The Washington Times - February 18, 2009, 07:05PM

Greetings from courtside at Patriot Center, where George Mason can go a long way to locking up a bye  in the CAA tournament with a victory tonight against Drexel.

The Patriots and Dragons are tied for third in the 12-team league, with the top four teams assured a pass into the quarterfinals. Mason won the first meeting back in December, so this would give Jim Larranaga‘s team a one-game lead on Drexel with two to play.

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Given that Mason plays two teams from the bottom third of the league to close the season, things will look pretty good with a win tonight.

Here’s the lineups for the looming tip:

GEORGE MASON (17-8, 10-5 CAA)

G-20-Cam Long
G-1-Dre Smith
G-23-John Vaughan
F-33-Louis Birdsong
F-32-Darryl Monroe

DREXEL (14-10, 10-5)

G-11-Gerald Colds
G-3-Scott Rodgers
G-23-Jamie Harris
F-33-Evan Neisler
F-42-Kenny Tribbett

—- Patrick Stevens