The Sweet 16!

Well the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament is in the books and if you had a 12, 13 and 15 seeds in the Sweet 16 then you have most likely secured the bracket challenge for your office pool.
This has been by far the most exciting NCAA tournament that I can remember and trust me I have been watching this tournament since the day I was born. One of my first memories is sitting in a high chair with a UNLV tee-shirt on and chanting Runnin' Rebels, if you don't believe me ask my Mom because I guess its on video or something.
So never in my 22 years of life have I seen an underdog team like the Atlantic Sun Champion Florida Gulf Coast University.
The Eagles are playing with the confidence and swagger of a Number 1 seed, not some low level division 1 team that no one gave a shot to advance past round 2.
FGCU has not only become the first 15 seed to advance to the Sweet 16 ever they have done it, by blowing out the two teams they have played thus far.
In their first two games the Eagles have used runs of 21-2 and 17-0 in the second halves to turn close games into blowouts. With runs like that FGCU has been playing like the favorite and blown out an inferior opponent not the underdog that had to win the Atlantic Sun just to make the tournament and its not like they have just been on fire from beyond the 3-point line they have down it with reckless abandonment.
Brent Comer is turning into the tournament darling with his passing ability and his court vision. The sophomore sees passes that the normal basketball player would never see, let alone attempt to throw a over the shoulder, falling out of bounds alley-opp, clinging to a late lead against Georgetown. That was just the first pass he made. Against San Diego State he set up Eric McKnight for a vicious throw down in the first half that nearly blew the top off the Wells Fargo Center.
The most impressive pass to me, however, came in the second half on a fast break where a driving Comer, threw precision bounce pass to a player behind him for an easy layup. Take that in for a minute he threw a prefect bounce pass, in traffic, to a player he couldn't even see.
Sherwood Brown is hitting 3's, dunks and turn-around jumpers in the post and after every score runs down the court with his tongue out, celebrating like its the first basket of the game.
Bernard Thompson is averaging 23 points in the tournament and Chase Fieler is throwing down dunks over players like its nothing.
Now, while all the talk has been on the offensive end of the floor the really story is on the defensive end. The Eagles have forced 34 turnovers in the two games. 34 turnovers against Georgetown and San Diego State two teams that hadn't really turned the ball over that much this season. The defense has allowed the Eagles to run and play their high flying style of play. Without their defense, they don't get out on the break and throw down the dunks that have highlighted the tournament thus far.
This magical run shouldn't come as a surprise, however, this team beat a Miami team that won the ACC over powerhouses Duke and North Carolina, but they also have two losses to lowly Lipscomb.  
Next up is big brother Florida. The Gators already have losses to non-tournament teams Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky, thus proving vulnerable to an upset. If the Eagles play like they have been this game is going to be close and FGCU may make some more history.