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D'Shawn Schwartz (2022 PIT, George Mason) tallied 15 points and 5 rebounds to help SE Melbourne (Australia) defeat Illawarra, 113-96. Schwartz is getting a feel for Australia's NBL after playing 4 seasons in Europe. @MasonMBB
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This would actually line up with what Dan Quinn said after the game. If the illegal shift - a presnap penalty - is automatically enforced, then it stays fourth down and Washington can try the kick. It gets enforced naturally so often that it isn’t unusual to think anyone’s mind might automatically go to it getting counted off and repeating the down.
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Mason athletics has had a lot of good friends over the years, but no president has put more behind our student-athletes than Dr. Washington. This building is proof. Grateful for his leadership!
The Basketball and Academic Performance Center will serve all @GeorgeMasonU student-athletes and provide them with the resources they deserve as they strive for excellence both in the classroom and in competition. #MasonNation
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This has been a long, long, LONG time coming. Kudos to all involved.
The Basketball and Academic Performance Center will serve all @GeorgeMasonU student-athletes and provide them with the resources they deserve as they strive for excellence both in the classroom and in competition. #MasonNation
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It sounds like the new commissioner is working on #1, in addition to his partial implementation of #5 and #6.
The next A10 commissioner should:
1. Try to sell Versant/USA Sports on an A-10/Pac-12 Challenge since they already hold media rights contracts for both leagues
2. Explore dynamic scheduling with a positive attitude not excuses, e.g. have the league hold hotel blocks
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All GMU students and fans, fill out this form please!! It’s anonymous and will take less than 5 minutes!! Thank you!
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Thank you to the two @Cambridge_Uni medical students who saved my step-brother's life. He was running with girlfriend on Midsummer Common and his heart stopped for 14 minutes. They didn't give up on him, kept him alive til paramedics arrived. He is on the mend and should make a full recovery
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One thing that surprises people about Jalen Hurts' treatment... blood thinners don't actually dissolve clots.
They stop the clot from growing and stop new ones from forming. The body breaks down the clot that's already there on its own, slowly, over weeks to months.
That's why treatment lasts about 3 months for provoked clots, even when someone feels fine after a few days.
Drugs that do dissolve clots exist. They're called thrombolytics, or “clot busters.” In the ER, they're saved for the most serious lung clots, the ones that drop blood pressure, because they carry a real risk of major bleeding.
For a stable patient, blood thinners alone are the standard treatment, and most people recover well.
The medicine keeps it from getting worse, but time (and the body) does the actual healing.
Jalen Hurts was first diagnosed with a superficial clot in his calf (a clot in a vein just under the skin, usually the milder kind).
After more testing, it turned out to be a DVT (a clot in a deep leg vein) plus clots in both lungs.
That happens more than people think. In a study of 844 patients with a superficial leg clot, about 1 in 4 already had a DVT or a lung clot when first checked.
Getting cleated doesn't reliably cause a DVT. But a leg injury is a known trigger, and reports say that's what happened here. We call a clot with a temporary trigger like that “provoked.” Treatment is usually about 3 months of blood thinners, and once the trigger is gone, the risk of another clot is low.
He can't play during that time because a hard hit on a blood thinner can cause dangerous bleeding inside the body.
Worth knowing for everyone: calf pain or swelling after an injury needs a check, and new shortness of breath or chest pain on top of it means go to the ER right away.
This is a very treatable problem when it's caught early.
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Philadelphia Eagles doctors treating Jalen Hurts for blood clots.
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Hopefully one that helps the teams that need help, not just the same 2 or 3 schools who can already get games
New A-10 Commissioner Dan Leibovitz on the future of scheduling for the league:
"We are open for business to play games against the best conferences. We are already in conversations with other leagues and getting close with another non-conference alliance."
#A10MBB
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We’re sipping the tea with @MasonWBB and if you want to perfect your green tea game, look no further than Head Coach Vanessa Blair-Lewis☕️
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Kevin Willard on his former assistant coach Tony Skinn and the job he's done at George Mason:
“Tony was one of my best assistants I’ve ever had because he coaches the way he played. A lot of coaches don’t do it. He reminds me of Shaheen, who coaches the way he played. Tony was always an excellent recruiter. He was always an excellent guy in practice. I watch all of his games. He’s become a really good X and O guy, and his teams play the way that he played. I think that’s why he’s so good.”
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