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FEBRUARY 26, 2009

Walker and Calathes say TV incident overblown

It may have looked like a heated argument between sophomore guard Nick Calathes and freshman guard Erving Walker at the end of the LSU game Tuesday night, but both players said at Thursday's practice it was no big deal.

ESPN captured what appeared to be an animated disagreement between the two as the game slipped away from the Gators down the stretch. But the two said it was just emotions overflowing, which if often a part of the game.

"It was something minor that just happened,'' Walker said. "Right then and there, it was over in that same situation. It was just a little disagreement, a little miscommunication.''

Calathes concurred.

"It was not a fight at all,'' he said. "It was the heat of the moment, we were down and I think we were just in the moment. It was nothing big. Me and Erv are as cool as can be.''

Florida coach Billy Donovan said he's not concerned about any friction or disruption of team chemistry because of the incident.

"I just think that’s two guys wanting to win and you’re always going to have those type of things,'' he said. "I thought if anything it was a sign that both those guys care. I really didn’t think much of it.''

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