Florida basketball added to its 2025-26 roster with the commitment of former Sacramento State Hornets guard Alex Kovatchev through the NCAA transfer portal on Monday. With that acquisition, the program’s final scholarship spot has been filled.
The 6-foot-5-inch, 190-pound backcourt player originally from Perth, Australia — the same city that Gators forward/center Alex Condon hails from down under — appeared in 33 games (12 starts) during his freshman campaign two years ago, averaging 5.0 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.2 assists per contest in 22.8 minutes per game. Last season, a leg injury limited him to just four starts, averaging 8.5 points and 5.0 rebounds in 25.2 minutes per game before he was shut down.
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Speaking of Condon and Kovatchev, the two hoopsters earned a gold medal on Western Australia’s U20 team in 2023. The former scored 24 points while grabbing nine rebounds, while the latter amassed 20 points and six rebounds in the championship game.
Before the latest addition to the team, Todd Golden had mentioned his desire to find that one final piece to the puzzle for the coming campaign.
“I think we have a great group right now, and my hope is that with this last spot, we’ll be able to find more of a developmental type of player, a guy that’ll come on and be happy to learn behind some guys,” he noted back in May. “So we’re not going to rush. But if that turns out to be a European player, I’d be very happy with that as well.”
I guess he will have to settle for an Australian with a European name.
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