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  • Reserve Bennett to leave George Mason

    Kevin Dunleavy

    Published: Wed, Apr 17, 2013

    Paris Bennett is the second player to leave the George Mason basketball team this month with eligibility remaining. Bennett, a redshirt junior, who will graduate in May, plans to pursue other playing opportunities next year the school announced. Bennett joins another redshirt junior, who is on...

  • Len to declare for NBA draft

    Kevin Dunleavy

    Updated: Sun, Apr 14, 2013

    A Maryland source has confirmed a yahoo.com report that sophomore Alex Len will enter the NBA draft. Players must declare their intentions for the June 27 draft by April 16. Len, a 7-foot-1 center averaged 11.9 points, 7.8 rebounds, and 2.1 blocked shots this season. The news comes as little...

  • In Terps Spring Game, Ross, Reid spark improved running attack

    Kevin Dunleavy

    Updated: Sat, Apr 13, 2013

    Looking much like they did last fall, the Maryland Terrapins played a Spring Game rife with penalties, mistakes, and spotty play by inexperienced quarterbacks. But there also were the expected flashes of brilliance by wide receiver Stefon Diggs and the unexpected sustained excellence of running...

  • Pe’Shon Howard departs Maryland

    Kevin Dunleavy

    Updated: Mon, Apr 8, 2013

    After a star-crossed and stormy three seasons in College Park, Maryland junior Pe’Shon Howard has received permission from the school to transfer, coach Mark Turgeon announced on Monday. The 6-3 guard averaged 3.3 points and 3.6 assists, starting 24 of the 36 games he played. “I want to...

  • George Mason loses in CBI final

    Kevin Dunleavy

    Updated: Sat, Apr 6, 2013

    George Mason got almost everything it wanted from the College Basketball Invitational. The Patriots played the maximum six games, extended their season into April, and discovered some long-awaited chemistry and will. What they didn’t get was a title. Friday’s 80-77 loss to Santa Clara...

  • Navy football team to visit White House next Friday

    Kevin Dunleavy

    Updated: Fri, Apr 5, 2013

    The Navy football team will visit the White House on Friday, April 12, in a ceremony hosted by President Barack Obama. The team will be honored for capturing its eighth Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy in the last 10 years. Time and location has yet to be determined. Navy won the trophy by...

  • In cramped quarters, George Mason stays alive in CBI

    Kevin Dunleavy

    Updated: Wed, Apr 3, 2013

    The way George Mason played Wednesday night in the school’s intimate volleyball gym before a sellout crowd of 1,280, the Patriots should consider a return appearance there in the deciding game of the College Basketball Invitational. But on to the Patriot Center it will be for George Mason...

  • Terps will open at Barclays again next year

    Kevin Dunleavy

    Published: Tue, Apr 2, 2013

    Maryland lost its season opener in November against Kentucky. But the experience at sold out Barclays Center in Brooklyn was so positive that the Terrapins will do it again in the same building next season, kicking off Nov. 8 against Connecticut. “We’re looking forward to returning to...

  • Syracuse completes a Big East sweep

    Kevin Dunleavy

    Updated: Fri, Mar 29, 2013

    On the familiar floor of the Verizon Center, Thursday was a night of dominance for Big East teams Marquette and Syracuse. After No. 3 Marquette toppled No. 2 Miami, point guard Michael Carter-Williams scored 24 points to propel No. 4 Syracuse to a convincing 61-50 upset of No. 1 Indiana,...

  • George Mason advances to CBI finals

    Kevin Dunleavy

    Updated: Wed, Mar 27, 2013

    It felt like a first-round game in a tournament, not the semifinals. But George Mason will take its routine 62-52 victory over Western Michigan Wednesday in the sixth College Basketball Invitational. It put the Patriots into the three-game championship series, a just reward for their improved...


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