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Old 03-26-2006, 04:14 PM   #1451
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I wonder if there is even a single bracket out there who had GMU in the Final Four. What a run!

Outside of any GMU fans? Probably no...
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Old 03-26-2006, 04:15 PM   #1452
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An upcoming Gonzaga of the East, or an one-year wonder?
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Old 03-26-2006, 04:15 PM   #1453
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I wonder if there is even a single bracket out there who had GMU in the Final Four. What a run!
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Old 03-26-2006, 04:17 PM   #1454
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Is #11 seed the lowest to make the final 4?
what was the previous lowest seed to make the final 4?
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Old 03-26-2006, 04:18 PM   #1455
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Apparently an 11 made it in 1986. Don't know who.
I believe it was LSU
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Old 03-26-2006, 04:19 PM   #1456
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Apparently an 11 made it in 1986. Don't know who.
LSU.
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Old 03-26-2006, 04:20 PM   #1457
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An upcoming Gonzaga of the East, or an one-year wonder?

They're a surprisingly huge school (about 30,000 students - bigger than UConn), and this'll certainly help recruiting. I could see them becoming more "relevant" in college basketball.
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Old 03-26-2006, 04:20 PM   #1458
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Apparently an 11 made it in 1986. Don't know who.
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Old 03-26-2006, 04:21 PM   #1459
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Here's a link to a list of the final four teams and their seeds.

http://cbs.sportsline.com/collegebas...finalfourseeds
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Old 03-26-2006, 04:21 PM   #1460
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GMU is a big commuter school, so...I dunno, it'll be tough. But maybe this will help them with some institutional focus or maybe with the state giving them more money to do some other stuff.
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Old 03-26-2006, 04:22 PM   #1461
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They're a surprisingly huge school (about 30,000 students - bigger than UConn), and this'll certainly help recruiting. I could see them becoming more "relevant" in college basketball.

Should be interesting. Just hope they aren't like UNLV, here then gone.
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Old 03-26-2006, 04:22 PM   #1462
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GMU is notably the first mid-major to make the final four since it expanded to 64 teams (according to CBS). Naturally you can debate on whether UMass is a mid-major because they don't play football and play in the A-10, but I don't believe them to be one..at that time, they were a fairly major program and UMass isn't some commuter school using basketball as a way up.
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Old 03-26-2006, 04:23 PM   #1463
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Wow, I don't think I've ever been as sick about a game between two teams I really don't have a rooting interest for as I was for GMU at the end of regulation. Incredible game, and incredible play in OT!
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Old 03-26-2006, 04:29 PM   #1464
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LSU in 1986 was a #11 seed.

Looks like #11 seed is the lowest to make the final 4.
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Old 03-26-2006, 04:31 PM   #1465
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If Florida wins today, it will be the first time since 1979 that at least one #1 seed not making the final 4
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Old 03-26-2006, 04:33 PM   #1466
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For some reason, after that last game, I have next to zero interest in the Florida/Villanova game.
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Old 03-26-2006, 04:36 PM   #1467
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An upcoming Gonzaga of the East, or an one-year wonder?

I said earlier in this thread that this George Mason team reminded me more of '99 Gonzaga than any team since then. I don't know if they can extend this run over a long period of time (or if Larranaga will make the same mistake Dan Monson did), but this particular team is totally legitimate. Like the '99 Zags, they have the ability to win the title if everything breaks right.
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Old 03-26-2006, 04:37 PM   #1468
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For some reason, after that last game, I have next to zero interest in the Florida/Villanova game.
I have switched to nascar
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Old 03-26-2006, 04:38 PM   #1469
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Incredible incredible game... I just shot way up in the pool as I have a UCLA-Villanova championship with UCLA winning it all (Kentucky was my Final Four pick for this region) and everyone else had UConn picked just about.

Plus, I love upsets like this. Awesomeness.
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Old 03-26-2006, 04:38 PM   #1470
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Incredible incredible game... I just shot way up in the pool as I have a UCLA-Villanova championship with UCLA winning it all (Kentucky was my Final Four pick for this region) and everyone else had UConn picked just about.

Plus, I love upsets like this. Awesomeness.
are you in a better mood now?
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Old 03-26-2006, 04:43 PM   #1471
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are you in a better mood now?

