we're fgcu. hopefully people by now are learning those initials. >> number two seed duke dominated seventh seed creighton for a 66-50 victory. this is the fourth trip in five years to the round of 16. >>> looking at the brackets now. in the east region on thursday, indiana hoosiers beat temple and they will face syracuse and marquette plays miami. in the west, number two seed ohio state will play arizona on thursday and wichita state faces lasalle. on friday in the midwest, top seed louisville plays oregon. and duke faces michigan state and in the south, kansas moved on to meet michigan on friday. and fgcu, as we were just talking about, they play florida. >>> in the nba, the miami heat extended their winning streak to 26 with a 109-77 win over charlotte. >>> a nascar crash at the auto club 400 in california. two cars were fighting for the lead. kyle busch passes them. denny hamlin hit the wall. busch got the victory there. >>> play will resume at the arnold palmer invitational after a rain delay

>> reporter: well, charles, fgcu is built on marshland outside ft. myers where sometimes alligators can be seen wandering on campus. now the history books will record the eagles as the first number 15 seed to make it to the sweet 16. so as the hastily printed t-shirts proclaim, now you know. >> the first team in the history of the ncaa tournament to do that, that's ridiculous. >> reporter: not a bad showing from a school that's only been around since 1997 and whose basketball coach is 43-year-old andy enfield, a self-made millionaire who walked away from wall street to pursue his own hoop dreams. >> no one knew what fgcu stood for prior to 72 hours ago. >> reporter: even the king, lebron james, gave the eagles a shoutout on twitter but he, too, got the name wrong. and when the team arrived back home before sun-up, the bus was mobbed by students. >> gone are the days where we have to explain to people what fgcu is, where it is, and what it stands for. >> reporter: next in line for the high flying no namers, their powerful neighbors to the north, the f

up big fgcu's chase fieler with the dunk off the backdoor lob 52-33 fgcu up by 19 points!n comes back 54 seconds left markel starks. 3-pointer to cut it to 4 72-68 but florida gulf coast made 6 of their next 7 free throws while georgetown went scoreless final: 78-68 florida gulf coast rough day for nortern calofornia at the prep hoops championships. sacred heart girls lose lyryan russell coach of san francisco's sacred heart cathedral girls girls division 3 state championship game 2nd half/ 32-32 sacred heart takes the lead on this shot by kayla caloyan 34-32 sacred heart 2nd half bishop alemany's leslie lopez woods 3-pointer 41-34 alemany leads bishop alemany wins there first state title final: 46-40 bishop alemany a tiger woods win at the arnold palmer hes's once again number one i the world. pga - arnold palmer invitational kevin chappell with the shot of the day. at the par 3, 14th.his tee shot with a 5-iron.and it lands on the green and goes in for the hole in one!!!! 18th hole tiger woods misses a par putt for his 3rd straight bogey to close his round. tiger shot a 2

up big fgcu's chase fieler with the dunk off the backdoor lob 52-33 fgcu up by 19 points!back 54 seconds left markel starks. 3-pointer to cut it to 4 72-68 but florida gulf coast made 6 of their next 7 free throws while georgetown went scoreless final: 78-68 florida gulf coast ncaa - lasalle/ kansas state k-state coach bruce weber 1st half lasalle's ramon galloway 3- pointer 42-25 explorers final seconds >> this is northern california 0-5. final: 63-61 lasalle sacred heart girls lose lyryan russell coach of san francisco's sacred heart cathedral girls girls division 3 state championship game 2nd half/ 32-32 sacred heart takes the lead on this shot by kayla caloyan 34-32 sacred heart 2nd half bishop alemany's leslie lopez woods 3-pointer 41-34 alemany leads bishop alemany wins there first state title final: 46-40 bishop alemany tger woods at gthe arnold palmer tojrnament. pga - arnold palmer invitational kevin chappell with the shot of the day. at the par 3, 14th.his tee shot with a 5-iron.and it lands on the green and goes in for the hole in one!!!! 18th hole tiger woods m

this is the first big splash fgcu is making onto the national stage. university only founded in 1991, but with dorms on the water, an on-campus spa and a team that can dunk like this, well, fgcu may just become a household name. their next game is against florida on friday. in case you're wondering, yes, those really are the photos of campus. they were taken from the school's website. one other little bit of information i'll share with you. their coach actually studied xhikz economics at john's hopkins. i am telling you everything about the guys is just a little bit different. john, diana. >> thanks. there are underdogs and then these guys, off the radar underdogs. >> i saw them on the brackets. for a second i thought, maybe, maybe. i'm all about the underdog. there is no way. i'm going to screw up my bracket if i put them in there. i screwed up not putting them in there. >> i was a young reporter in 1991, in florida. when they approved the university, 1991. now look at them. on the verge of sweet 16. >> first to make it into the sweet 16. that is pret

