FAU is hard-working, tough and determined. 'Very similar to our team,' Aztecs guard Matt Bradley says ahead of Saturday's showdown in Houston
in the Associated Press rankings. FAU got to 19One has a deep roster with underappreciated, overlooked players hungry to prove their worth to a national audience. The other has a deep roster with underappreciated, overlooked players hungry to prove their worth to a national audience.“We don’t care about personal achievements,” said Vladislav Goldin, FAU’s 7-foot-1 Russian center who transferred from Texas Tech. “I don’t care if I’m going to be player of the game or break a record.
The court is raised 27 inches. Benches are in pits, with only the head coach on a stool on the floor. There are dozens of remote cameras surrounding the court, and a TV camera on rails zooming up and down the sideline to capture fast breaks. Students are situated behind and below the elevated court, craning their necks to watch the game on video boards above because they can’t see the action in front of them.Or put it this way: You could fit Florida Atlantic’sViejas Arena holds 12,414.
San Diego State’s Darrion Trammell high-fives fans after the Aztecs practiced for their Final Four game.You can play in hostile road environments, you can go to Laramie and Logan, you can play blue bloods in Maui, you can grind through three days in 51 hours at the conference tournament, but it’s not a 72,000-seat NFL stadium with a 27-inch elevated court and golf carts transporting you from the bus to the locker room.The Owls play in a 2,900-seat venue that is an arena in name only.
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