[Ghost]

13 for 16 on the day, USC hurt me big time.

[bball2223]

Originally Posted by rocketeer

i don't think i've seen another person's bracket that had george mason. the 5-12 means nothing to me. same with george mason's final four run a couple of years ago. i thought mason was good enough to beat notre dame based on what i'd seen from the two teams. i thought thomas could equal harangody(and he did) but the rest of the team performed below their normal standard. hey, they lost so i guess any wrong pick is a bad pick but it's still a pick i would make if they played again tomorrow. i think more often than not, mason wins that game. of course, this also could just be bad judgement by me because i was unable to watch the game, i'm still just going by what i've seen previously and what the box score indicates happened there.

So basically ND won because George Mason played bad? Give me a break ND didn't play all that well either. Rob Kurz was in foul trouble all game, and Harangody had 4 fouls. Harangody also shot 7-18 from the field. Thomas is a very good player but how many times is he going to shoot 10-14? Not very often. Had he not played out of his mind ND would have won this game by around 25-30 points. ND won this game fair and square. Now it's time to get ready for Washington St.

[rocketeer]

Originally Posted by bball2223

So basically ND won because George Mason played bad? Give me a break ND didn't play all that well either. Rob Kurz was in foul trouble all game, and Harangody had 4 fouls. Harangody also shot 7-18 from the field. Thomas is a very good player but how many times is he going to shoot 10-14? Not very often. Had he not played out of his mind ND would have won this game by around 25-30 points. ND won this game fair and square. Now it's time to get ready for Washington St.

i never said notre dame won because george mason played bad. notre dame won because other than thomas the rest of the george mason team shot 21%(33% with thomas's stats), while notre dame shot a % much closer to their average. i'm sure notre dame has something to do with the lower shooting percentages though.

and yes, thomas is going to shoot 10-14 from the field often. on the season he shot 64% from the field. 25 and 7 on 71% shooting isn't playing out of his mind when he averages 16 and 10 on 64% shooting.