Scoring

Patriots take an 8 seed in NCAA Tournament

Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - 12:56am | Joey McDermott

George Mason University’s Patriots have received an 8 seed in the East region of the NCAA Tournament. The Patriots will go on to play the Wildcats of Villanova on Friday.

This year the NCAA Tournament will be slightly different expanding to include 68 teams instead of the previous 64 teams.  The additional four teams will be required to participate in a new first round known as “The First Four."