Farleigh Dickinson not watching game film in shower anymore - ESPN

Fairleigh Dickinson is no longer watching film in a community shower to prepare for opponents after donations poured into the school's coffers following its historic win over Purdue in the NCAA tournament last year.

Prior to Wednesday's home game against Saint Peter's, Fairleigh Dickinson will unveil a new locker room and film room months after it had to scout opponents with dripping shower heads above it due to space issues on campus. That community shower has been renovated into a new film room and a separate locker room has also been added after donors helped the school reach a $500,000 target following the school's historic victory in March, which was just the second time a 16-seed had ever defeated a 1-seed in NCAA tournament history.

«It was a tighter space, so it's not like you're in the shower room and everybody's comfortable,» FDU head coach Jack Castleberry told ESPN. «Everybody was kind of on top of each other and one of the shower heads was still leaking like a little drop of water every 15 seconds.»

Fairleigh Dickinson reached the NCAA tournament last year only because it replaced Merrimack — the Northeast Conference tournament champion that defeated FDU in the title game — a school that was ineligible because of NCAA rules for programs transitioning to Division I athletics. Through last season, the Knights had to use their community shower room as a film room because they couldn't find a better space on campus.

But recent donations helped the school make changes.

«When I would be out there preaching, I was preaching without evidence, asking for belief without evidence, and now I've got evidence of it,» said FDU athletic director Brad Hurlbut. «Just how proud those people are. To hear from people that