I was in the nosebleed section for this game as a 15 year old from Fairfax, VA. I'll never forget the moment of silence during UConn's final 3 point attempt, followed by the final buzzer, and everyone in the arena went absolutely crazy over what we just witnessed out of GMU. I might be biased as a Fairfax kid, but this will go down as one of my all time favorite sport moments. Thank you for uploading an absolute gem of a game.

One of the best tournament games of all time.

I'm a GMU grad from before this happened, now a full time faculty member at another mid-major.  Every time I have students in my class on the basketball team, I direct them to this video.

Verne Lundquist’s call at the end was a good one

Nearly 20 years later and i still dont understand how this Uconn team lost this game. 9/10 times this is a 20 point blowout. Insane upset.

"By George, the dream is alive!"

Gotta love ol' Verne Lundquist

What a perfect game, perfect setting, perfect duo on the mic. By George, the dream is alive…

Loved Verne Lundquist’s call: “By George, the dream is alive!”

1:35:14 after 17 years, Jim Larrañega’s dream is still alive

The Dream is Alive!!!!

This happened my second semester @ GMU. Surreal to say the least. Still have the GMU jersey and Final Four hat. Helped put GMU on the map!

And now Tony Skinn is the head coach at GMU

I was in the Mason Pep Band for this game. Still an amazing memory.

1:35:05 Who here thought the last UCONN 3 pointer was going in?

This may have been UConn’s most talented team.

I remember watching the live broadcast of this. George mason was definitely the “Cinderella story” of that year’s tournament, kind of like St. Peter’s this year.

still can't believe we lost this game. This Uconn team was absolutely STACKED! 6 future NBA players

This video cut out one of the best parts.
When they were introducing the starters, all the Mason players were fired up, hugging and chest bumping each other, and all the UConn players just looked bored, MAYBE nonchalantly giving each other five. That was when I thought they maybe had a chance in this game

This UConn team hit a wall late in the season and never came out of it. They were ranked #1 for most of January and February but suddenly started barely beating losing teams like Louisville, Notre Dame and South Florida, lost to a middling Syracuse team in the Big East tournament, then struggled big time in the NCAA's. Trailed the 16 seed by double digits in the second half before coming back to win, barely scraped past a substandard Kentucky team, then needed some fortunate calls in OT to get past Washington the game before this. Credit to George Mason for sure but something was off with this UConn bunch toward the end.

This might be the definitive Verne/Raftery broadcast.