I usually don’t pay much attention to college basketball (unless a former coach happens to make the Tournament). But, what Florida Gulf Coast University has done cannot be left unnoticed.
The Eagles are the first team to be a #15 seed and advance to the Sweet Sixteen. Their 1st win was vs. #2 Georgetown Hoyas, winning 78-68. They then beat #7 San Diego State Aztecs, 81-71. Next up, #3 Florida Gators on Friday night.
Better yet, this video (below) cannot be left unnoticed. It’s a compilation of their dunks throughout the postseason (their conference tournament and their first 2 games of March Madness, so far). Anyone who likes basketball can appreciate this, a 15-seed that has advanced to the Sweet 16 by playing not only smart and confident basketball, but with style, too.
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NO ONE would have or could have guessed that this team would go so far. (Except maybe some of the players and their parents. Even then, I bet most of them didn’t expect it). It’s the teams like FGCU that make the Tournament what it is. We all know that schools like Louisville and Duke and Michigan and Syracuse and so forth are going to be there in the end. It’s the schools we’ve never and may never hear of again that make this tournament unparalleled to any other sporting event.
So now we wait till this weekend, when Gulf Coast and 15 other teams will ride whatever it is they’ve used to advance so far and hope it continues to work. I can safely assume that no one from FGCU imagined getting past the first round, but that’s the thing with this tournament. Now that they’re here, who knows? All we do know is that everyone will be tuned in this Friday night when the #15 seed Florida Gulf Coast Eagles take on #3 seed Florida Gators, hoping for yet another upset. I know I’ll be tuned in.
Can you say ‘bandwagon?’
Go Eagles!
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