-headed monster, Fland promises to have a big season. The national publication labeled Condon No. 19 in its mock draft after a very successful sophomore season at UF. He declared for this year's draft but ultimately withdrew his name. The Australian forward averaged over 10 points with 7.5 boards per game last year in the Gators' run to the national title. Condon will play an even bigger role next season, leading to a better draft position. Haugh, the No. 29 prospect, like Condon, tested the waters of the 2025 NBA Draft before deciding to come back to Todd Golden's Gators for one more year. Entering his junior year, Haugh will likely be in Florida's starting five after making just five starts last season. Off the bench, Haugh scored 9.8 points per contest to go along with over six rebounds. Although UF will miss its three leading scorers from its 2025 NCAA championship, Golden's reloaded roster will no doubt grace the NBA draft boards in 2026. Related: Will Richard Becomes Third Florida Player Selected in NBA Draft This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 28, 2025, where it first appeared.
Yahoo
01-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Florida's sprawling non-conference schedule features 8 Sunshine State dates
GAINESVILLE — Florida's non-conference basketball schedule will showcase the team in high-profile settings, send the Gators to both coasts and feature them eight times in the Sunshine State, including six games at home in the O'Connell Center. The school announced the balance of the games the reigning national champion Gators will play outside the SEC. Advertisement Many, including the Nov. 3 season-opener against Arizona in Las Vegas and Dec. 6 date at Duke, have been previously announced. UF updated the schedule with six home games, highlighted by a Nov. 11 visit from Florida State. The Gators' other non-conference games features the home opener against North Florida Nov. 6, along with a matchup with Merrimack (Nov. 21). Florida then will have a nearly four-week stretch away from home before a Dec. 17 visit from Saint Francis to the O'Connell Center. Colgate will visit Gainesville on Dec. 21 and UF will host Dartmouth on Dec. 29. Todd Golden's squad also will play Miami Nov. 16 in Jacksonville and George Washington Dec. 13 in Sunrise during the annual Orange Bowl Classic. UF did not announce either game, but each has been widely reported. Advertisement All told, the Gators will play 17 times in the state of Florida, including nine SEC games in Gainesville. While opponents have been announced, dates, times and television assignments have not. Expected to be one of the nation's top teams, UF also could open NCAA Tournament play close to home. On March 20 and 22, Tampa's Amalie Arena will serves as one of eight first- and second-round host sites for the Big Dance. Golden's team currently is participating in summer workouts with key transfer guards Boogie Fland and Xaivian Lee, along with one of the nation's top returning front courts, led by 6-foot-11 junior Alex Condon and 6-foot-9 forward Thomas Haugh, who is projected as the No. 15 selection in the 2026 NBA Draft by The Athletic. Condon, who withdrew from the NBA draft in late May to return for a third college season, was slotted No. 29 in the publication's mock draft. Florida Men's Basketball 2025-26 Nonconference Schedule Date, Opponent, Site Nov. 3: Arizona, T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas Advertisement Nov. 6: North Florida, O'Connell Center Nov. 11: Florida State, O'Connell Center Nov. 16: Miami, Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville Nov. 21: Merrimack, O'Connell Center Nov. 27-28: TCU/Providence/Wisconsin, Jenny Craig Pavilion, San Diego Dec. 2: Duke, Cameron Indoor Stadium, Durham, N.C. Dec. 9: UConn, Madison Square Garden, New York City Dec. 13: George Washington, Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise Dec. 17: Saint Francis, O'Connell Center Dec. 21: Colgate, O'Connell Center Dec. 29: Dartmouth, O'Connell Center Edgar Thompson can be reached at egthompson@
Forbes
20-06-2025
- Business
- Forbes
NIL Money Sways Some Potential NBA Draft Picks To Stay In School
