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GW to Face UNC Wilmington Thursday in 2006 NCAA Tournament First Round at Greensboro

Colonials Joined in Sub-Regional by #1 Duke and #16 Southern

March 12, 2006

WASHINGTON, DC -- The George Washington men's basketball team (26-2) was given an 8th seed and will open the 2006 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament on Thursday, March 16 against 9th-seed UNC-Wilmington (25-7) at Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, NC in the Atlanta Region. The 2006 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship first-round games begin on Thursday and Friday, March 16-17. Game times will be announced on Monday.

The opening round of the tournament commences on Thursday with four games including overall No. 1 seed Duke playing #16 seed Southern. The winner will meet the winner of the Duke-Southern game on Saturday in Greensboro.

GW has never faced UNC Wilmington. The Colonials are tied, 13-13, in the all-time series with Duke and GW leads Southern, 1-0, after defeating the Jaguars in the 1993 NCAA Second Round at Tucson en route to the Sweet 16.

UNC Wilmington (25-7) earned an automatic bid by virtue of winning the CAA Tournament over Hofstra on March 6. The Seahawks enter the NCAA Tournament on an eight-game winning streak and are led by T.J. Carter, an 89 percent free throw shooter, who averages 13.3 points per game and Beckham Wyrick's 5.4 rebounds per game.

This is the Colonials' third back-to-back appearance in the NCAA Tournament. GW made back-to-back appearances in 1993-94 and 1998-99.

In the 2005 NCAA Tournament, 12th-seeded GW lost to 5th-seeded Georgia Tech in the first round at Nashville.

GW is 2-6 all-time in first-round games. Its last first-round victory came in 1994 against UAB.

George Washington enters the `Big Dance' with its highest seed ever in it's ninth appearance in the NCAA Tournament. The Colonials posted a perfect 16-0 record in A-10 play and a 26-2 overall mark. The Colonials, who are ranked sixth by both the Associated Press and by the USA Today/ESPN, held the nation's longest winning streak at 18 games (which is also the longest in school history) until losing to Temple in the Atlantic 10 quarterfinal round March 9 in Cincinnati, OH.

 

 

GW is just the fourth team in Atlantic 10 history to go unbeaten in league play, joining Saint Joseph's (16-0, 2003-04), Temple (18-0, 1987-88), and Temple again (18-0, 1983-84). At 26-2, the Colonials have set a school record for wins. GW previously won 24 games in 1954-55 (24-6) and 1997-98 (24-9).