Don DeVoe's first day as Florida's interim basketball coach got off to a rough start when two of the starters from last year's Southeastern Conference champion stayed away from practice.
"I'm not surprised, but a little disappointed," DeVoe said after senior center Dwayne Schintzius and junior forward Livingston Chatman skipped a team meeting and practice Wednesday.DeVoe, former coach at Tennessee, took over the Florida program less than 24 hours after Coach Norm Sloan was asked by the school to retire.
Florida players were still upset over the ouster of Sloan and his staff.
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"I'm a little bothered by it," guard Stacey Poole said. "But we're putting it all together and striving for the top."