Florida’s Xaivian Lee Looks to Finally Be Gonzaga’s Guy

Now Valencia Basket’s Mario Saint-Supery of Spain in the EuroLeague and LSU Tigers’ Donovan Dent didn’t want to be a part of the Gonzaga Bulldogs with the larger paycheck calling. Florida Gators’ Xaivian Lee does, who has a natural fit with the program’s style of running a half-court offense and utilizing the pick-and-roll heavily.

The point guard transfer committed to the Zags after receiving a fifth year of college eligibility and the ability to enter the transfer portal through a temporary restraining order in the state of California granted on Aug. 18. This move has been rumored for a couple of weeks now.

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He’s currently eligible, but the NCAA continues to appeal all the Class of 2022 athletes’ statuses in what has been the craziest offseason full of nonsense and time/money-wasting lawsuits. Nothing is for certain in this time of age.

Despite him competing with the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Summer League this past July, Lee is still eligible to return to college basketball since he didn’t officially sign an Exhibit 10 contract.

The 6-4, 180-pound floor leader, originally from Toronto, Ontario, averaged 11.6 points on a 42.0 field goal percentage/29.2 three-point percentage/76.5 free throw percentage, 4.2 assists, 3.7 rebounds, and 1.2 steals in 35 starts under coach Todd Golden last season. He helped the Gators win the SEC regular-season title and reach the NCAA Tournament Round of 32.

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During his time in the Ivy League, Lee was the first player in the Princeton Tigers’ history to record a triple-double (actually did it twice during his tenure there), holds the program’s season assists record at 165 in 2024-25, and is a two-time unanimous All-Ivy First Team member from his 2023-24 and 2024-25 campaigns.

Lee didn’t stretch the floor consistently with Florida, but has proven he can be a three-level scorer who has a solid vision of the full court and can lock in defensively out on the perimeter. He looks to follow in the footsteps of numerous…

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Publish date : 2026-08-27 04:22:00

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