Mason Just Got the Most Mason Rings Ever

The image to the left is a picture of the George Mason basketball team’s rings to commemorate the 2010-2011 season. It was unearthed by SB Nation DC. Yes, it really does say “Final 32” on it. The Patriots had a hell of a year last year. Only an incredibly bitter and jaded person harboring a senseless anti-Mason bias could even attempt to disparage their program’s accomplishments from last season and belittle them and their fans for such a ring. Luckily, I fit that profile perfectly so I have no problem pointing that the ring is absolutely pathetic.

Final 32? Seriously Mason? You guys made the Final Four just a few years ago. Now you’re celebrating being in the top 50 percent of NCAA tournament participants. I guess this is what we should expect from Mason. After all this is a school that considers it a major selling point to be just a 3 mile ride on the Fairfax CUE Bus, followed by a 15 minute Metro Bus ride, and 10 quick stops on the Orange Line from DC. You set the bar low enough and it’s easy to clear it.

Indications are that Mason had “CAA Champs” on the other side of the ring, so this might have just been filler. Maybe “Briefly Relevant on the National Level” didn’t fit on the ring. I don’t really know what happened and I’m really not concerns with facts anyway. I do know that “Final 32” isn’t even a real term and it’s certainly not ring worthy. JMU hasn’t made the tourney in almost two decades and I’m quite certain the Dukes wouldn’t get rings for winning an opening round game if they did anyway. I may or may not have a “CAA Top 10” t-shirt in honor of the great 2007-2008 JMU Dukes squad that went 13-20, but come on. Final 32? Tighten up your game Mason.