Gulf Coast Flying High
Going into the NCAA Tournament 15-seed Florida Gulf Coast was expected to get knocked out by 2-seed Georgetown. The Eagles proved everyone wrong and beat Georgetown by ten points. Two days later Florida Gulf Coast faced the 7-seed San Diego State. Once again the underdog but this not only the experts were against them, history was against them. No 15-seed has advanced past the round of 32 and to the sweet 16. For a second time Gulf Coast surprised everyone with another ten point victory. Friday the Cinderella story of the tournament faces the 3-seed Florida. Just getting to the sweet 16 is a huge accomplishment but two weeks ago the biggest accomplishment was getting to the tournament.
Florida Gulf Coast has only been a school since 1991. They aren’t a big name school with storied basketball programs. This is only the second year the school has been a division one school. The Eagles weren’t the best team in their conference. Going into their conference tournament they knew it was win the tournament and get to the NCAA tournament or lose and go back to a normal college student life. The team won their tournament and was set to play the school’s first NCAA tournament game. Backs against the wall again can Florida Gulf Coast get to the elite 8.
Going into the NCAA Tournament 15-seed Florida Gulf Coast was expected to get knocked out by 2-seed Georgetown. The Eagles proved everyone wrong and beat Georgetown by ten points. Two days later Florida Gulf Coast faced the 7-seed San Diego State. Once again the underdog but this not only the experts were against them, history was against them. No 15-seed has advanced past the round of 32 and to the sweet 16. For a second time Gulf Coast surprised everyone with another ten point victory. Friday the Cinderella story of the tournament faces the 3-seed Florida. Just getting to the sweet 16 is a huge accomplishment but two weeks ago the biggest accomplishment was getting to the tournament.
Florida Gulf Coast has only been a school since 1991. They aren’t a big name school with storied basketball programs. This is only the second year the school has been a division one school. The Eagles weren’t the best team in their conference. Going into their conference tournament they knew it was win the tournament and get to the NCAA tournament or lose and go back to a normal college student life. The team won their tournament and was set to play the school’s first NCAA tournament game. Backs against the wall again can Florida Gulf Coast get to the elite 8.