George Mason Pulls Stunning Upset vs. Dayton in A-10 Play

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00:05 Last night Donnie, a big trend emerged.

00:08 We saw three home underdogs pull off an outright upset against a ranked foe.

00:14 That includes in the Atlantic 10, George Mason.

00:18 A stunner last night at home for George Mason, 71-67.

00:23 The final against the Dayton Flyers who entered as a three and

00:27 a half point home favorite.

00:28 They were 11 and 2 in a 10 play, three and a half point road favorite,

00:33 I should say.

00:34 But George Mason has now covered in its last four games as an underdog in a 10

00:39 play, including two outright victories, a big win for George Mason last night.

00:46 >> How do you pull off the upset here?

00:47 Well, why don't you shoot 29% from three point range at home while the road team,

00:51 that's better than you, shoots 42%.

00:53 How does that happen?

00:53 Taking advantage, Ben, of the free throw line.

00:56 You see Dayton goes on the road and shoots 10 of 14, which isn't bad,

00:59 70% roughly as a team.

01:01 But flip that over to George Mason, 24 of 29 from the charity stripe,

01:05 83% as a team.

01:07 That's how you make up those extra possessions here.

01:10 But didn't it feel like this was one of those games that fits the mold?

01:12 And also on radio yesterday on Moneyline, Kevin and

01:14 I talked about this game.

01:15 It was like, Donnie, what do you think about Dayton?

01:17 I haven't paid all that much attention, to be honest, to the 8-10 this year.

01:19 I'm like, okay, 11 and 2 going on the road.

01:21 Hey, could Dayton be one of those teams that can surprise and be one of those,

01:25 hey, you know what, we can win two games here, make it to a sweet 16.

01:28 But this is one of those that shows us it's, again, really hard to win no matter

01:32 what conference you're in or who's actually the home team here.

01:35 Dayton should have won that game going away, but George Mason bit him.

01:38 And that's quite frankly what we've been seeing for

01:39 the past couple weeks here.

01:41 Ranked teams on the road getting beat out right here, and

01:44 it happened again last night in the 8-10.

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