Teddy Dupay Conversation

This week on 84 Reasons Ben Troupe sits down to talk with former Florida Gators basketball star Teddy Dupay. Ben and Teddy talk about the early years of the Billy Donovan era, building the program to what it was and what it will take to get back to the top of the college basketball world.

[@DonnerRunningFitness]

I was there when he was playing there. #Winning. Awesome time for Gator basketball. Teddy you’re awesome.

[@Tresimon00]

This my man coach Teddy you the best 🏀🦾passion is 🔥⚡️

[@DonnerRunningFitness]

I think one problem with UF recruiting in all sports - and I can say this as i have two degrees from UF - is Gainesville and the university campus itself. It’s run down. Gainesville, FL sucks. Kids don’t want that. My daughter is a student there now. Seems like no maintenance has been done to the facilities in 30 years. Athletes want to go to North Carolina, Duke, other ACC schools, other schools with a better campus. South Carolina. Wisconsin. Utah. Michigan. Anywhere!! Any private school that can give a scholarship. Just for the campus environment. Even long distance cross country runners. Football. All sports. Florida ain’t the 90s sports school anymore. I’m talking about the physical campus and Gainesville itself. Who would want to live there when they can live in beautiful places? I was there a lot last year because my daughter is a freshman there. Homeless problem very bad now. Way worse than the 90s. The entire “city” is ugly. There is nothing outside the campus. Also it’s just taken as a given that you are going to get your bike stolen. it’s just kind of a nasty, sad, rundown place frankly . again I can say this. I’m a Gator. UF is about the only university in the country , public or private, that can’t even find one good looking tree on campus to put in its marketing brochures. Compare that to the Duke or North Carolina or basically ANY other campus in the country.