FORT MYERS, Fla. – For the seventh time in program history, the FGCU men's basketball team is heading to the postseason as the Eagles have accepted a spot in The Basketball Classic presented by Eracism and will host Detroit Mercy on Wednesday night. Tipoff from Alico Arena is set for 7 PM and the game will be streamed on ESPN+.
 
Fans wishing to reserve tickets may do so by contacting the Alico Arena Ticket Office at 866-FGCU-TIX, logging on to www.FGCUTickets.com, or visiting the Ticket Office during business hours.
 
The entire tournament field and full match-ups will be announced at a later date, but The Basketball Classic will feature 32 competing with first round games on campus sites.
 
For the Eagles, this marks the first postseason opportunity since the 2018 NIT. The Green and Blue played in the NCAA Tournament in 2013, 2016, and 2017; reached the NIT in 2014, and the CIT in 2015. FGCU became a nationally known program during the historic 2013 season where the Eagles became the first 15 seed to ever reach the Sweet 16.
 
This season, FGCU enters the postseason with a 21-11 overall record. The Eagles won eight of the final 10 games on the year. Tavian Dunn-Martin, who set the FGCU single-season scoring record, leads the program with 21.1 points per game, while Kevin Samuel averaged nearly a double-double with 11.7 points and 9.8 rebounds. Samuel's 94 career blocked shots were also a single-season program record.
 
Detroit Mercy finished the season 14-15 and 10-7 in the Horizon League. Antoine Davis is third in the nation in scoring at 23.9 points per game giving this a match-up of two prolific NCAA Scorers. It will also be a homecoming for Titans' assistant coach Donnie Marsh who served as associate head coach at FGCU for the three prior seasons.
 
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FGCU teams have combined to win an incredible 90 conference regular season and tournament titles in just 14+ seasons at the Division I level. Additionally, in just 10 seasons of D-I postseason eligibility, the Eagles have had a combined 44 teams or individuals compete in NCAA championships. Eight FGCU programs have earned a top-25 national ranking in their respective sport - including women's basketball (No. 20, 2021-22), beach volleyball (No. 20, 2022) and both men's soccer (2018, 2019) and women's soccer (2018) as three of the most recent. In 2016-17, the Green and Blue posted a department-best sixth-place finish in the DI-AAA Learfield Directors' Cup and top-100 showing nationally, ahead of several Power-5 and FBS institutions. In 2018-19, the Eagles had an ASUN and state of Florida best seven teams earn the NCAA's Public Recognition Award for their Academic Progress Rate in their sport. FGCU also collectively earned a record 3.50 GPA in the classroom in the fall 2020 semester and has outperformed the general University undergraduate population for 25 consecutive semesters. The past five semesters (Fall 2019 – Fall 2021) each saw another milestone reached as all 15 programs achieved a 3.0-or-higher team GPA in each. The Eagles also served an all-time high 7,200 volunteer hours in 2017 - being recognized as one of two runners-up for the inaugural NACDA Community Service Award presented by the Fiesta Bowl.
 
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