Immensely, thanks. I've come so close so many years to being in the money or winning outright in the pool I get in on every year.... this might fnally be my season.
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Old 03-26-2006, 04:46 PM   #1472
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I watched it on TIVO and just caught up (and had been avoiding this thread.) What an amazing game and an unbelievable run by GMU!
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Old 03-26-2006, 04:46 PM   #1473
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For some reason, after that last game, I have next to zero interest in the Florida/Villanova game.

If 'Nova wins today, then the potential storyline exists where Mason could play the biggest Cinderella champion in the semis and then play the previous #11 seed to make it in in LSU.
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Old 03-26-2006, 04:50 PM   #1474
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If 'Nova wins today, then the potential storyline exists where Mason could play the biggest Cinderella champion in the semis and then play the previous #11 seed to make it in in LSU.

That'd be pretty funny.
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Old 03-26-2006, 04:51 PM   #1475
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20 years after the last 11 seed (the only one up to now) to make the Final Four.. another one does it.

Who was more unlikely? 11 seed LSU? (They beat 6 seed Michigan St, 3 seed Memphis St., 2 Seed Georgia Tech, and 1 seed Purdue to get there.. the total combined seed fof 12 is the lowest possible # you can get making your way through the playoffs?)

or 11 seed George Mason? (6 Seed Michigan St (woah, creepy), 3 Seed NC, 7 Seed Wichita St and 1 seed Uconn..


I think while LSU was more unlikely from a numbers perspective.. LSU played in the SEC. GMU.. doesn't. George Mason, the most unlikely F4 team ever.
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Old 03-26-2006, 04:56 PM   #1476
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Florida looking good so far.
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Old 03-26-2006, 04:58 PM   #1477
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20 years after the last 11 seed (the only one up to now) to make the Final Four.. another one does it.

Who was more unlikely? 11 seed LSU? (They beat 6 seed Michigan St, 3 seed Memphis St., 2 Seed Georgia Tech, and 1 seed Purdue to get there.. the total combined seed fof 12 is the lowest possible # you can get making your way through the playoffs?)

or 11 seed George Mason? (6 Seed Michigan St (woah, creepy), 3 Seed NC, 7 Seed Wichita St and 1 seed Uconn..


I think while LSU was more unlikely from a numbers perspective.. LSU played in the SEC. GMU.. doesn't. George Mason, the most unlikely F4 team ever.

Actually, the LSU run was #6 seed Purdue, #3 Memphis State, #2 Ga Tech and #1 Kentucky. It is also noteworthy that LSU won the first two rounds on their own homecourt in Baton Rouge. From that perspective, George Mason had a tougher road to the F4 (though playing the regionals in DC certainly didn't hurt). LSU also had two future NBAers in their starting lineup in 1986.
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Old 03-26-2006, 05:52 PM   #1478
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Actually, the LSU run was #6 seed Purdue, #3 Memphis State, #2 Ga Tech and #1 Kentucky. It is also noteworthy that LSU won the first two rounds on their own homecourt in Baton Rouge. From that perspective, George Mason had a tougher road to the F4 (though playing the regionals in DC certainly didn't hurt). LSU also had two future NBAers in their starting lineup in 1986.

Two home games as an #11 seed. Wow. I'm sure it was like GMU having what amounted to having a home game in the Elite 8. But still. There is no contest here. George Mason was among the biggest underdogs ever to make it this far.

Do you realize that a few weeks ago, we were discussing the merit of whether this team should even BE in the tournament? No contest and no way if they were in the Big East or C-USA that we'd think as little as them as we did because they're from the CAA and well, given how they'd played up to this point, who can blame anyone for thinking that. But still...
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Old 03-26-2006, 05:56 PM   #1479
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I wonder if there is even a single bracket out there who had GMU in the Final Four. What a run!
A few people on facebook did, because they gave points for underdog scoring, meaning that it was almost worth it to pick underdogs in unlikely upsets.
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Old 03-26-2006, 05:57 PM   #1480
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Two home games as an #11 seed. Wow. I'm sure it was like GMU having what amounted to having a home game in the Elite 8. But still. There is no contest here. George Mason was among the biggest underdogs ever to make it this far.

