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…