George Mason escapes, again, rallying from 14 down at St. Bonaventure

George Mason, at least, didn’t lose either of its Quad 3 games this week, but Mason sure isn’t doing itself any favors in the predictive metrics.

The Patriots (20-2, 8-1 A-10, NET: 65) led for all of 17 seconds in their 77-73 win at St. Bonaventure (13-9, 2-7 -10, NET: 146) on Saturday, rallying from 14 down in the second half.

This, after rallying from down six at halftime to beat Davidson (13-8, 5-4 A-10, NET: 103) on Wednesday.

I mean, they’re winning, but this isn’t going to help the case for an at-large NCAA Tournament bid.

“Grit is what Team 60 embodies,” Mason coach Tony Skinn said. “We’ve done it all season long. Good, bad or ugly, we find a way to finish and win games. This is not an easy place to win, let alone an easy place to mount a comeback. I’ll take that win.”

OK.

Kory Mincy led the Patriots with 22 points (9-of-15 FG, 2-of-6 3FG, 2-of-3 FT).

Fatt Hill added 16 points (8-of-11 FG). Jahari Long had 13 points (3-of-9 FG, 1-of-6 3FG, 6-of-7 FT) and a career-high nine assists.

NCAA Tournament resume

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Quad 1: 0-1
Quad 2: 2-1
Quad3/4: 17-0
Non-D1: 1-0

Key

Quad 1: Home (1-30), Neutral (1-50), Away (1-75)
Quad 2: Home (31-75), Neutral (51-100), Away (76-135)

Metrics

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Topline

• RPI: 27
• ELO: 34
• NET: 65

Result-based

• KPI: 34
• SOR: 38
• WAB: 41

Predictive

• BPI: 67
• KenPom: 75
• BartTorvik: 104

Average: 53.9
NCAA Tournament seed projection: outside looking in

Key remaining games

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• Quad 2/3: @Richmond (13-10, 3-7, NET: 144), Feb. 10
• Quad 2: @George Washington (13-9, 4-5 A-10, NET: 87), Feb. 13
• Quad 1: @VCU (16-6, 7-2 A-10, NET: 53), March 3
• Quad 1: Saint Louis (21-1, 9-0 A-10, NET: 16), March 7