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Former Georgetown forward/center Vernon Macklin has decided to transfer to Florida, according to his prep school coach.
"I don't know when he's enrolling in classes," Hargrave Military Academy coach Kevin Keatts told the Gainesville Sun, "but I've spoken to him and I know that he's decided to transfer to Florida."
The 6-foot-9, 227-pound Macklin reportedly informed the coaching staff that he was transferring during a visit last Friday to Gainesville.
At Hargrave, Macklin was a McDonald's and Parade All-American and was listed by Scout.com as the No. 3 power forward in the 2006 recruiting class.
As a sophomore at Georgetown, Macklin averaged 3.4 points and 2.1 rebounds while backing up Roy Hibbert. With the consensus No. 1 freshman in the country, Greg Monroe, committed to Georgetown, Macklin decided he wanted out.
Macklin, who was a teammate of Florida center Marreese Speights at Hargrave, would have to sit out next season and have two seasons of eligibility left.
"He needed a change of scenery," Keatts told the newspaper. "He needs to recharge his battery and get back into doing the things that make him great."
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Posted by UTfan4life on May 7, 2008 at noon (Suggest removal)
thats not good
Posted by orangebloodgmc on May 7, 2008 at 1:30 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I guess he saw the picture of Tebow kissing his teammate.
Posted by bamacheats on May 7, 2008 at 1:49 p.m. (Suggest removal)
What a loser! Afraid of an incoming freshman! That's why Billy "Eddie Munster" Donovan will never see the final four again with players like that, much less ever end the Pearl dominance.
Posted by DekanGator on May 8, 2008 at 12:27 a.m. (Suggest removal)
bamacheats.... Your an Idiot! Billy "Eddie Munster" Donovan has seen more SEC Toury Championships.... More Final Fours....More National championships they cousin Brucey will EVER see! And hes the second youngest coach in The SEC....You can beat The Mighty Gators.. 2 or 3 times a year..... But its about Championships baby! Untill you reach that ... Dont disrespect what he has achived!
Posted by shopsports on May 8, 2008 at 10:04 a.m. (Suggest removal)
DekanGator: it is not about disrespecting "Eddie", it's about you being in the ground before your slime things are back to the NC. Your luck has been expended. Your lack of chemistry now just proves your NC chemistry was nothing but luck.
Buy stock in wheaties...You're going to need a lot of them.
Posted by bamacheats on May 8, 2008 at 11:02 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Apparently you have forgotten the rumblings in Gainsville that he had lost his magic before that lucky final four run. After two more years you will start hearing it again, esp. after losing to Bruce again and again and again.
Posted by DekanGator on May 8, 2008 at 7:14 p.m. (Suggest removal)
You idiots are to friggin funny .....Lucky Run to a NC two years in a row... Idiots....We gave Cousin Brucy everything he can handle with guys who never sarted a game in the SEC and only one big man ... Go to Rivals and see this upcoming class.. 2 five stars (big men)2 four stars, and a 5.6" point guard. With 2 starting freshman and 3 freshman who played alot this year...I promise you we will be ranked higher then Tenn pre-season...
IM still laughing my butt off hearing you idiots saying Lucky 2 year run as NC .... Trust me fellows
NOBODY, again, I will say NOBODY Wins 2 National championships back to back by luck!
Brucy can beat Billy eveytime .. who cares? Its about SEC and National championships!
Its kinda like Florida coaches Beat the crap out of Fat Phil all the time... Like last year...Did you care? you backed into the SEC east championship.
Good luck Vol fans!
Posted by bamacheats on May 9, 2008 at 1:25 a.m. (Suggest removal)
You poor pitiful lost soul...you're right, there is no luck involved in getting an easy bracket in a weak field, George Mason really was one of the best four teams. Wow! What a powerful field!
With all of those five star recruits last year and no tourney? The only good player Eddie Munster has is Vanilla Ice. You better get used to your new war chant -
N.I.T...N.I.T...N.I.T...N.I.T...N.I.T!
Posted by DekanGator on May 9, 2008 at 11:10 p.m. (Suggest removal)
The only luck involved is Tenn luck... They are lucky these guys did not come back for another year. Brewer, Hartford, Noah and Green... You know and I know it would of be 3 straight National championships!
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