George Mason vs. UConn: 2006 Elite Eight | FULL GAME

Watch the full game of the classic Cinderella George Mason beating UConn in this 2006 Elite Eight game, to clinch a berth to the 2006 Final Four. George Mason won 86-84 in overtime.

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[thomasspade]

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.

[tommyjenkins]

That is basketball 🏀 in its purest form.

[jonathanearley]

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.

[WaffleWARZ]

One of the best tournament games of all time.

[mr.nobody]

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.

[creydadj]

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

[victormagtanggol]

02:19 BILL RAFTERY SAID AND VERNE LUNDQUIST GEORGE MASON GOES
01:35:08 DENHAM BROWN FOR THREE NO GOOD BY GEORGE THE DREAM IS ALIVE

[sports]

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

[walterlv]

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.

[LOLMAN]

"By George, the dream is alive!"

Gotta love ol' Verne Lundquist

[topofthecircle]

How about the off-air conversation between Raf and Verne at 1:28.22 and later? "This is just incredible, isn't it?"

[willpomeroy]

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

[pastortimhahn]

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

[zippitydoodads]

This isn’t the full game. It went from 17.6 seconds to 7.9 in the #nd half.

[anthonydion]

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

[jamiebrs]

And now Tony Skinn is the head coach and GMU

[justinnardine]

This may have been UConn’s most talented team.

[el_ingeniero_]

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!

[illini]

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

[justaguy]

Man those uniforms are awfully baggy.compared to today's game lol