FGCU basketball

Women's basketball coach Karl Smesko announces he's leaving to take a similar job in Atlanta

The twelfth-seeded FGCU women's basketball gave fifth-seeded/No. 18 Oklahoma all it could handle Saturday in the First Round of the 2024 NCAA Tournament at Assembly Hall but fell a three-pointer short in a 73-70 loss.

The FGCU women's basketball team won the ASUN tournament on Saturday, beating Central Arkansas 76-47 on at Alico Arena. On Sunday, the Eagles watched the NCAA Tournament Selection Show and found they would be playing the Oklahoma Sooners in Bloomington, Indiana.The Eagles square off against the Sooners at 4 p.m. March 23 on ESPNews.

The Florida Gulf Coast University Eagles beat the Austin Peay Governors 74-52 to move on to the ASUN Finals on Saturday

The college sports landscape changed forever on July 3rd. 2021, when the NCAA permitted student athletes to earn compensation for their name, image, and likeness. As part of this new landscape, a concept referred to as "collectives" has been introduced. Southwest Florida Flight Crew helmed by Tim Cartright, chair of the collective spoke with Southwest Florida Business Today publisher Karen Moore.

FGCU Director of Athletics Ken Kavanagh, initially announced earlier this year to be retiring at the end of his contract in June, 2024, has left his position with the university as of Friday.His leaving was announced late Friday in a university-wide email from President Aysegul Timur.

FGCU women’s basketball senior Dolly Cairns collected back-to-back Atlantic Sun Conference Newcomer of the Week honors.

Nora Svensson, is a native of Vasteras, Sweden, and attends Widenska Gymnasium. She was the under, 18 Swedish champion in singles and doubles in 2022, and the runner, up in U18 doubles in the Swedish championships this year.

Starting in June 2021, college athletes in Florida were allowed to earn compensation for their name, image, and likeness. A team at FGCU is getting some help with that.

FGCU's men's basketball team lost a close game to the Indiana Hoosiers while the woman handily put away the Brown University Bears for their initial win of the season.