Game 5: GMU (4-0) at JMU (3-0) on Friday, November 19, at 7PM.

[Pikapppatri8]

I know that there is no love for the Terps on these boards, but our win over them will look better if they are doing well. Otherwise, it'll just look like a fluke win by us early in the season more due to their poor play than a big win over a strong team that is doing well in the Big 10.

Agreed but dude can you wait a couple of days so I can marinate in my glorious hate and schadenfreude??

Live has so few true pleasures as it is.

 

[psyclone]

Maryland no longer in the Top 25.

We put some stank on them.

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Further down in that article, after listing the new rankings, they talk about mostly upsets of Power 5 schools and what it says about the teams:

"If you want to panic about No. 20 Maryland losing at home to George Mason on Wednesday night or No. 12 Oregon getting blown off the court by BYU on Tuesday, go ahead. But the Patriots are going to be a force in the Atlantic 10 under first-year coach Kim English. ......."

 

[GMU79]

Further down in that article, after listing the new rankings, they talk about mostly upsets of Power 5 schools and what it says about the teams:

"If you want to panic about No. 20 Maryland losing at home to George Mason on Wednesday night or No. 12 Oregon getting blown off the court by BYU on Tuesday, go ahead. But the Patriots are going to be a force in the Atlantic 10 under first-year coach Kim English. ......."

Yeah, baby!

 

[GMUgemini]

I know that there is no love for the Terps on these boards, but our win over them will look better if they are doing well. Otherwise, it'll just look like a fluke win by us early in the season more due to their poor play than a big win over a strong team that is doing well in the Big 10.

Well. If we go 31-0 it won’t matter what UMD does…

 

[GMUSSTN]

Well. If we go 31-0 it won’t matter what UMD does…

I present my wisdom from /r/collegebasketball:

 

[NewPatriot]

JMU fan grilling before the big game.

That actually looks like fun!

 

[LOUDmouth]

Unfortunately tomorrow night is a full moon.

 

[Pikapppatri8]

That actually looks like fun!

All fun and games until a hot Briquette gets blown into your lap.

 

[GSII]

Unfortunately tomorrow night is a full moon.

Great...all the goats will cause havoc leaving the jmu arena.

 

[GMUgemini]

Unfortunately tomorrow night is a full moon.

Tonight is a near total lunar eclipse. For whom is this omen, though?

 

[Quentin Daniels]

Mason opens as only a 2 point favorite over the Dukes.

 

[Pikapppatri8]

Mason opens as only a 2 point favorite over the Dukes.

That is an odd line. Is there something about JMU's squad we really don't know?

 

[GSII]

trap line by Vegas.

 

[dr. gunnie]

That is an odd line. Is there something about JMU's squad we really don't know?

Other than they are pretty good?

 

[Pikapppatri8]

Other than they are pretty good?

I think they are much improved over their past teams. However, so are we. I just think a 4-5 point tip towards Mason would seem more reasonable.

 

[patriot2000]

They are good, we are on the road, we are seem as potentially tired and "hung over. " I'd take that line before it goes up

 

[mkaufman1]

This is why I don’t gamble lol. I think mason will win big but with many other factors I have no idea.

 

[dr. gunnie]

This is a tougher game to call because a lot of outside factors could affect the outcome (travel, letdown, distractions), but I still took Mason -2. I’m going to ride them until they show me otherwise.

 

[Pikapppatri8]

This is a tougher game to call because a lot of outside factors could affect the outcome (travel, letdown, distractions), but I still took Mason -2. I’m going to ride them until they show me otherwise.

I do expect this to be a lot closer than previous games with similar talent level. I see a 6-8 point win. But a win nonetheless.

 

[Masonman]

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