Sunday, March 9, 5:41 p.m. While the women's basketball team surely appreciated their victory over Xavier in January of 2007 and again this season in January of 2008, they might have wished history favored buff and blue for their Atlantic 10 semifinal match-up Sunday.
Saturday, March 8, 9:43 p.m. PHILADELPHIA — Everything from drizzle to downpours have been coming out of the Philadelphia sky this weekend, but Saturday at the GW women's basketball team's game with Rhode Island, mother nature wasn't the only one making it rain.
Breaking News Thursday, March 6, 10:35 p.m. Senior Maureece Rice, GW's four-year guard, was kicked off the GW men's basketball team, the University announced Thursday evening.
Web Update Thursday, March 6, 11:48 p.m. CHARLOTTE — GW will return home to the nation's capital Friday after falling 77-61 to Charlotte Thursday night. But when they get there, despite traveling roughly 400 miles north, Atlantic City, N.J., will seem farther away than they remember.
The accomplishments of the GW women's basketball team's four seniors are well documented. More than 3,400 points, 1,500 rebounds, 1,100 assists and 700 steals.
Over the last four seasons, this current senior class of the GW women's basketball team has garnered more than a handful of awards and titles. But when it has come to those pesky three games in early March, the Colonials have faltered.
The GW men's basketball team's trip to Charlotte Thursday represents a pivotal point in the Colonials' quest to do the seemingly commonplace: have the opportunity to defend last year's conference championship.
Senior Kim Beck was named the Atlantic 10 player of the year in a poll conducted by the conference's coaches, the conference announced Wednesday.
Sophomore forward Robin Murphy transferred out of GW and is no longer a member of the women's basketball team, head coach Joe McKeown said Wednesday.
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