2007-03-27 09:15:42 · 10 answers · asked by siucdeltasig 2 in Sports ➔ Basketball
I hope so.
Even though he has built a very successful program at Florida, basketball plays second fiddle to football there.
Basketball is THE game in Kentucky, and the UK Wildcats are the most successful program in the history of college basketball.
And Donovan knows it--he was an assistant coach at Kentucky for five years.
Look at Kentucky's records:
SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE
Regular Season SEC Games (1933-2006)
832 W & 224 L
43 SEC Championships
25 SEC Tournament Championships
NCAA RECORDS
Most Wins
Most 30-Win Seasons
Most Consecutive Home-court Victories
Most Rebounds in a single game
Fewest Points Allowed in a game since 1938 (2-way tie)
Fewest FGs Allowed in a game since 1938 (2-way tie)
1 of 12 schools to go undefeated since 1938
NCAA TOURNAMENTS
46 appearances ( 97 W & 42 L )
28 Elite Eight appearances
13 Final Four appearances
3 Runner-up appearances
7 NCAA Championships
Furthermore, a total of 46 Wildcats have earned All-America honors. Of those players, 15 were named concensus first-team All-America 20 times, the most of any Division I program.
Is this really such a hard decision?
2007-03-27 09:27:14 · answer #1 · answered by Restless 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think he will. Last year he turned down a raise when all 5 starters came back. This year he is going to be getting a pretty hefty bonus. There is also a good possibility that the university is going to be building a new basketball stadium in the near future and there are already state of the art training facilities. The fans at Florida will never turn on Billy Donovan like they turned on Tubby Smith so I don't feel that Billy D will be going anywhere.
2007-03-27 10:36:31 · answer #2 · answered by JRM 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If Kentucky offers him more money than Florida, yes, because traditionally Kentucky is still much more a basketball power than Florida and if Kentucky offered him a lot more money than Florida his ego would make him take the job
2007-03-27 11:55:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No way and for two reasons. First, he was the first Pitino disciple to enter college coaching back from the days he played at Providence. Secondly, he's already coaching a program whihc is currently bigger than Kentucky's wo why take a step backwards.
2007-03-27 12:43:33 · answer #4 · answered by Patrick M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2007-03-27 09:22:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. He looks satisfied where he is at and does not seem like the type to chase money.
2007-03-30 10:50:44 · answer #6 · answered by someadvice 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hell 2 tha no
2007-03-27 09:32:26 · answer #7 · answered by Lord Vader 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I really dont no, but I dont want him bribgin my home sstate down...
2007-03-27 10:12:00 · answer #8 · answered by *ERIN* LUVZ* DeANDRE* WAY* 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no i doubt it
2007-03-31 06:54:15 · answer #9 · answered by jerry 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
2007-03-27 09:21:00 · answer #10 · answered by Tarheel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