The 2012–13 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented
Florida Gulf Coast University during the
2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
The 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began in November with the 2K Sports Classic and ended with the Final Four in Atlanta, April 6–8.
Season headlines
*October 29 – The AP preseason All-American team was named. Indiana's ...
. The Eagles, led by second year head coach
Andy Enfield
Andrew William Enfield (born June 8, 1969) is an American basketball coach who is the men's head coach for the USC Trojans of the Pac-12 Conference. He came to national prominence as head coach at Florida Gulf Coast when it made an unexpected run ...
, played their home games at
Alico Arena
Alico Arena is a multipurpose arena on the campus of Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida. It is the home of the FGCU Eagles volleyball and men's and women's basketball teams. It holds 4,633 people in basketball configuration. I ...
and were members of the
Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished A-Sun play with a record of 13–5 to finish in second place. In only their second year of full NCAA eligibility, the Eagles won the
Atlantic Sun tournament, beating top-seeded Mercer in the championship game, to earn their first ever bid to the
NCAA tournament as a No. 15 seed in the south region. Guard
Sherwood Brown
Sherwood Terrell Brown (born August 2, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for the Montreal Alliance of the Canadian Elite Basketball League. From 2009 to 2013, he played college basketball at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fo ...
was named the A-Sun player of the year.
In their NCAA Tournament debut, the 15 seeded Eagles upset 2 seeded
Georgetown 78–68. It was the third time in two years and seventh time overall that a 15 seed had upset a 2 seed. With a second round 81–71 win over
San Diego State
San Diego State University (SDSU) is a public research university in San Diego, California. Founded in 1897 as San Diego Normal School, it is the third-oldest university and southernmost in the 23-member California State University (CSU) system ...
, they became the first 15 seed to win two games in a tournament to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. They lost in the Sweet Sixteen to
Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...
62–50 to finish the season 26–11. After the season, Andy Enfield was hired by the
USC Trojans
The USC Trojans are the College athletics in the United States, intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the University of Southern California (USC), located in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California. While the men's teams are nicknamed the ' ...
to be the head coach. They won the 2013 ESPY for Best Upset. Due to its propensity for acrobatic slam dunks and alley-oops during its unlikely Cinderella run, this specific team became known as "Dunk City" after
song of the same namewas posted on YouTube Black Magic and Bambi immediately following their victory over Georgetown, featuring a parody of American rapper
Tyga's "
Rack City
"Rack City" is a song by American rapper Tyga. First released on December 2, 2011, the song served as the third single from his second studio album, '' Careless World: Rise of the Last King'' (2012). It was produced by Mustard and Mike Free. It re ...
" and played over highlights of the Eagles' win.
The "Dunk City" nickname has since expanded to the FGCU men's basketball program as a whole.
Roster
According to
Yahoo Sports
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columnist Eric Adelson, "The out-of-nowhere stories
n the squadare kind of staggering."
Brown began his college career as a
walk-on
Walk On may refer to:
Music
* ''Walk On'', a 1994 album by Boston, and its title song
Albums
* ''Walk On'' (Boston album), 1994
* ''Walk On'' (John Hiatt album), 1995
* ''Walk On'' (Randy Johnston album), 1992
*''Walk On'', a 2007 album by ...
,
[ and was so little-regarded in high school that he does not appear in the database of Yahoo's '']Rivals.com
Rivals.com is a network of websites that focus mainly on college football and basketball recruiting in the United States. The network was started in 1998 and employs more than 300 personnel.
History
Rivals.com was founded in 1998 by Jim Heckma ...
'' recruiting site. Starting point guard Brett Comer, who had 24 assists in the Eagles' first two NCAA games, said he had no idea how to play the position when he arrived at FGCU; at Winter Park High School
Winter Park High School (often simply abbreviated as WPHS) located in Winter Park, Florida, United States is one of nineteen public high schools in Orange County. Winter Park High School is a International Baccalaureate school and delivers Advan ...
, he took a back seat to future NBA player Austin Rivers.[ ]Chase Fieler
Chase Fieler (born June 10, 1992) is an American basketball player for the Saga Ballooners of the Japanese B.League. Fieler usually plays at the power forward position.
College career
Fieler played for Florida Gulf Coast University from 2010 to 2 ...
, whose one-handed alley-oop dunk off a Comer pass was the signature play of the Georgetown game, also does not appear in the ''Rivals.com'' database,[ and did not know how to jump off two feet when he arrived at FGCU.][ Bernard Thompson, named A-Sun Defensive Player of the Year, was by comparison highly touted; he had offers from budding power VCU and five other mid-majors. Nonetheless, he was not nationally ranked out of high school.][
]
Schedule
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References
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