ESTERO, Fla. – The Murray State men’s basketball program, which won 25 consecutive games before being upset in its conference championship game in March, will open the third annual Gulf Coast Showcase at Germain Arena against UW-Milwaukee, while NCAA powerhouses Stanford and Louisville drew in opposite brackets of the women’s tournament, as pairings were released Tuesday…
ESTERO, Fla. – Sixteen NCAA Division I basketball programs will descend upon Southwest Florida this Thanksgiving as the third-annual Gulf Coast Showcase is staged at Germain Arena in Estero, Fla. The men’s eight-team tournament, designed to showcase the top mid-major programs from across the country, will be held Nov. 23-25; it will be immediately followed by…
ESTERO, Fla. — UConn wasn’t slowed by a slow start. Once the Huskies got their fast break going, Wisconsin-Green Bay was no match for the defending national champions. Moriah Jefferson had 19 points and Breanna Stewart added 17 for No. 3 UConn in an 89-53 victory Sunday night in the championship game of the Gulf…
ESTERO, Fla. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) – Jumping out of the gates with a 15-0 lead and holding Florida Gulf Coast (5-1) to just 27.3 percent shooting from the field, Green Bay (4-1) led wire-to-wire on Wednesday night and posted a 59-45 victory in the championship game of the Gulf Coast Showcase at Germain Arena. Green Bay was the…
ESTERO, Fla. – Two-time defending National Champions Connecticut and three other NCAA Tournament teams headline the pairings for the 2014 Gulf Coast Showcase. All 12 games of the tournament will be played Nov. 28-30, 2014 at Germain Arena in Southwest Florida. First-round play will start on Friday, Nov. 28 with the following match-ups: 12:00 p.m. ET…
Bonita Springs, Fla. – The coaches, players and fans of the 2014 Gulf Coast Showcase will enjoy luxury accommodations just minutes away from the action as Lee County’s top resort destination, the Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort & Spa in Bonita Springs, serves as the official host resort for this November’s tournaments. The Lee County Visitor…
ESTERO, Fla. – NCAA Tournament teams Vanderbilt and Georgia Tech round out one of the strongest women’s college basketball fields ever assembled, Gulf Coast Showcase organizers announced Wednesday. The eight premium programs will descend upon Southwest Florida for the second-annual tournament to be played at Ft. Myers’ Germain Arena. Next season’s event, scheduled for Nov.…
ESTERO, Fla. – Middle Tennessee used a dominating 62-48 victory over Mississippi State to collect a third consecutive win and capture the inaugural Gulf Coast Showcase Championship inside Germain Arena on Sunday evening. The Blue Raiders (4-3) trailed by only one early in the first half before belting a 20-4 run to close out the opening…
ESTERO, Fla. — Raheem Appleby scored 23 points to lead Louisiana Tech to a 76-72 win over St. Bonaventure in the championship game of the Gulf Coast Showcase Wednesday. Louisiana Tech (5-1) took a 34-33 lead to halftime, but St. Bonaventure (5-2) responded after the break, hitting 6 of 7 to open the second half on its…
ESTERO, Fla. – The inaugural Gulf Coast Showcase, which features 16 college basketball programs from across the U.S., will have a significant economic impact approaching $750,000 on Southwest Florida when the event tips off Thanksgiving week, according to local tourism officials. The event, actually two tournaments in one, features eight men’s teams (Nov. 25-27) followed by…