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DUNK CITY. WE ARE FGCU SPONSORED BY THE LAW FIRM OF BUCKLEY, GOLDSTEIN, CECHMAN, RICE
& PURTZ. JUSTICE STARTS NOW. JASON'S DELI WITH FIVE LOCATIONS IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA,
ONLINE AT JASONS DELI.COM. GULF COAST COIN AND JEWELRY, BUYING, SELLING, AUCTION AND
APPRAISALS SINCE 1975. BECKER AND POLLIAKOFF, ORTHOPEDIC CENTER OF FLORIDA, DOCTORS' FARMER
ARE DEDICATED TO KEEPING PEOPLE ACTIVE. AND BY SHULA'S STEAKHOUSE THEMED AFTER THE 1972
MIAMI DOLPHINS PERFECT SEASON, AMERICA'S STEAKHOUSE LOCATED IN NAPLES.
IF YOU HAD TO PICK A DEFINING MOMENT FOR US, IT WAS THAT DUNK . DUNK AROUND THE WORLD WERE CALLING IT.
THAT PLAY EPITOMIZED OUR PROGRAM, CARE FREE, GO HAVE FUN. THAT WAS THE MOMENT THINGS CHANGED.
A FEW PEOPLE HAVE BEEN AT FGCU SINCE THE BEGINNING. THESE WERE GROWN MEN REDUCED TO TEARS BY WHAT
THIS BASKETBALL TEAM DID.
CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS STORY? FLORIDA GULF COAST, 15 SEED --
WE DID BETTER THAN ANYBODY ARE EVERYBODY THOUGHT WE WOULD. IN THE FALL OF 2012, THERE WAS ONLY
MODERATE INTEREST AND CONFIDENCE IN THE FGCU EAGLES MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM. UNDERSTANDABLE
CONSIDERING 17 YEARS EARLIER, THERE WAS NO SUCH TEAM. THIS CAMPUS WAS MOSTLY SWAMPLAND,
AND THE UNIVERSITY ITSELF ONLY A VISION.
I WAS AT FGC WHEN THEY BROKE GROUND 16 YEARS AGO. I NEVER DREAMED IT WOULD GET TO THAT.
WE'VE SEEN THE CAMPUS LITERALLY RISE BEFORE OUR EYES.
FGC EMERGED FROM THE MARSH SO DID THE SCREAM OF BASKETBALL SUCCESS.
YOU COME HERE TO MAKE HISTORY. FGU DOESN'T HAVE HISTORY YET.
WHERE THE HELL IS FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY? WE'VE NEVER HEARD OF IT.
SO OFTEN YOU GO ON THE ROAD AND IT'S A COMBINATION OF WHAT DOES IT STAND FOR? WHAT'SWHERE IS
IT LOCATED?
FLORIDA GULF COAST, FORT MYERSS, WHERE IS THAT?
ANOTHER 15 MINUTES, HEY COACH, I'M NOT GOING TO JUNIOR COLLEGE. I EXPLAINED WE'RE A DIVISION
1 UNIVERSITY.
NOT ONLY DID NOBODY KNOW WHAT THEY WERE BUT WHERE THEY WERE.
YOU HAVE TO EXPLAIN WHERE YOU ARE IN THE RECRUITING PROCESS. THAT'S HARD.
FGU DIDN'T HAVE A WINNING SEASON THE FIRST FOUR YEARS WITH THE SAME COACH THAT LED THEM
TO MANY 21 SEASONS IN DIVISION 2. IT'S A VERY BIG JUMP.
WE TALKED WITH ANDY AND KNEW WE HAD SOMEONE VERY SPECIAL. WE APPRECIATED HIS VALUES. THEY
RESIGNATED WITH VALUES OF FGCU. HE WAS COMMITTED, VERY GENUINE.
HE HAS A QUIET CONFIDENCE ABOUT HIM THAT HE EXUDES. IT'S NOT COCKY. HE MAKES EVERYONE
AROUND HIM JUST AS THE IF NOT MORE CONFIDENT.
BY THE BEGINNING OF THE 2012- 13 SEASON THE PROGRAM HOSTED A CAST OF DUBIOUS CONTENDER,
CHIPS ON THEIR SHOULDERS AND SOMETHING TO PROVE.
