Game 27: GMU (14-12 / 6-7) at GW (12-13 / 6-6) on Wednesday, February 15, at 7:00 PM.

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Always nice to hit Foggy Bottom. Tonic before the game is the place to be! Yours truly will be found at the bar before sauntering over to Smith Center.

GMU is 9-23 against GW all-time.
We are 7-13 against the Colonials while members of the A10.

KenPom: Gives us a 49% chance of winning.
GMU - 150
GW - 214

NET:
Mason - 144
GW - 213

GW won the first game 78-75 at EBA. We were led by Ronald Polite (19) and Josh Oduro (17). They were paced by Brendan Adams (22 & 8 reb), James Bishop (19), Maximus Edwards ( 14), and Ricky Lindo Jr. (11). They outscored us 17-6 on fast break points.
Box score: https://gwsports.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2022-23/george-mason/boxscore/13765

GW is currently 12-13 on the season and 6-6 in A10 play. They are 10-4 at home, 2-6 on the road, and 0-3 at neutral sites.

Wins: Virginia St. (85-58), Howard (85-75), UMES (69-64), New Hampshire (75-54), South Carolina (79-55), Coppin St. (83-71), Loyola Chicago (97-87), UMass (81-73), GMU (78-75), Dayton (76-69), St. Joe’s (920-91 OT), Richmond (107-105 2OT),

Losses: Hofstra (85-80), UC San Diego (75-70), Radford (86-76), American (69-64), Washington St. (66-64), Pepperdine (81-70), Seattle (85-67), Richmond (73-63), St. Louis (81-74), Fordham (85-70), LaSalle (75-64), Duquesne (93-67), St Joe’s (81-69)

Schedule: https://gwsports.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule
Roster: https://gwsports.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster?path=mbball
Stats: https://gwsports.com/documents/2022/11/7/2022-23_Game_Notes_Part1.pdf

GW is led by 6’2” James Bishop (21.3 ppg - 1st in the A10), 6’4” Brendan Adams (17.7 ppg - 4th in the A10), 6’8” Ricky Lindo Jr. (10.0 ppg & 6.9 reb) and 6’5” Maximus Edwards (11.0 ppg).

GW averages 76.5 points (1st in the A10) per game while giving up 76.3 (15th in the A10). The Colonials shoot 47.0% from the floor and 33.1% from 3. Opponents are shooting 45.5% from the field and 35.4% from 3. The Colonials shoot 73.7% from the free throw line. They have out rebounded by opponents by .2 boards per game. They average 13.0 turnovers per contest.

The game is on NBC Sports Washington.

My prediction: The Colonials are 1st in scoring and last in defense. Basically they want to outscore you. I don’t have much confidence in our ability to win away from home. Our road woes continue. GW 75 - GMU 67.

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Gonna break with my reverse psychology picks. I actually thing we are capable of winning two in a row and pulling an upset (it's an upset when you are 2-20 in an away site, now matter what Kenpom says).

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Pre Covid I would always attend the Foggy Bottom game but my son's high school is playing in their District Tournament that night so I am going to cover that one. I think I will be back at Fairfax next Saturday. Lot's of **** going on in my family (We are care takers for my wife's parents, both with dementia) so I'll see.
 
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After all action last night we are now tied for 10th with Richmond. We currently hold the tie breaker with them but play them in Richmond on March 4. This game becomes huge if we want to get out of the PIG. Well, every game from here on out is a must win.
 
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After all action last night we are now tied for 10th with Richmond. We currently hold the tie breaker with them but play them in Richmond on March 4. This game becomes huge if we want to get out of the PIG. Well, every game from here on out is a must win.
Kenpom projects us to finish 8-10 along with GW, LaSalle, and Richmond with 2 of the 4 teams being in PIGs. Their projections have Davidson, URI, UMass, and Loyola as the bottom 4.
 

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Kenpom projects us to finish 8-10 along with GW, LaSalle, and Richmond with 2 of the 4 teams being in PIGs. Their projections have Davidson, URI, UMass, and Loyola as the bottom 4.
That’s about right. It’s 6 teams for that 10th spot essentially but those are the closest to one another.

With 5 games left, mason will probably need 2 wins and help. I’d like to see 3 wins.
 
Memory of that Mid January loss runs deep, but GW has been looking shaky since and the lack of depth is starting to get to this team... they've looked tired.

Think this ends up closer than we think here on these boards, but a narrow GW win occurs again, 77-74
 

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Every one of these last 5 games is winnable, even the road ones, even Dayton who has been up and down some this year, but I’m not going to be tricked into thinking this team has that kind of consistency out of nowhere.

Agree above, close game, probably into the high 70s, low 80s. Mason loses by 3.
 

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Every one of these last 5 games is winnable, even the road ones, even Dayton who has been up and down some this year, but I’m not going to be tricked into thinking this team has that kind of consistency out of nowhere.

Agree above, close game, probably into the high 70s, low 80s. Mason loses by 3.
First to 70 wins this game.
 

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Gonna be either a close one or blowout/collapse.

The Bad - The Caputo's Backlash tour continues..... just see their guards blowing right past us on plays and getting to the rim easily.

The Good - Oduro seems hyped up and playing with more smarts and passion recently. If we can get to the line and continue to make 90% of our FT's we could pull this one out.

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