I wish our players would take a hard look at the history of GW transfers before deciding to leave. For every Jamison Battle there seems to be 3 or 4 Max Edwards, although I don't follow players closely after they leave GW, so maybe I'm wrong about that.

What we don't know now, and probably never will know, is which of these players Caputo tried to keep and couldn't and which he gently pushed out the door. I'm guessing he tried hard to keep Autry but Autry decided to leave to play his final year for his father. I'm also guessing he probably suggested to Bubu and Bevins that they would be better off playing down a level. I have no idea about Garrett or Jones. Caputo loved Garrett two years ago when he was injured, but he either never fully recovered this year or just wasn't as good as Caputo thought. Jones was a solid contributor but I believe Caputo brought him here to be a PG and he never seemed to fit that role.

Both Bubu and Ty had talent and were solid contributors to the team, but I don't think the loss of either one of them moves the needle on what the team will be next year. In other words, they are replaceable. I am concerned, however, about losing Autry. I think his contributions went well beyond his numbers. He seems to have a high basketball IQ (not surprising for a coach's son) and he seemed to have good leadership qualities (which would have been even greater next year, as a senior). Hopefully Caputo and staff are working the portal hard and intelligently.

I was thinking how smart Duke was to wait until 10 seconds left and then foul to deny the 3 to tie, but it obviously didn’t work out for them.

I am no fan of Hurley or UConn, but I thoroughly enjoyed watching them beat Duke, and that ending was amazing!

jf wrote:

Know this isn't the right board for a lot of talk on one or two other specific teams. Especially non-A-10.
   But interesting development tonight, an 11 seed beat Gonzaga, which believe was supposed to
advance much farther into the tournament. Unless VCU (in the A-10 so worthy of a lot of discussion) comes back from 7 deficit at halftime, which they are capable of but lost a key player....this Gonzaga stunning loss may be the upset of the night--or whole day.

There has been a lot of chalk in this tournament, which is a trend. Its getting worse every year. The top two teams in the A10 were embarrassed by the Big Ten today. Both teams looked like boys playing against men. Now, watch the press try to sell us on Texas, an SEC team beating a WCC team to get to the Sweet 16, as the “Cinderella” story of this tournament…

Really impressive win by St Louis, and the VCU comeback was amazing. Great day for the Atlantic 10!

Long Suffering Fan wrote:

DC Native wrote:

BM wrote:

Took care of that one ourselves in 1993.

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/boxscores/1993-03-19-george-washington.html

I remember that game well, but UNM has been to the NCAA Tournament 17 times and has won 9 games. When I was a grad student there in the late 1990s, they had a player named Kenny Thomas, who had a long career in the NBA. In his 4 years there (how quaint these days!), UNM was 71-3 at The Pit, including a 41 game winning streak. They made the NCAA Tournament all 4 years (with seeds of 7, 3, 4, and 9), winning the first game and losing in the second round every time.

I will never forget a freshman Kwame Evans going 5-5 from the three vs. New Mexico

Omo, Kwame, Vaughn.... And Nimbo!

GW Alum Abroad wrote:

Hail to the Buff! Hail to the Blue!!!
First off, tip-of-the hat to Utah Valley. Holcombe is a player and their team did a great job of switching things up on defense (as well as showing more from behind the arc than we expected). The crowd was about what could be expected in terms of turnout but was very engaged and enthusiastic.
While much will be said about Autry´s three-point shooting and Slim making his ft´s, Tyrone Marshall Jr played the game of his life tonight, at both ends of the court. Not everything he did will show up in the box score, but he was the difference maker tonight. 
Still, that was another big halftime lead that got pissed away and Utah Valley´s inablity to execute on the final shot is why they are done instead of playing in the NCAA´s.
The Pit is at a higher altitude and a different level of "home court advantage". The tunnel from the visitor´s locker room to the court is painted "Welcome to The Pit, 6,000 feet above sea level and louder than..." (and then you emerge on to the court). 

I really hope UNM holds on and GW gets to play at the Pit. I went to grad school at UNM. New Mexico has no professional sports teams, so the Pit has the feel of an NBA arena, despite the fact that UNM has never made it to the Sweet 16.

Nice first half. Gotta keep it up. We should definitely beat this team…

Who the hell is Brayden Howsley? 😂

Never mind, looked it up. For some reason they think that’s Garrett Johnson.

Its been a long time since we won a game out west. I went through our schedules and only found two games out west, the disastrous losses in 2021, over the last decade. The last win I found was in 2010 at Oregon State...