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only crowd to the Potomac Lounge
Arts, page 1 6
Men’s Basketball
Cinderella run cut short
Eric Gazzillo/Tfte Towerlight
George Mason's Darryl Monroe clings to a loose ball as Towson’s Robert Nwankwo, right, reaches in and Junior Hairston,
back, look to the referee. Towson lost the Patriots in their first trip to the CAA semifinals in program history Sunday.
Seeking first trip to CAA Finals, Tigers fall
short in upset bid against George Mason
DANIEL ABRAHAM
Assistant Sports Editor
Coming into the conference tournament, the
only people who thought llth-seeded Towson
had a chance to win were the Tigers themselves.
Towson shocked sixth-seeded Drexel in the
opening round, and then stunned third seeded
Northeastern in the quarterfinals. But midnight
came Sunday evening for the Cinderella team as
the Tigers fell in the semifinal contest against
George Mason. The defending conference cham¬
pions won, 56-48.
The game marked the first time in Towson
history the Tigers won two consecutive games
in the CAA Tournament, and they also became
the lowest seed ever to advance to the confer¬
ence semifinals. Despite finishing with a 12-22
record, the Tigers were satisfied with the way
they finished their season.
"It was a proud moment for us," Towson head
coach Pat Kennedy said. "The fact that there
were 12 teams and there were only four standing
today and we were one of the four, we proved
beyond a question or a doubt that we belonged
here. This was a great moment for our players
and our program.”
The Tigers looked to again make history as
they led the game with just over seven minutes
to play before GMU guard Cam Long sank
a 3-pointer that gave the Patriots the lead.
That shot began a 14-5 spurt that allowed the
See SEMIS, page 22
MORE COVERAGE
In Print:
Sports Editor Pete
Lorenz weighs in on
the Tigers’ CAA
Tournament showing
Page 24
Online:
View footage of Sunday
night’s postgame press
conference with head
coach Pat Kennedy
Check out a slideshow
of photos from the
TU-GMU semifinal
Clements
takes top
job at West
Virginia
Towson provost named
president Friday, begins
transition at two campuses
KIEL MCLAUGHLIN
Editor in Chief
Within 24 hours of being named president of West
Virginia University, Towson provost James Clements
had a chance to experience the college atmosphere that
Morgantown provides. Not long after the announcement
was made that he was selected for the position, he had
a Mountaineer hat on and was distributing pizzas to
students camped
outside the WVU
Coliseum in prep¬
aration for the
men's basketball
game Saturday
night.
After driving
home to western
Howard County
for a quick visit,
he was back
on the road to
Morgantown to
check out the
Mountaineers’
ESPN-featured
contest against
Louisville.
Wearing a
bright gold polo,
Clements stepped
to center court,
put one hand in
the air and smiled
as the crowd of more than 13,000 cheered in favor.
Carolyn Long, chair for the West Virginia Board of
Governors, stood at his side and applauded as well.
"Jim Clements is an accomplished and stellar higher
education leader... He has grown to love WVU and the
Mountaineers in a very short time, and he shares the
board’s vision of maintaining and growing academic and
research excellence as well as expanding our extraordi¬
nary service mission to the state, nation and the world,"
See PROVOST, page 10
The whole process
of meeting with the
community, the fac¬
ulty, the deans and
the students was a
great experience.
They have a great
group of students
down there that are
really excited. I felt
like I connected very
well with them.
JAMES CLEMENTS
Towson University provost
President-elect for West
Virginia University
