Tampa Weekend In Review: Fan Fest, Olympic Gold, And More…

A review of what took place in Tampa Bay area sports over the weekend:

Tampa Bay Rays

• The Rays hosted theirannual Fan Festover the weekend, drawing over 20,000 fans.
• Marc Topkin has agreat write-upon Kevin Kiermaier’s journey to the big leagues and the one pitch that changed his fate.
• Joe Maddonweighs inon the new replay and home-plate collision rules for this season.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

• There have been mixed reviews regarding the Bucs newlogo & helmet. Personally, I feel like the change was negligible and there was much ado about nothing. We’ll see what the new uniforms entail (released March 5^th).
• Blake Bortlesimpressedat the NFL Combine over the weekend, as the other top QB prospects chose not to throw.

Tampa Bay Lightning

• Marty St. Louis, Steve Yzerman, and Team Canadawon the gold medalon Sunday at the Sochi Olympics with a 3-0 win over Sweden.
• The Bolts resume play on Thursday night in Nashville, kicking off anexciting few weeksthat should include Steven Stamkos’ return to the lineup, as well as the trade deadline.

NCAA Men’s Basketball

• The second ranked Florida Gators made their case for the #1 spot in this week’s rankings with awin over Ole Miss. Our friend Jack Jorgensen has anice articleabout who should be in the top spot: Florida or Wichita State.
• Florida State traveled to Pitt and pulled off an upset of the Panthers,winning 71-66. The Seminoles will need to keep up the momentum in order to position themselves for an outside bid to the NCAA tournament.
• UCF fell to 10-15 on the season with their9^thloss in their last 10 gamesat Houston on Saturday.

NCAA Men’s Baseball

• UCF improved to 5-2 on the season after taking 2 of 3 games in theUCF Baseball Tournamentover the weekend.
• The Florida Gators (5-3)avoided a sweepat the hands of in-state rival Miami Hurricanes with a 6-4 win on Sunday in Coral Gables.
• USF remained undefeated on the season (7-0) with acome from behind winagainst Penn State in Tampa on Saturday. The Bulls completed the sweep of the Nittany Lions with a 6-5 win on Sunday.
• The Seminolesremained undefeatedwith two wins over the Georgia Bulldogs in Tallahassee this weekend (the third game in the series was cancelled due to weather). FSU will take on the New York Yankees in an exhibition game later this week.

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