Yeah, I believe LSU getting those home games actually led to the rule change disallowing teams from playing on their home court in the tournament. I think the rule was changed starting the next season. I remember Gene Keady being really pissed about that, rightfully so. Purdue lost that first round game to LSU in overtime.
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Old 03-26-2006, 06:07 PM   #1481
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Fustrating game to watch from a Villanova perspective. They look so sluggish and slow. For how quick these guards are supposted to be, they sure can't break anyone down off the dribble.
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Old 03-26-2006, 06:09 PM   #1482
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Oh yeah, if I see that puffie haired freak Noah pound his chest after doing something rather ordinary again, I'm going to freak out. Get some class.
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Old 03-26-2006, 06:13 PM   #1483
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I think Noah has a bright future in the WNBA.
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Old 03-26-2006, 06:13 PM   #1484
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I think Noah has a bright future in the WNBA.

He looks like some dude who dresses as drag on the weekends.

I know, I'm hating, but the guy is really pissing me off.
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Old 03-26-2006, 06:15 PM   #1485
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He looks like some dude who dresses as drag on the weekends.

I know, I'm hating, but the guy is really pissing me off.

It's hard to understand why anyone who already has female facial features would wear their hair like that.

He would totally dominate the WNBA, though.
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Old 03-26-2006, 06:16 PM   #1486
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I think Noah has a bright future in the WNBA.

He could make my all effeminate team
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Old 03-26-2006, 06:16 PM   #1487
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If Nova continues to suck, the top 3 conferences in the RPI will have no teams in the final 4. The teams are coming from the 4, 7, and 10th ranked conferences.
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Old 03-26-2006, 06:17 PM   #1488
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It's hard to understand why anyone who already has female facial features would wear their hair like that.

He would totally dominate the WNBA, though.

not with candace parker dunking all over the place.
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Old 03-26-2006, 06:18 PM   #1489
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Mike Nardi win's the "I'm too scared to play" award over the past few weeks. Talk about a guy just shying away from playing. Ever since he blew that layup in the UConn win at the wachovia center. He just hasn't been the same.

Ok, the game is going off now.
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Old 03-26-2006, 06:18 PM   #1490
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Oh yeah, if I see that puffie haired freak Noah pound his chest after doing something rather ordinary again, I'm going to freak out. Get some class.


Agreed. Noah is the one player I really dislike. After he got his third or fourth foul last game he went to the bench and he mouthed G--Damn Refs. Fuck them. He just seems to have a constant attitude about everything.
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Old 03-26-2006, 06:19 PM   #1491
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Old 03-26-2006, 06:22 PM   #1492
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It's hard to understand why anyone who already has female facial features would wear their hair like that.

I don't think it's difficult to understand - you just have to, um, think outside the box.
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Old 03-26-2006, 06:25 PM   #1493
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By the way, for the record, I love George Mason but I tend to think Florida will finish them next week. Yeah, Noah's a dick but the Gators' defense has been extremely impressive. They're peaking at the right time and have been snuffing out very potent offenses the entire tournament.
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Old 03-26-2006, 06:26 PM   #1494
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By the way, for the record, I love George Mason but I tend to think Florida will finish them next week. Yeah, Noah's a dick but the Gators' defense has been extremely impressive. They're peaking at the right time and have been snuffing out very potent offenses the entire tournament.

Just getting to the Final Four is great for them. I think their run has to end sooner than later. But at the same time, it would be really cool to see them run the table on this thing.
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Old 03-26-2006, 06:28 PM   #1495
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I don't see why George Mason is being written off. They beat some solid teams in the past two weeks. Even though I'm hating on Florida, Nova's had this loss coming for awhile. They haven't shot the ball well in about a month.
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Old 03-26-2006, 06:28 PM   #1496
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Just getting to the Final Four is great for them. I think their run has to end sooner than later. But at the same time, it would be really cool to see them run the table on this thing.

Again, I think GMU is totally legitimate. This is not flukey, they're damn good, and I think they would have matched up pretty well with Villanova. It's just that Florida has been devastating this entire tournament. I think they will win it all.
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If Nova continues to suck, the top 3 conferences in the RPI will have no teams in the final 4. The teams are coming from the 4, 7, and 10th ranked conferences.

To quote myself, that is easily the worst conference RPI's dating back to 1999 (the earliest I could find the RPI).

Also, this will be the 8th consecutive season where a conference has at least two teams in the final 4.

This is the first time an SEC team has been in the final 4 since 2000, and the first time its had 2 teams in the final 4 since 1996. UCLA is the first PAC 10 team in the final four since 2001. i don't feel like researching the CAA.
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