Wow. Just wow.

Wow! 82-62. 

Feels real good to win one like this. 

I was wrong, we didn't blow it. Looking forward to being there for St. Louis. Looked like a fairly good sized crowd despite school not is session. 

What a win!! Incredible shot making and defense and I am beyond shocked we won that game. Agreed on the points about Hansen's performance. I think he was instrumental. THIS is why I love college basketball. 100% the best win of Caputo's tenure

I said I’d be pleasantly surprised if GW won by more than 19.5 and sure enough we won by 20!   

What an outstanding performance. Everyone competed so hard on defense and the boards, we mostly took care of the ball, we made shots, and we weathered their run and their fan advantage.

We are truly their bogey team.

I can't believe what I'm witnessing! WOW!
Jones & Drumgoole are something not to mention the inside work of Castro & Hansen.

Not turning the ball over & the defensive effort are totally unexpected! How did they do that?
Bottle it & save it!!!!

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This will change by the end of the day, but on KenPom, the 20 point win catapulted us up to 120 (from 141) and dropped Dayton from 33 to 47.

120 is our highest rating since December 3, 2016 (we went into that day ranked 120, but a 1 point win over #292 South Florida dropped us lower and we never got that high again until now.). That was MoJo’s first year.  Yuta must have been hurt that day because our starters included Ty Cavanaugh, Collin Smith, Jaren Sina, Arnaldo Toro, and Jordan Roland.  Bo Ziegler was playing for USF. 

Anyway, enough history digression, just happy for the team to crack the top 120 again - what a game.

FredD wrote:

Any links to a Dayton message board? Thanks!

https://www.udpride.com/forums/mens-basketball/george-washington-game-thread/

Hail to the Buff! Hail to the Blue!!!
Did any of those who prediced that in A10 play GW would suffer teeth gnashing losses and pull a major upset predict that would happen in the first two games of A10 play?
Let´s be clear, that must have been Dayton´s worst outing all season (that, or anyone who thought they were an at-large team are smoking better stuff than I can get). Dayton´s play was so disjointed, there were times I asked myself if GW was the team wearing red.
But let´s also give GW all the credit it deserves. That was a good perfomance on both sides of the ball. When rebounding failed, putback shots were at least challenged. With all the huzzahs for Hansen, I finally saw DI level inside play from Castro today, too. And while that GW Fan Sense Of Dread siezed upon my soul in the first couple of mins of the second half, the team shrugged off Dayton´s run and went back to do what worked-- the opposite of the deer-in-the-headlights schtick we saw in the UR and AU losses. Also, whatever mutti/juju/witchcraft Drumgoole is using, please keep using it-- with these results I do not mind making a deal with the Devil! I agree with those calling this the best win of the Caputo era, now it remains to be seen if this is the watershed win of the Caputo era.