The Florida Gators are in flux as they prepare to play Rick Pitino’s Iona Gaels in the opening round of the National Invitation Tournament on Wednesday night in Gainesville, Fla.
Coach Mike White resigned Sunday as coach of the third-seeded Gators (19-13) to replace the fired Tom Crean at SEC rival Georgia.
Associate head coach Al Pinkins will serve as interim coach against the Gaels (25-7), the regular-season champions of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
White compiled a 142-88 record in seven seasons at Florida. He guided the Gators to the NCAA Tournament four times, but any chance at it this year vanished when they lost five of their last eight games, including an overtime defeat to Texas A&M in the second round of the SEC tournament.
Neither Pinkins nor anyone else from the program has been made available to the media since White’s departure.
One X-factor Wednesday for Florida could be freshman guard Kowacie Reeves, who scored 21 points as the Gators desperately tried to…
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