A10 Women's Basketball Tournament - Game 1 - Quarterfinals

[jessej]

Friday Schedule

my guess on start times by seed

5:00 pm = #2 Seed
7:30 pm = #3 Seed
11:00 am = #1 Seed

 

[GMUYoda]

We play the winner of Dayton/GW at 5pm on Friday

 

[psyclone]

We play the winner of Dayton/GW at 5pm on Friday

Marked my calendar for that!
5pm on USA network (550 on FIOS-Fairfax)

And also (fingers crossed!):
Sat 1:30 CBS-SportsNetwork (594)
Sun 4:00 ESPN2 (574)

 

[jessej]

i plan on driving down early Friday am and watching both sessions.
Anyone else?

If it was like last year the AD sponsored either an in between mini-meal session or it was after the first GMU game.
Anyone remember exactly?

Men & Women's Tournament tix are buried on the GoMason website - but including the fees, it is cheaper just to buy walkup tix for the Women's Tournament

also - as you enter the Henrico Arena - walk down the right hand side Hall of Fame and you will see the references and photos of GMU's only National Championship -Soccer

 

[Pablo]

also - as you enter the Henrico Arena - walk down the right hand side Hall of Fame and you will see the references and photos of GMU's only National Championship -Soccer

GMU actually has 2 NCAA team championships: women's soccer (1985) and men's indoor track and field (1996) - https://www.ncaa.com/history/trackfield-indoor-men/d1


DIVISION I

Men's Indoor Track & Field​

CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY

YEAR	CHAMPION	COACH	POINTS	RUNNER-UP	POINTS	HOST OR SITE

1996

George Mason

John Cook

39

Nebraska

31.5

Indianapolis

Also, 23 George Mason student-athletes have won 35 individual national titles - https://www.gmu.edu/about/key-facts

 

[psyclone]

Hmm...getting a bit ahead of myself here, but assuming that Mason makes the semi-finals (starts at 1:30 and ends somewhere around 3:30), and the Gold room opens at 3 for the men's game with St. Louis, is there any contingency planning to telecast the women's game at EBA? Maybe even on the Jumbo screen!?

I don't think I can get CBSSN on my phone and also wouldn't be able to watch the women's game to its conclusion at home and still get to EBA for the opening tip of the men's game.

 

[Verdad]

Hmm...getting a bit ahead of myself here, but assuming that Mason makes the semi-finals (starts at 1:30 and ends somewhere around 3:30), and the Gold room opens at 3 for the men's game with St. Louis, is there any contingency planning to telecast the women's game at EBA? Maybe even on the Jumbo screen!?

I don't think I can get CBSSN on my phone and also wouldn't be able to watch the women's game to its conclusion at home and still get to EBA for the opening tip of the men's game.

I doubt it

 

[psyclone]

Hmm...getting a bit ahead of myself here, but assuming that Mason makes the semi-finals (starts at 1:30 and ends somewhere around 3:30), and the Gold room opens at 3 for the men's game with St. Louis, is there any contingency planning to telecast the women's game at EBA? Maybe even on the Jumbo screen!?

I don't think I can get CBSSN on my phone and also wouldn't be able to watch the women's game to its conclusion at home and still get to EBA for the opening tip of the men's game.

I doubt it

I think you're likely right, unfortunately.

I honestly don't know what costs might be incurred sending a tv feed to the EBA big screen. Pretty sure they've done that in the past---seem to remember seeing the women watching the women's selection show at EBA when they were about to find out their seeding and match-up for last year's NCAAs.

I'm guessing that, again assuming the women get as far as the A10 semis, Mason would set up a temporary screen in the JC Food Court like they did for Ilia Malinin in the Olympics. How much more could it cost to do that for EBA? Might even help sell a few more tickets to the SLU game as well as get more students, who get in free anyway, to come to that game. Essentially a doubleheader!

 

[psyclone]

Alas, no mention of Mason or Za Walton:

Atlantic 10 Conference​

Predicted champion: Richmond Spiders

Rhode Island was the A-10 front-runner most of the way, but preseason favorite Richmond beat the Rams by 26 points in the second-to-last game of the regular season. The Spiders are the league's best shooting team, have the best player in Maggie Doogan and will be playing the conference tournament in nearby Henrico, Virginia.

Player of the Year: Maggie Doogan, 6-2, senior, F, Richmond Spiders

Although her team hasn't been as good as a year ago, Doogan has been better than her 2025 A-10 Player of the Year campaign. She won the scoring title going away and finished in the conference's top five in seven major statistical categories. Not coincidentally, Doogan's career corresponded with the best four-year run in program history.

2026 Champ Week women's tournament and conference POY picks

Thirty-one automatic bids to the women's NCAA tournament are on the line when Champ Week opens.

www.espn.com

 

[2011WinOverVillanova]

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[Pablo]

Patriots to Take on #7 Dayton in A-10 Quarterfinals - George Mason University Athletics

HENRICO, Va. - The #2 George Mason women's basketball team will take on the #7 Dayton Flyers on Friday, March 6 in the Quarterfinals of the Atlantic 10 Tournament. The game

gomason.com

 

[psyclone]

Beat them by 15 at EBA and 11 at Dayton (12K crowd, school kid promotion).

Key stat: Dayton had 25 turnovers in one game, 24 in the other.

ESPN links to each game:

George Mason 74-59 Dayton (Dec 31, 2025) Final Score - ESPN

Game summary of the George Mason Patriots vs. Dayton Flyers NCAAW game, final score 74-59, from December 31, 2025 on ESPN.

www.espn.com

George Mason 72-61 Dayton (Feb 11, 2026) Final Score - ESPN

Game summary of the George Mason Patriots vs. Dayton Flyers NCAAW game, final score 72-61, from February 11, 2026 on ESPN.

www.espn.com

 

[jessej]

Got here late
Missed Q1 and half of Q2 of Game 1
#1 URI vs #8 Loyola-Chicago

URI is bigger and faster but Loyola-Chicago is up 1 with 2 left in Q2

 

[psyclone]

URI wins by 7. Too bad, but they are on the other side of the bracket anyway and still need to get by St. Joe/Davidson winner to advance to the finals.

So far in the tournament, the better seeds have all won.

 

[Pablo]

Game 9 (Halftime): #7 Dayton 38 - #2 GMU 32

 

[GMUYoda]

Mason down 6 at the half... Dayton went on a 19-8 run last 8 minutes of the 2nd quarter

 

[psyclone]

Not rebounding. Giving up a lot of open shots and Dayton is shooting well.

We had a foul to give on the Flyers last possession but let them get an uncontested shot.

 

[jessej]

GMU down 6 at the half
A combination of poor shooting and a few defensive lapses

Harris leads GMU with 11
But #14/Dajpl is lighting us up from the 3
And their center, O'Riodan is all over the court offensively

 

[GMUYoda]

Danger time for Mason... time out called. 45-34 Dayton 752 left 3rd quarter

 

[GMUYoda]

One quarter left... Dayton up 8, 63-55. Mason has gotten it down to 5 numerous times but been unable to get the critical stop needed