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 All-Atlantic 10 forward Mike Hall is one of three seniors in GW's starting lineup for the A-10 Tournament. |
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Top Seed GW to Face Temple Thursday at Noon in A-10 Quarterfinal
March 9, 2006
Games 28, 29, 30 • Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament
Date: Thursday-Saturday, Mar. 9-11, 2006 • Time: 12/6:30/6 p.m. EST
Location: U.S. Bank Arena (16,000) • Cincinnati, OH
Radio: WMET 1160, WAGE 1200 AM (Byron Kerr)
TV: A-10 TV / ESPN (Final)
GW's All-Time A-10 Tournament Record: 19-28 (.404)
GW COACH: Karl Hobbs (Connecticut `85)
Record at GW: 90-54 (.625) 5th season
Atlantic 10 Record: 48-32 (.600) 5th season
Career Record: 90-54 (.625) 5th season
Hobbs' Record in the A-10 Tournament: 5-3
Thursday's Quarterfinal Game: Defending A-10 champion GW enters Thursday's quarterfinal round of the 2005 A-10 Tournament looking for its second straight A-10 Tournament championship. This marks the third straight year GW has earned a first-round bye in the conference tournament. GW trails the series with Temple, 15-45, but defeated the Owls in last year's A-10 semifinal, 77-58.
Riding one of the nation's longest winning streaks at 18 straight, the No. 6/6 Colonials (26-1, 16-0 A-10) are having a historic year and the best season in the 92-season history of the program.
• GW is coming off a dramatic 86-85 overtime victory over Charlotte (Mar. 4) to cap a perfect 16-0 A-10 record, marking only the fourth time in the 30-year history of the conference a team has gone undefeated in league play. GW is the only one-loss team left in Division I.
• GW's win Saturday also extended GW's single-season record for most victories with 26, shattering the previous record of 24 which has been accomplished twice before (1953-54 and 1997-98). GW clinched its second straight A-10 regular-season title and No. 1 seed in the A-10 Tournament with a 78-67 victory over Fordham Feb. 25 at Rose Hill Gym.
• GW has a 10-16 (.385) record in A-10 Tournament quarterfinal-round games and a 3-7 (.300) mark in semifinal games. GW is 1-2 in championship final games.
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• Pops Mensah-Bonsu suffered a slight tear in his left meniscus (knee cartilage) during the Feb. 22 La Salle game and has undergone successful arthroscopic surgery He missed the final three games of the regular season and is not expected back during the A-10 Tourn.
GW's History in the A-10 Tournament: GW has an all-time record of 19-28 (.404) in the A-10 Tournament. The Colonials won their first championship last season and have advanced to the championship final in two other years: 1991, during former coach Mike Jarvis's first year at GW when the Colonials lost at Penn State, and in 1998--Jarvis's last year at GW--when the Colonials fell to Xavier. GW has reached the semifinal round eight times including six of the last 10 tournaments.
Next Game: The winner of today's quarterfinal game advances to the semifinal round to play the winner of the Saint Louis-Saint Joseph's quarterfinal at 6:30 pm Friday. The game will be televised on the A-10 TV Network and will be broadcast live in the Washington area on WMET 1160, WAGE 1200 AM as well as via www.GWsports.com.
