Patriots' Cinderella story still alive after midnight

[img_assist|nid=5327|title=Click on photo to enlarge or download|desc=Before leading students of George Mason University in the YMCA, men’s basketball head coach Jim Larranaga thanks 6,000 Patriot fans who showed up for Mason Madness on Friday. -Photo by Brian Duggan|link=popup|align=left|width=480|height=640]FAIRFAX, Va., Oct. 19 - Seven months after the Final Four, the George Mason Patriots still can't shed their glass sneakers.

And their fans won't let them.

After a surprise berth in the NCAA tournament last year, the Patriots ruined nearly everyone's brackets by beating powerhouses North Carolina and Connecticut. Their Cinderella story ended in the Final Four against Florida, which went on to win it all.