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Basil Woodruff flew from his home in Los Angeles to Washington bygone and accustomed at Brion's Grille abreast the George Mason University campus aloof in time to block into the army for tip-off.

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"The aftermost two games, I watched at home in my active allowance jumping up and down," said Woodruff, 35, a 2000 alum of the school, as he stood amid a army of Patriot admirers shouting so audibly that their choir reverberated. "I capital to be about bodies who watch with the aforementioned acuteness that I do."

For admirers who could not accomplish it to Northwest Washington's Verizon Center to see George Mason's Patriots comedy their way into the annular of eight, Brion's Grille was the next-best abode to be. What bigger area than a restaurant endemic by a above Patriot, Brion Sumser, one busy with jerseys and photos of Mason athletes and able with four televisions and two huge bump screens?

And alone a few account afterwards George Mason defeated Wichita State, 63-55, at Verizon, Georgetown admirers were shouting in confined abreast their academy and agreeable as the Hoyas took an aboriginal advance in their bold adjoin Florida, played in Minneapolis.

"It's unbelievable," said David Nelson, accepted administrator of the Rhino Bar & Pumphouse on M Street NW. "It's electrifying." At the Tombs, Georgetown chief Steve Dimon said: "It's an amazing scene." Mackey's on L Street NW was arranged with Hoya fans. Back the see-saw affray concluded with Georgetown's last-minute defeat about 12:25 this morning, they gave a aggregate beef and sigh, transcribed by administrator Kevin Michael Fischer as "aaauuuugh."

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Earlier, in George Mason territory, a accommodation army of 230 awash into Brion's to watch, bawl and high-five anniversary added for added than two hours.

"Have I been into basketball before? No," said Debbi Miller of Lorton, a aerial academy abecedary who accustomed her master's amount from GMU and came with four adolescent grads. "Am I into it now? You bet."

Brion's was a sea of blooming and gold, in the helium-filled balloons that floated to the beam and in fans' attire. Few admirers lacked George Mason T-shirts, brawl caps, buttons or at atomic a band of blooming hair. They abiding on aggregation associates by their aboriginal names, and absolutely abounding said they knew players as friends.

"We've never won annihilation big like this before," said Stacey Parker, 21, a chief from Springfield. "I apperceive some of the guys on the team. It's so exciting."

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Robert Murphy of Vienna, from the Class of 1985, stood by the bar with a friend, smoker cigars, absorption on what sports success agency to a driver academy such as Mason.

"My bang-up is a UCLA graduate, and he asked me how it feels to go to a absolute sports academy now," said Murphy, 45.

"This is Masonville," said Jason Meares, 26, of Alexandria, a alum who abounding eight home amateur this year and came to Brion's with 15 alumni accompany from as far abroad as California and South Carolina. "There's no abode I'd rather be, added than the advanced row, and I don't accept $1,500 for a ticket."

Ten abnormal afore the bold ended, back it was bright that achievement was aural Mason's grasp, associates of the army started chanting as one: "Let's go, Mason, let's go." They whistled and shouted as they hugged and slapped backs, swearing it was the best bold they had anytime seen.

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