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GAINESVILLE - Florida coach Billy Donovan said Tuesday he expects Florida forward David Lee to return for his senior season, but sophomore guard Anthony Roberson's future remains uncertain.
"David, I don't think there's any question he'll be back," Donovan said. "But in terms of Roberson, I just feel like right now at this point and time for him, I don't think he's made a decision one way or the other. David and Matt Walsh, their minds are made up and they'll be back."
"I don't think any of our guys right now, and I feel very confident saying this, I don't think any of those guys this year based on whatever they do, will be first-round draft picks."
Roberson, last season's SEC Freshman of the Year and a first-team All-SEC selection this year, was the team's leading scorer this season (17.9 ppg). Following Florida's first-round NCAA Tournament loss to Manhattan last week, Roberson said he planned to take some time to evaluate his future.
"It's something I've got to think on," he said. "I think it isn't going to be a decision that you make tomorrow. It's something that's going to happen over time. You never know. I'm not really sure what my future holds. If my future is in a Gator uniform, I don't know. I can't tell you right now."
Donovan said if Roberson asks for his help, he'll gladly assist him.
"If Anthony is making a decision in terms of what's best for him. ... I will be behind him 100 percent," he said.
Williams turns himself in, is released on bondGAINESVILLE - Miami's top recruit turned himself in to police on a felony charge of illegally setting off fire extinguishers and was released on $5,000 bond, his lawyer said.
Parade All-American linebacker Willie Williams, 19, was in custody for several hours before bonding out on the felony charge from a January recruiting visit to the University of Florida, attorney Paul Cohen told the Associated Press. Williams also faces two misdemeanor charges from the same visit, for hitting a man at a bar and grabbing a woman against her will. No bond was required for those charges.
Wearing a monitoring device for violating his probation, Williams has a status conference set with Circuit Judge Michael Kaplan in Fort Lauderdale today to update the judge on the Gainesville case and his probation.
MORE FOOTBALL: Brock Berlin opened spring practice as Miami's starting quarterback, but coach Larry Coker made it clear he wants Derrick Crudup and freshman Kyle Wright to push for the job. "I don't care who plays, I really don't," Coker said. "We don't owe Brock anything, or Derrick or Kyle Wright." ... Former Alabama football coach Mike Price, now at UTEP, sued university President Robert Witt over actions that led to the coach's dismissal following a visit to a strip club. The suit, filed Monday in Tuscaloosa, accuses Witt of fraud and misrepresentation and asks for a monetary award. ... Southern California and LSU finally met Tuesday, but not on the field. President Bush hosted the players at the White House to honor the co-national champions. ... Deion Holts, who started seven games at outside linebacker for Kentucky last season, was dismissed from the team because of a violation of team rules.
SOCCER: North Carolina will pay former player Debbie Keller $70,000 and enroll women's coach Anson Dorrance in sensitivity training as partial settlement of a 1998 sexual harassment lawsuit. Debbie Keller was one of two former Tar Heels players who filed the $12-million lawsuit in 1998. The lawsuit names Dorrance, three assistant coaches, the university and three administrators. In the lawsuit, Keller and Melissa Jennings contended Dorrance sexually harassed them by asking questions about their sex lives and the sexual activities of their teammates. Keller further alleged Dorrance made unwanted phone calls and physical contact that amounted to assault and battery.
- Information from Times wires was used in this report.