Winter Park's Austin Rivers, Doc's son, says yes to Florida -

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Austin Rivers has always been several steps ahead of his age group in basketball. The 15-year-old Winter Park standout stayed in front of the pack Wednesday night when he orally committed to play basketball for Florida. Rivers, fresh off an outstanding freshman season for the Wildcats, is the youngest player to commit to Billy Donovan in his head coaching career. The previous earliest ... [link]

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Young Recruits: The "Billys" Are Right, the NABC -- Not So Much
Published 7/4/2008 by Truzenzuzex at A Sea Of Blue: Front Page Posts
... UPDATE 09:55 AM:  Guess how old Austin Rivers is?  If you said 15, the same age as Michael Avery and Vinnie Zollo, you win 1,000 ASoB bucks. ...

Doc Rivers’ Son Commits To Gators - 3 Years Early
Published 7/8/2008 by jason at SPORTSbyBROOKS
... But Austin will have to wait a few years before packing his alligator bags for Gainesville - he just finished his freshman year of high school . The ORLANDO SENTINEL points out that Doc’s kid will be the youngest commitment Donovan has received during his 14 years as a college coach. The previous young’un was current Gator sophomore Nick Calathes , who committed to UF after his sophomore high school season. But Billy still has a way to go if he wants to catch Kentucky’s Billy Gillispie on ...

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