Mason To Play in CBI, CIT Field Announced
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March 13, 2017
Peter Solari, Contributing Editor Follow @4PeteSakeNY
George Mason seniors Marquise Moore and Jalen Jenkins have some more basketball to play in Fairfax. After failing to be selected to either the NCAA Tournament or the NIT, the Patriots were invited to participate in this year's College Basketball Invitational.
Mason will host Loyola (MD) on Wednesday night at 7 PM in EagleBank Arena, where tey'll open their tournament. This will mark the program's first postseason appearance since the end of the 2012-13 season when the Patriots participated in that year's CBI and finished as runners up to Santa Clara. The following season, Mason moved from the Colonial Athletic Association to the Atlantic 10 Conference, where they struggled in the early going. This past season was the program's most successful campaign in their new league, and the CBI is a small reward for their hard work.
Peter Solari, Contributing Editor Follow @4PeteSakeNY
George Mason seniors Marquise Moore and Jalen Jenkins have some more basketball to play in Fairfax. After failing to be selected to either the NCAA Tournament or the NIT, the Patriots were invited to participate in this year's College Basketball Invitational.
Mason will host Loyola (MD) on Wednesday night at 7 PM in EagleBank Arena, where tey'll open their tournament. This will mark the program's first postseason appearance since the end of the 2012-13 season when the Patriots participated in that year's CBI and finished as runners up to Santa Clara. The following season, Mason moved from the Colonial Athletic Association to the Atlantic 10 Conference, where they struggled in the early going. This past season was the program's most successful campaign in their new league, and the CBI is a small reward for their hard work.
A-10 and crosstown rival George Washington has also been invited to join the 16-team CBI field. The Colonials will host Toledo at 7 PM on Wednesday at the Charles E. Smith Center in Washington, DC. Now, here's a look at the rest of this year's CBI field and the complete bracket.
