Gator head coach Billy Donovan was named SEC Coach of the Year on Tuesday for the second time in his career. He also won the award in 2011, when, coincidentally, the Gators also won the SEC regular season title. It's a duly deserved award for a coach whose team has undergone a rash of injuries this season, yet the 13th-ranked Gators finished the regular season with a 24-6 overall record, and went 14-4 in the SEC. Florida is the #1 seed in the SEC Tournament which got underway yesterday in Nashville, Tennessee. The Gators play Friday at 1:00 (TV: ESPNU) against the winner of Georgia and LSU, who play this afternoon.
The Gators also had six players earn All-SEC honors:
Senior forward Erik Murphy: 1st team All-SEC
-Season stats: 12.4 ppg, 5.2 rpg, 62/133 3pt (46.6%)
-Needs 27 points to reach 1,000 for his career
-18-straight games with at least one 3-pointer, good for the ninth-longest streak in school history
-133/249 fg (53.4%) this season
-Fourth all-time in career 3-point field goal percentage (43.9%)
-Ranks 12th in the NCAA in 3-point field goal percentage this season; Second in the SEC in that category behind Frazier- 48.4%
-Ranks fifth in the SEC in 3-point field goals made this season
Senior guard Kenny Boynton: 2nd team All-SEC and All-District IV Team
-Season stats: 12.5 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 3.0 apg
-Second on the Gators' all-time scoring list (needs 36 points to reach 2,000 for his career)
-UF's all-time leader in 3-point field goals made with 324.
-Fifth in field goals made (643) in Florida history
-First in minutes played (4,482)
-First in games started (135)
-Seventh in games played (138)
-Tenth in assists (378)
-Ninth in free throws made (354)
-Ranks first among active SEC players in career points (1,964) and 3-point field goals
-Ranks sixth on the SEC's all-time 3-point field goals made list
-One of 15 active Division-1 players to score over 1,950 points (only player on list to play all four years in a Power Six Conference-SEC, ACC, Big 10, Big East, Big 12, Pac 12)
-3.0 assist-to-turnover ratio in SEC play (57 assists, 19 turnovers)
-His third-straight season earning all-conference honors
Senior guard Mike Rosario: 2nd team All-SEC
-Season stats: 12.3 ppg, 2.2 apg, 57/67 ft (85.1%)
-Leads UF in scoring in SEC play at 12.8 ppg
-Has scored 1,614 points in his career (including 1,051 points in his two years at Rutgers)
-Scored in double figures 19 times this season, including 17 games with 13 or more points
Junior center Patric Young: 2nd team All-SEC, All-SEC Defensive Team, SEC Scholar Athlete of the Year, and 2013 SEC Men's Basketball Community Service Team
-Season stats: 10.5 ppg, 6.2 rpg, 1.7 blocks per game
-Won Scholar-Athlete award for the second straight year; 3.38 GPA (Major: Telecommunications)
-Ninth all-time in blocked shots (113)
-Third all-time in field goal percentage (60.4%)
-Sixth all-time in dunks (112)*unofficial stat
-Ranks first in the SEC in field goal percentage (60.6%); 14th in the NCAA in that category.
-Ranks fourth in the SEC in blocked shots (52)
-SEC's active leader in field goal percentage
-Six double-doubles this season and has nine for his career
Junior guard Scottie Wilbekin: All-SEC Defensive Team
-Season stats: 9.0 ppg, 5.1 apg, 3.1 rpg
-143 assists this season, four away from breaking into the top-10 for most assists in a season
-First in the SEC (25th in the NCAA) in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.5); 143 assists vs. 58 turnovers
-Second in the SEC in assists
Freshman guard Michael Frazier: All-SEC Freshman Team
-Season stats: 6.0 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 45/93 3pt (48.4%)
-Ranks first in the SEC in 3-point field goal percentage (48.4%); seventh in the NCAA in that category
-Ranks fourth on the Gators' all-time single-season list for 3-point field goal percentage
-Named SEC Freshman of the Week twice
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