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people have been googling fgcu more than ever before.ed recently. >> can they win? we're talking florida gators here versus this little school that hopes to. can they pull it off in. >> they're a 13-point underdog. that's a big number for a game in the sweet 16, but, hey they were a 13 1/2-point underdog against georgetown first round and 7-point underdog against san diego state. they have been here before and they succeeded here before. and it is definitely the david versus goliath scenario. >> this is a 10:00 p.m. tip-off. >> yes. >> eastern time. >> before this game at cowboys stadium there will be michigan versus kansas, another great game. and then another game, michigan state versus duke. izzo versus krzyzewski. and overall favorite to win the tournament, louisville, taking on 12-seeded oregon. we'll see if they can roll over another opponent. >> we'll see when makes it to atlanta. andy shoals, thanks so much. sweet 16 fans, stay tuned, top of the hour. we'll talk live with florida gulf coast students. watch march madness action to

. >>> and fgcu fans are in a frenzy. >>> now to some other stories that caught our eye this morning. in north carolina road rage erupted into an all-out brawl. one driver was pummeled after attacking the driver he accused of trying to run him off the road. the beaten man's wife then gave him a gun which he then used to allegedly fire at his attacker's vehicle. the couple has been arrested on weapons and assault charges. >>> next to ohio where dramatic rescue was caught on tape. police officers pulled the driver from his burning truck after he crashed into a building. there were no serious injuries reported in that. >>> now to connecticut where residents are expressing outrage over automated calls from the nra urging opposition to new gun-control legislation. one local had this to say. >> i was just kind of more shocked, you know, that that type of call would come to newtown. >> robo calls from the gun lobbying organization come three months after a gunman slaughtered 20 children and 6 adults inside sandy hook elementary school. >>> in michigan, a military dad flew from kuwait just to

one district jockey who is a huge fan of fgcu got a tattoo on his arm. and he files for divorce without telling her on "real housewives of atlanta." that's a recall show. just ahead. mad men actor john hamm weighs in on his unmentionables. the material girl joins a very elite club. >>> well, welcome back on this thursday. we are watching a few showers in the west mixed with some clouds. it's not going to rain all day. we're not going to get a lot of heavy rain. but there are areas of heavy rain. 67 in portland. at least the temperatures are warm compared to the rest of the country. even the intermountain west west. as we look to your forecast a little bit like today i think we'll take most of the showers out of the forecast. enjoy what should be a decent holiday travel day. >>> madonna has officially joined the billionaire's club. between her recent tour, merchandise sales and some really wise investments madonna might as well be printing money. >>> nike's latest ad features a tiger woods quote winning takes care of everything. some are calling it dismis

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>> before you got the offer to come here and play, had you heard of fgcu? >> i never heard of it. i was going to school in orlando at the time. i never heard of florida gulf coast. >> know it's on the radar and everybody is talking about them. >> a lot of people in southwest florida hadn't followed this school until friday night. we are a region of people from everywhere else in the country. and nothing united states us except for the potential hurricane. and now we have something to unite us. >> reporter: since defeating second seeded georgetown in their first ever ncaa tournament game, then going on to beat san diego state, the fgcu eagles surprised everyone. >> everybody is so excited to see their little small town and their community of ft. myers be getting so much, you know, national attention. >> officials say sales at the school's bookstore shot up by 1,000% this weekend. with fans of all ages buying up t-shirts and team merchandise. there is even a new rap song renaming this school and for the highers, florida, for that matter,s dunk city. and then there is the story about

knowing us who we are, we're fgcu, hopefully by now they're learning those initials. >> who are thoseuys? the coach of florida gulf coast sale greating after they became the first 15 seed to make it to the sweet 16. this school, by the way, didn't even have classes before 1997 and now they're in the sweet 16 going against florida. good morning, i'm brian shactman. this is "way too early." thanks for being up with us. a lot to talk about on this monday, march 25th including john kerry pressuring iraq when it comes to turning a blind eye on iranian weapon shipments into syria. we'll have a live report. >>> plus, the senate passes its first budget in four years without a single republican vote with another very different plan coming from the house, is there room for either side to give any ground whatsoever? we'll look at that. >>> first to the rest of the news live at 5:30 at 30 rock in new york city and we begin with the nation's ongoing debate over gun safety. after weeks of bipartisan negotiations between senators chuck schumer and tom coburn failed to advance it, now appears john mc

