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 GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Florida basketball coach Billy Donovan and star forward Joakim Noah downplayed incidents that happened in a 83-70 loss at Vanderbilt.
Donovan said Monday he had no problem with what transpired between Noah and Commodores coach Kevin Stallings two days earlier. Stallings grabbed the basketball near his bench under the basket and refused to give it to Noah for an inbound pass. Noah reached for it again, and Stalling swatted his hand away.
"Obviously, Kevin had the ball and Jo tried to get it to inbound it, and I don't think there was anything that was that bad to me as a coach," Donovan said. "I've got great respect for Stallings. He and I have a good relationship. I think if there was an issue for me, and for him, he and I would address it and talk about it. We haven't. He acted like it was no big deal after the game. After watching it, I don't think it's any big deal."
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