In looking through the all-time tournament records, a few things stand out. Last year’s GW/Maryland game was record setting in many ways. Last season, GW set the bar for the BB&T with field goals in one contest with, set the 3-point percentage at .714 and did not miss one free throw for a 1.00 percentage. In other words, GW played an unbelievably complete game in beating the then-No. 12 Maryland.

Maryland and GW have faced each other seven times in the last 10 years of the tournament, five times in the championship game and once in the consolation. Maryland leads GW 4-3 in the all-time tournament series.

Some more GW related BB&T stats:

SirValiant Brown holds the single-game scoring record with 32 points against St. John’s in the 2000 tournament.

T.J. Tompson had three games above 20 points in his four years in the tournament. Last year against Maryland, T.J. registered 27 points against Maryland. Against Texas in 2002, Thompson had 24. Thompson has appeared on the all-tournament team twice (2003 and 2004).

Senior Pops Mensah-Bonsu had 23 points against Michigan State in 2004 and West Virginia in 2003. Pops also grabbed 11 rebounds in the win over West Virginia in 2003. Mensah-Bonsu was on the all-tournament squad in 2003.

Junior Danilo (J.R.) Pinnock had 22 against Maryland in last year’s tournament.

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