Florida Gulf Coast U.

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 11 years ago

In the process of becoming the first #15 Seed to reach the Sweet Sixteen. Now lead San Diego State 75-60 with more than less than 3 minutes left.

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 11 years ago

From the Atlantic Sun Conference - and Mercer finished first in the Standings.
They play tough defense, pass well - amazing how they are now blowing SDSU out of the arena.
They play Florida next - what a great match up - talk about David and Goliath.
Congrats to these kids, their fans, students and Coaching staff
and so glad they knocked out Georgetown

twisted3829 · Unread post by **twisted3829** » 11 years ago

they beat Miami earlier this year, and really have fun playing the game

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 11 years ago

We officially have our Cinderella.

Unless LaSalle can join them.

STC · Unread post by **STC** » 11 years ago

Add them to the A10!!!!! Love this FGCU team.

Btw im kidding before all you people jump on me

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 11 years ago

What a great story! What a fun team to watch!
Who wouldn't root for these guys.
They play so loose, it's amazing.
In the Lasalle game all they're talking about is Henderson,
while Galloway is giving them a lesson on 3's.

seanmc94 · Unread post by **seanmc94** » 11 years ago

CBS is licking their chops at the storyline for their game vs Florida. Eric Murphy with a nice game btw

ramfan85 · Unread post by **ramfan85** » 11 years ago

Aside from "chomping at the bit" to talk about Henderson, i thought the announcers were pretty good in this game.
I'd like to schedule a home game with FGCU. Maybe the coach will bring his wife.

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 11 years ago

Them making the Sweet 16 has to be one of the most remarkable things ever to happen in the dance

kal-65 · Unread post by **kal-65** » 11 years ago

fgcu arent as good as their wins especially vs gtown

they seem to be ahot team ,overlooked by their opponents

maine beat them this past season

Ramblinrose · Unread post by **Ramblinrose** » 11 years ago

This is a fun story. And the coach is married to an ex-supermodel. Life is good.

RF1 · Unread post by **RF1** » 11 years ago

FGCU is such a new school and growing at such a fast rate that many of its buildings are named A, B, C, etc. It is part of the Florida state university system but as it was just established in 1991, it doesn't have an alumni base yet that can contribute funds to have buildings bear their names.

RF1 · Unread post by **RF1** » 11 years ago

kal-65 wrote:fgcu arent as good as their wins especially vs gtown

they seem to be ahot team ,overlooked by their opponents

maine beat them this past season

FCGU however is one of the few teams that did beat Miami.

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 11 years ago

They're not that good? Oh.
I'll take a team with talent and
who plays with such confidence as they do,
any day.
They look damn good to me.

kal-65 · Unread post by **kal-65** » 11 years ago

rod, look at their seasons record ,not just the last 2 games

16 of their wins against 200 plus rpi

5 loses against 220 plus rpi

imo the run is oved versus florida even a blind squirrel can find an acorn

RhodeIslandBred · Unread post by **RhodeIslandBred** » 11 years ago

Hopefully it is because I have Florida to win it all.

Ramblinrose · Unread post by **Ramblinrose** » 11 years ago

You make the Sweet 16 and no one cares that you lost to Maine earlier in the year. I miss Clammy. I wonder if he still thinks Erik Murphy should have turned down Florida to play at home for Jim Baron.

Unread post by **ATPTourFan** » 11 years ago

Clammy's working for the Duquesne University Marketing Dept.

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 11 years ago

Enfield will leave there for a better gig I wonder where he will go ???

scine20 · Unread post by **scine20** » 11 years ago

Why would Enfield want to leave? He has a chance to make himself a household name like Mark Few, Brad Stevens and Shaka Smart. And he's certainly not hurting for money. Plus he lives in the best part of Florida that anyone can live in.

URI_05 · Unread post by **URI_05** » 11 years ago

scine20 wrote:Why would Enfield want to leave? He has a chance to make himself a household name like Mark Few, Brad Stevens and Shaka Smart. And he's certainly not hurting for money. Plus he lives in the best part of Florida that anyone can live in.

He's also reportedly worth 100 million, so it's not like the money should be a factor...

ramfan85 · Unread post by **ramfan85** » 11 years ago

URI_05 wrote:
scine20 wrote:Why would Enfield want to leave? He has a chance to make himself a household name like Mark Few, Brad Stevens and Shaka Smart. And he's certainly not hurting for money. Plus he lives in the best part of Florida that anyone can live in.
He's also reportedly worth 100 million, so it's not like the money should be a factor...

Wow. That school pays a lot for their coaches.

Hey, is anyone else getting sick of hearing ESPN calling any non-BCS school Cinderella?
Cinderella, as in "What are they doing in OUR tournament?"

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 11 years ago

I think he is a coach on the rise and wants to prove himself in a decent conf

Also his stock is through the roof so attractive jobs will want him

seanmc94 · Unread post by **seanmc94** » 11 years ago

They are a 15 seed inthe sweet 16 aka Cinderella

iBall · Unread post by **iBall** » 11 years ago

seanmc94 wrote:They are a 15 seed inthe sweet 16 aka Cinderella

Hey Sean

Could you do us all a favor... cut the smarmy 'tude here on the board

steviep123 · Unread post by **steviep123** » 11 years ago

Can't remember who said it, but a few years ago an opposing coach or announcer said (and I paraphrase), "If you've made it this far (in reference to the Sweet Sixteen), you're no longer a Cinderella." I believe that. If you get to sixteen, you beat someone good. You may not have beaten them in the best of 5 or 7, but the tourney is not designed that way and that's what makes it fun. Plus, let the BCS schools consider us Cinderella's and overlook us. I'm fine with that.

