George Mason run out of Patriot Center on Homecoming

It has been rare to see George Mason never in the game on Homecoming Saturday but they were routed on their home floor against Georgia State yesterday. Mason hadn't lost a home CAA by this big of a margin in 11 years and have now lost their last three home conference games. The combination of Mason's poor perimeter defense, turnovers, and Georgia State's hot shooting led to this game unraveling quickly. The Panthers had 51 points at the half and Mason had nothing going on offense except for Sherrod Wright.

The Patriots have had more a lot of success on the road and it's a bit strange how they can't seem to get it done at home recently. Defensively they continue to make the same mistakes and it they allow opposing teams to basically do whatever they want at times. The focus and effort just doesn't seem to be there and it hasn't changed much from the beginning of the season.

Coming out as flat as they did on a Saturday where the Patriot Center had over 8,000 fans in attendance was perplexing. I had thought the larger than usual crowd would give this team a lift but instead we saw a team lacking intensity right from the tip. It's frustrating to watch a team not improve and keep making the same mistakes. We essentially the same team returning next year it's hard to think we will see anything better.

By hey, at least Tom O'Connor might be gone soon...

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