THERE WASN'T A LOT OF TALK ABOUT FLORIDA GULF COAST.
THEY WERE DIVISION 1 WHETHER THEY WERE GOOD OR NOT, I HAD NO IDEA.
PEOPLE THINK JUST BECAUSE WE'RE A SMALL SCHOOL. WE HAVE ATHLETES AND SHOOTERS, SCORERS JUST
AS GOOD AS ANY HIGH MAJOR SCHOOL.
NONE OF THEM GOT RECRUITED BY BIG SCHOOLS. BROWN, FGU'S BEST PLAYER WAS A WALK ON.
WE HAD THE TALENT TO COMPETE WITH ANYBODY AND BEAT ANYONE. WE HAD THE BELIEVE IN OURSELVES.
EDDIE MURRAY, LOCAL PRODUCT, SCORED 11 POINTS HIS SOPHOMORE YEAR.
THE INFIELD PRIDES THEMSELVES ON BEING A COACH AND DEVELOPS TALENT.
THESE GUYS VASTLY IMPROVED ON THE COURT.
UNBELIEVABLE GROWTH AND IMPROVEMENT THE THE LAST TWO YEARS. A COUPLE WERE THE MOST IMPROVED
I'VE SEEN IN A LONG TIME.
YOU KNEW THIS WAS THE BEST TEAM THEY EVER HAD AND THE A- GAME WAS GOOD. YOU DIDN'T KNOW
HOW MANY TIMES YOU WERE GOING TO SEE IT.
NOBODY EXPECTED US TO WIN. YOU WANTED TO SHOW DOUBTERS THAT WE'RE A FORCE TO BE RECKONED
WITH.
88-75 WIN OVER MERCER --
IT WASN'T UNTIL THE WIN OVER MERCER PEOPLE STARTED TO SAY HEY, WE'VE GOT SOMEBODY IN
THE TOURNAMENT .
WELCOME EVERYONE TO PHILADELPHIA, THE SECOND ROUND OF THE NCA TOURNAMENT WITH 215 MATCHUP
AS IT HAS FLORIDA GULF COAST EAGLES TAKE ON GEORGETOWN WITH THE WINNER PLAYING OKLAHOMA
OR SAN DIEGO STATE.
NO ONE KNEW WHO WE WERE. TV EVEN HAD IT AS FLGU.
EVERYONE IN THE GEORGETOWN GAME, EVERYBODY EXPECTED US TO PUT UP A FIGHT BUT LOSE BY
25.
THERE WERE SIX TEAMS THAT WERE 15 SEED AND WIN A GAME. WE WERE CONFIDENT.
WE KNOW THEY'RE A TEAM THAT GETS UPSET A LOT.
WE REALIZED WE WERE ABOUT THE SAME SIZE. WE DIDN'T HAVE THE SIZE ADVANTAGE WE THOUGHT
THEY WOULD. IT GAVE US MORE CONFIDENCE.
I KNEW BY THE WAY THEY WERE LOOKING AT US, THEY WERE TIMID EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE PROBABLY
SAYING COUPLE OF WORDS UNDER THEIR BREATH LIKE WE'RE ABOUT TO SMACK THIS NO NAME SCHOOL,
FGU WHATEVER.
WORLD REMOWNED PHILOSOPHER WILL GIVE YOU A MOTIVATIONAL SPEECH. HE HAS SAYINGS LIKE WE
START AT THE BOTTOM AND NOW AT THE TOP. MR. BROWN.
COACH ASKED KNOW SAY A COUPLE OF WORD, TOTALLY CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD. EVERYTHING I SAID WAS
STRICTLY OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
NOBODY GAVE HIT TO US. REFEREE NOT GOING TO GIVE IT TO US NOW. WE'VE GOT TO TAKE IT.
THERE WAS A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN THE ROOM. I DIDN'T EXPECT IT. I'M A FIFTH YEAR SENIOR
LEADER. I'VE NEVER BEEN TO AN THIS,NCAA TOURNAMENT, NOBODY IN THE ROOM HAD BEEN. WE WERE CONFIDENT
IN THERE. EVERYONE WAS READY TO COME OUT AND PLAY AND WITH DID. FLORIDA GULF COAST IN THE
TOURNAMENT DAY.
