Mason vs vcu -Jan 4

[psyclone]

Patriots Travel to VCU for First A-10 Road Trip on Sunday - George Mason University Athletics

RICHMOND, Va. - The George Mason women's basketball team hosts the vcu Rams on Sunday, January 4 for their first game of 2026. The game will be broadcast on the

gomason.com

 

[jessej]

I am constantly wondering about the Athletic Department's basic skill sets.

Over the last 25-30 years I am still questioning why bus trips are not offered or at least interest queried among the fan base for both Men and Women's BBall games.
Within a tolerable bus distance - Richmond, vcu, LaSalle, Temple, Penn, St. Joes, James Madison, Rider, Princeton, Towson, Monmouth, NAVY, UMBC, Fordham, for example.

Maybe Old Dominion, Hampton and Norfolk State and Mount St. Mary's at the limit.

IIRC - there was a bus trip to Maryland a few years ago

If done correctly this is a strategy for neutralizing the home court effects of away games.

By 6 pm the night that the A-10 schedule was released, vcu had listed all games for sale.
I purchased tix for GMU @ vcu and there were at least 500 open seats - including the sections behind the GMU bench and the sections on both sides of the visitor bench available. Imagine if the AD had purchased 3 busloads of seats - appr. 200 - then bundled them with a bus trip to vcu.

Assuming there is a GMU alumni club in that area any unsold tix could have been offered to them.

 

[Verdad]

I am constantly wondering about the Athletic Department's basic skill sets.

Over the last 25-30 years I am still questioning why bus trips are not offered or at least interest queried among the fan base for both Men and Women's BBall games.
Within a tolerable bus distance - Richmond, vcu, LaSalle, Temple, Penn, St. Joes, James Madison, Rider, Princeton, Towson, Monmouth, NAVY, UMBC, Fordham, for example.

Maybe Old Dominion, Hampton and Norfolk State and Mount St. Mary's at the limit.

IIRC - there was a bus trip to Maryland a few years ago

If done correctly this is a strategy for neutralizing the home court effects of away games.

By 6 pm the night that the A-10 schedule was released, vcu had listed all games for sale.
I purchased tix for GMU @ vcu and there were at least 500 open seats - including the sections behind the GMU bench and the sections on both sides of the visitor bench available. Imagine if the AD had purchased 3 busloads of seats - appr. 200 - then bundled them with a bus trip to vcu.

Assuming there is a GMU alumni club in that area any unsold tix could have been offered to them.

There are certainly improvements that can be made along these lines, but suggesting that 200 of our fans are going to show up to a women’s away game is not realistic.

Sure there is a chicken and egg issue, but our fans have repeatedly failed to show up for bus trips over the last nearly 3 decades I have been following Mason basketball.

Perhaps it is time for the AD to tip their toes back in that water given Tony’s success, but probably in a much more measured way.

 

[Verdad]

Any word on why Walton is not playing?

 

[psyclone]

Any word on why Walton is not playing?

tv announcer said something vague about "rest" but not injury. She was on the bench and in her warm-ups

 

[jessej]

There are certainly improvements that can be made along these lines, but suggesting that 200 of our fans are going to show up to a women’s away game is not realistic.

Sure there is a chicken and egg issue, but our fans have repeatedly failed to show up for bus trips over the last nearly 3 decades I have been following Mason basketball.

Perhaps it is time for the AD to tip their toes back in that water given Tony’s success, but probably in a much more measured way.

Men's game at vcu - eventually all the good seats or even all the seats will be sold.

Now considering the lack of success of the Women's team prior to VBL, i can understand that. But this is a new era and should be capitalized on. And even more so for the Men.

It can't be that difficult.
Calculate the price for a roundtrip bus rental from EagleBank to another university
Query the fan base - starting with STH to see if there is interest.
If you get 60 fans then start to collect the funds.

and the query the alums who live in those away game markets

another example
next Sunday's Women's game at GWU
students are gone
so Tix are offered at $7.22 per
weekend round trip fare on Metro is $5.00 ($2.50 if you have a senior citizen metro card) and a 3 block walk from the Foggy Bottom Metro stop
why hasn't this game been pushed as a good away game to see??

Current Ticket status - GMU @ vcu - Men's Game

 

[jessej]

George Mason 68-58 VCU (Jan 4, 2026) Final Score - ESPN

Game summary of the George Mason Patriots vs. vcu Rams NCAAW game, final score 68-58, from January 4, 2026 on ESPN.

www.espn.com

 

[jkh1978]

No bus but alumni association having gathering at GW game

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