GW Hoops / GW vs George Mason A10 Tourney Game Two Thread

**Posted by Alum '04** 3/15/2025 7:39 am

Tennessee Colonial wrote:
At least my HS won their state championship in a come from behind game. We could use some of their guards.

We should have hired the Paul VI coach

**Posted by The Ross-Man!** 3/15/2025 1:34 pm

gwstudent2024 wrote:
GW Basketball Insiders instant reaction to the game tonight with a bit of a look towards the offseason: https://www.youtube.com/live/6b8OSi6cv30?si=QPWmVmsRxfislMEU

Maddening to lose in that fashion to your rival (or closest thing to it) for the third time this year in front of a nice Friday night crowd. Definitely things to build on for next year but I can't dispute many of the frustrations people have expressed on here tonight. I think a lot of how we think about this year will be informed by how much the core is retained.

As for GW Basketball Insiders, let us know what sort of content you'd like to see this offseason and any thoughts you have on the show. This board is basically the audience for the show so we'd love the feedback. I'm hoping to move to get the show onto Spotify/Apple Podcasts this spring

Moving to Apple would be great. Would love some player interviews, but also the same stuff we look for here - recruiting/transfer info, scheduling tidbits, etc. There is such a dearth of info around this program that generates a real thirst for whatever we can get from from the fanbase.

**Posted by Free Quebec** 3/15/2025 1:35 pm

Some of you are way too harsh. George Mason played basically a perfect game - played as well as they could (including a career game from Billups). We matched that in the first half with some unbelievable play and shooting the lights out, but we couldn’t sustain that level coming out of the half.

I’ll also say that watching Dayton-St Joe’s up close, it was noticeable how much more physical and aggressive Mason’s defense was than those teams (or ours).

As for the criticism of Caputo here, I strongly disagree. He’s the right coach for us. He got our team to exceed our talent level with some outstanding schemes, and he pulled us out of the sub-200 hell of college hoops. We were a much better team this year - improving over 100 spots on KenPom. I think Caputo is figuring out what kind of players he needs (and can land at GW), and I don’t see any reason we won’t keep improving. Especially if we can get a little better guard play next year and more shooting around Castro.

Anyway, it was disappointing to get manhandled by a more physical team in 2h yesterday, but I walk away from this season thinking it was a success and that we are on our way back.

**Posted by GW0509** 3/15/2025 2:48 pm

ICYMI Press Conference from yesterday’s game