knowing us who we are, we're fgcu, hopefully people by now are learning our initials. >> number two seednated creighton for a 66-50 victory. this is the fourth trip in five years to the round of 16. >>> looking at the brackets, mine are all busted. in the east region on thursday, indiana hoosiers beat temple and they will face syracuse and marquette plays miami. in the west, number two seed ohio state will play arizona on thursday and wichita state faces lasalle. friday, louisville plays oregon and duke faces michigan state and in the south, kansas moved on to meet michigan on friday. >>> let's get you some nba action. the miami heat extended their winning streak to 26 with a 109-77 win over charlotte. check this out. a nascar crash at the auto club 400 in california. two cars were fighting for the lead but kyle busch passes them. denny hamlin hits the wall, survived and busch got the victory. play will resume at the arnold palmer invitational after a rain delay. tiger woods is in the lead by two strokes. he's won 40 of 42 tournaments when he leads by two strokes going into the final rou

so, can two march madness wins change everything for fgcu? say winning is the best salesman. joe carter, cnn, ft. myers, florida. >>> here's a question for you, did your facebook feed turn into a sea of red equal signs this week? the human rights campaign made the symbol a verification of their blue and yellow logo meant to show support for same-sex message as the supreme court tackles the issues. facebook said 2.7 million people changed their profile picture on tuesday. they can't say it's all for the equals sign but there's a lot more picture changes than normal. >>> when the housing market went bust a lot of homes were abandoned or sold in foreclosure. in today's "american journey report" tom foreman shows us a neighborhood where community leaders are trying to help homeowners who have stuck it out. >> reporter: when the housing crash came, no place was hit harder than georgetown south, a distant suburb of washington, where the foreclosure rates shot to 30%. some homes plunged in value from $300,000 to just $40,000. people moved out. crime

once the southeast florida secret, fgcu seemed like a pretty good place to be. a pretty good person to be. a successful entrepreneur, who has made millions. he has a super model wife, a job near the beach and a refreshing coaching philosophy. >> should be an enjoyable experience. that's what college sports, to me, is all about. we run our program like that. >> reporter: even though the eagles didn't land directly on top, it's a story that dunked its way into america's heart. >> florida is the center of basketball right now. >> silver lining here, despite friday night's loss, the school could come out a winner. all the attention could lead to a spike in enrollment next year. >> what a refreshing take on sports from the coach. >> it works when you're winning, right? refreshing take when you're winning. >> but that's one game. >> you're right. blah, blah -- >> everybody will be excited to watch them next year. >> yeah, they are. jenna, thanks. >> uh-huh. >> we'll see if we can stump jenna with some questions on babies and parenting. >>> up next, will twilight fans

fgcu merchandise, like the team, is now a hot commodity. who is the best center on the team? and fans admittedly know little about their team. >> you have no idea! name anybody on the team! >> reporter: fgcu's coach is andy enfield, an mba who helped co-found a management company reportedly worth $100 million, his wife amanda markham, a model who has appeared on the cover of "maxim." >> it must be what is making it all work. >> reporter: at the never mind bar popular with fgcu grads, the eagle dance is flying high, and gator is on the menu. >> it tastes like victory. >> up until now we found ways to call them an underdog story. but if they do beat florida it's not cinderella anymore in college basketball, then it's like what? "rocky 12"? >> reporter: every cinderella needs his princess shoes. this one was created all made out of chocolate, perfect for the sweet 16. back to you, guys. >> kerry sanders down on the campus of florida gulf cost university. i mean, this is a school of 11,000 students, give or take, florida, 50,000 students. it's not even a close comparison in term

before you got the offer to come here and play, had you heard of fgcu?st, i had never even heard of it. >> reporter: now florida gulf coast university is on the radar and everybody's talking about them. >> a lot of people in southwest florida hadn't followed this school until friday night. >> reporter: since defeating second seeded georgetown in their first-ever ncaa tournament game, then going on to beat san diego state, the fgcu eagles surprised everybody. >> everybody is so excited to see their little smalltown, and their community of fort myers be getting so much, you know, national attention. >> reporter: there's even a new rap song, renaming this school, and fort myers, for that matter, as dunk city. ♪ >> reporter: and then there's the story about the team's coach, a self-made millionaire, andy enfield left it all to coach basketball. >> we're up tempo on offense. we play a tough defense like florida state did. >> reporter: a lot of attention has not only gone to enfield and his team, but also his wife amanda markum, a former model who's appeared o

chaos in that regard, but florida gulf coast, who are now asking to be called fgcu. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: every day in the united states, two millioning. s board more than 30,000 flights. douglas parker is the chairman and c.e.o. of us airways. the company announced last month a plan to emerge with american airlines. if approved by regulators it will create the nation's largest carrier. parker will take over as the chief executive of a combined company called american. mergers have been the industry solution to economic turbulence that has shaken aviation. they're worried consolidation will decrease competition and lead to higher fares. i'm very pleased to have douglas parker here at this table for the first time. welcome. >> thank you very much, charlie. happy to be here. >> rose: tell me about the airline industry today. i mean, if you don't consolidate, you die? is that sort of where we are? >> we don't need to consolidate or die. us airways is doing very well stand alone. we i

