College Basketball - Atlantic Sun Conference

Florida Gulf Coast Eagles

Location: Fort Myers, FL
University Founded: 1991
Enrollment: 8,292 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles

Nickname: Eagles
Mascot: Azul the Eagle
School Colors: Cobalt blue, esmerald green and gold accent
Joined the A-Sun: 2007
Varsity Sports: 14
U. President: Wilson G. Bradshaw
Director of Athletics:
Carl McAloose
Basketball Head Coach:
Dave Balza
Basketball Arena: Alico Arena
Current Capacity: 4,000
First Year of Basketball: 2007

The Florida Gulf Coast University' men’s basketball team has recently moved to Division I sports and joined the Atlantic Sun Conference.

They are known as the Eagles and play their home games at the Alico Arena.

The team’s current coaching staff is; Head Coach Dave Balza and assistants Chris Highfield, Denny Hinsonm Nick Bennet, and Leo Miller.

During the 2008-2009 season the Florida Gulf Coast Eagle finished 9th in the Atlantic Sun Conference standings. They held an 11-20 overall record and 7-13 mark in conference games. The Eagles really have to improve their on the road performance: they lost every road game last season. As of late January 2010, the Eagles have won 3 of this away games.

Florida Gulf Coast 2009/2010 Schedule

Date	Opponent	Time/Result
13-Nov	at No. 2 Michigan State	L 97-58
19-Nov	at Prairie View A&M	L 69-54
21-Nov	at Southern Methodist	L 79-62
25-Nov	at Miami (FL)	L 77-58
1-Dec	Bethune-Cookman	L 67-59
5-Dec	at Longwood	L 82-75
12-Dec	FIU	W 81-64
14-Dec	at USC Upstate	W 86-82
16-Dec	at North Carolina Central	W 76-67
22-Dec	DePaul	W 64-61
29-Dec	at Stetson	L 72-64
2-Jan	at Belmont	W 66-63
4-Jan	at Lipscomb	L 89-79
8-Jan	North Florida	L 62-56
10-Jan	Jacksonville	L 82-58
14-Jan	at Campbell	L 61-45
16-Jan	at East Tennessee State	L 73-51
22-Jan	Kennesaw State	L 69-68
24-Jan	Mercer	W 71-70
27-Jan	Stetson	W 64-53
30-Jan	at Kennesaw State	L 77-70
1-Feb	at Mercer	L 78-72
4-Feb	East Tennessee State	7:30 PM ET
6-Feb	Campbell	5:15 PM ET
11-Feb	at Jacksonville	7:15 PM ET
13-Feb	at North Florida	7:00 PM ET
18-Feb	Lipscomb	7:30 PM ET
20-Feb	Belmont	5:15 PM ET
25-Feb	USC Upstate	7:05 PM ET

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