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UF had hoped to announce the new deal soon

By Mark Schlabach
ESPN.com

Thursday, May 31, 2007

DESTIN, Fla. -- Even if University of Florida officials had formally finalized a new contract for men's basketball coach Billy Donovan, the Gators couldn't have prevented him from bolting for the NBA's Orlando Magic. Florida president Dr. J. Bernard Machen said Thursday that Donovan's new contract with the Gators had been agreed to "for a while." Florida officials had hoped to announce the new contract -- a seven-year deal that would have paid Donovan an average of about $3.5 million per seaso ...

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