Friday, December 30, 2011
Profiling George Mason University's new head coach Paul Hewitt
Let’s be clear, Paul Hewitt would have been just fine taking a year or two off from coaching college basketball after his 11-year run at Georgia Tech came to an end last spring. But it’s not often that a position opens up with a program that’s coming off a 27-win season and would be returning a team favored by many to win its conference championship the following season. So rather than take a hiatus to spend more time with family and perhaps join the talking heads on a network such as ESPN or CBS, Hewitt jumped at the opportunity to succeed Jim Larranaga at George Mason University. And despite a few bumps in the road during the first month of the season, early returns are that the transition from Larranaga, the coach with the all-time …
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
The senior has flourished in his role as the go-to scorer for the Patriots.
It’s not always pretty, and often times he might remind you of the old guy with the short shorts, high socks and ragged Reebok’s at the Y on the weekends, full of head fakes, off-balance fadeaways and spinning bank shots. But there’s no arguing with the results: Ryan Pearson’s style of play has produced in his career at George Mason University. And this year, the last for the 6-foot-6 senior forward, has seen the New York City product take his game to another level. After playing in the shadow of Cam Long for the previous two seasons, Pearson has flourished in his role as the go-to scorer this year for the Patriots. Pearson leads the team averaging 18.1 points and 7.6 rebounds while shooting 55 percent from the field, doing so with an…
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Senior guard served a ten game suspension for credit card fraud.
For Andre Cornelius, Christmas is arriving four days early. The George Mason senior guard, who missed the Patriots’ first 10 games while serving a suspension following an arrest for credit card fraud, is eligible to play for the first time during the 2011-12 campaign on Wednesday against Duquesne at the Patriot Center. “I’ve just been waiting for this process to be over so I can get back out on the court,” said Cornelius, who started all 34 games for Mason last year, finishing third on the team averaging 9.5 points per game. “I’ve been working hard in practice, trying to push the guys and everything. I just can’t wait until Wednesday." Cornelius was arrested in September and charged with credit card larceny and credit card fraud of less …
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