In all the magic of the NCAA Tournament, let’s consider the glorious tall-bodied tales that have challenged the imagination which later became animated and then … well, they don’t resemble the titles or stories of fairy tales at all. However, we …
There was skepticism that George Mason would even make the 2006 NCAA tournament because it didn’t earn an automatic bid. The Patriots lost in the CAA tournament semifinals.
But they snagged an 11 seed as an at-large bid team and certainly did not disappoint. Jim Larranaga’s group knocked off heavy hitters Michigan State, North Carolina and Connecticut en route to the Final Four, where the Patriots would lose to Florida.
