The Mason Mess Not the way coach Larranaga and Goerge Mason wanted to go out. I followed them to Denver and I too was caught up in the thought, that maybe they could make another miracle run. In fact, so was all the media in Denver. All the questions Mason answered how to do with their popularity after that run and what it meant 2-years ago, to be the little team that could. I actually think it kind of pissed alot of the other teams off.

What Mason found out was reality. The players said all the right things, but they had to think they had more tricks up their sleeves. Notre Dame thought they did and that's why they brought it. They hit three after three and let G-Mason know that it's not going to happen again. Being the media darling is good as long as you hold up your end of the bargain. Mason did not and now they are just the team from Fairfax, that is like all the other mid-majors. Hard to get a win against the big dogs.

Give these guys credit though. They got beat down because they opened some eyes. They got bullied because people remember them landing the blow that took the school yard bully down. So basically if you think about it, Mason had a beating coming to them. I can see it now, Conneticut's coach Jim Calhoun, calling Notre Dame's coach Mike Brey and giving him an at a boy. Saying maybe now they have learned their lesson. Well fellas their will be another George Mason. All Notre Dame did was make sure it wasn't the team from Fairfax again.  ¶ 1:31 PM