UCLA is number one in the nation (number 2 in the AP poll), and the game is at Pauley Pavilion. GW is done. Right?Maybe not so fast. ESPN has the game on their "Upset Watch." And UCLA may be without All-American point guard Darren "Don't Call Me Nick" Collison and shooter Michael Roll, and forward Alfred "O'Boises are O'Boisterous" Aboya is playing with a recently broken orbital bone.
And of course, GW has a little bit of history on their side, having beaten then number one UMass in 1994 at the Smith Center with President Bill Clinton and fam looking on. GW beat UMass at their place later on in the year and then beat them at their place again next season (when they were again ranked #1). However, I think Marcus Camby was out for at least one of those games.
Then again, GW is without Travis King but should have Maureece Rice back, if the GWhoops.com chatter is accurate. And the odds were well with the Bruins even if GW had all those players back. It should be interesting, and hopefully at the very least the Colonials make it a game, unlike, say, the NCAA tourney last year against Vandy. According to GWSports.com, it's on FSN, which I assume is Fox Sports. On my Comcast Digital Cable in DC, it's FCS, channel 264, starting at 10:30 pm.
Here's the game notes from GW
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As for the game tonight, GW's problem in recent years has been playing soft pre-season games so a close game would be considered a "good lose" if we were on the bubble come March.