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Dave Paulsen is hired as the head coach of the George Mason University basketball team. Paulsen coached the previous 7 years at Bucknell, where he totaled 134 wins in that time.

After four years and and a 66-67 record, George Mason University has released Paul Hewitt from his contract. The Patriots finished the 2014-15 season at 9-22 and never made it to the NCAA tournament with Hewitt at the helm.

Students gathered inside the Johnson Center to watch George Mason’s 2006 NCAA Final Four matchup.

George Mason plays in the NCAA Tournament Final Four Game, losing to the University of Florida, but cements itself in the process as The Cinderella Team of the basketball world.

Charter from Virginia Assembly that grants GMU the ability to be a degree granting four year institution.

George Mason defeats the University of Connecticut in overtime 86-84 to advance to the schools first and only Final Four game.

A pamphlet published sometime in 1966 and distributed on the GMC campus. The pamphlet details the plans for the college to become to a university. Focused primarily on land needed for the expansion as well as the funding for its acquisition.

George Mason College, Fairfax campus, aerial view, 1971. In the item, we can see the expansion of the college, as its develops into a University. Included in this image are the parking circle, Fenwick Library, Lecture Hall, and North, South, East,…

Aerial photograph of George Mason College, Fairfax campus. Photo depicts, parking circle, Fenwick Library, Lecture Hall, and North, South, East, West, and Arts and Sciences (later Thompson Hall)

an aerial view of George Mason College, Fairfax campus, 1968. Includes parking circle, Fenwick Library, Lecture Hall, and North, South, East, and West Buildings.