Game 33: NIT Tournament - GMU (23-9) vs Liberty (25-7) on Tuesday, March 17, at 6:00 PM.

[Portlandian]

Play with the spirit of 2004 and 2006 tonight.

Saint Patrick's Day should be a school holiday since they won some big basketball games on that day.

 

[psyclone]

Kory Mincy Named to NABC All-District Second Team - George Mason University Athletics

George Mason University men's basketball junior guard Kory Mincy has garnered NABC All-District Second Team accolades, the National Association of Basketball Coaches

gomason.com

Normally I'd put this on Mincy's thread, but in reading the article I noticed that TWO Liberty players are on the 2 teams (20 players total)

First team-Zach Cleveland #25
Second team-Brett Decker #4---4th nationally in 3 pt% at 47%.

 

[GMU79]

Kory Mincy Named to NABC All-District Second Team - George Mason University Athletics

George Mason University men's basketball junior guard Kory Mincy has garnered NABC All-District Second Team accolades, the National Association of Basketball Coaches

gomason.com

Normally I'd put this on Mincy's thread, but in reading the article I noticed that TWO Liberty players are on the 2 teams (20 players total)

First team-Zach Cleveland #25
Second team-Brett Decker #4---4th nationally in 3 pt% at 47%.

This has the marking of a player going off for a career high against us...yet again.

 

[psyclone]

This has the marking of a player going off for a career high against us...yet again.

Hopefully not Decker....just 3 games ago in a home loss, he was 8-13 from 3, scoring 30 for the game and a season-high. Although La Tech still managed to win the game by 5.

 

[Verdad]

Game will 100% be about 3 pt defense, and crashing the glass when they miss.

If we hold them to a decent 3 pt percentage, we will crush them in rebounding.

Slow, possession game is our best bet.

 

[Pablo]

3.17.26 Game Analysis

The First Four begins tonight, plus we have NIT action. Let's take a look... FIRST FOUR (Dayton) 11 NC STATE vs 11 TEXAS A Maui rematch the committee claims they couldn't avoid, but I don't understand why they didn't just swap NC State for SMU. Regardless, neither team played a

www.basketunderreview.com

NIT FIRST ROUND

• "George Mason has certainly seen a hub and spoke style offense in A10 play against St. Louis, who they limited to .90 PPP just a week and a half ago, the Billikens' second least efficient offensive game of the year. The problem is that Robbie Avila, the hub in the Schertz system, was limited to 12 minutes with a plantar fasciitis flare up. Liberty plays a very similar but dramatically slower system, with spacing and movement around Zach Cleveland at the hub, but Cleveland will actually beat you more out of the ball screen mismatch whereas Avila is handoff hub. Liberty doesn't deal well with physicality and athleticism, and I'm sure Mason will be pounding Riley Allenspach post ups after Missouri State just bounced Liberty from the CUSA tournament with 27 post points, all from Human Bowling Ball Michael Osei-Bonsu, who is shaped like a Dick Tracy villain and went 14-16 from the field. Liberty typically defends the post with 6'5 JJ Harper, which is a severe mismatch."

 

[Leesburg Chankenstank III]

By the sounds of everyone on here it seems we are playing a team who’s players all chose Liberty instead of Duke tonight and have zero chance at beating the juggernaut that is Liberty university. I will tell my grandchildren one day that I witnessed such basketball perfection tonight.

To avoid embarrassment, we should just fake a limp or say we’re on the rag and can’t play.

 

[GMU79]

By the sounds of things it seems we are playing a team who’s players all chose Liberty instead of Duke tonight and have zero chance at beating the juggernaut that is Liberty university. I will tell my grandchildren one day that I witnessed such basketball perfection tonight.

To avoid embarrassment, we should just fake a limp or say we’re on the rag and can’t play.

They didn't???
Honestly, I think a lot of this is just not wanting to be too disappointed based on our last outing.

 

[Stoolguy]

Our old friend Jalen Haynes will be in attendance tonight.

 

[GSII]

Our old friend Jalen Haynes will be in attendance tonight.

I hope he gets his agility back after the knee injury.

 

[GSII]

By the sounds of everyone on here it seems we are playing a team who’s players all chose Liberty instead of Duke tonight and have zero chance at beating the juggernaut that is Liberty university. I will tell my grandchildren one day that I witnessed such basketball perfection tonight.

To avoid embarrassment, we should just fake a limp or say we’re on the rag and can’t play.

However, Coach Richie is top notch.

 

[jessej]

Traffic is bad getting here,
But this is a small crowd

 

[GSII]

Terrible start

 

[GSII]

Where's the Green Machine?

 

[GSII]

Wow...Stas ...smh...

We cant guard them nor make a bunny. Blow out loading.

 

[mshin5]

watching Stas Sivka play has got to be the most frustrating thing in the world

 

[nchocola]

I said it on the Bonnie’s thread and I’ll say it again, this team shouldn’t be playing this tournament. They should have declined.

Not interested

 

[NewPatriot]

Is it me or did they start their bench? That is not a good sign. It looks all our good players may portal.

 

[mshin5]

Nick should be playing more minutes. He knows bully ball

 

[GSII]

Glad Tony took the coat off. But I've seen enough. These mugs dont care and we are getting out coached