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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…