ARLINGTON, TX – When Florida Gulf Coast and Florida meet on Friday night at Cowboys Stadium, much of the focus will fall on the Eagles of FGCU, and for good reason. It’s not every day that a #15 seed plays in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. In fact, it’s never been any day, before this one.
As the first 15 seed to survive until the second weekend, FGCU is quite understandably the talk of the nation. The whole Dunk City thing doesn’t hurt either.
But don’t sleep on the other Florida school taking the court. The SEC regular season champs and twice national champions from Gainesville cruised through two games on the other side of Texas in Austin, as they dispatched Northwestern St. and Minnesota.
Ahead of the game, Fran Fraschilla had a chance to talk with the head coach of the third-seeded Gators, Billy Donovan.
(Listen to Billy Donovan’s interview with Fran Fraschilla)
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