ESTERO, Fla. — — Just when it seemed like Kansas State might beat Iowa for the third time in a little over 12 months, Caitlin Clark found herself remembering one of coach Lisa Bluder’s mantras. “She always says, ‘Find a way,’” Clark said. That’s what she and the Hawkeyes did — to win a title,…

Estero, FL – Tyler Thomas tallied the nation’s first 40-point game of the 2023-24 season to carry the Hofstra men’s basketball team to a 97-92 overtime victory over High Point in the championship game of the Gulf Coast Showcase on Wednesday evening at Hertz Arena. Remarkably, Thomas scored 33 of his points in the second half and…

ESTERO, Fla. – Reigning National Player of the Year Caitlin Clark and the Iowa Hawkeyes will be on display when the Clean Simple Eats Gulf Coast Showcase returns to Hertz Arena on Nov. 24-26. The eight-team tournament field features six squads that competed in postseason play a year ago. Iowa (31-7, 15-3 Big Ten in…

ESTERO, Fla. – Southwest Florida serves as the backdrop to great college basketball action when eight Division I men’s teams visit for the 11th annual Gulf Coast Showcase, Nov. 20‐ 22, at Hertz Arena. The Thanksgiving Week event is operated by bdG Sports. Headlined by 2023 NCAA Tournament participants Iona and Louisiana, along with 2023 Colonial…

ESTERO, Fla. — Down six with 4:39 remaining to No. 21-ranked Baylor, the No. 22-ranked University of Michigan women’s basketball team ended the game on a 20-5 run en route to an 84-75 win over the Bears to win the Gulf Coast Showcase championship Sunday evening (Nov. 27) at Hertz Arena.

ESTERO, Fla. – Three days. Three wins. One trophy for the Alico Arena trophy case to begin the Pat Chambers era at FGCU. The FGCU men’s basketball team (5-2) got a double-double of 15 points and 10 rebounds from junior forward Zach Anderson (Apopka, Fla./Apopka HS) and 14 from senior guard Isaiah Thompson (Zionsville, Ind./Zionsville…

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…

ESTERO, Fla. – At least five teams that won a share of a conference title last season will be part of the Gulf Coast Showcase this Thanksgiving at Hertz Arena while the inaugural winner of the women’s event, Middle Tennessee, returns to defend its 2013 crown, organizers announced Tuesday. The regular-season champions from the Missouri…

ESTERO, Fla. – Three top-25 teams from the preseason AP poll highlight the sixth-annual Gulf Coast Showcase women’s tournament to be played on Nov. 23-25 at Hertz Arena. No. 11 Texas, No. 16 Missouri and No. 21 Duke will all be in-action in Southwest Florida on Thanksgiving weekend. Texas will open play on Friday, Nov. 23…

ESTERO, Fla. – Dunk City returns to Germain Arena when the hometown FGCU men’s basketball team makes the 3.5-mile drive from campus for the Gulf Coast Showcase men’s tournament, to be played Nov. 19-21, 2018. The Eagles join perhaps the most-competitive field in the six years of the tournament with four teams that each won…

ESTERO, Fla.– Three Top-25 teams highlight the women’s field for the sixth annual Gulf Coast Showcase, the annual men’s and women’s NCAA basketball tournaments played each Thanksgiving at Germain Arena. Texas, Duke and Missouri all finished among the Top-25 at the end of last season and expected to be ranked once again in the pre-season…

ESTERO, Fla. — Jackie Young and Notre Dame sent a clear message Sunday night. The Irish are a force yet again. Arike Ogunbowale scored 23 points, Young added 22 on her way to tournament MVP honors and No. 6 Notre Dame beat No. 3 South Carolina 92-85 on Sunday night to take the Gulf Coast…

ESTERO, Fla. – While hearts raced 1,000 miles per hour and palms persistently perspired during the frenzied final seconds of a sweetheart of a men’s basketball game between Towson and Georgia Southern, senior guard Deshaun Morman was as cool as a scoop of ice cream. With the game lathered in sweat and suspense and fans nervously sitting…

AUSTIN, Texas — FloSports, the innovator in live digital sports and original content, today announced an exclusive deal with bd Global to air four NCAA Division I tournaments, as well as an extension with Basketball Travelers Inc. (BTI) to broadcast the 2017 GCI Great Alaska Shootout tournament, and a partnership with Rice Athletics to air five men’s…

ESTERO, Fla. – South Carolina, which beat Stanford and Mississippi State in the Final Four to capture its first national championship, headlines the 2017 Gulf Coast Showcase, the annual men’s and women’s NCAA basketball tournaments played each Thanksgiving at Germain Arena. Notre Dame and local favorite South Florida join the Gamecocks in the women’s bracket.…

ESTERO, Fla. (AP) – Baylor headed to the beach shortly after arriving in balmy Florida for a long holiday weekend, getting a little time to bask in sun and ride down waterslides. The rest of the trip for the Lady Bears? All business. Alexis Jones scored 20 points and No. 5 Baylor beat eighth-ranked Ohio State 85-68…

ESTERO, Fla. – Junior forward Devin Davis banked in a layup as time expired to lift the University of Houston Men’s Basketball program to a 72-71 win over Vermont in the Gulf Coast Showcase championship game on Wednesday evening inside Germain Arena. Trailing 71-67 with 1:24 remaining, the Cougars moved to within a point when junior guard Wes VanBeck drained…

ESTERO, Fla. – A deep women’s field headlined by two top-10 teams and last season’s national runner-up will descend upon Southwest Florida when the fourth-annual Gulf Coast Showcase tips off during Thanksgiving week. In addition to the hometown FGCU Eagles, the ladies’ draw features Ohio State, Baylor and Syracuse among the eight-team field. The men’s tournament…

ESTERO, Fla. (AP) – Briana Roberson scored a career-high 26 points, Lili Thompson added 17 and No. 13 Stanford needed overtime to hold off Purdue, 71-65 in the championship game of the Gulf Coast Classic Sunday. Erica McCall gave Stanford the lead on two free throws halfway through overtime and Roberson fed Kailee Johnsonfor a clutch 3-pointer, then knocking down five…

ESTERO, Fla. — Weber State won the Gulf Coast Showcase Championship with a 75-59 win over Murray State Wednesday night in Estero, Fla. “This was a huge win for us and I couldn’t be happier for our team,” said Weber State head coach Randy Rahe. “It was another big team effort. It was a great team…

ESTERO, Fla. – When the Gulf Coast Showcase tips off for the third time during Thanksgiving week at Germain Arena, the action on the court will support Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida. Tournament promoter bd Global announced the new partnership between the NCAA Division I men’s and women’s tournament and the hospital, which is a…

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…

ESTERO, Fla. – The inaugural Gulf Coast Showcase, a destination-location NCAA Division I men’s and women’s basketball tournament, tips off in 10 days at the Germain Arena in Southwest Florida. Eight men’s teams, led by top-seeded Louisiana Tech, and eight women’s teams, including NCAA Tournament teams UCLA and Middle Tennessee State, will battle Thanksgiving week at…

LEXINGTON, KY – Sixteen NCAA Division I basketball programs will descend upon Southwest Florida this Thanksgiving as the inaugural Gulf Coast Showcase is staged at the 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. 25-27; it will be immediately followed…