NBA or NIL? Yaxel Landeborg's decision to remain in college is a recent trend. (Photo by Michael ... More Wade/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) The 2025 NBA Draft does not look much different at the very top this year than in other years, where the projected stars reside. Cooper Flagg and Dylan Harper sit there now. The overall pool for the June 25-26 draft, however, is considered to be one of the weakest in recent years, with the decline most evident in the lower third of the first round, picks No. 21-30. Blame/credit NIL. The benefits available to top college athletes through their name, image and likeness earnings — plus another year of a college scholarship — appear to be major factors in motivating some potential lower level first-rounders to stay on campus. Florida's Alex Condon (21) returned for a second shot at the Final Four (AP Photo/Eric Gay) Florida forward Alex Condon, Florida transfer guard Boogie Fland, Michigan transfer forward Yaxel Lendeborg, Auburn guard Tahaad Pettiford and Houston forward Milos Uzan are among those who pulled their name from the list of early draft entrants just before the June 15 deadline. Stay In College, Still Get Paid 'Now these kids can go to college and get paid,' an unnamed NBA agent told ESPN while discussing the 2025 draft, 'and most of these kids would prefer to go to college and play in March Madness and do these things, if all things are equal.' Add the NIL money to the factors that a player who declares for the draft while retaining the college eligibility must consider. The NBA can provide players generalized feedback on where they might fall in the draft. Late in the first round. Early second round. Etc. Before, those evaluations may not matter to a motivated player. After leaving Arkansas, Boogie Fland abandoned the NBA draft and agreed to a $2.1 million NIL deal ... More with Florida. (Photo/Michael Woods) Now, the NIL money adds another element. Lendeborg is a prime example. After playing two seasons at Arizona Western junior college and two more at UAB, he entered the transfer portal in March and chose to attend Michigan while at the same time keeping his name in the draft pool. Considered considered a potential late-first rounder or early second-rounder, Lendeborg pulled his name and has an NIL deal with the Wolverines worth $2.3 million, according on On3, which monitors NIL forces. Fland, a transfer from Arkansas, has a $2.1 million NIL deal in place with defending national champion Florida, according to On3. Condon had 12 points and secured the game-winning rebound in the Gators' 65-63 NCAA championship victory over Houston. His NIL deal with the collective Florida Victorious was not announced. The Money Has Evened Things Out 'One of the huge benefits of the NIL world, you don't have to sacrifice for maybe as tough of a fiscal decision between going pro or staying now,' Florida coach Todd Golden said at the SEC spring meetings. 'Fortunately, he's positioned himself nicely that way.' The money has evened things out. NBA rookies sign four-year contracts that are determined on a sliding scale by when they were taken in the draft, and the figures are out for the 2025 draft class. Most contracts are guaranteed. The stated value of the No. 1 pick — Flagg — is $62,730,226 for his first four seasons, according to Sportico, with a starting salary of $13.8 million in 2025-26. There also is some wiggle room as players can sign for as low as 80 percent of a high as 120 percent of their allotted figure. By the late first round, however, the college and NBA money is relatively the same. The No. 25 pick in the 2025 draft is scheduled to earn $2.99 million in his rookie year. The No. 30 pick is to earn $2.74 million. Moreover, contracts for players taken in the second round are not automatically guaranteed and are not governed by the rookie scale. Sacramento's Colby Jones signed the largest contact among second-rounders last season, at $8.8 million for four years. Lendeborg and Fland are being paid in the same range to stay in college, which also has its benefits. They and others like them will get another shot at an NCAA title, and they also have a chance to increase their standing in the next draft (or several) depending on their 2025-26 performance. Uzan played in the NCAA title game a year ago, Auburn was No. 1 most of the season and Michigan made the Sweet Sixteen. For a player not in the lottery or close to it, a decision to stay can look like a win-win.
