George Mason is coming into this game with a 26-7 record this season and they are 15-3 in the conference. They have been playing well recently as they have won their last 4 straight games, and they have been dominant in this tournament. They won their 1st game in this tournament against George Washington 80-65 and now they are coming off of a 74-64 win against Saint Joseph's in their last game. Their defense has been great recently as well, holding opponents to 65 points or less in each of their last 4 as well as 5 of their last 6 games. They are going up against a VCU team that is 27-6 this season and they are 15-3 in the conference. They have won their last 2 straight as well as 11 of their last 12 games, but they are coming off of a 62-55 win against Loyola Chicago in their last game. Their defense has also been very good in this tournament as well as all season, but they could not really pull away against Loyola Chicago and they will have the same problem here with how good George Mason has been defensively this season. Only one of these teams can go to the big dance so George Mason is not going to go down without a fight here, and they did lose their only meeting with VCU this season on the road 70-54 so they are going to be hungry for revenge in this game. VCU has leaned a lot on their defense this season, but George Mason can match that intensity and will keep themselves in this game. George Mason will cover the spread in this game.