====== March 5, 2022 - UMass at George Mason ======
  * Season: [[season_2021-22|2021-22]]
  * Date: Saturday, March 5, 2022
  * Opponent: [[opponent_george_mason|George Mason]]
  * Start Time: 4:00 PM ET
  * Site: [[wp>EagleBank Arena]], Fairfax VA
  * Special Event: [[Atlantic 10]] conference game, regular season finale, Mason's senior night
  * Television: none
  * Stream: ESPN+
  * Radio: WEEI (105.5 FM), WCRN (830 AM)
  * Spread: UMass +7½((per ESPN.com))

[[mccall_matt|Matt McCall]] continued to serve as UM's head coach, even though he was informed on March 1 that he would be dismissed at the end of the season.

  * **Result: UMass 83, George Mason 80 (OT)**
  * Attendance: 3,652

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===== Previews =====
  * Game notes: [[https://umassathletics.com/news/2022/3/4/mens-basketball-mens-hoops-concludes-regular-season-tomorrow-at-george-mason.aspx|UMass]], [[https://gomason.com/news/2022/3/4/mens-basketball-mason-honors-seniors-saturday-vs-umass.aspx|GMU]]

===== Recaps =====
  * UM: [[https://umassathletics.com/news/2022/3/5/mens-basketball-umass-picks-up-overtime-win-at-george-mason-83-80.aspx|UMass Picks Up Overtime Win At George Mason, 83-80]]
  * GMU: [[https://gomason.com/news/2022/3/5/mens-basketball-mason-drops-83-80-overtime-heartbreaker-to-umass.aspx|Mason Drops 83-80 Overtime Heartbreaker to UMass]]

===== Video clips =====
  * [[https://twitter.com/UMassBasketball/status/1500216755431501825|Early 3 from Rich]]
  * [[https://twitter.com/UMassBasketball/status/1500219012914966530|Noah from deep]]
  * [[https://twitter.com/UMassBasketball/status/1500232749218557956|Noah easily fakes his defender and nails another 3]]
  * [[https://twitter.com/UMassBasketball/status/1500237432230277122|All 5 M'men touch the ball en route to the 3]]
  * [[https://twitter.com/UMassBasketball/status/1500238356705263621|Noah finds Trent for the thunder]]
  * [[https://twitter.com/UMassBasketball/status/1500239407751647237|Noah step-back 3]]
  * [[https://twitter.com/UMassBasketball/status/1500241426952515586|Greg takes advantage of the open lane]]
  * [[https://twitter.com/UMassBasketball/status/1500248380240396288|GMU's Josh Oduro (A-10 First Team honoree) gets burned on Rich's circus shot]]
  * [[https://twitter.com/micnice10/status/1572663655711346690|Noah highlights]]
  * [[https://twitter.com/UMassBasketball/status/1500253764623769605|The locker room is abuzz after the OT win]]

===== Box score =====
  * [[https://gomason.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2021-22/massachusetts/boxscore/11425|Standard]], [[https://gomason.com/sidearmstats/mbball;game=11425/summary|SideArm]], [[https://gomason.com/mens-basketball/2021-22/boxscore/vs-massachusetts/11425/pdf|PDF]]

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