Sports

• A weekend in Cleveland that I will never forget: Is this what it felt like in 2006?

  Sports March 28, 2011 at 7:00 pm Comments are Disabled

  Three words: What a season! Emotional ups and downs the entire way, especially when it came down to the final two games during the NCAA tournament. Let’s back up just for a few seconds to talk about my trek to Cleveland, Ohio. I woke up Thursday at 7 a.m. and begin the drive with my roommates Stephen and Mark. With a few stops for gas, food and restrooms we made it to our hotel around 1:30 p.m. Apparently the three of us were the only people in the city who forgot about St. Patrick’s Day because the streets were absolutely packed. By the end of the day we saw nearly a dozen rowdy paddy patrons get arrested for their behavior. Anyway, we got into our room just in time to see Old Dominion get knocked off by Butler, on a last-second, right-place-at-the-right-time put back. Considering I had ODU taking out Pitt, that game didn’t make my bracket look so hot. After the game we just took it easy, got some pool time in, and watched the 1st day of the best 3 weeks of the year in sports. Day 2 was gameday. After a quick early breakfast we put our game […]

   
• 

  Patriots end season in Cleveland, look promising for 2012

  Sports March 28, 2011 at 5:40 pm Comments are Disabled

  The men’s basketball season came to a close last Sunday night in Cleveland, Ohio after a 98-66 loss to Ohio State University in the third round of the NCAA tournament. The loss brought an end to an unexpectedly successful season for the Patriots.

   
• 

  NCAA Selection Show preview 

  Sports March 7, 2011 at 8:51 pm Comments are Disabled

  Well, the win streak is over. We aren’t going to be winning the CAA championship. But we are still an NCAA tournament team nonetheless. The NCAA tournament Selection Show is this coming Sunday and the George Mason Patriots will be dancing this March.

   

• Losing the streak may be blessing in disguise

  Sports March 7, 2011 at 8:47 pm Comments are Disabled

  Nobody likes to lose. I get it. I, myself, am overly competitive to the point that I will not even admit defeat in Facebook Family Feud. As a former athlete, that is just the way I am. And that’s the way it has got to be for all collegiate athletes: Win at all costs.

   

• Section 124: CAA Tournament Experience

  Sports March 7, 2011 at 8:46 pm Comments are Disabled

  If you were to poll a hundred college students and ask what they’re favorite activity to do on a weekend was, I guarantee no one would answer, “wake up at eight in the morning.”

   
• 

  Coach’s Corner with Mason baseball coach Bill Brown

  Sports March 7, 2011 at 8:44 pm Comments are Disabled

  The Patriots’ 2009-10 baseball season resulted in a 28-22 record due to an extensive amount of injuries, but with the fresh meat of a newer, younger team, Coach Bill Brown feels optimistic that this season will be a complete turnaround.

   

• Softball team aims for title

  Sports March 7, 2011 at 8:42 pm Comments are Disabled

  As the Patriot softball team’s season moves into full-swing, the team is confident and expects success.

   
• 

  Vertrail Vaughns’s Painful Past Has Fueled Success

  Sports March 7, 2011 at 8:40 pm Comments are Disabled

  Redshirt freshman Vertrail Vaughns has been through a lot of hardships in his young life. When he was 13 years old, Vaughns was chased by a Rottweiler. In his escape, he attempted to jump on a car to elude the dog and smashed through the car’s windshield, badly injuring his face.

   
• 

  Nation’s longest win streak ends at hands of conference foe

  Sports March 7, 2011 at 7:31 pm Comments are Disabled

  It is a widely used phrase throughout all of sports, and perhaps one of the most cliché answers, too: The season is played one game at a time. And it never serves a team well to overlook opponents with their mind set on something bigger. George Mason University basketball has been a hot topic all across the nation over the last several weeks as they have played an incredible brand of basketball on their way to 16 consecutive victories. The Patriots were playing stellar defense and rallying behind their two superstars, senior guard Cam Long and junior forward Ryan Pearson, to thump every opponent since Jan. 8. “Well actually, we’ve been coming out with a slow start the last couple of games,” said Long, who leads the Patriots with more than 15 points per game this season. Over the last two weeks, however, Mason has come out of the gates very slowly. Since clinching the No. 1 seed in the CAA, they allowed both Northeastern and Georgia State to hang around and have performed as if there wasn’t a whole lot left to play for. That mindset continued into the 13 minutes of Mason’s quarterfinal game against Georgia State on […]

   
• 

  Behind the Scenes: The things you don’t see at the Patriot Center

  Sports February 28, 2011 at 8:31 pm Comments are Disabled

  From basketball games to country music concerts, the Patriot Center plays host to a variety of events on the George Mason University campus.