ORLANDO — Jurors found former Orlando Magic television color analyst Jack “Goose” Givens on Friday not guilty of sexually battering a 14-year-old girl whom he was instructing in basketball.

The jury deliberated for almost three hours before acquitting Givens of all counts.

Givens, 48, was charged last year with two counts of sexual battery, attempted sexual battery and lewd and lascivious molestation. After the verdict, Givens refused to speculate on his future as a basketball broadcaster.

“I have been humbled greatly through this experience,” a teary-eyed Givens told reporters outside the courtroom. “I’m going to be a much better man because of this.”

Given had always denied the allegations, which were made days after he went over to the teen’s home to coach her in basketball. After practicing outside for a half hour, Givens and the teen went swimming in the home’s pool, where the teen alleged she was fondled. Later, in a bedroom, she claimed Givens tried to force her to perform oral sex, prosecutors said.

The teen and friends sobbed in court as the verdict was read, and she ran out of the courtroom as the judge polled jurors on their decision. Her family members refused to comment as they left the courtroom.

“Reasonable people disagree,” said Will Jay, assistant state attorney. “Unless there is damning DNA and a videotaped confession and a nun for a victim, except for those rare exceptions, reasonable people can disagree.”

In closing arguments, Givens’ attorney, Michael Snure, described the former University of Kentucky basketball star as a naive, goodhearted coach who had generously volunteered his time to help the teen only to have her repay him with false allegations. He compared the prosecution to the Salem witch hunt.

“This is any adult’s worst nightmare,” Snure said. “In hindsight, it was very bad judgment to go over there and get in the pool, not because he’s a child molester but because it opened him up to these allegations.”

In his closing arguments, Jay said proof of Givens’ guilt included a physical examination showing an abrasion to the teen’s genitals, instant messages of apology that he sent her and secretly recorded telephone conversations between the two.

“This defendant, through a series of his own bad decisions, put himself in a situation where he thought that is what the girl wanted and he was entitled to it,” Jay said.

Givens graduated from the University of Kentucky where he is remembered for scoring 41 points during the Wildcats’ win over Duke in the 1978 NCAA tournament final. He was a first-round draft pick of the Atlanta Hawks later that year and played two seasons with the team, averaging 6.7 points per game.

He has worked as a broadcaster for Turner Sports, NBC Sports, ESPN.