The George Mason Patriots are Final Four bound. After trailing by as many as 12 points in the first half of this afternoon’s game, George Mason took the lead in the second period and took the top seeded Connecticut Huskies to overtime. Mason never trailed in the extra period and hung on to win when a last second Husky three missed the mark. The Patriots are the first 11 seed to make the Final Four since the 1986 LSU squad. Next weekend they’ll play the winner of the Florida/Villanova matchup for the right to play in the finals. Our hearty congratulations to go out to GMU.

AP Photo taken by Gerald Herbert.