Eagles get national exposure after NCAA bid

The Florida Gulf Coast University men's basketball team became the first team to secure a spot in the NCAA tournament with the Atlantic Sun tourney title around 2:15 Saturday afternoon.

  1. Beat Miami in Nov. RT @jeffborzello: We have our 1st NCAA tourney team: Florida Gulf Coast, winners of Atlantic Sun - cbsprt.co/12DhWVo
  2. Florida Gulf Coast going dancing and the name Andy Enfield is crossing ADs desks
  3. Second that! MT @leedee15 Congrats to @GrahamDiemer and the FGCU Eagles for punching their ticket to the big dance! http://pic.twitter.com/SOcirmY3Kk
  4. 1st Ticket Punched. The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles are going dancing!
  5. Congrats to the first teams in: Harvard, Florida Gulf Coast & Belmont! See the AQs as they happen: ow.ly/iFTwC #MarchMadness
  6. Favorite this tweet so you'll remember, Florida Gulf Coast will be the new athletic power in Florida lol bet me pls.
  7. BTW, congrats to @FGCUEagles for making the Big Dance in their 2nd year of eligibility! Representing Fort Myers!
  8. The @Twins congratulate Florida Gulf Coast University on making the Big Dance. The Eagles are again THE talk of SW Florida. Go @FGCUEagles
  9. So proud of the university I used to work for making the NCAA tournament for the first time ever! Good luck @FGCUEagles!
  10. Congrats to the @FGCUEagles on making The Big Dance! I covered that team back in 2000 before they ever had a gym to play in or a schedule.
  11. Congrats to @FGCUEagles !!!!!! Off to the dance!!!! I can finally bet on Florida Gulf Coast!!!
  12. Prez Wilson Bradshaw makes Eagle Claw hand signal in final mins-men's #ASun Conf victory by #FGCUEagles over #mercer http://pic.twitter.com/GcM7Jwm34C

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