2012–13 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 2012–13 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles Basketball FGCU wordmark.png 175 Atlantic Sun Conference ASUN Conference A-Sun 25 26–11 13–5 Andy Enfield 2nd Kevin Norris Marty Richter Michael Fly Alico Arena Atlantic Sun tournament champions NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen 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 Eagles, led by second year head coach Andy Enfield, played their home games at Alico Arena 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 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, 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 62–50 to finish the season 26–11. After the season, Andy Enfield was hired by the USC Trojans to be the head coach.USC taps FGCU's Andy Enfield as next head coach http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/-college-basketball-mens-tournament/news/20130401/andy-enfield-usc/ https://web.archive.org/web/20130404011033/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/-college-basketball-mens-tournament/news/20130401/andy-enfield-usc/ dead April 4, 2013 SI.com They won the 2013 ESPY for Best Upset.espn ESPN 357696378681561089 18 July 2013 And the Cinderella story continues. Congrats to Florida Gulf Coast (AKA "Dunk City") on their #ESPYS Best Upset win. 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 a song of the same name was posted on YouTube Black Magic and Bambi immediately following their victory over Georgetown, featuring a parody of American rapper Tyga's "Rack City" and played over highlights of the Eagles' win.Corcoran Tully Cinderella with Swag: An Oral History of Florida Gulf Coast's Run as 'Dunk City' https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2626893-cinderella-with-swag-an-oral-history-of-florida-gulf-coasts-run-as-dunk-city 2022-11-07 Bleacher Report en The "Dunk City" nickname has since expanded to the FGCU men's basketball program as a whole. Roster 2012 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles #00287A #00885A white white Brett Comer y 0 G 6 3 192 SO Winter Park, Florida Nate Hicks 1 F 6 10 215 JR yes Panama City Beach, Florida Bernard Thompson 2 G 6 3 166 SO Conyers, Georgia Christophe Varidel 5 G 6 2 170 JR Versoix, Switzerland Jamail Jones 11 G 6 6 215 JR yes Atlanta, Georgia Eric McKnight 12 F 6 9 210 SO yes Raleigh, North Carolina Alexander Blessig 14 G 6 2 181 FR Berlin, Germany Filip Cvjeticanin 15 F 6 9 212 SO Zagreb, Croatia Chase Fieler y 20 F 6 8 205 JR Parkersburg, West Virginia Leonard Livingston Jr. 21 F 6 10 180 FR Upper Marlboro, Maryland Eddie Murray 23 F 6 8 205 SR yes North Fort Myers, Florida Marcus Blake 24 F 6 7 195 SO yes Miami, Florida W Sherwood Brown 25 G 6 4 200 SR Orlando, Florida y Dajuan Graf 35 G 6 0 170 FR Charlotte, North Carolina Andy Enfield (Johns Hopkins) Kevin Norris (Miami (FL)) Marty Richter (Simpson College) Michael Fly (Kentucky) http://www.fgcuathletics.com/mbasketball/roster/ 2013-03-11 According to Yahoo Sports columnist Eric Adelson, "The out-of-nowhere stories [on the squad] are kind of staggering."https://sports.yahoo.com/news/ncaab--who-is-florida-gulf-coast-university--232552429.html Who is Florida Gulf Coast University? Eric Adelson Yahoo Sports March 23, 2013 March 27, 2013 Brown began his college career as a walk-on, and was so little-regarded in high school that he does not appear in the database of Yahoo's Rivals.com recruiting site.https://sports.yahoo.com/news/ncaab--florida-gulf-coast--other-sweet-16-teams-thriving-without-highly-touted-recruits-003147215.html Florida Gulf Coast, other Sweet 16 teams thriving without highly touted recruits Pat Forde Pat Forde Yahoo Sports March 26, 2013 March 27, 2013 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, he took a back seat to future NBA player Austin Rivers. Chase Fieler, 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 2012-13 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2012 