2020 Junkanoo Jam

[Pablo]

George Mason Men's Basketball
@MasonMBB
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3h

We’re heading to the Bahamas!

The Patriots will compete in the 2020 Junkanoo Jam! The tournament field includes Boston College, BYU and Tulsa. More info: http://bit.ly/2uOwiaE#GetPatriotic | #JunkanooJam

 

[Leesburg Chankenstank III]

George Mason Men's Basketball
@MasonMBB
·
3h

We’re heading to the Bahamas!

The Patriots will compete in the 2020 Junkanoo Jam! The tournament field includes Boston College, BYU and Tulsa. More info: http://bit.ly/2uOwiaE#GetPatriotic | #JunkanooJam

And it looks like AJ is coming back according to the picture (I'm grasping but I really hope so).

 

[KAOriginal]

Good thing about being bad.....you get to be tournament fodder for better teams.....

 

[bravesfan]

Happy to share a few beers with the BYU fans.

 

[GMUgemini]

Happy to share a few beers with the BYU fans.

Some cold Bahamian beer, a few conch fritters, and an after dinner spliff?

 

[Five Two]

Based off the 2019 version, this is a 3 game round robin format. Duquesne went 3-0 beating Indiana St, Air Force and Loyola Marymount in the fall.

I like our field better as we aren't getting BYU or BC on home-and-home deals. Geographically, Tulsa isn't the type of school we would typically play.
But as KA said, we are certainly looked at as fodder in this group.

 

[JDK]

Based off the 2019 version, this is a 3 game round robin format. Duquesne went 3-0 beating Indiana St, Air Force and Loyola Marymount in the fall.

I like our field better as we aren't getting BYU or BC on home-and-home deals. Geographically, Tulsa isn't the type of school we would typically play.
But as KA said, we are certainly looked at as fodder in this group.

Aren't we a step up from Tulsa as a program?

 

[gmubrian]

Aren't we a step up from Tulsa as a program?

You make the call:
Tulsa is currently first in the AAC.
Mason is currently 12th in the A10
The AAC is currently 1 spot higher than the A10 on realtime RPI

Conference Finishes (in current conference):
Tulsa: 2, 3, 7, 4
Mason: 12, 13, 12, 7, 5, 5

Tulsa post season last 10 years:
NCAA
2014 Second Round
2016 First Four

NIT
2010 First Round
2015 Second Round

CBI
2013 First Round

Mason Post Season last 10 years:
NCAA
2011 Third round

CBI
2013 Finals
2017 First round

CIT
2010 First round

 

[gmujim92]

You make the call:
Tulsa is currently first in the AAC.
Mason is currently 12th in the A10
The AAC is currently 1 spot higher than the A10 on realtime RPI

Conference Finishes (in current conference):
Tulsa: 2, 3, 7, 4
Mason: 12, 13, 12, 7, 5, 5

Tulsa post season last 10 years:
NCAA
2014 Second Round
2016 First Four

NIT
2010 First Round
2015 Second Round

CBI
2013 First Round

Mason Post Season last 10 years:
NCAA
2011 Third round

CBI
2013 Finals
2017 First round

CIT
2010 First round

So to answer the earlier question, uh, no.

 

[Jack Strop]

Isn't Tulsa nicknamed the "Golden Showers" or something like that?

 

[Leesburg Chankenstank III]

Isn't Tulsa nicknamed the "Golden Showers" or something like that?

Yes, they are the Golden Showers. They may deny it, but who has ever heard of a yellow hurricane (see below)? And Oklahoma is a landlocked state. They do not get hurricanes. Their story is unravelling.

 

[Pablo]

https://tulsahurricane.com/sports/2018/4/16/general-info-quick-facts.aspx:

"Why is Golden Hurricane the school's nickname?
The origination of The University of Tulsa nickname –– Golden Hurricane –– came In 1922. The football team began working out in the fall with a new nickname "Yellow Jackets." In the past, Tulsa had been named "Kendallites," "Presbyterians," Tigers," "Orange and Black," "Tulsans," and, of course, "Yellow Jackets.” Head Coach Howard Acher made a remark in practice about "roaring through opponents,” and at that point it was seriously considered to name the team "Golden Tornadoes". However, it was learned that Georgia Tech already had chosen that tag in 1917. From the tornado, Acher evolved meteorologically to the hurricane. A few days before the team left for a game against Texas A&M, Acher asked the squad to vote on the name "Golden Hurricane," the gold being added because of the color of their new jerseys."

 

[PoorManProfit]

Aren't we a step up from Tulsa as a program?

Oh ok. Wait. Wut?

 

[tblack33]

Aren't we a step up from Tulsa as a program?

Lol this is your average Mason fan and what they believe folks.

 

[JDK]

Lol this is your average Mason fan and what they believe folks.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa_Golden_Hurricane_men's_basketball#Record_by_season

From 06-07 to now they aren't dramatically better.