Great Win!
by blueizes on 12/6/16EagleBank Arena (formerly Patriot Center) - FairfaxBoys had a great time. The band was AWESOME! GMU with the win! Great seats!
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George Mason University Patriots at EagleBank Arena
The Patriots men's basketball team has played since 1985 at EagleBank Arena, located on George Mason's Fairfax, Virginia, campus. The first game was played there against Maryland on Nov. 26, 1985. The multipurpose arena has a capacity of 7,860, and the 2006-07 team broke the single-season attendance record previously set by the inaugural 1985-86 season. Sections 108, 109, 123 and 124 are reserved for George Mason's student seating.
George Mason Patriots Men's Basketball History
The Patriots men's basketball team has been active since 1966. The program became a Division I team in the 1978-1979 season, which was spent as an independent before joining the Eastern College Athletic Conference from 1979 to 1985, the Colonial Athletic Association from 1985 to 2013 and the Atlantic 10 Conference from 2013 to the present.
Head coach Dave Paulsen took over at George Mason in 2016. Before that, the program's all-time winningest coach was Jim Larrañaga, who posted a 273-164 record across 437 games in 14 years. Larrañaga led the Patriots to five NCAA tournament appearances, including a 27-8 overall campaign in 2005-06 that ended with a 73-58 loss to Florida in the Final Four.
A notable former player is the late Carlos Yates, who played at George Mason from 1981 to 1985. Yates was the Patriots' all-time leading scorer as well as the owner of the highest single-season scoring average at 26.8 points per game as a sophomore in 1982-83. He scored 2,420 points, all before the three-point line was implemented in college basketball.
George Mason's two most heated rivalries are with the George Washington Colonials (the Revolutionary Rivalry) and the VCU Rams, located just under five hours away in Richmond, Virginia. VCU moved from the CAA to the A-10 one year before George Mason made the switch. George Washington has been in the A-10 since before the conference adopted its current name in 1982.
The Patriots were originally called the Marauders from 1966 to around 1969. It's still unclear why the mascot was switched.
Boys had a great time. The band was AWESOME! GMU with the win! Great seats!
We were at the edge of our seats throughout the entire GMU vs. JMU game. My husband and I brought our 7-year-old son and his friend to the game with us. Our son loves sports and has been to GMU basketball games in the past, but it was his friend's first sports event and boy, was he excited! The boys had a wonderful time. The game's fast pace and the score being neck in neck the whole time made the adventure even more thrilling! We had good seats, too. The only down side (and the reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5) was, we purchased the tickets on a promotion where you get 4 tickets, 4 Chick-Fil-A meals, and a Mason hat for $39. Sounds almost too good to be true, right? Yeah. So, when I purchased the tickets there was an additional $15 charge for service fees, bringing the cost to $54. Well, I decided to purchase them anyway, because it's still a pretty good deal, right? But then, came the kicker... We didn't eat dinner at home because we thought we were each getting a Chick-Fil-A meal, but when we got our Chick-Fil-A vouchers, we were told that we could not use them at EagleBank Arena that night. They could only be used at a different Chick-Fil-A location. What?? So we ended up spending $50+ more on dinner that night. It was annoying. I guess I should have read the fine print, but I thought the advertising for the promotion was a bit deceptive, GMU and Chick-Fil-A.
Great seats! Exciting game! Great win! Would buy these again.
This win moved the UD Flyers up in both the AP and Coaches polls. GO FLYERS!!
Great game. It's why college basketball can me so much better than the NBA. Richmond was up at the half even though Mason's defense was better as they were shooting better from the perimeter but GMU's shot blocking ability and taller players than the Richmond squad was able outlast them in overtime. Great game!!
Great family experience for the value at a nice sports complex.
The game was pretty well matched for most of the game. Davidson was predicted to win and at one time that seemed to be an easy outcome. Lack of rebounds and a poor shooter dashed those hopes. With 13 seconds remaining Davidson was down by 3 and GMU was up for 2 free throws. "Game over man, game over." (Text to son at GMU: You won!) But then the unbelievable happens. GMU misses BOTH free shots and Davidson shoots a 3-pointer to tie. My heart is pounding like crazy! Can we keep it together to win? You betcha! The Davidson Wildcats outscore the George Mason Patriots 15 to 8 to seal the deal and win 80-73!
Took our two grandsons--ages 8-1/2 and 7. Everyone had a great time.
The event with friends was great. The young boys enjoyed the came and all the entertainment during the time outs and half-time. The Post dinner pack was enjoyed by all. Thank you Washington Post. We had good seats higher up than usual for me but what a view. You can see the play developing and player movements better when you are a bit higher up and further away. Great fun had by all.
Great game on court, brutal atmosphere off the court. One of the worst college basketball environments I have ever been in. Thank goodness the game was good. Horrible PA set up including the announcer and the speaker location. Less than zero excitement generated.
Good game but bad seats. The patriot center really shouldn't have put the video screen there
The Patriot Center is a great place to watch a basketball game. There are many options for food, and the fan involvement is always a lot of fun. From the blimp that drops gift cards, to the t-shirt tosses, I am always interested in going to watch a Mason game.
We had a great time watching men's basketball. GM vs GW! Parking was easy and we'd go back to this venue.
Seats were good (row P). Commute to arena was easy, parking was free, leaving arena was a breeze. GMU cheerleaders, dancers, etc. kept the crowd going at time outs.
Love going to Mason games. My only complaint is that there were plenty of empty seats closer to the floor that Ticketmaster said was unavailable when I went to buy my tickets.
Great College Basketball venue. UNI and GMU played great basketball and put on a very good show. Historically the to teams are evenly matched which led to a very close game and exciting finish. The Patriot Center isn't as nice as the Verizon Center, but it works for GMU. Would recommend going to a men's and/or women's basketball game. The pep band was also very entertaining.
Game was great but seats were unnecessarily terrible. When reviewing the seating plan, there were hardly any seats available for purchase. Truly, just a few spots here and there, and very limited to get 4 seats together. We ended up in Row P. When we got to the game, there were TONS of seats far better than ours that were vacant the entire game. Many of these seats, and bunches of them in the first ten rows in every section, but none were indicated as available for sale. There was just no reason we had to sit in Row P.
Where else can you watch a great basketball game, hear awesome music by Doc Nix and the Green Machine, win free prizes and yell out the frustrations of the week with the cheerleaders, students and Masonettes. Kids loved it. Cant wait till next season. Go Mason!!!
1) easy to buy the tickets on ticketmaster.com - perused the seat selection, purchased tickets & printed tickets 2) parking was great- general parking close to the south entrance 3) South entrance was right next to our seats 4) seats 11 rows from the court was awesome 5) close game throughout- came down to the last second Awesome!
Up close and personal. Great game. Webfelt the sweat from the players.