When your name is Michael O’Connell, you don’t need to wear green to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.<\/p>\n
Green is for amateurs.<\/p>\n
I could have used the luck of the Irish, though, yesterday, for my “hometown” college–that would be the George Mason University–the only school I know with nickname “Patriots” that uses green in its colors. The “Patriots” could have locked up an NCAA Tournament bid with a win yesterday against VCU, though fell a bit short in that quest. Mason ended the year 26-8 but was denied an at-large birth from the selection committee, who saw fit to include 14 teams from the SEC but\u00a0one<\/em> from the Atlantic 10.<\/p>\n Cue up Rodney Dangerfield because these Patriots get no respect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When your name is Michael O’Connell, you don’t need to wear green to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. Green is for amateurs. I could have used the luck of the Irish, though, yesterday, for my “hometown” college–that would be the George … Continue reading