Econ 101, Hey! Econ 101, Hey! Econ, Econ, Econ 101!
The community of unapologetic capitalists has to be pleased that George Mason University, home of Townhall.com columnist extraordinaire and distinguished Economics Professor Walter E. Williams, at least a couple of Nobel laureates, and a slew of other distinguished economists, legal scholars, and business thinkers, had their Men’s Basketball get to the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 by upsetting perennial Big 10 power Michigan State on Friday and last year’s champ North Carolina on Sunday.
And, as you might expect, the Patriots (an appropriate name, as Revolutionary War-Era patriot George Mason has been called “The Father of the Bill of Rights”) have a record of student-athlete graduation that not only is miles ahead of the average NCAA Division I school, but is also almost exactly the same as the general GMU student population.
To get to the Final Four, the Patriots will have to beat another cinderella team, Wichita State, and then either Washington or national Number 1 UConn. Very tough, but after what they did in their two games this weekend, you don’t want to bet against them.