WE THOUGHT WE HAD A CHANCE. WE KNEW WE HAD TO KEEP THE GAME CLOSE 1st AND 2nd HALF.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE EAGLES WANTING TO RUN. THEY'RE STARTING TO FLY HERE IN TRANSITION.
CUT THE DEFICIT TO 1, BALLGAME LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
WE STARTED ROLLING AND THEY SAW HOW HARD WE WERE PLAYING AND THAT WE HAD THE CHANCE TO
BEAT GEORGETOWN. ALL 22,000 PEOPLE WERE FGU FANS AT THAT POINT.
IT WAS CRAZY GETTING THE CROWD BEHIND US LIKE THAT. OBVIOUSLY WE TRIED TO DO THAT AS YOU
CAN TELL WITH BLOWING KISSES TO THE CROWD AND DOING THE BIRD DANCE.
IN THE SECOND HALF WE CAME OUT AND WENT ON THE BIG RUN THAT PUSHED THE LEAD. THEY COULDN'T
STOPS.
I'LL NEVER FORGET THE LOOK ON THE GEORGETOWN'S FACES WHEN THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT DID WAS
STICKING IT TO THEM.
THEY LOOKED AROUND AND THEY HAD PLAYED THE BEST TEAMS IN THE COUNTRY ALL YEAR AND THEY
HAD NO ANSWERS AND NO IDEA WHAT HAD HIT THEM.
DISBELIEF. NOW YOU START TO SEE SMILES.
WHEN THE CLOCK HIT 0 WE KNEW WE WON THE FIRST ROUND OF THE NCAA TOURNAMENT. YOU CAN'T DESCRIBE
IT. PEOPLE WERE RUNNING AROUND LIKE CHICKENS WITH THEIR HEADS CUT OFF.
JUST HAVING FUN, LAUGHING, HUGGING EACH OTHER. IT WAS THE FIRST WIN OF THE TOURNAMENT AND
FIRST WIN FOR OUR SCHOOL.
WE HAVE A GAME SUNDAY. WE'RE GOING TO SWEET 16.
WHEN YOU LOOKED AT GUYS AFTER THEY BEAT GEORGETOWN AND HE SIMPLY SAID WE HAVE A GAME SUNDAY AND
GOING TO BEAT THEM TO GO TO THE SWEET 16. THEY ALL SAID YEP EVEN THOUGH NO ONE IN THEIR
SHOES HAD EVER DONE IT. THEY WENTO SEE YOU SUNDAY.
THE GAME WAS SIMILAR TO THE GEORGETOWN GAME. THEY WERE CLOSE DURING THE FIRST HALF AND
MUST HAVE BEEN A GREAT HALF TIME SPEECH. EAGLES WENT ON A 17-0 RUN IN THE SECOND HALF. BASICALLY
THEY TOOK CONTROL OF THE GAME.
CINDERELLA IS GOING TO DANCE ANOTHER NIGHT IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT .
WHEN PEOPLE ASK YOU WHERE FGCU IS, TELL THEM DUNK CITY, FLORIDA.
DUNK CITY, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DESCRIBE IT.
THAT FIRST WIN OVER GEORGETOWN THEN I HEARD THE TERM DUNK CITY. I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT
CAME FROM.
SOMEWHERE DURING THE 21-2 RUN, DUNK CITY WAS BORN.
ORIGINALLY I THOUGHT IT CAME FROM THE THE VIDEO.
SOMEBODY OUTSIDE OF US CALLED IT DUNK CITY.
I THOUGHT A MEMBER OF THE LOCAL MEDIA DUBBED IT DUNK CITY.
THAT'S ALL WE REALLY DO SO ABOUT TIME SOMEBODY MADE UP A NAME.
ONCE THEY COINED THE UNIVERSITY DUNK CITY, FORT MYERS BECAME SIGNIFICANT AND RELEVANT.
IT'S A GREAT NAME. FITS PERFECTLY. WHEN I CAME HOME OFF THE AIRPLANE AND SAW THE THE
BILLBOARDS AROUND TOWN, I HAD A HUGE SMILE FOR DAYS.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO STICK TO FGCU AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.
T-SHIRTS ABOUT IT, VIDEO CLIPS, PEOPLE CREATED SONGS ABOUT IT.
