Game 30: Duquesne University, Wednesday, March 1st, 7 PM, NO TV

[Patriot8]

I think Relvao might have a negative vertical...

 

[MasonSAE4]

:10 to play up 1. Totally deserve to lose if it happens though.

 

[Walter]

I'll take the win but man that was not great at the end

 

[Leesburg Chankenstank III]

A win is a win is a win. We are not owed anything this year, we were picked 12th out of 14 teams. I truely love this team. What a great season and what a great coach.

 

[GMUYoda]

What an ugly ugly win

 

[patriot2000]

At this point in the season there's no reason to second guess wins. We know what the team can do and what their potential weaknesses are. Played like poop against a bad team, after their first losing streak since the first month of the season, and gutted out the win. Cool.

 

[Patriotsince81]

VERY LUCKY to win that one. They got to the rim at will, including twice at the end. LUCKY. Worst defensive effort of the year despite giving up 62 points. We are not in very good shape right now.

 

[Vurbel]

That last possession was weird. It looked like Marquise was trying to intentionally foul?


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[Falco]

its about time mason gets lucky. I like it!

 

[Patriot8]

That last possession was weird. It looked like Marquise was trying to intentionally foul?


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He was.. said so in the post game presser

 

[Mason2005]

That was probably our worst shooting performance all season. The game had the look of a trap game.

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[Washingtonian]

One of the assistants said pre-game that their record was deceiving.

Had we hit half our 3's in the 1st half, Mason blows the doors off.

 

[gmutom]

Had we hit half our 3's in the 1st half, Mason blows the doors off.

I love the hypothetical game, but no team in Division 1 shoots better than Marquette's 42% from behind the arc. If we had hit half of our 3s this season, we'd probably be an 8 seed in the NCAA Tournament.

 

[JimP]

Just glad we won...For whatever reason, Otis seems to take a lot of big shots down the stretch. I know he's made them in the past, but I feel like we have plenty of other options...Just glad we held on.

 

[GMUgemini]

I love the hypothetical game, but no team in Division 1 shoots better than Marquette's 42% from behind the arc. If we had hit half of our 3s this season, we'd probably be an 8 seed in the NCAA Tournament.

True, but there were a lot of open looks from 3 that were just missed badly for whatever reason.

 

[gmutom]

True, but there were a lot of open looks from 3 that were just missed badly for whatever reason.

Oh, there's no disputing that. Not going to win many games when you miss 15 of 18 shots from behind the arc. To Washingtonian's point, we would have won comfortably had we even shot 33%. Otis, Newman and Grayer all had an uncharacteristically off-night from long range.

 

[TweederGMU]

Moore was just off tonight, his layups and mid range shots were just off. It happens. However, he is not the type to have repeat bad performances. He will be ready to go against vcu!

Newman has been coming on strong recently. Love it! Kids a baller

 

[Pablo]

Mason Basketball‏@MasonMBB 2h2 hours ago
We get the stop!!! Patriots win!

https://twitter.com/MasonMBB/status/837117530539978752

 

[Pablo]

Bill Bride‏@Bill_DC 2h2 hours ago
Taken from the opposite endline but the closing seconds of @MasonMBB 63-62 win over Duquesne. Check the crowd reaction. @gmuhoops pic.twitter.com/5Amoj58rya

 

[Steve33]

A win is a win, I dont care how its done. It was ugly, but in the end Duquesne couldnt make a couple shots. Maybe it was luck, maybe its the Patriot Center ghosts. Dont really care. We went home happy. This season has been a success. quite pleased with the direction we are headed in.