Marreese Speights

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Marreese Speights
College University of Florida
Conference Southeastern
Sport Basketball
Position Forward / Center
Jersey # 34
Class Sophomore
Nickname "Mo Speights"
Career 2006 – present
Height ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Weight 250 lb (113 kg)
Nationality USA
Born August 4, 1987 (1987-08-04) (age 20)
St. Petersburg, FL
High school Hargrave Military Academy
Championships
2007 SEC Tournament Champion
2007 NCAA Div I Championship
Tournaments
2007 NCAA Tournament

Marreese Speights is a member of the University of Florida men's basketball team. Also, he won the NCAA National Championship in 2007.

Speights is the current starting center for the Florida men's basketball team. He began his career at Florida in 2006, and averaged approximately four points and two rebounds in only six minutes per game as a freshman for the national champion Gators.

He played basketball at Admiral Farragut where they retired his jersey number after just one year. He also played basketball at Hargrave Military Academy.

Marreese ended his 07-08 season averaging 14.5 points, 8.1 rebounds per game and 1.4 blocks per game. After his sophomore season, Marreese declared himself eligible for the 2008 NBA Draft.[1]