A Year Later: No NCAA, No NIT for George Mason
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FAIRFAX, Va.  -- Everyone's favorite underdog in 2006 received no special favors in 2007. A year after an amazing run to the Final Four of the NCAA tournament, George Mason isn't even considered worthy of the NIT.
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Unlike most teams, an NCAA berth wasn't enough for Maryland to call last year a success. Instead, the 2006 national champs are hoping to build on 2007 disappointment.
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AMHERST -- Their NCAA dreams might have clanged off the front rim, but the University of Massachusetts Minutemen can still take some pride in their 2006-07 season. UMass won 23 regular-season games, claimed a share of the Atlantic 10 regular-season title, and made it to the postseason for the first time in seven years.
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It took six seasons for the Associated Press to realize it was being used by an inherently flawed and unjust system. But at last it has disassociated itself from the BCS and its fraudulent national college football championship.
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At the start of the season, they were in the also-ran bin. Not on anyone&#39;s radar screen nationally, or even in the Big 12, for that matter.
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BLACKSBURG The ACC didn&#39;t want these guys. Didn&#39;t want them in 1953, didn&#39;t want them two springs ago, didn&#39;t want them if even they said pretty please with a Hokie Bird on top.
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Former Columbus Crew Coach Greg Andrulis is leading a once-proud George Mason program back to the top of the CAA.
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The slashing of James MadisonÂs large athletic department in the name of Title IX adherence was startling in scale and unforeseen because it was enacted in the absence of a lawsuit or complaint.
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Beginning in August 2007, the N.C.A.A. banned Division I colleges from using text messaging to recruit athletes.  But now, the issue is being revisited once again.
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Hofstra Coach Tom Pecora learned first hand that there's no margin for error in March as the Pride failed to receive an at-large bid in the CAA while George Mason blossomed in the tournament.
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Beginning in August 2007, the N.C.A.A. banned Division I colleges from using text messaging to recruit athletes. But on Saturday, the issue will be revisited once again.
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Lamar Butler scored 16 points to lead five George Mason players in double figures last night as the Patriots defeated Indianapolis-Purdue Fort Wayne 69-51 in the opening round of the Coaches vs.
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The Supreme Court rejected the claim by a high school football powerhouse in Tennessee that its coachâs recruiting violations were a form of free speech.
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George Mason was right on schedule after three victories in three nights and hoping to make another run for glory in the NCAA tournament.
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It's been a winning season for the UMass-Lowell men's hockey team, excluding Hockey East play.
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Habitually unpredictable, George Mason found itself in another battle with a mediocre opponent before a late surge fuels a 72-63 victory over CAA foe Towson at Patriot Center.
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At first, Derrick Williams was disappointed to learn that recent NCAA rules changes had outlawed the use of private jets and luxury vehicles during recruits&#39; campus visits and restricted the