Weekend Roundup: The Effect of FGCU

Derek DeNote

There’s so much to write about after this weekend. Don’t expect this follow any logical sense, and if it does, I just impress myself.

Let’s start off with the one thing that no one is talking about (no, not that the Out of Our League crew is close personal friends with Chase Fieler [Also, Dana O’Neil, notice it’s Fieler not Fielder. We’re not talking about Prince here.] and Dajaun Graf), but the fact that FGCU does not partake in the playing of the national anthem. My quick ideas about what’s going instead:

1) Andy Enfield is getting a quickie from his supermodel wife

2) Andy Enfield is counting the millions in his bank account

3) (the most likely of the bunch) Andy Enfield is making sure his team is more prepared than the opponent.

During both the Georgetown and San Diego State games, the FGCU team was nowhere to be found when the Star Spangled Banner was being played and if you don’t believe me, I actually have video proof of this. The national media just can’t keep up with Out of Our League.

Okay, so I apologize OoOL readers, I lied to you. A couple of weeks ago I wrote how awesome Jay Cutler is/was…well turns out Andy Enfield blows him completely out of the water. The dude has millions in his bank account from his time on Wall Street, on a scale of 1-10 his wife is a certified 20  , and he has no problem bringing a team in the second year of eligibility of the tournament to the Sweet 16.  On top of all that, I’m sure you’re wondering, “how did he pull off this certified 20?” Well, it was simple. He took her to Taco Bell and then enjoyed a NIT game with her. Mr. Enfield, you are my idol.

Greatness came face-to-face with greatness when
the OoOL crew met the FGCU crew on Friday.

Now, on to the players of FGCU. Since, I was going to the game against Georgetown, I looked into FGCU and saw that they liked to run an up-tempo pace and that Sherwood Brown was their go to player. So, as I stood out the Wells Fargo Center surrounded by Georgetown fans, I proclaimed that Brown and company was going to give G-town all they could. Partly because I’m a douche and partly because I despise JT3’s system and I was hoping they’d get knocked out. As soon as the game started, Brett Comer stole my heart. The kid looks like a combination of Aaron Craft and Greg Paulus, but plays like Jason Kidd. In fact I was so convinced of this I tweeted it to Jon Rothstein…and he didn’t do anything with it. (I’m starting to think that he loves all my tweets, but doesn’t want to show me special treatment…it’s okay Jon, I understand.) I knew I recognized Comer from somewhere and once I looked up FGCU roster I immediately remember he was in the backcourt with Austin Rivers in high school. (No, I do not have any friends and watch high school basketball games on the reg… and here’s a name to remember next year: Kasey Hill. The kid is a player and I suspect Florida will not falter even after losing Boynton and Rosario) No one really remembers him or scouted him because Rivers played with the ball in his hands 85% percent of the time and Comer’s specialty is his profound vision. Also, I am getting so much joy that a Brett Comer led FGCU team got into the Sweet 16, but an Austin Rivers led Duke team couldn’t. Now onto the fan favorite, Chase Fieler. Chase Fieler had some crazy dunks, but I like him because how down to earth he is. After pulling off possibly the biggest upset in tourney history. He just sat by himself and watched the Oklahoma and San Diego State game until people started asking for autographs and pictures and he, of course, obliged. When the White Raven and myself got a picture with him, before I could congratulate him and wish him luck, he asked me how I was doing. The man just pulled off a colossal upset and he wasn’t fazed with the constant asking of pictures or autographs…he truly acted like a normal college student. I am fully on the FGCU bandwagon… which is probably bad for them since every other team’s bandwagon I’ve been on has suffered defeat already.

We all benefit from the fact that Andy Enfield coaches at a
school with beaches. His wife enjoys the beach.

Now onto the things that FGCU has made you forget from the tourney:

1) Brad Stevens has an inbound guy. Yes, a guy that’s specializes in inbounding the basketball. In case you missed it, Emerson Kampen checked in once and it was simply to get Butler a score in under a second. It was actually phenomenal, but alas, Butler still suffered defeat.

2) Ben McLemore is MIA. Newsflash Ben I didn’t drop a 3^rd round pick on you shoot 0-9 from the floor. But, I’m okay with this because Kansas still advanced comfortably despite his poor offensive showing. McLemore’s no-show performances haven’t been talked about because everyone loves the Eagles.

     3) Roy Williams still can’t beat Kansas.

     4) Syracuse looks good. Syracuse had about as much trouble winning this weekend as Tim Kennard does pulling only 10s. Boeheim and bunch had no trouble taking down Montana and Cal and now they get to play a team coached by Tom Crean, who if I was to guess is going to have a mighty tough time trying to decipher their 2-3 zone.  

     5) Mike Brey makes another early exit. Yeah, maybe I’m wrong about this guy. I didn’t like him and then I loved him and now I just don’t know what to think. He’s another guy that seems to underachieve come tourney time, which is perplexing because his teams typically fare well in the Big East Tourney. Gerry you might be right.

     6) Michigan is playing their best basketball of the year. Shout out to Nick Scioli for being on this bandwagon when I was down on them. I thought havoc was going to give them fits, but instead Trey Burke made VCU look like the OLPH JV team trying to execute a press. He said expect a Kemba-esque performance from Burke and if that’s what we’re about to get then we better buckle up and get ready.

I can hardly tell the difference between me and Marshall anymore.

     7) Marshall Henderson has been stalking my life and has taken everything I do that’s cool and made it even cooler. I’ve been throwing up the shark for a good year now and all of sudden he does it and it’s cool. I’ve been rocking the badass (I use badass very liberally here) chin hair for a good portion and this year and all of sudden he does it and it’s cool. I’ve been chucking up 3’s whenever I get my hands on the ball since the 3^rd grade and shooting an extremely poor percentage and all of a sudden he does it and it’s cool. I’ve been doing coke since the day I was born and now all of a sudden he does it and it’s cool. (Okay, maybe that last one is just him.)