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Florida basketball: It’s over as Blackshear chooses Gators

It’s over … it’s finally over.

After all the back-and-forth. All the speculation. All the rumors … okay, maybe not that many rumors.

But, after it is all said and done, Virginia Tech center and graduate transfer-in-waiting Kerry Blackshear has decided it will be Florida next season.

Several media outlets confirmed late Wednesday that Blackshear has decided to join the Gators after one of the biggest sweepstakes for a graduate player in recent memory.

Virginia Tech forward Kerry Blackshear is transferring to Florida, the Gainesville Sun has confirmed.

— Robbie Andreu (@RobbieAndreu) June 27, 2019

The 6-foot-11 Orlando native will return home after averaging 14.