Ramulous · Unread post by **Ramulous** » 11 years ago

To me Cinderella is any team from a conference that does not have BCS football....Marquette, although they do not have football, does not qualify because they are in the old Big East......going forward, if the new big east can make perennial runs to the Elite 8 and the final 4 they will be the only non-football conference to eschew the Cinderella label.....

twisted3829 · Unread post by **twisted3829** » 11 years ago

cinderella is anyone seeded 9-16 who makes it past the first weekend, this year was La Salle (13), Oregon (12), FGCU (15), and Wichita St (9)

rjsuperfly66 · Unread post by **rjsuperfly66** » 11 years ago

See to me I would add one more step to "cinderella" to yours twisted. I think it's seed 9-16 and isn't a regular winner in the NCAA Tournament. If Kentucky got a 12 seed this year, it would be hard to picture them as your typical cinderella.

I think you can definitely be major conference and be a cinderella.

FGCU is the most fun team I have seen in person all season though. I found their style more exciting than any BE team I saw.

adam914 · Unread post by **adam914** » 11 years ago

rjsuperfly66 wrote: FGCU is the most fun team I have seen in person all season though. I found their style more exciting than any BE team I saw.

Seriously to me they are impossible not to root for. That game against Georgetown where they were just flying all over the place with dunks and alley-oops was one of the most fun games I have ever watched.

Unread post by **ATPTourFan** » 11 years ago

I wasn't able to watch most of that first round game vs GTown, so luckily I can watch full replays of every game at: http://www.ncaa.com/march-madness-live/

ramfan85 · Unread post by **ramfan85** » 11 years ago

I just hope it's a close game. Last night's games (most) were over at the opening toss.

I think a cinderella is a team that didn't win their conference's regular season championship, possibly has a losing record in a non-power conference and is a low seed. I just get the feeling that ESPN requires a lucrative TV contract with them to exclude a team from the Cinderella title.
Sean,
I wasn't referring to FGCU when i questioned the term. Of course they're a cinderella.

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 11 years ago

I don't see any team that is a 15th or 14th seed that beast Catholic Big East Georgetown in the first round a Cinderella because everyone beats Georgetown - how the Georgetown Coach survives is beyond me but he does. Ben Howland and Tubby Smith don't have Thonpson's rules that is for sure.
Gulf Coast did get Cinderella status with the 2nd round win though.

Ramulous · Unread post by **Ramulous** » 11 years ago

No team in a BCS conference is ever Cinderella in my opinion......

STC · Unread post by **STC** » 11 years ago

Ramulous wrote:No team in a BCS conference is ever Cinderella in my opinion......

I agree, I have a tough time with people labeling Oregon as an underdog this year.

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 11 years ago

Congrats to FGCU on their cinderella run coming to a close

Ramblinrose · Unread post by **Ramblinrose** » 11 years ago

I kind of figured Florida would be the end. But a fun story while it lasted. Dunk City.

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 11 years ago

Dunk City was one of the best quotes ever from a player in a post game presser

ramfan85 · Unread post by **ramfan85** » 11 years ago

I bet they're being treated like rock stars back home. They fought hard to the end and simply lost to a better team. No shame in that. At least they scored more than 39 points.

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 11 years ago

Home may soon become LA as it looks like FGCU's Enfield will be offered the USC coaching job. The salary is reported to be in the $2 million range, quite an upgrade from his current $167K salary.

rjsuperfly66 · Unread post by **rjsuperfly66** » 11 years ago

Obadiah wrote:Home may soon become LA as it looks like FGCU's Enfield will be offered the USC coaching job. The salary is reported to be in the $2 million range, quite an upgrade from his current $167K salary.

What a terrible mistake that would likely be. $2millon + for one run in March? You get what you deserve at that point.

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 11 years ago

I think that would be a great hire for USC considering the last few coaches they have had

ramfan85 · Unread post by **ramfan85** » 11 years ago

Pretty good raise for a week's work.

seanmc94 · Unread post by **seanmc94** » 11 years ago

That's why you don't marry the gal you partied with on spring break...

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 11 years ago

Unless she's rich.

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 11 years ago

It's official. USC has signed Andy Enfield to a six year contract with salary in the $1 million+ range.

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 11 years ago

It is not a good hire by USC and it is kind of sad for Dunk City, but this is how it goes. Enfield does seem like be knows what he is doing, but USC has been one of those jobs that should be good but isn't for a long time and I don't know that he has the roots or the experience necessary to crack it. Lifestyle-wise, though, its probably a good fit for him. He's going to be a rich man with a supermodel wife on a party campus. Even if his life peaks in the next year or two, he probably would be OK with it.

Ramblinrose · Unread post by **Ramblinrose** » 11 years ago

Seems like a big leap for USC. Great move for Enfield, who probably never envisioned this scenario back in October. I think we'll be hearing about Enfield long after we hear about Dunk City.

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 11 years ago

I love the hire. If we didn't have Hurley right now, like he opted for Seton Hall or Rutgers as some ruored, then I would be all over this guy.
Players love his style of run, gun and dunk.
Very much worth taking whatever riak there might be. You will never hit a home run unless you swing for the fence - unless of course your goal is an inside the park home run.
Josh Pastner and Jamie Dixon both turned down the job at USC. When was the last time USC stuck fear into opponents on a National Scale?
The guy not only beat Georgetown but came back and won in the second round too - you don't get to the Sweet 16 by accident, luck or
by not being a good team.
These guys were quick, well coached, spirited, excited, listened to their Coach and talented. If it was not going to be USC it would have been someone else knocking at this door. His stock is at a high right now - best for both parties to make the move.

Ramulous · Unread post by **Ramulous** » 11 years ago

Dan Hurley to FGCU...

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