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The Patriots were the first team out of the CAA to reach the Final Four and also became the second team to reach it as a double-digit (11th) seed (the other being the LSU Tigers in 1986, also an 11th seed). George Mason's Cinderella story ended in Indianapolis, when the eventual National Champion Florida Gators defeated them 73–58 on April 1 ...
George Mason became the first team from a "mid-major" conference to reach the Final Four since UNLV's loss to Duke in 1991. This was the second of four Final Fours to feature no No. 1 seeds (1980, 2011, and 2023 being the others).
The George Mason Patriots men's basketball team represents George Mason University (Mason) and competes in the Atlantic 10 Conference of NCAA Division I. The Patriots play at the Patriot Center in Fairfax, Virginia, on the George Mason campus. The following is a list of the program's completed seasons. [1] [2]
On this date in 2006, No. 11 George Mason upset No. 1 UConn to land in the Final Four.
George Mason 1 0 0 Miami 1 0 0 Frank McGuire: St. John's 1 0 0 1 ... The Big East is the only conference to have three teams in the Final Four, which was in 1985.
Under Coach Hank Leung, the Patriots would again reach the final in the 1985 tournament, on Nov. 24, in front of a record-crowd of 4,500 people at George Mason Stadium and millions on national television on an ESPN broadcast, No. 3 George Mason would beat No. 2 North Carolina 2–0 to win the school's first ever National Championship in their ...
George Mason was one of only three teams since 1982 without a tournament win in its school history to still enter the final four. Georgia did it in 1983, and Virginia did it in 1981. During the 2005–2006 season the final four had a bigger following than the Super Bowl and the NBA Playoffs that year. The main following came from office pools ...
The Final Four teams in this year's NCAA Tournament carry deep lineages. Here they are ranked by historical significance. Final Four teams ranked by historical significance