By: Brandon

Florida center Alex Tyus has now decided that he will return to the University Of Florida for his junior season.

It was just several days after he had his mind set on transferring to another school, but apparently something or someone had to have a nice talk with Tyus.

I had a chat with Tyus around the time when he decided he wanted to leave, and he told me that he was tired of playing the 5 when he is not a true 5 man. He talked about how Coach Donovan was shaky about him playing the 4 and he didn’t want to risk coming back being in the same position. He really didn’t say anything positive about his self. Tyus said he thought he never got better his sophomore year and how he basically did the same exact thing his freshman year. I tried talking to him about how UF is so great and how he shouldn’t pass up this opportunity.

Since Florida lost all their true big men to the NBA two years ago, they don’t have any big men besides Tyus. They are going to have to play with what they have and work from there. Yeah I could of seen some frustration in Tyus’s eyes but he still should of looked at the depth that Florida has before talking about leaving. When your the tallest at only 6 foot 8, your going to have to just stick it out and work harder. If we have any big recruits coming in to play next year, then no doubt in my mind Tyus will get a better fit in the lineup. But what all matters most is that he is returning for his junior year.

Tyus was second in scoring for Florida while averaging 12 points and six rebounds per contest. Now Florida has three starters that will return next year, and they could make it four if sophomore guard Nick Calathes would realize putting his name in the NBA draft this early is a mistake and should return for his junior year.