Eric Fawcett

6 days ago | gatorcountry.com | Eric Fawcett

Throughout the transfer portal season there has been a pretty consistent theme to the type of player the Florida Gators were going after–perimeter players. This was logical given that the three starting perimeter players on the National Championship team were set to retire and all the frontcourt pieces had eligibility remaining and were expected to return.

1 week ago | gatorcountry.com | Eric Fawcett

With the Florida Gators moving on from the notable recruitment of USC’s Desmond Claude, Todd Golden and his staff will continue to look for a star to pair with Princeton transfer Xaivian Lee in the backcourt. Florida has a starting spot next to proven talent along with a considerable NIL package to offer prospective players which should make for an enticing pitch, and for that reason they should have a fighting chance with whatever player they choose to pursue.

1 week ago | gatorcountry.com | Eric Fawcett

Prior to the NIL era changing the way that college basketball rosters were constructed, transfer portal recruiting for the top schools in the country was all about accumulating the best possible talent and figuring it out from there. Sure, plenty of coaches talked about “fit” and getting players that would compliment each other, but actions speak louder than words–and most recruiting strategy revolved around getting the best possible players on the board.

2 weeks ago | gatorcountry.com | Eric Fawcett

Entering the transfer period the Gators knew they needed a primary ball handler that could take control of the offense and eat a lot of the possessions vacated by the graduation of Walter Clayton and the player they settled on to do that was Princeton’s Xaivian Lee. Right away, this move makes sense when you look at the production that Lee has had the last two seasons in a quality Ivy League averaging 17.1 points and 16.9 points in his last two seasons, paired with 3.7 and 5.5 assists as well.

2 weeks ago | gatorcountry.com | Eric Fawcett

If there is a top player in the portal that the Florida Gators think could help them in the 2025-26 season they’re going to get involved and that’s just the case with their most recent and intriguing target–Arkansas’ Boogie Fland. Boogie Fland will be an extremely familiar name considering his high-profile recruitment and productive freshman season in the SEC. One of the top players in his high school class, Fland initially committed to John Calipari at Kentucky.