ESTERO, Fla. – Celebrating its 10th year in Southwest Florida, the Gulf Coast Showcase men’s and women’s tournaments each feature loaded fields when college basketball returns to Hertz Arena in November. The two tournaments will take place on Thanksgiving week and feature FGCU and former tournament champ Toledo on the men’s side and six teams…
ESTERO, Florida – No. 13 Iowa State (7-0) closed out the Gulf Coast Showcase with a tough 76-71 win over UMass (7-1) to grab the Gulf Coast Showcase Championship. The win gives the 13th-ranked Cyclones an unblemished 7-0 record to start the season. Against the Minutewomen, Iowa State was led by Ashley Joens and Lexi…
ESTERO, Fla. —The Oakland men’s basketball team won the Gulf Coast Showcase title game over Delaware, 81-73, on Wednesday night at Hertz Arena. The Golden Grizzlies (5-2) went 3-0 at the tournament with victories over Vermont, Rice, and Delaware (4-2). Following the game, graduate senior Jamal Cain earned tournament MVP honors while junior point guard…
ESTERO, Fla. – College basketball returns to Southwest Florida this November when the ninth-annual Gulf Coast Showcase tips off at Hertz Arena bringing 16 teams to the market Thanksgiving week. And for 2021, tournament operator bdG Sports also is launching the Naples Invitational, a new eight-team tournament held at the Community School of Naples. The…
ESTERO, FLA. – No. 12 Maryland and No. 14 Arkansas staged a thriller in the final game of the women’s #BeachBubble at Alico Arena. The Terps put up 41 points in the third quarter en route to a 115-96 win over the Razorbacks. Maryland, Arkansas, Missouri State and Wake Forest all finished 2-1 in the…
ESTERO, FLA. – Abilene Christian swept the men’s side of the #BeachBubble and were crowned champions of the event after going 3-0 in the event which featured a set schedule after several teams bowed out of the tournament due to COVID-19. ACU beat ETSU, Austin Peay and Omaha en route to the title. …
ESTERO, Fla. – A college basketball season unlike any other tips off on Wednesday, Nov. 25, and will include a slate of games at Hertz Arena in bdG Sports’ #BeachBubble at the Gulf Coast Showcase. Over the course of Thanksgiving weekend, the Kentucky-based promoter will play host to eight men’s and six women’s teams in…
ESTERO, Fla. – The #22/21 Gonzaga women’s basketball team claimed the title of the Gulf Coast Showcase with a 63-50 victory over Purdue on Sunday evening inside Hertz Arena in Estero, Fla. The title was the fourth nonconference tournament title in program history, and the first under Head Coash Lisa Fortier. “It’s really exciting; I’m…
ESTERO, Fla. – Led by an MVP performance from sophomore Ed Croswell, the La Salle University men’s basketball team took home the Gulf Coast Showcase championship with an 81-76, overtime victory over South Alabama at Hertz Arena on Wednesday evening. Croswell scored 18 points and added 12 rebounds while senior Isiah Deas scored a team-high…
ESTERO, Fla. – Seven teams that competed in the 2019 NCAA Tournament will be among the 16 men’s and women’s teams competing in the seventh annual Gulf Coast Showcase on Thanksgiving week at Hertz Arena. Murray State, which won the Ohio Valley Conference and beat Marquette in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament, and…