FGCU Making NCAA Tourney History One Amazing Dunk At A Time
Until last night, a 15th seed had never made it to the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament since it began in 1939.
Enter the Florida Gulf Coast University Eagles to rewrite March Madness lore.
Virtually unknown to America prior to the tourney, FGCU has defied critics and analysts alike with a run that’s seen them knock off #2 seeded Georgetown and #7 seeded San Diego State with 10-point victories in both contests. Going from off the map to the national spotlight overnight, these kids have won them some conditional underdog fandom all across the board.
Conditional on the fact that they keep jumping out of the fucking building.
Seriously, if you’ve watched the tourney, you know how insane the dunks are that the Azuls have been cranking back. These dunks are comparable to maybe only the physics defying air-mailed dish to throw downs showcased by the Stockton-to-Malone alleyoop connection in NBA Jam ’94.
Courtesy of the guys at Deadspin, every single one of FGCU’s posterizing post season dunks has been cut together for your viewing pleasure.
These dudes can flat out play, and it exudes in their celebrations.
Well I’ll tell you what: if I ever find myself in a position to against all odds defy history, I might just have to resort to the chicken cluck too. Classic move.
These guys are cool as ice because they know how good they are, and I respect that. End of the day, they just love to win and have fun, and they’ve proved to crazy entertaining to watch. Unless you’re a Gator fan, at this point there’s no reason not to pull for Florida Gulf Coast to continue on with their record-breaking run.
Show me more dunks and clucks, Azuls!
[via Deadspin]
Image via Atlantic Sun
Georgetown was a two, not a three.
12 years ago at 4:13 pmCorrect, my mistype. Regardless, they weren’t worthy of it.
12 years ago at 4:17 pmThose 2 one-handed alley towards the end of the video were absolutely filthy.
12 years ago at 4:26 pmalley-oops*
laps done.
12 years ago at 4:26 pmThis is why women shouldn’t write about sports
12 years ago at 5:30 pmGood call, I felt something was off but I couldn’t put my finger on it.
12 years ago at 5:59 pmBeing unfamiliar with Eastbound and Down. NF.
12 years ago at 6:18 pmI love women, I’ll take that as a compliment. Wooh.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoWblwKdeHg
12 years ago at 6:47 pmYeah I’ve never watched that show. Laps have been taken
12 years ago at 7:44 amIs this team worthy to be called members of Phi Slamma Jamma fraternity?
12 years ago at 6:03 pmChase Fieler #20 is a PIKE
12 years ago at 6:23 pmI was wondering when someone would mention ol’ Phi Slam. Honestly, I’d consider them for membership. Some of the dunks in that video were just fucking ridiculous.
12 years ago at 8:00 pm“Enter the Florida Gulf Coast University Azuls.” The mascot of FGCU is actually an Eagle. That would be like calling the Florida Gators the “Florida Alberts or Florida Alberta’s.”
This article is horse shit.
12 years ago at 6:14 pmAzul is actually an eagle native to Florida’s Gulf coast, guy. This is what they look like:
12 years ago at 7:02 pmhttp://images.efollett.com/spirit/v4/710/TRPOLCHROM-INMS.jpg
12 years ago at 8:07 pmI hate that stupid chicken dance that these guys think is eagles wings flapping but I love the team.
12 years ago at 6:49 pmDoing the Sprain. TFM.
12 years ago at 7:06 pmI hope this fuckers keep winning. The betting odds must be ridiculous
12 years ago at 7:40 pmthese*
12 years ago at 7:41 pmThey were 2000/1 beginning of the tourney. Now the odds are 40/1
12 years ago at 7:59 pmSchools younger than at least 100 years old. NF.
12 years ago at 11:05 pmEvery player being older than the university and still throwing it down on Georgetown. TFM.
12 years ago at 12:26 amhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TphEh0Qgv0
12 years ago at 5:23 am