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March Madness: Florida Atlantic's Final Four run is surprising, but don't call the Owls a Cinderella

NEW YORK — Call them pit bulls, call them rottweilers, call them “Beast Boys,” just don’t call the Florida Atlantic University Owls a word synonymous with the NCAA tournament.

Cinderella.

“You know, they’re going to label us whatever, but we’re some pit bulls and rottweilers,” FAU guard Alijah Martin said. “We go out there and show it every night. Just call us beast boys, you know, because we’re going to come out and show you how it’s done.”

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— NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) March 25, 2023

Sure, if you look simply at the number to the left of the FAU in the bracket for the past three weeks — No.