ANYTHING INSPIRING NEEDS AN ANTHEM. YOUR FAVORITE SUPER HERO, WHATEVER, THERE WAS AN ANTHEM
TO THEM WALKING IN. I THINK THAT SONG REALLY REPRESENTED AN ANTHEM FOR DUNK CITY. THIS
IS WHO WE ARE .
THAT VIDEO WAS IMMEDIATELY HUGE. WE POSTED IT ON THE FRONT PAGE OF OUR WEBSITE.
IT WENT VIRAL.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ASKED DID WE KNOW IT WAS GOING TO BE VIRAL? I ANTICIPATED THAT BECAUSE IT'S
ABOUT TIMING. I KNEW IT WAS ABOUT THE TIMING. THE MOMENTUM BEHIND SOMETHING.
WITH THE ELECTRIFYING STYLE OF PLAY, THE EAGLES RUN WAS LOOKING LIKE A RUN AWAY TRAIN. FANS
FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND AROUND THE NATION WERE JUMPING ON BOARD.
EVERYBODY ADOPTED THEM AS THEIR TEAM.
NEVER BEFORE DID I HAVE SO MUCH PRIDE IN MY SCHOOL. I'VE LOVED THE FORT MEYERS COMMUNITY.
I FELT LIKE AT THAT MOMENT, THE WHOLE WORLD WAS TOGETHER AND WITH US ROOTING FOR US.
NOT ONLY WERE THEY WINNING AND THE UNDERDOG, THEY WERE HAVING A GOOD TIME. PEOPLE WANTED
TO BE PART OF THAT THAT. BETWEEN PHILADELPHIA AND DALLAS, IT WAS LIKE ROCK STAR CITY AROUND
HERE . I'M A BASKETBALL FREAK. I LOVE BASKETBALL BUT NOT ALL BASKETBALL. I LOVE EAGLE BASKETBALL
. EVEN THOUGH YOU WEREN'T IN PHILADELPHIA, WE COULD HEAR YOU. [ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
] WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO HEAR YOU FROM DALLAS, TEXAS FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS IS A CELEBRATION
. I FEEL ESTATIC NOW. THERE'S A LOT OF FANS HERE. WHO WOULD NOT LOVE TO SEE THEIR FANS
HERE. WE'RE OUT HERE HAVING A LOT OF FUN. JUST REALLY ENJOYING THE EXPERIENCE. I WAS SHOCKED WHEN I WALKED THROUGH THE DOORS
A HALF HOUR AGO. I DIDN'T EXPECT 4000 PEOPLE HERE.
THIS WASN'T YOUR TYPICAL UNDERDOG STORY. IT WAS GOING TO GO OUT AND NOT JUST WIN BUT WIN
IN STYLE. THEY DID. WAS THERE ANY OTHER TEAM HAVING MORE FUN THAN FGCU? THAT'S A BIG TV.
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO WITH THAT? PUT IT IN MY LIVING ROOM.
THE WAY THEY PLAYED, FUN THEY HAD, THAT BECAME THE PHENOMENON NO, MA'AM. ALSO DUNK CITY.
DUNKING.
WE DUNKED THE BALL ON A LOT OF TEAMS ERIC, CHASE, BERNARD. WE GET A LOT OF DUNKS. I GUESS
A LOT OF GUYS HAVEN'T SEEN THAT BEFORE ESPECIALLY WITH OUR STYLE OF PLAY.
I HAD STAFF TELLING ME, I'M WATCHING THE NEXT GAME MATCH UP TO SCOUT THEM. THESE ARE PEOPLE
THAT NEVER WATCHED BASKETBALL BEFORE. FGCU IS TURNING ME INTO A BASKETBALL FAN.
THEY'RE WAGGING TONGUES, THROWING DOWN.
THEY WANT THIS SMALL SCHOOL TO DUNK ON BIG SCHOOLS. TRUTHFULLY AND SUBCONSCIOUSLY, WE
WANT TO DO THAT IN OUR LIFE. WE DO OVERCOME. WE LOVE THINGS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE WANT
IN OUR LIVES.
CINDERELLA LITTLE TINY SCHOOL FROM THE PLACE YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF TO MAKE IT REALLY GAVE
OUR AREA AN UNBELIEVABLE AMOUNT OF EXPOSURE.
