For George Mason, Selection Sunday was a relief. For George Washington, it was the worst-case scenario. The Patriots — a bubble team thanks to two recent losses to Hofstra — didn’t have to sweat too long on Selection Sunday, as they were named the 11 seed in the second bracket announced. This was much to the dismay of CBS basketball announcer Billy Packer. The Patriots’ regional will be played in Washington, but GMU has plenty…

It was a busy weekend for college hoops in the area. By and large, it was also a successful one. George Washington clinched the regular season Atlantic 10 title, beating Fordham 78-67 at the Smith Center Saturday night. Playing without injured forward Pops Mensah-Bonsu, the Colonials won their sixteenth straight game behind 19 points from sophomore guard Maureece Rice. His backcourt mates, Danilo Pinnock (17 points) and Carl Elliott (16 points) also stepped up in…

On their way to a 19-1 record, George Washington has shown flashes of brilliance, but also a disturbing tendency to turn their intensity on and off. Both those charateristics were on display in Philadelphia Saturday against St. Joseph’s. The Colonials sleepwalked through most of the game, but found just enough effort to pull out a 64-62 win. After St. Joe’s came back to take a one-point lead, Pops Mensah-Bonsu scored the last of his…

(DCist would like to welcome our new college basketball correspondent Hayden Alfano) Maryland’s men’s basketball team used a full-court press defense to force 22 Minnesota turnovers, pulling away in the second half for an 83-66 victory over the Golden Gophers last night as part of the Big Ten/ACC Challenge. Travis Garrison paced the Terrapins with 18 points, becoming the fourth player to lead the team in scoring in the first six games. Regardless of the…

Coming in to last night’s game against the Wisconsin Badgers, the Maryland Terrapins had ample reason to think they could snap the Badgers 30-game home winning streak. The ACC was once again dominating the annual ACC-Big Ten challenge: N.C. State defeated slumping Purdue, Florida State eked one out over Minnesota, and surging Georgia Tech took it to the house against Michigan. Not to mention the fact that Maryland was coming in at 3-0, ranked 13…