George mason vs uconn full game

The Patriots are only the second double-digit seed to make the Final Four, matching LSU's run, also as an 11th seed, in They are the first true outsider to crash the quartet since Penn and Indiana State both got there in George Mason next plays No.

This marks the first time since the field was expanded to 64 teams in that no top-seeded team advanced to the Final Four, and the second time in tournament history.

George Mason's fans chanted Packer's name in the postgame celebration. We were not supposed to beat Michigan State and we beat them. Weren't supposed to beat North Carolina and we beat them. We definitely weren't supposed to be UConn. I think we'll stick to the script going into whoever we play. We don't mind being the Cinderella. All five Mason starters finished in double figures.

Larranaga's team kept the same five players in the game from the mark of regulation to the very end of overtime. Butler was chosen as the most outstanding player of the regional, and he and his father were in tears as they hugged at length on the court after the game.

I can only imagine the feeling they must have on that campus, in that locker room. It's something they probably never imagined. We've imagined it, and we've done it. They could never have imagined it. Now it can say it has beaten the last two national champions -- Connecticut and North Carolina. Rudy Gay scored 20, and Jeff Adrien had a career-high 17 points for Connecticut , which never could put together a complete game in the tournament.

The Huskies had to rally from double-digit second-half deficits to beat Albany and Washington and barely held off Kentucky. Coach Jim Larranaga walked around with the nylon net around his neck. It won't be the same old schools from the same old conferences at this year's Final Four -- certainly not top-seeded Connecticut. Buoyed by a partisan crowd and playing some 20 miles from their campus, 11th-seeded George Mason overcame huge disadvantages in size, athleticism and history Sunday to stun the Huskies in overtime, ending a stranglehold that big-time programs have enjoyed for 27 years in college basketball's biggest showcase.

Improbable as it may seem, the powers-that-be are going to have to make room for a suburban commuter school from Fairfax, Va. And if we win today, we're going to be an at-extra-double-large. I can't tell you how much fun I'm having. The Patriots overcame their deficiencies with heart and tenacity.

They were never rattled, even when they trailed by 12 late in the first half and nine early in the second. They hit six straight 3-pointers in the second half, shot 5-for-6 in overtime and outrebounded UConn even though the Huskies have three starters taller than any of the Patriots' frontcourt players. There was also motivation from Larranaga, who fired up his team during timeouts by telling them that UConn's players didn't even know which conference George Mason is in.

Of course, as more people are learning, CAA stands for Colonial Athletic Association, a league that has never had a team get this far before. The Patriots are only the second double-digit seed to make the Final Four, matching LSU's run, also as an 11th seed, in They are the first true outsider to crash the quartet since Penn and Indiana State both got there in George Mason next plays No.

This marks the first time since the field was expanded to 64 teams in that no top-seeded team advanced to the Final Four, and the second time in tournament history. George Mason's fans chanted Packer's name in the postgame celebration. We were not supposed to beat Michigan State and we beat them. Weren't supposed to beat North Carolina and we beat them.

We definitely weren't supposed to be UConn. I think we'll stick to the script going into whoever we play. We don't mind being the Cinderella. The Patriots then took down a fellow mid-major, No. The Huskies featured five future NBA players on their roster. That group included Rudy Gay, a 6-foot-8 sophomore who would be the No.

Going against a George Mason team whose starting five of Jai Lewis, Tony Skinn, Lamar Butler, Will Thomas and Folarin Campbell topped out at 6-foot-7, the Huskies led by as many as 12 in the first half before going into the break with a lead. But the Patriots, playing a short drive from their campus, managed to claw their way back with tenacious rebounding and dead-eye 3-point shooting. At one point in the second half, GMU made six straight 3-point shots to flip a nine-point deficit into a two-point lead.

The George Mason lead was four with 23 seconds to play, but UConn would force overtime with two buckets in the final seven seconds of regulation. In overtime, however, GMU would finish the job and pull out a historic victory. On the perimeter, Butler, Campbell and Skinn went for 19, 15 and 10 points, respectively, while connecting on 50 percent of their 3-pointers.

In the years that followed, George Mason seemed to lay out a blueprint of sorts for other mid-majors. IOC president cites Trump in delaying postponement of Olympics. Breaking down the best potential candidate and a few alternatives for the seven current head coach openings in the NFL.

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