EVERYBODY IN ALL POINTS OF THE COUNTRY JUST WANTED TO TOUCH THIS STORY. WHETHER IT WAS
THE HIGH FLYING DUNKS, UNDERDOG STORY, FAMILY ATMOSPHERE, EVERYBODY HAD A REASON TO GRASP
ONTO THIS STORY.
PEOPLE COMING FROM CNN, ESPN, THEY WERE WANTING TO COME TALK TO US.
IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR US TO DO AS MANY THINGS WE COULD WITHOUT WEARING OUT THE COACH AND
PLAYERS. WE WANTED PEOPLE TO KNOW WHAT FGCU WAS. THAT WAS OUR MISSION.
90 MILLION PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DISCOVER FORT MYERS. I THINK HE MISSED IT. IT'S MORE THAN
90 MILLION PEOPLE.
A WHOLE GROUP OF PEOPLE, MAYBE MILLIONS WILL HAVE BEEN EXPOD TO THE NAME THAT NEVER WERE
BEFORE.
WHEN ANYBODY DID A STORY ACROSS THE COUNTRY ABOUT DUNK CITY, YOU GOT TO SEE HOW PRETTY
IT IS HERE. THAT WAS A GREAT DRAW.
IT BLEW UP FAST. WE KNEW OUR STORY WOULD GET AND OUT PEOPLE WOULD FALL IN LOVE WITH OUR
CAMPUS. WE HAD A BEACH ON CAMPUS, BEAUTIFUL WEATHER.
THE AMOUNT OF ATTENTION WE GOT IS SOMETHING YOU CAN'T PAY FOR. COACH PUT IT BEST DURING
THE RUN, THE ONLY THING THAT KNOCKED US OFF THE FRONT PAGE WAS THE POPE.
THE COVERAGE OF THE TODAY SHOW OF THE UNIVERSITY WAS UNBELIEVABLE.
AN AUDIENCE OF MILLIONS OF VIEWER, 2 1/2 MILLION DOLLARS EXPOSURE JUST FROM THE TODAY SHOW
BROADCAST FOR OUR COMMUNITY. WE CAN'T BUY THAT. THAT'S A BUDGET THAT WELL EXCEEDS OUR
ABILITY TO MARKET THIS DESTINATION.
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, ALL THESE PUBLICATIONS WERE GETTING IT. IF WE HAD TO PAY FOR ADVERTISEMENT
FOR THAT, HOW MUCH WOULD IT COST US? IT WOULD BE A LOT. WE'RE ENJIGGING GETTING IT FOR FREE
--WE'RE ENJOYING IT FOR FREE.
THE NUMBER OF HITS FROM THE WEBSITE, PEOPLE ARE CLEARLY WANTING TO SEE US. THE ADMISSION'S
DEPARTMENT WEBSITE WENT 690% INCREASE FROM PREVIOUS TEAMS THAT MADE THE SWEET 16 TEAM.
ROUGHLY 4% INCREASE IN APPLICATIONS GIVEN WHAT IS ON FLORIDA GULF COAST WEBSITE AND
PICTURES GOING AROUND OF THE NEW CAMPUS. THEY MAY GET A BIGGER BOOST IF THEY WANT.
WE THINK NEXT YEAR WE'LL SEE THE SIGNIFICANT UPTAKE IN THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS.
CAN THEY MAKE ENOUGH T- SHIRTS ENOUGH?
I DON'T KNOW IF LICENSES HAD THOSE READY TO GO.
THOUSANDS WERE MADE IN WEEK TO A WEEK AND A HAWAII THOSE FLEW OFF THE RACKS AS QUICK
AS THEY COULD PUT THEM ON THE RACK.
IN THE BOOKSTORE DURING THE TWEET 16 RUN, I WOULD REFER TO IT AS ORGANIZED CHAOS.
WE'RE EXCITED WE'RE GOING TO SWEET 16. WE WANT OUR SHIRTS BY FRIDAY.
A YEAR AGO WE HAD $25,000 IN APPARELS AT BOOKSTORE. THIS YEAR WE HAD OVER A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.
CAME A COUPLE OF HOURS BEFORE CLASS AND MIGHT BE LATE.