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/fgcu game and louisville and oregon game.e the underdog slighting down the mighty goliath? >> i think there is. if i knew who would win these games, i wouldn't be in basketball but sitting in vegas by the pool with an umbrella drink. we don't know who is going to win but you got an idea of sort of the things that are going to happen and decide the game. florida gulf coast is on a real high right now. they play a wide open style. they are having fun! this has been a year where we have kind of complained a little bit that the game has been overcoached that there is so much using the clock and possession by possession games. they don't play that way. they play a disciplined style but it is wide open. they are smiling and having a good time. the one thing you have concern about, though, they have gone home and had parades and media coverage that they haven't had in their careers and how does that affect them? do they have the same edge going into this game? florida is the only team in the country that is in the top five in both o

the story of florida gulf coast university, or fgcu as they're called for short, is as improbable as it is fun to watch. >> we like to get the crowd involved. >> reporter: on a shoestring budget, yes, they pay for their nike uniforms, a star, who had no scholarship offers before walking on to the team -- >> it feels great. i still can't believe it's happening right now. >> reporter: -- and a coach married to a former model. last night, they did what they do best. they sure know how to dunk. and destroy brackets. less than 1% of the 8.1 million brackets submitted to espn.com had this team making the sweet 16. did we mention they know how to celebrate a big win? forget the basketball program. not many have even heard of the school. it was founded in 1991. >> we knew no one knew who we were or where we were. most people don't know where ft. myers or southwest florida is. >> reporter: but the basketball team has people googling more than ever before. the school had to bolster the servers so it website didn't crash. after looking at this campus, including dorms right on the water and an o

. >> the fgcu coach has brought his entire family with his, his wife amanda, former model there with their three children and reveling in the madness of march. >> i don't feel tense right now. it's so awesome. >> now a team that made fewer than 1% of the millions of brackets that went into espn.com has a nation of adoring fans. >> can you give me a high-five? >> thank you. >> high-five. >> there you go. >> florida gulf coast. for all you non-gator fans out there, just buckle up tight. it's such a great -- >> what do you think? >> you know what, i'm going with the heart. i want -- >> so exciting. >> why not. let it rip. >> even sam might stay up for this. >> but no, how about if i go and sit on the beach that's outside of florida gulf coast university and then make everybody feel good? hey, let's start with the warmer temperatures working their way across just in time for your friday and weekend. right around the atlanta area, for marietta to athens, 66, just one or two degrees below normal but it's been such a chilly week this is good. you're right near the normal mark. denver around

seeded georgetown in their first ever ncaa tournament game, then going on to beat san diego state, the fgcu is so excited to see their little shawl town and their community of ft. myers be getting so much national attention. >> reporter: sales shot up pie 1,000% with fans buying up t-shirts and team merchandise. even a new rap song renaming the school as dunk city. and then there is the story about the team's coach, a self made millionaire, and left it all to coach college basketball. >> we're up tempo on offense, we play tough defense like florida state can did when i was there. >> reporter: a lot of attention has not only gone to him and his team, but also his wife, amanda, a former model who has barried on the cover of maxum magazine and now this underdog story of his team is playing out on the tenth anniversary of the weekend he met his wife. >> she's from oklahoma city. and we went to boston, i drove her and her friend from new york city to boston to go to the oklahoma state first and second round. and when i picked her up in the car, i didn't know her at the time. but i knew as soon a

her book is required reading at fgcu.ng on their program to create a buzz for the school. >> steve: you're actually taking florida gulf coast. >> eric: i'm taking the 13 points in fgtu. >> gretchen: that's a good clarification. file this one under how not to rob a store. check out this would be crook. first he scopes out the store in some interesting pants, without covering his face. seconds later, he returns with a stock over his head and throws a rock at the door. >> steve: i wond who are that is. >> gretchen: the alarm scared him so bad, he ran away and tripped. >> steve: crooks are stupid. get ready, the grace world are taking another -- griswolds are taking another vacation. >> first one is here. >> but we're so far away, clark. >> right, right. and at the end of the day when the lots all full and everybody is fighting to get out, we'll be the first ones out, too, right? why? because we're the griswolds! >> steve: so sad, they're right there in the parking lot of wally world and they can't go in. anyway, chevy chase