Game 31: GMU (22-8 / 10-7) vs #25 St. Louis (27-3 / 15-2) on Saturday, March 7, at 4:00 PM.

[Jack Strop]

https://x.com/jholman34/status/2030420327390388509?s=46&t=9fMU--zSt3lIHAR0Cw-HjQ

Tony had the what the hell face after big boy Tate shouldered him at the hand shake line

Well that was just rude and uncalled for—what a prick.

 

[psyclone]

Kanga with +24 in 18 minutes! Long and Mincy with +30s, Ellington +24 in 29 minutes, Troutman +23 in 30 min.

Box Score vs. Saint Louis (PDF) - George Mason University Athletics

Box Score vs. Saint Louis (PDF)

gomason.com

Well that was just rude and uncalled for—what a prick.

Maybe miffed that Tony didn't really empty the bench until the last 2 minutes. None of SLU's starters played more than 27 min. Long and Mincy played their usual 37 and 35 minutes, respectively.

 

[Tomatoman]

Kanga with +24 in 18 minutes! Long and Mincy with +30s, Ellington +24 in 29 minutes, Troutman +23 in 30 min.

Box Score vs. Saint Louis (PDF) - George Mason University Athletics

Box Score vs. Saint Louis (PDF)

gomason.com

Maybe miffed that Tony didn't really empty the bench until the last 2 minutes. None of SLU's starters played more than 27 min. Long and Mincy played their usual 37 and 35 minutes, respectively.

Possibly. Still no excuse, though. That's just plain wrong!

 

[GMUgemini]

Kanga with +24 in 18 minutes! Long and Mincy with +30s, Ellington +24 in 29 minutes, Troutman +23 in 30 min.

Box Score vs. Saint Louis (PDF) - George Mason University Athletics

Box Score vs. Saint Louis (PDF)

gomason.com

Maybe miffed that Tony didn't really empty the bench until the last 2 minutes. None of SLU's starters played more than 27 min. Long and Mincy played their usual 37 and 35 minutes, respectively.

We do have injuries to our guards, though. Not sure it makes sense to put in walk-ons with 3-4 minutes left. A lot could happen in that much time.

 

[psyclone]

We do have injuries to our guards, though. Not sure it makes sense to put in walk-ons with 3-4 minutes left. A lot could happen in that much time.

Perhaps. But we did have a 34 pt lead with 5 minutes left.

Not that it matters, but the big win moved our Kenpom from 109 to 94, SLU goes from 31 to 40.

 

[psyclone]

St. Louis head coach Josh Schertz quick post game:

https://x.com/gnybarra/status/2030445681769398438

Good of him not to use Avila as an excuse.
He had been "questionable" before the game-not sure of the reason. But I noticed during warmups that Avila cut his short and went over to sit on the bench by himself. When Schertz made his appearance and walked near him, still by himself on the bench, they had a short conversation. I'm assuming about how he was feeling.

Clearly Avila started , although ineffective, perhaps due to picking up 2 quick fouls. Avila's 12 minutes was less than half of his usual time on the floor and 7 minutes less than he played in a 60+ win against a non-Div 1 team.

 

[GMUgemini]

NET went up to 88.

I’m assuming Coach Skinn wants to keep playing and if we don’t somehow pull off the dark horse run it’s NIT or nothing for this team depending on how the tournament shakes out.

 

[DRK331]

Video summary of the game by Marcus Washington of MTC Media Sports

"Look, we beat a ranked team once we started being us again. Belief is a dangerous thing, with the coach they have, with the roster they have, they can make a story up there in Pittsburgh"

 

[NewPatriot]

Video summary of the game by Marcus Washington of MTC Media Sports

"Look, we beat a ranked team once we started being us again. Belief is a dangerous thing, with the coach they have, with the roster they have, they can make a story up there in Pittsburgh"

The turn around started in against St. Bonaventure and continued at vcu and carried over with St. Louis.

 

[DRK331]

 

[DRK331]

Highlights from the big win over St. Louis

 

[psyclone]

Nice article on the game from A10 talk's Ryan McCafferty:

George Mason men annihilate No. 25 Saint Louis in Senior Day statement

Entering Saturday’s regular-season finale, the George Mason men’s basketball team had lost six of its past eight games. They just beat a top-25 ranked Saint Louis squad 86-57. To quote Jon Rothstein: Anarchy? Nope, just college basketball. Or perhaps in better terms, just a group that’s suddenly...

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