Cinderella has a name – that name is Florida Gulf Coast!!!!!!!!!!!\u00a0\u00a0 That’s right – the team who has been mentioned throughout the year as an asterisk – the strange blemish on the Miami FL Hurricanes record early in the year – has a new scalp.\u00a0 Big East Regular Season champions – the Georgetown Hoyas were expected to be competitive as one of the favorites to win the South Region.\u00a0 Now they return to DC as a footnote – one of only seven #2 seeds to lose to a #15 seed.\u00a0\u00a0 And Florida Gulf Coast has a very memorable story in their first ever NCAA Tournament.<\/p>\n
One could argue how it is that a small conference school that won 24 games, their conference’s tournament, and of course a marquis victory against Miami FL ended up as a #15 seed.\u00a0 But the reality is now everyone needs to take notice.\u00a0 The Eagles have crashed this March party – and it looks like the newcomer wants to make some noise.<\/p>\n
Of course, I would be negligent if I didn’t mention the fact that the day has been rough for favorites.\u00a0 #9 Temple, #12 Ole Miss, and #13 La Salle also took down favorites earlier today to make this a wild day in the tournament.\u00a0\u00a0 Not sure if the late games are going to continue at this pace.\u00a0 But if I were the favorites (Kansas, UCLA, Notre Dame and San Diego State), I would do my best to jump out to an early lead.\u00a0 The longer these underdogs stick in the game, they appear to just start to pick up confidence.<\/p>\n
Congratulations to the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles on their first ever NCAA tournament victory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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