As Florida Gulf Coast (26-10) spent the past weekend fashioning the opening rounds of the N.C.A.A. tournament into its own personal highlight show, securing a spot in the Round of 16 with victories over Georgetown and San Diego State, a small group of teams from around the country, their seasons long since over, watched the drama play out with a mix of curiosity and pride.
“I think it’s hard not to root for them,” Maine’s Ted Woodward said in a telephone interview.
Like Sanderson, Woodward coached his team to a win over Florida Gulf Coast this season. It turned out to be a banner moment for Maine (11-19), which was otherwise not particularly adept at winning basketball games. The same could be said for East Tennessee State (10-22), Stetson (15-16) and Lipscomb, which labored through a 12-18 season but swept its two-game series with Florida Gulf Coast.
That probably bears repeating: Florida Gulf Coast lost twice to Lipscomb this season.
GRB March Madness
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Freed Roger
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Teams that Beat Florida Gulf Coast watch in Awe
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wart57
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It's all skill.....and luck.Freed Roger wrote:Wart standing tall.
This is the luckiest he's been since 2minutes after hot cousin walked out in her skivvies.
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Freed Roger
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A friend says his kindergartener is doing well in his bracket...ala "ooh Florida Gulf Coast, I likey Florida..." Kind of like jim.wart57 wrote:It's all skill.....and luck.Freed Roger wrote:Wart standing tall.
This is the luckiest he's been since 2minutes after hot cousin walked out in her skivvies.
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thrill
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Wart deserves his win because he filled out one bracket LIKE A REAL MAN DOES.
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JackofDiamonds
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Meh, we're not playing for money, and I wanted one where StL wins.
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cardsfansince82
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It was awfully ballsy of wart to fill out a bracket with 1 vs 2 in every region except one. Still a long way to go so I wouldnt crown anyone's ass yet.
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Radbird
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Yea Marquette. The only team left that I really want to root for.
(uh, except for those guys from Dunk City).
(uh, except for those guys from Dunk City).
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JackofDiamonds
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DUNK CITY
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go birds
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i only filled out one as welltrill wrote:Wart deserves his win because he filled out one bracket LIKE A REAL MAN DOES.
so looks like its a fight to the death between me a wart
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wart57
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go birds wrote:i only filled out one as welltrill wrote:Wart deserves his win because he filled out one bracket LIKE A REAL MAN DOES.
so looks like its a fight to the death between me a wart
Not after last night....That crashed and burned quickly.
[expletive] Hoosiers.