Game 21: George Washington University, Saturday, January 26th, 7 PM, MASN/ESPN+

[Washingtonian]

For those in DC area (as well as MD, Delaware, parts of PA and NC and VA, you can watch the game on MASN. For those nationally, you can watch the game on ESPN+. MASN's channel listing by location is here: http://www.masnsports.com/masn-news-information/find-masn.html

GW comes in with a 6-13 record (2-4 on the road) after losing to Davidson on Wednesday night by a score of 73-62. They beat American back on December 29th by a score of 71-67. They lost to Vermont by a score of 69-53.

GW's schedule is here: https://gwsports.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbball
GW's stats are here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/gwsports.com/documents/2018/11/6/Season_Stats.pdf
GW's roster is here: https://gwsports.com/roster.aspx?path=mbball

Last season's box score from Fairfax is here: https://gomason.com/boxscore.aspx?id=8288&path=mbball (A 72-65 win for Mason)

DJ Williams is averaging 13.1 PPG, Terry Nolan Jr is averaging 11.8 PPG/5.3 RPG (got 4 points in last season's game), Amaldo Toro is averaging 10.1 PPG/9.3 RPG (but hasn't played since November 28, 2018), and Justin Mazzulla 10.1 PPG.

Discuss.

 

[Patriotsince81]

The last hurdle is we need to play better at home, by a long shot. We are currently 7 - 4 overall at home and 2 - 1 at home against A10 opponents. In our 3 A10 home games we are +12. We're 4 - 0 on the road and sit at +51 in those wins. I jokingly refer to our home court disadvantage but there is a lot of truth to that. Over the past 6 seasons we are a mere 48 - 42 at home.

On paper GW should be relatively easy win. We should win by 16. My prediction is a 1 point nail biter. GMU 65 - GW 64.

PS. I will really miss yelling at Yuta "The Flop" Wattanabe.

 

[mkaufman1]

Don’t look ahead, play good ball, and take care of business

Mason 68
Gw 57

 

[sleeperpick]

For those in DC area (as well as MD, Delaware, parts of PA and NC and VA, you can watch the game on MASN2. For those nationally, you can watch the game on ESPN+. MASN's channel listing by location is here: http://www.masnsports.com/masn-news-information/find-masn.html

GW comes in with a 6-13 record (2-4 on the road) after losing to Davidson on Wednesday night by a score of 73-62. They beat American back on December 29th by a score of 71-67. They lost to Vermont by a score of 69-53.

GW's schedule is here: https://gwsports.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbball
GW's stats are here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/gwsports.com/documents/2018/11/6/Season_Stats.pdf
GW's roster is here: https://gwsports.com/roster.aspx?path=mbball

Last season's box score from Fairfax is here: https://gomason.com/boxscore.aspx?id=8288&path=mbball (A 72-65 win for Mason)

DJ Williams is averaging 13.1 PPG, Terry Nolan Jr is averaging 11.8 PPG/5.3 RPG (got 4 points in last season's game), Amaldo Toro is averaging 10.1 PPG/9.3 RPG (but hasn't played since November 28, 2018), and Justin Mazzulla 10.1 PPG.

Discuss.

Toro is out for the year just FYI.. believe he had a freak injury during game to one of his legs... was screaming like he was dying...

 

[sleeperpick]

GMU 71 GW 53 Jack Tempchin dunks it off of Greg's piggy back

 

[sleeperpick]

Terry Nolan Jr is really good and DJ Williams is a former 4 star from Illinois who has never panned out. He is pretty athletic so our bigs will need to match that.... Mazzula has got to be the worst player in the nation to average 10 points or more.. Need a blowout

 

[Pikapppatri8]

OK so - this is a home game on Saturday when students are back. We need a loud arena and we need this team to just throats, castrate the slow, and leave nothing but the blood and viscera of the enemy on the court.

No mercy - much blood - lots of screams of pain - kill - murder - destroy.

That is all.

Pikapp's viking pants will be an a stealth bourbon flask keeping me going.

 

[GMU_DCU]

Otis Livingston will be thrilled not to see Watanabe guarding him out on the perimeter. That matchup always gave him fits. Let's hope we keep the streak going and put up a decent performance at home.

