George Washington Colonials Basketball Tickets

Although the team has a long history of college basketball, fans with George Washington Colonials basketball tickets have seen the team’s greatest success come in the last 10-15 years. With eight total appearances in the NCAA Tournament, the team continues to strive toward victory, trying to bring a national championship to their fans with George Washington basketball tickets.

In their eight tournament appearances, the Colonials have never advanced past the Sweet Sixteen, which holders of George Washington tickets saw the team do in 1993. In 1998, fans with George Washington basketball tickets watched the team qualify for the Tournament at their highest ranking ever, the #9 seed. With their Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament Championship in 2005, holders of George Washington Colonials basketball tickets saw their team receive its first ever automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

On their quest each season toward the NCAA Tournament, the Colonials play their home games in front of holders of George Washington basketball tickets at the Charles E. Smith Center. Located on the university campus in Washington, D.C., the Center has been the home of Colonials basketball for more than thirty years. Fans with George Washington tickets have seen the Colonials achieve two perfect seasons at home, as the team went 11-0 in 1995-96 and 12-0 in 1998-99 at the Charles E. Smith Center. Following renovations that began in 1996, the 5,000 fans that purchase George Washington Colonials basketball tickets for every game now enjoy a new scoreboard that features high quality video replays.

On the sidelines both at the Charles E. Smith Center and at arenas throughout the country is Head Coach Karl Hobbs. Hired in the spring of 2001 after spending eight years as an assistant coach at his alma mater, the University of Connecticut, Hobbs has brought a winning attitude to both the players and their fans with George Washington basketball tickets. After being named District 4 Coach of the Year at the end of the 2004 season, Hobbs would begin to work on what would be his best season to date.

In the 2004-05 season, Hobbs thrilled holders of George Washington Colonials basketball tickets by leading the team to 22 regular season wins, the 2nd highest total in more than 50 years. He would also lead the team and their fans with George Washington basketball tickets to not only the Atlantic-10 Conference West Division regular season championship, but also the Atlantic-10 Conference Tournament Championship. With this type of success, holders of George Washington Colonials basketball tickets remain hopeful that Coach Karl Hobbs will continue to lead the team further and further into the NCAA Tournament.

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