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Florida stands at a crossroads — and with dozens of plausible roads forward before it.
The challenge of the century in men’s college basketball might have been following Billy Donovan as Florida’s head coach.
Despite a promising start, Mike White did not meet it, choosing a back door exit to Georgia over trying to turn a program that had lost much of its forward momentum — or at least its upward trajectory — in Gainesville. His departure leaves Florida with a clean slate and Gator Nation with the knowledge that what Donovan built was no guarantee of future success.