 

[dr. gunnie]

All the momentum and excitement that has been building over the past month can quickly deflate with a stinker on Saturday. No let down, no looking past this one.

I hope we can get a good crowd - students need to show up. Tailgate all day, yell your head off all night!

 

[Patriotsince81]

If we beat GW it will even Paulsen's record at 60 - 60.

 

[JimP]

For those in DC area (as well as MD, Delaware, parts of PA and NC and VA, you can watch the game on MASN2. For those nationally, you can watch the game on ESPN+. MASN's channel listing by location is here: http://www.masnsports.com/masn-news-information/find-masn.html

GW comes in with a 6-13 record (2-4 on the road) after losing to Davidson on Wednesday night by a score of 73-62. They beat American back on December 29th by a score of 71-67. They lost to Vermont by a score of 69-53.

GW's schedule is here: https://gwsports.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbball
GW's stats are here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/gwsports.com/documents/2018/11/6/Season_Stats.pdf
GW's roster is here: https://gwsports.com/roster.aspx?path=mbball

Last season's box score from Fairfax is here: https://gomason.com/boxscore.aspx?id=8288&path=mbball (A 72-65 win for Mason)

DJ Williams is averaging 13.1 PPG, Terry Nolan Jr is averaging 11.8 PPG/5.3 RPG (got 4 points in last season's game), Amaldo Toro is averaging 10.1 PPG/9.3 RPG (but hasn't played since November 28, 2018), and Justin Mazzulla 10.1 PPG.

Discuss.

The schedule on the team's gomason page indicates this game is televised on MASN2. I checked the the programming schedule on MASN's website and according to it, the game is on MASN.

GMU is the team with the experience, they should win this game. GW does play hard though. I watched them play a good Duquesne team and nearly pull it out. They were up late and probably should have won it, but Duquesne won it in overtime. GMU needs this win - can't afford a hiccup here. I definitely agree with the "don't take this team lightly" sentiment.

 

[MASONscott]

KenPom has this as Mason's highest probability win of the remaining games this regular season at 90%.

Given the totality of the season, we can't take anything lightly. I'd put our odds at closer to 70%.

Mason 80
GW 73

 

[MasonCrew]

This game is a classic trap game, but I'm hoping the revolutionary rivalry and our record against GW gets the team motivated. We can't drop games like this if we expect to finish in the top 4. No room for error.

 

[Leesburg Chankenstank III]

I don't need a blow out win or even a pretty one. I just need a win. Conference games are unpredictable. All the GW players are on scholarship for a reason. They are used to winning in high school and have enough talent to upset any team on any night. "Should win" is the most toxic phrase to end a streak.

What we "should" do is continue to bust our asses on defense and everything else will take care of itself.

We can prognosticate here but I sure hope our guys do not feel entitled to win this game by just showing up.

 

[dr. gunnie]

I’m sure our staff will be in their ear telling them to ignore the noise. With everyone on the bandwagon telling them how great they are, they need to just ignore us and keep grinding.

Mason 69
GW 62

 

[GMU_DCU]

KenPom has this as Mason's highest probability win of the remaining games this regular season at 90%.

Given the totality of the season, we can't take anything lightly. I'd put our odds at closer to 70%.

Mason 80
GW 73

I’m putting the odds at 1% I feel much better about a game when we are the underdog and the guys are burning their boats.

 

[PoorManProfit]

Geo. Wash 66
G Mas 72

 

[JPgmuswim]

Question from a cord cutter. Living in the MASN TV market will ESPN+ have this game blocked or will I be able to watch it on ESPN+ like usual?

 

[TweederGMU]

REVENGE!!!!!!

All the times they have beaten us recently I want blood, broken jaws, and a 25 point whooping. Run these aholes out the gym!


Goodguys 79
Rich white people 51

 

[patriot2000]

Question from a cord cutter. Living in the MASN TV market will ESPN+ have this game blocked or will I be able to watch it on ESPN+ like usual?

I'm pretty sure we've had at least one MASN game this season that I watched on ESPN+. I'm in the MASN territory. I think we'll be fine.

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