Ticket holders for Saturday’s Wizards v. Raptors match up probably made their purchases with visions of Gilbert Arenas and Chris Bosh dancing in their head. With both stars injured for the game, instead it turned into the Roger Mason Jr. v. Jason Kapono show. It turns out this wasn’t a bad thing at all. After not playing at all in Thursday’s loss in Philadelphia, Mason Jr. came off the bench to score 15 big…

The Miami Heat took control of a close game last night by repeatedly feeding Shaquille O’Neal in the post and The Diesel responded by scoring 10 of his season high 23 in the fourth quarter, leading the visiting Miami Heat past a depleted Washington Wizards team, 92-83. With Caron Butler and Antawn Jamison out with injuries, the Heat ran multiple defenders at Gilbert Arenas all night, holding him to 15 points on 3-15 shooting….

Last season, the GW men’s hoops team rode an undefeated conference season and gaudy #6 ranking (deserved or not) into the second round of the NCAA tournament. And now three Colonials – Pops Mensah-Bonsu, Mike Hall and Danilo Pinnock – are playing in the NBA preseason. Pinnock was the only Colonial (and only player from a D.C.-area college) drafted, taken by the Mavericks in the late second round and promptly traded to the Lakers, while…

Former GW basketball standout Mike Hall has signed with the Washington Wizards. Though the contract is not guaranteed, it is Hall’s best chance of joining fellow classmate Pops Mensah-Bonsu in the big leagues (former teammate Danilo Pinnock also has a chance to make an NBA roster). An active leader of the Colonials during his 4 years with the A-10 school, Hall was the “glue” guy on GW’s squad. He hustled around the court, grabbed…