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Florida Gulf Coast University goes from unknown to tournament darling

Posted at 11:27 AM, Mar 26, 2013
and last updated 2013-03-26 11:27:47-04
(CNN) — Andy Enfield would be on the phone talking with a recruit’s parents.

The new head coach wouldn’t be explaining what offense his team ran or how much playing time was available.

He’d have to explain where exactly Florida Gulf Coast University is — and what kind of school it was.

“They’d think we were the Gulf Coast Community College in the panhandle,” he said recently as his basketball team prepared for its first NCAA tournament game. “I would to keep saying, ‘No, we are a Division I school. We are in Fort Myers.’

“It just wouldn’t register because they had never heard of us.”

Well, that sure has changed.

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