USA Today
03-06-2025
- Business
- USA Today
You won't believe how high Florida basketball climbed in ESPN's latest preseason rankings
You won't believe how high Florida basketball climbed in ESPN's latest preseason rankings The final major deadline of college basketball's offseason — the date that players must withdraw their names from the NBA draft if they want to return to college — passed on Wednesday, May 28. With that milestone now in the rearview mirror, the rosters for the upcoming 2025-26 campaign are clearer than ever. The decisions leading up to the deadline resulted in both winners and losers, depending on who departed and who came back to school. Among those in the former category are the Florida Gators, who have already been anointed as overwhelming winners according to a trio of major publications. A little under a week after the big day passed, ESPN's basketball recruiting insider Jeff Borzello updated his men's college basketball preseason top 25 rankings, sending the Orange and Blue on a meteoric rise from No. 18 to No. 2 overall, just behind the Purdue Boilermakers, who held onto their top spot. "The debate over preseason No. 1 intensified with Milos Uzan returning to Houston and Florida adding Boogie Fland while also getting back Alex Condon," Borzello notes. "Both programs are squarely in the conversation alongside Purdue, with UConn and St. John's not far behind." Take a look below at Florida's projected starting lineup as well as ESPN's full updated rankings. Florida's 2025-26 projected starting lineup Boogie Fland (13.5 PPG at Arkansas) Xaivian Lee (16.9 PPG at Princeton) Thomas Haugh (9.8 PPG) Alex Condon (10.6 PPG) Rueben Chinyelu (6.1 PPG) ESPN's post-NBA draft withdrawal rankings Purdue Boilermakers (—) Florida Gators (+16) Houston Cougars (+1) UConn Huskies (-2) St. John's Red Storm (-2) BYU Cougars (+1) Louisville Cardinals (—) Michigan Wolverines (+1) Kentucky Wildcats (+2) Texas Tech Red Raiders (-2) Arkansas Razorbacks (-1) Duke Blue Devils (-6) Arizona Wildcats (-1) Auburn Tigers (+1) UCLA Bruins (-1) Illinois Fighting Illini (+1) Alabama Crimson Tide (+7) Iowa State Cyclones (-5) Gonzaga Bulldogs (+3) Wisconsin Badgers (-4) Kansas Jayhawks (—) Creighton Bluejays (-3) Tennessee Volunteers (-3) NC State Wolfpack (NR) North Carolina Tar Heels (—) Next in line San Diego State Aztecs Michigan State Spartans Ohio State Buckeyes Texas Longhorns USC Trojans Follow us @GatorsWire on X, formerly known as Twitter, as well as Bluesky, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Florida Gators news, notes and opinions.
Reuters
30-05-2025
- Business
- Reuters
50 prospects withdraw from NBA draft
May 30 - Fifty early entry candidates withdrew from 2025 NBA Draft consideration ahead of this week's deadline, including two players returning to defending national champion Florida. In addition to forward Alex Condon and center Rueben Chinyelu of the Gators, the full list released by the league on Friday also includes a high-profile player transferring to Florida: guard Boogie Fland (Arkansas). Head coach Todd Golden's Gators finished a 36-4 season with a 65-63 win over Houston in the NCAA Tournament title game on April 7. Condon delivered 12 points, seven rebounds and four steals in the game, with fellow starter Chinyelu contributing three points, five boards and one block. Florida's other three starters -- guards Walter Clayton, Alijah Martin and Will Richard -- have exhausted their NCAA eligibility. The NBA draft is scheduled for June 25-26. The full list of players withdrawing from the draft: Chad Baker-Mazara (Auburn) Quincy Ballard (Wichita State) Nate Bittle (Oregon) John Blackwell (Wisconsin) Jaden Bradley (Arizona) Miles Byrd (San Diego State) Rueben Chinyelu (Florida) Alex Condon (Florida) Tayton Conerway (Troy) Melvin Council Jr. (St. Bonaventure) Thierry Darlan (Delaware (NBA G League) Tae Davis (Notre Dame) Silas Demary Jr. (Georgia) Jerry Deng (Florida State) Treysen Eaglestaff (North Dakota) Isaiah Evans (Duke) Elijah Fisher (Pacific) Boogie Fland (Arkansas) PJ Haggerty (Memphis) Dominick Harris (UCLA) Chris Howell (UC San Diego) Josh Hubbard (Mississippi State) Karter Knox (Arkansas) Kobe Knox (South Florida) Toibu Lawal (Virginia Tech) Yaxel Lendeborg (UAB) Brenen Lorient (North Texas) Jaland Lowe (Pittsburgh) Ven-Allen Lubin (North Carolina) Nick Martinelli (Northwestern) Paul Mbiya (ASVEL, France) Camron McDowell (Northwestern Oklahoma State) Devin McGlockton (Vanderbilt) Mackenzie Mgbako (Indiana) Kebba Njie (Notre Dame) AK Okereke (Cornell) Otega Oweh (Kentucky) Tahaad Pettiford (Auburn) Labaron Philon (Alabama) Jaron Pierre Jr. (Jacksonville State) Devon Pryor (Texas) Joson Sanon (Arizona State) Raysean Seamster (UT-Arlington) Malik Thomas (San Francisco) Bruce Thornton Jr. (Ohio State) Milos Uzan (Houston) Brandon Walker (Montana State) Lamar Wilkerson (Sam Houston State) Darrion Williams (Texas Tech) Money Williams (Montana) --Field Level Media
