15 Minutes Thread

[FlPatriot]

Didn't we waste a bunch of money on a marketing firm after the Final Four? What did they do for us anyway?

Do? We don’t do anything.

 

[2011WinOverVillanova]

Do? We don’t do anything.

Was that the Mason Nation We're a Hoops Sensation jingle or the DC Metro Train ads?

 

[MasonFanatic]

I had hotel room #2006 in Brooklyn this past weekend.

 

[Jack Strop]

I had hotel room #2006 in Brooklyn this past weekend.

Sadly, it was not an good omen.

 

[gmutom]

I had hotel room #2006 in Brooklyn this past weekend.

About 10 years ago, I had room 911 in a New York City hotel on a trip in which I was actually flying on September 11. It's a good thing I'm not superstitious.

 

[MasonFanatic]

Sadly, it was not an good omen.

Yeah, I wasn't thrilled.

 

[DRK331]

15 minute Youtube GMU 2006 Final Four documentary

15 minute Youtube GMU 2006 Final Four documentary

 

[Masonman]

Wow, tired of getting whooped?

https://www.si.com/college/2024/03/...yJYwf6AOSrniqcVVz1SEy2jycExoBEI61TZFsSALmwiDA

 

[GMU1983]

What an asshole and just tone deaf. Probably smarting from when JMU beat them. Sorry for my language but it is true!

 

[GMU79]

Wow, tired of getting whooped?

https://www.si.com/college/2024/03/...yJYwf6AOSrniqcVVz1SEy2jycExoBEI61TZFsSALmwiDA

Personally, I think MSU should get an auto bid every year.

 

[Jack Strop]

The best part of the NCAA Tourney is that it is truly national in scope (with vast and diverse participation) and does not include the same 68 teams year after year. You wanna win a national championship then you gotta beat EVERYONE. Tom Izzo is a cranky old fart, but I fear it is bitter insiders like him who will likely destroy the NCAA. Tommy, you wanna coach in contained competition then go lead an NBA team.

 

[psyclone]

There's a retrospective on the founding of Sports Illustrated 70 years ago (some of us are old enough to remember seeing the first issue!) in the Washington Post sports section today. No mention of Mason, but in the print edition article there's a quarter-page picture of a Mason fan holding the Lamar Butler cover! It's at the end of the online article. Sweet memories!

https://wapo.st/4duwzQm

 

[psyclone]

http://nypost.com/2014/03/19/the-10-biggest-upsets-in-ncaa-tournament-history/
George Mason over UConn, 2006

The Patriots, seeded 11th, became the second double-digit seed to advance to the Final Four and the first mid-major team to do it. The Huskies were among the favorites to win it all, but George Mason’s overtime Elite Eight win made it the most popular team in America.

As the championship game is over, I couldn't resist doing a search for the 2006 One Shining Moment video where Mason (Lamar especially) makes a few appearances. Here goes:

one shining moment gmu 2006 - Search Videos

www.bing.com

 

[psyclone]

Ranking the 25 best men’s college basketball games of the 2000s: Chalmers’ 3, 6 OTs and more

More than 100,000 games over the last 25 years were whittled down to the best of the best.

www.nytimes.com

best-25-games-rankings-2000s/?source=dailyemail&campaign=601983&userId=14033776&source=dailyemail

6. George Mason 86, UConn 84 (OT)​

Elite Eight (March 26, 2006)

George Mason’s run to the 2006 Final Four epitomizes why the NCAA Tournament is the best postseason in sports, and this game was the exclamation point. With five future NBA players on its roster, including Rudy Gay, UConn was the No. 1 seed in the field and one of the season-long front-runners. But George Mason never folded, even after it trailed by 12 late in the first half. Instead, the Patriots hit six straight 3s midway through the second half to flip the game on its head, going from down nine to up two.

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UConn eventually found itself down four with under 10 seconds left in regulation, before cutting it to two via a Marcus Williams layup with 7.9 seconds left. George Mason missed its next two free throws, giving Huskies wing Denham Brown enough time to get off a game-tying reverse layup … which bounced three times on the rim before falling in.

George Mason made five of its six shots in overtime, but its poor free-throw shooting — including two misses with 6.1 seconds left — left the window open for UConn one last time. Brown’s stepback 3 at the horn would’ve won it for the Huskies, but it went long, and George Mason became the lowest-seeded team since LSU in 1986 to make the Final Four. — Marks

Coach Jim Larranaga cuts down the nets after George Mason’s Elite Eight win over UConn. (Win McNamee / Getty Images)

Sweet memories!!