Jai Lucas Transferring from Florida

[hifigator]

Jai Lucas has announced he will transfer from Florida at the end of this semester. John Lucas' son was part of Florida's top 15 class last season.

While details are still sketchy, the consensus is that Lucas wants to transfer to a school where he will get the majority of the time at the point position. The presence of Nick Calathes as well as newcomer Erving Walker would limit Lucas' time at the point.

The guess is that Lucas will ultimately end up at a Big 12 school, closer to his hometown of Houston.

Lucas struggled in Florida's first exhibition game Monday, going 1 of 9 from the field.



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[HeartAttackHoya]

Lucas mentions wanting to be closer to home as his #1 priority. I always thought he was VASTLY overrated. Seems like he is tranferring on good terms as he will finish semester and continue to have full access to all basketball team's facilities etc. best of luck to him..oklahoma state perhaps?

[hifigator]

Dan, I wasn't trying to be cute with the title. I just thought that it might be good to start a general thread for assorted hoops news, rather than one dedicated to such a minor scope topic.

[HeartAttackHoya]

looks like he's heade to Miami. Miami cant be too much close to home than Gainesville:

www.palmbeachpost.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/palmbeach/ufblog/entries/2008/11/22/jai_lucas_is_not_going_to_miam.html

[hifigator]

Attack, I'm not sure what to make of that article. As for Lucas, I wish him the best, but from everything I have heard -- although, in all honesty, after the initial shocking story broke, it has had almost no coverage -- he will end up closer to "home" -- Houston. The Big 12 is what I have heard the most, but I have heard TCU a couple of times, and the interview mentions that as well. In any case, given the ups and downs that his dad went through, I am as certain as I can possibly be of only one thing: he (John, not Jai) will do all that he can possibly do to stack the deck in Jai's favor. Whether that is Miami, Fl., Ft. Worth, Tx. or somewhere else, I have no idea.