NCAA
Patriots Ready for the Hunt
|The No. 8 George Mason Patriots (26-6, 26-2 CAA) took to the hardwood of the Quicken Loans Arena Thursday afternoon to practice for their upcoming bout. They will play the No. 9 Villanova Wildcats (12-22, 9-9 Big East) tomorrow at 2:10 p.m. in the second round of the NCAA D-I men’s basketball tournament.
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|Local restaurants reminisce Mason’s trip to Final Four
|As the NCAA Tournament gets underway this week and eighth seed Mason is set to play Villanova Friday night, it’s not just fans remembering the Patriots’ improbable 2006 journey to the NCAA Final Four. Local businesses recall the attention brought to the community as the previously unknown Patriots cast the area into the spotlight.
That attention meant packed sports bars at the restaurants near campus – something the wait staff and managers still haven’t forgotten.