PEOPLE THAT CAME DOWN FOR EASTER, THEY WERE INSTRUCTED DO NOT COME BACK HOME WITHOUT FGCU
GEAR.
IT WAS THE STUFF YOU SEE WITH GATORS, SEMINOLES, HURRICANES. PEOPLE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE
EAGLES WITH THE SAME RESPECT.
THIS WAS THE HOMETOWN TEAM AND EVERYBODY ROOTED FOR THEM. THAT'S SAYING SOMETHING.
THE EXCEPTION OF HURRICANE CHARLIE, I HAD NEVER SEEN ALL OF US COME TOGETHER BEFORE
FOR ANYTHING.
FOR THE FIRST TIME, DUNK CITY GAVE THIS AREA A COMMON BOND. IT GAVE THE AREA AN IDENTITY.
IT WASN'T JUST ABOUT SPORTS. IT WAS ABOUT A REASON TO GIVE THIS AREA RECOGNITION THAT
EVERYBODY COULD LATCH ON TO. IT DID THAT . CONFIDENCE, THE EAGLES LANDED ALONG WITH FANS IN ARLINGTON,
TEXAS TO PLAY IN THE SWEET 16 . YOU KNOW WIN.
THIS COMMUNITY IS GOING TO HAVE A PRIDE FOR THEIR SCHOOL WE'VE NEVER HAD BEFORE. THAT
MEANS THE WORLD.
IN MY OPINION, WE SHOULD WIN THIS GAME TONIGHT. LET'S GO.
SEEMS LIKE EVERYTHING WAS GOING OUR WAY FOR THE FIRST 4-5 MINUTES OF THE GAME . YOU GUYS
MADE HISTORY IN THE SWEET 16 AND YOU'LL BE REMEMBERED FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. I'M SO PROUD
OF YOU GUYS. IT'S BEEN AN UNBELIEVABLE RIDE.
I DON'T HAVE THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP OR ANYTHING. WE KNEW IT WAS OVER. PEOPLE WERE
UPSET. BUT TAKE A STEP BACK AND LOOK AT WHAT WE'VE DONE FOR OURSELVES, OUR SCHOOL, OUR
COMMUNITY, I THINK PEOPLE REALLY BEGAN TO REALIZE WE DID SOMETHING GREAT, MADE HISTORY.
EVERYBODY WAS TELLING US, KEEP YOUR HEADS UP. STILL PROUD OF YOU GUYS.
I'M PROUD OF EVERYONE, FOR TEAM, COACHES, PROUD OF MYSELF. AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE
DID MAKE HISTORY. TOO BAD WE DIDN'T GET AT LEAST ONE MORE WIN.
THEY SHOULDN'T BE PROUD FOR HOW THEY PLAYED ON THE FLOOR, THEY SHOULD BE PROUD FOR HOW
WELL THEY REPRESENTED THEMSELVES TO THE COUNTRY, HOW MUCH FUN THEY WERE HAVING FOR HOW GRACIOUS
THEY WERE IN VICTORY, HOW GRACIOUS THEY WERE IN DEFEAT. THEY SHOULD BE PROUD THEY GAVE
THIS AREA SOMETHING TO HANG ONTO AND GAVE A IDENTITY.
TIME WILL TELL THE FUTURE COURSE OF THE BASKETBALL TEAM. ONE THING IS FOR CERTAIN, 2013 EAGLES
MADE HISTORY AND PUT FGCU BASKETBALL, THE UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY ON THE MAP. THAT
WILL FOREVER BE THEIR LEGACY. >> THEY WERE
THE FIRST UNIVERSITY IN HISTORY AS A 15 SEED TO MAKE IT TO THE SWEET 16. WE'LL FOREVER
ENJOY THAT. WE DID BETTER THAN EVERYBODY THOUGHT WE WOULD.
JUST BEEN A GREAT RIDE FOR US. AS I'VE SAID TO OTHERS, WE'VE JUST STARTED. EVERYBODY BECAME
MORE PROUD TO AN EAGLE.
GOING TO SWEET 16, SOMETHING GREAT FOR THIS COMMUNITY IS AWESOME.
NOT TOO MANY CAN SAY THEY MADE HISTORY AT SOME POINT. I'M GLAD WE CAN.
THAT'S OUR NICKNAME, DUNK CITY.