Memo to the oddsmaker. Don't sleep on George Mason. Early marketplace activity has been on the Patriots in their road matchup against Maryland. I can understand why.

Each team is 3-0, but the Patriots have looked very good while Maryland hasn't.

George Mason defeated Stoney Brook, Penn and Morgan State by an average margin of 26.7 points. Never have the Patriots opened with three 20 plus point victories. Josh Oduro, the Patriots' 6-foot-9 forward, was named Atlantic 10 Player of the Week for averaging 19.3 points, 6.3 rebounds and 2.0 blocked shots.

Maryland is 1 1/2 points away from being 0-3 against the spread. The Terrapins have lackluster victories against Quinnipiac, George Washington and Vermont. Maryland has made just 15-of-64 (23 percent) of its 3-point shots.

George Mason, by contrast, made 15 shots from beyond the arc just against Morgan State.

The Patriots are averaging 83.7 points a game. That's nearly 10 points more per game than Maryland.

This is a major test for George Mason and its first year head coach Kim English. The Patriots certainly won't lack motivation.

Maryland hasn't been a good home favorite covering only five of its past 16 times it has hosted.