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Mason Magicians
Published 3/21/2008 by Ren McCormack at Hugging Harold Reynolds
So maybe the Patriots magic ran out last night against the Fighting Irish. GMU deserves to advance in the tourney on the strength of Coach Jim Larranaga's insanity alone. ...

The Tournament Has Seriously Been Lacking Magic
Published 3/21/2008 at The Sporting Blog
By Brian Powell Spencer and Shanoff already covered the most exciting underdog from last night in the Belmont Bruins, so I'm going to look into the most disappointing one: the George Mason Patriots. When I caught this pregame speech by Jim Laranaga it instantly took me back to Mason's 2003 run, and I was excited again after a day of lackluster basketball: Well that energy was completely sucked out of me within the first four minutes of the game. The reason I'm pointing this out isn't to rag on Mason, but to point out that once Duke imposed their will after toying with Belmont for 39-plus minutes, Cinderella might be dead. ...

Monday Hangover
Published 3/24/2008 by ryan.kish@gmail.com at George Mason Basketball
Well it didn't go as planned, to say the least. The game against Notre Dame resembled many road losses that the Patriots had this season, only this time they have never had the lead. The Irish used a ridiculously hot shooting streak to pull away from Mason early. Personally I feel that the Irish broke the spirits of ...

FAKEST OF THE WEEK
Published 3/25/2008 by The Realests at REALESTS NCAA College Michigan Football Basketball Rich Rodriguez Lil Wayne DMX
You know Al Pacino's motivational speech in Any Given Sunday? Well, last Friday George Mason coach Jim Larranaga gave one just like that - except the exact opposite: Gee, we wonder why you guys ended up getting hammered by Notre Dame. The only thing missing was the Howard Dean "Yahhhhh!!!!" at the end. Seriously Jim, stop playing to the camera! We're normally behind any attempt at shameless self-promotion, but even we find this despicable.

Someone Should Tell Jim Larranaga That Leprechauns Are Immune to Magic
Published 3/25/2008 by Josh Alper at FanHouse
Filed under: George Mason Basketball, Notre Dame Basketball, Mid-Majors Basketball, EastHere's a reason why coaches shouldn't let cameras into the locker room before games. When you're going up against the school that pretty much invented the pep-talk cottage industry, you've gotta come up with something better than crumpling up a piece of paper. A little too much comedy and way too much about what happened with a completely different team. (H/T Hugging Harold ...

The Tournament Has Seriously Been Lacking Magic
Published 4/13/2008 at The Sporting Blog
By Brian Powell Spencer and Shanoff already covered the most exciting underdog from last night in the Belmont Bruins, so I'm going to look into the most disappointing one: the George Mason Patriots. When I caught this pregame speech by Jim Laranaga it instantly took me back to Mason's 2006 run, and I was excited again after a day of lackluster basketball: Well that energy was completely sucked out of me within the first four minutes of the game. The reason I'm pointing this out isn't to rag on Mason, but to point out that once Duke imposed their will after toying with Belmont for 39-plus minutes, Cinderella might be dead. ...