PHILADELPHIA (AP) a Florida Gulf Coast can only just hope its second weekend in the NCAA tournament is really as much fun as its first. The little-known Eagles made NCAA contest record Sunday evening, becoming the very first 15 seed to attain the Sweet 16 a' and they did it however you like with a convincing 81-71 win over No. 7 Hillcrest Declare that had the Wells Fargo Center partying. Several hours later, Duke joined them with a 66-50 make an impression on Creighton a' and a distinctly more subdued postgame celebration. Both will have a difficult time next weekend. Second-seeded Duke gets No. 3 Michigan State in the Midwest Regional semifinals, while FGCU a the upstart state school a' plays the system's flagship school, third-seeded Florida, in the South Regional semifinals at Dallas. "We got a great deal of exposure this weekend and now I'm sure it will be increased," FGCU coach Andy Enfield said in a single of the understatements of the tournament. "If you saw us play and know the people, it will perhaps not be a issue. They enjoy themselves. I think it is very important to them to get this in. I need all our players to get a deep breaths and say, 'Wow, we are in the Sweet 16, we have accomplished a lot.'" The people a and their new supporters from Philadelphia a had a blast within their first two NCAA tournament games: the 78-68 triumph over second-seeded Georgetown that produced the Eagles (26-10) to the nation's attention and the remarkable win over the seventh-seeded Aztecs. "Words can not explain this experience as being a 15 seed, the first 15 seed to ever do this," FGCU point guard Brett Comer said. "I do not believe that it is really sunk in to any of us yet. I feel like maybe it will tomorrow, but at this time we're on this emotional high it is hard ahead down from." The Eagles continued their high-flying act that resulted in some highlight-reel dunks, several on assists from Coomer, who finished with 10 points and 14 assists. "We got on a run, and when we push the ball we get the crowd behind us and we get a dunk, and then we go to the other end and get yourself a stop and still another dunk, it's hard to try to turn the energy back like that," Comer said. The Eagles broke the game open against Georgetown with a 21-2 run in the second half. Against San Diego State it was a 17-0 work and when it was within the Eagles light emitting diode 71-52 with 4:19 to play and the only real decisions left were how a players and supporters were likely to celebrate. "We are all about having a great time and also playing very difficult and that's something we like to do, we like to get the crowd involved," explained Sherwood Brown, the A-Sun's player of the year, who'd 17 points despite being stuck with foul trouble. "The whole crowd got behind us even if they're not from Fort Myers, or as I prefer to say, Dunk City." Bernard Thompson had 23 points for the 16-year-old college from Fort Myers. Jamal Franklin had 20 factors and 11 rebounds for the Aztecs (23-11), have been attempting to reach the regional semifinals for the next amount of time in 3 years. Franklin talked with Brown following the game. "I just told him just keep being the first choice that he is, make sure the ball is in his arms, make sure he does what he's to do to keep his staff rolling," Franklin said. The Eagles shot 55.9 per cent (33 of 59), including going 7 of 18 from 3-point range. The Aztecs were 8 of 23 from beyond the arc and completed at 44.3 percent (27 of 61). "They play with a sway, and they have a right to do that," said North Park State instructor Steve Fisher, who is aware of participants with that attitude having light emitting diode the Fab Five to straight national championship games at Michigan. "You may have that look and feel, nevertheless, you have to participate and perform to generate your spurs, and they've done that." Freshman Rasheed Sulaimon scored 21 points and Seth Curry added 17 as Duke high level to the round of 16 for the next amount of time in five years. Annually after their NCAA tournament opener was lost by them, the Blue Devils (29-5) come in the semifinal for the 23rd time after holding Creighton to 30.2 per cent shooting (16 of 53), including 2 of 19 from 3-point selection. Mason Plumlee, Josh Hairston and Ryan Kelly battled strong trouble all game long that may have condemned the Blue Devils but seventh-seeded Creighton (28-8) never made a serious function in the 2nd half. Doug McDermott scored 21 points on 4-for-16 shooting and got eight boards for the Bluejays, have been knocked out in the third round by an Atlantic Coast Conference group for the next straight time. Creighton lost to North Carolina last year.
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