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style=Florida Gulf Coast Eagles| Non-conference regular season 11/09/2012 7:30 pm yes yes VCU Stuart C. Siegel Center Richmond, VA Battle 4 Atlantis 7,693 57–80 0–1 11/13/2012 7:05 pm yes Miami (FL) Alico Arena Fort Myers, FL 4,552 63–51 1–1 11/15/2012 7:05 pm yes Ave Maria Alico Arena Fort Myers, FL 1,113 86–54 2–1 11/18/2012 8:00 pm yes yes Duke 9 Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC Battle 4 Atlantis 9,314 ESPNU 67–88 2–2 11/21/2012 7:05 pm yes Alcorn State Alico Arena Fort Myers, FL Battle 4 Atlantis 1,370 50–48 3–2 11/22/2012 7:00 pm yes Toledo Alico Arena Fort Myers, FL Battle 4 Atlantis 676 72–66 4–2 11/24/2012 7:30 pm yes yes St. John's Carnesecca Arena Queens, New York 4,003 68–79 4–3 11/28/2012 8:00 pm yes yes Samford Pete Hanna Center Homewood, AL 1,087 86–62 5–3 12/01/2012 7:05 pm yes Loyola (MD) Alico Arena Fort Myers, FL 2,141 65–50 6–3 12/04/2012 8:00 pm yes yes Iowa State Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA 12,692 Cyclones.tv 72–83 6–4 12/13/2012 7:05 pm yes FIU Alico Arena Fort Myers, FL 1,803 76–73 7–4 12/18/2012 7:05 pm yes Southeastern Alico Arena Fort Myers, FL 1,162 86–60 8–4 12/22/2012 2:00 pm yes yes Maine Alfond Arena Orono, ME 980 78–84 8–5 |- !colspan=9 style=Florida Gulf Coast Eagles| Atlantic Sun regular season 12/31/2012 5:00 pm yes Kennesaw State KSU Convocation Center Kennesaw, GA 821 68–59 9–5 1–0 01/02/2013 7:30 pm yes Mercer Hawkins Arena Macon, GA 2,742 70–77 OT 9–6 1–1 01/05/2013 2:00 pm Jacksonville Alico Arena Fort Myers, FL 1,704 78–55 10–6 2–1 01/07/2013 7:30 pm North Florida Alico Arena Fort Myers, FL 2,231 75–73 11–6 3–1 01/10/2013 7:00 pm yes USC Upstate G. 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Hodge Center Spartanburg, SC 759 72–71 OT 12–6 4–1 01/12/2013 4:00 pm yes East Tennessee State ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center Johnson City, TN 2,446 75–85 12–7 4–2 01/17/2013 7:05 pm Lipscomb Alico Arena Fort Myers, FL 1,960 78–87 OT 12–8 4–3 01/19/2013 5:15 pm Northern Kentucky Alico Arena Fort Myers, FL 2,189 73–54 13–8 5–3 01/25/2013 7:05 pm Stetson Alico Arena Fort Myers, FL 3,002 ESPN3 96–65 14–8 6–3 01/31/2013 7:00 pm yes North Florida UNF Arena Jacksonville, FL 1,358 89–75 15–8 7–3 02/02/2013 3:15 pm yes Jacksonville Swisher Gymnasium Jacksonville, FL 899 81–78 16–8 8–3 02/07/2013 7:00 pm East Tennessee State Alico Arena Fort Myers, FL 2,832 67–43 17–8 9–3 02/09/2013 5:15 pm USC Upstate Alico Arena Fort Myers, FL 3,621 ESPN3 74–49 18–8 10–3 02/14/2013 7:00 pm yes Northern Kentucky The Bank of Kentucky Center Highland Heights, KY 3,386 60–53 19–8 11–3 02/16/2013 7:30 pm yes Lipscomb Allen Arena Nashville, TN 1,754 ESPN3 74–84 19–9 11–4 02/22/2013 7:00 pm yes Stetson Edmunds Center DeLand, FL 1,342 ESPN3 71–80 19–10 11–5 02/28/2013 7:30 pm Mercer Alico Arena Fort Myers, FL 3,586 60–57 20–10 12–5 03/02/2013 5:15 pm Kennesaw State Alico Arena Fort Myers, FL 2,574 67–49 21–10 13–5 |- !colspan=12 style=Florida Gulf Coast Eagles| Atlantic Sun tournament 03/06/2013 2:30 pm yes 2 North Florida 7 Hawkins Arena Macon, GA Quarterfinal 683 CSS/ESPN3 73–63 22–10 03/08/2013 8:00 pm yes 2 Stetson 3 Hawkins Arena Macon, GA Semifinal 3,527 CSS/ESPN3 72–58 23–10 03/09/2013 12:00 pm yes 2 Mercer 1 Hawkins Arena Macon, GA Championship Game 3,494 ESPN2 88–75 24–10 |- !colspan=12 style=Florida Gulf Coast Eagles| NCAA tournament 03/22/2013 6:50 pm yes yes 15 S Georgetown 8 2 S Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia, PA First round 20,125 TBS 78–68 25–10 03/24/2013 7:10 pm yes yes 15 S San Diego State 7 S Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia, PA Second round TBS 81–71 20,125 26–10 03/29/2013 10:38 pm yes yes 15 S Florida 3 S 14 Cowboys Stadium Arlington, TX Sweet Sixteen TBS 50–62 40,639 26–11 AP Poll Eastern Time References Category:Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball seasons Florida Gulf Coast Florida Gulf Coast