Florida's Tyus transferring

Florida sophomore Alex Tyus is transferring, an SEC source told CBSSports.com on Friday morning.

An official announcement is expected later Friday.

A 6-foot-8 forward, Tyus averaged 12.5 points (second on the team) and 6.7 rebounds (first on the team) for the Gators this season. His departure likely means Billy Donovan will have to avoid a third consecutive NIT without the luxury of his top two scorers considering Nick Calathes has declared for early entry into the NBA Draft.

Calathes hasn't hired an agent and could return to school, if he chooses.

However, industry sources believe the point guard has more than likely played his final game in college.

itisshaggy Reputation: 93 Level: All-Star Since: Aug 22, 2006	Posted on: April 17, 2009 10:27 am Score: 76 Florida's Tyus transferring his is horrible for Florida. Alex was a GREAT player there! It is starting to get scary that every year there seems to be a couple people from the Gator basketball team transferring. [ Reply to Comment ]
pouncerrocks Reputation: 85 Level: All-Star Since: Jan 28, 2009	Posted on: April 17, 2009 10:47 am Score: 103 Florida's Tyus transferring Can any Florida fan out there enlighten us as to why he would be transferring? It does seem like Florida has an inordinate amount of players leaving the program. I know Memphis benefitted from the Doneal Mack transfer. It is going to hurt if the Gators truly lose their top two scorers. I know they have a good class coming in, but it will still be a huge loss. [ Reply to Comment ]
boltzfan104 Reputation: 99 Level: Superstar Since: Dec 22, 2008	Posted on: April 17, 2009 11:01 am Score: 101 Florida's Tyus transferring I'm not a florida fan and I'm not really sure why they seem to have so many players transfering. But, if I had to take a guess I would say that many of these players were recruited when Florida was still dominating college basketball. After seeing Florida not make the tourny for two straight years, the school probably lost some of that feeling of success that got the plaeyrs to come in the first place. [ Reply to Comment ]
Leak4Heisman06 Reputation: 92 Level: All-Star Since: Aug 18, 2006	Posted on: April 17, 2009 11:06 am Score: 109 Florida's Tyus transferring When players were transferring the past couple of seasons it was because they were not getting playing time, i.e. johnathan mitchell, david huertas, and jai lucas this year. This however puzzles me. I have no idea why Tyus would be transferring, unless is was to go somewhere closer to home? He was a very good player, and had tons of clock, so I'm not quite sure. We also are going to have a very good team next year, so I really am confused by this. [ Reply to Comment ]
itisshaggy Reputation: 93 Level: All-Star Since: Aug 22, 2006	Posted on: April 17, 2009 11:09 am Score: 120 Florida's Tyus transferring I do not know how true it is, but I heard that his girlfriend is former Gator volleyball player Alli Checchini. She has recently went through some hard times with deaths of multiple people in her family. She left the volleyball team, and I heard that she wanted to be closer to her remaining family in California. This causes some Gator fans to speculate that he might transfer somewhere out west so he can be by her. Again, I do not know how true this is, but it would make sense. (But, it still does seem weird that this many people are transfering FROM UF. It feels like they have more people transfering then graduating. But, as a Gator fan, I will now put back on my Orange and Blue goggles and hope for the best! [ Reply to Comment ]
jpault Reputation: 98 Level: Superstar Since: Dec 1, 2006	Posted on: April 17, 2009 12:13 pm Score: 94 Florida's Tyus transferring as a completely unbiased observer. What we get in the midwest from newspapers, tv, and internet is that Donovan has become quite an egomaniac and hard to get along with. I wish the best for Florida and the fans right now. My team has had 2 players leave in the past couple of weeks and it is hard on the fans. Take care. [ Reply to Comment ]
Leak4Heisman06 Reputation: 92 Level: All-Star Since: Aug 18, 2006	Posted on: April 17, 2009 12:56 pm Score: 99 Florida's Tyus transferring I recently heard that his dad also tried to get him to transfer last year, so I'm sure he played a large part in this decision. He may have also thought that his role would have been drastcially reduced since Vernon Macklin will be able to play next year? I'm still not quite sure, but I thought Tyus would have complimented Macklin perfectly. [ Reply to Comment ]
beatific7 Reputation: 82 Level: All-Star Since: Dec 11, 2007	Posted on: April 17, 2009 1:10 pm Score: -10 Florida's Tyus transferring Am I MISSING SOMETHING CALATHES IS A GOOD COLEGE PLAYER BUT HE WILL STRUGGLE TO BECOME A FIRST ROUND PICK.i JUST DONT SEE HIS NBA UPSIDE [ Reply to Comment ]
Jmt311Dmb Reputation: 17 Level: Amateur Since: Apr 9, 2009	Posted on: April 17, 2009 1:12 pm Score: 65 Florida's Tyus transferring Anybody body thinks Donovan regrets taking the Kentucky job now? I would doubt he'd ever get ran out of Florida with two National Titles under his belt but still... The heat could be on with all this mediocrity [ Reply to Comment ]
beatific7 Reputation: 82 Level: All-Star Since: Dec 11, 2007	Posted on: April 17, 2009 1:12 pm Score: 41 Florida's Tyus transferring Oops caps lock got me again!!!!! [ Reply to Comment ]

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