2020–21 George Mason Patriots men's basketball team explained

The 2020–21 George Mason Patriots Men's basketball team represented George Mason University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The season marked the 55th for the program, the sixth under head coach Dave Paulsen, and the eighth as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. The Patriots played their home games at EagleBank Arena in Fairfax, Virginia. The Patriots finished the season 13–9, 8–6 in A-10 play to finish in sixth place. They defeated George Washington in the second round of the A-10 tournament^[1] before losing to Davidson in the quarterfinals.^[2]

On March 16, 2021, the school fired Paulsen.^[3] A week later, the school named Tennessee assistant Kim English the team's new head coach.^[4]

Previous season

The Patriots finished the 2019–20 season 17–15, 5–13 in A-10 play to finish in twelfth place. The A-10 tournament was canceled after the first round due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.^[5]

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
sortname	Goanar Mar	0	F	6’7”	214	Junior	Transferred to Northern Iowa
sortname		1	G	6’4”	197	Senior	Transferred to Georgia
sortname	Jason Douglas-Stanley	20	G	6’2”	191	Sophomore	Transferred to Manhattan

Source^[6]

Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year

All Atlantic 10 Third Team

Atlantic 10 All-Defensive Team

Atlantic 10 Player of the Week

Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Jordan Miller	20	18	32.9	.463	.333	.775	6.1	2.0	1.0	0.4	15.8
Javon Greene	22	19	28.6	.423	.375	.775	5.0	2.2	1.8	0.0	11.5
Tyler Kolek	22	18	30.7	.399	.358	.794	3.6	2.3	1.3	0.1	10.8
Josh Oduro	22	16	23.5	.508	.200	.583	6.0	1.2	0.5	0.8	10.0
A.J. Wilson	21	20	22.9	.397	.238	.500	5.0	0.8	0.3	2.1	7.8
Jamal Hartwell II	22	9	18.3	.383	.368	.889	1.4	1.1	0.4	0.0	5.4
Xavier Johnson	21	9	19.0	.323	.250	.613	1.8	1.8	0.8	0.1	3.3
Ronald Polite	19	0	12.8	.293	.136	.536	0.9	1.1	0.4	0.1	2.4
Bahaïde Haïdara	22	0	8.7	.556	.000	.188	2.9	0.6	0.6	0.2	2.4
Malik Henry	8	0	3.6	.667	.000	.467	1.1	0.3	0.0	0.4	2.4
Otis Frazier III	15	0	7.7	.382	.313	.500	1.6	0.2	0.3	0.5	2.2
Greg Calixte	19	1	8.2	.600	.000	.231	1.9	0.2	0.1	0.2	2.5
Chance Konnor	2	0	2.5	1.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0
Jack Tempchin	5	0	2.4	.000	.000	.667	0.4	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.4
Mehki McCray	5	0	1.8	1.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4
Jake Nichols	2	0	1.0	.000	.000	.000	0.5	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
Lysander Rehnstrom	2	0	1.5	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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Web site: George Mason vs. Davidson - Game Recap - March 5, 2021 - ESPN. 2021-04-07. ESPN.com. en.
Web site: 2021-03-16. Paulsen out after six seasons at George Mason. 2021-04-07. ESPN.com. en.
Web site: 2021-03-23. George Mason hires Vols' English as coach. 2021-04-07. ESPN.com. en.
Web site: Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Championship Cancelled. 12 March 2020. Atlantic 10 Website. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200317220226/https://atlantic10.com/news/2020/3/12/atlantic-10-mens-basketball-championship-cancelled.aspx . March 17, 2020 .
Web site: Verbal Commits. www.verbalcommits.com. 2017-07-26.
Web site: Trio of Patriots Earn A-10 End-of-Year Awards. www.gomason.com. 2020-03-10.
Web site: Trio of Patriots Earn A-10 End-of-Year Awards. www.gomason.com. 2020-03-10.
Web site: Trio of Patriots Earn A-10 End-of-Year Awards. www.gomason.com. 2020-03-10.
Web site: Josh Oduro Named Atlantic 10 Player of the Week. www.gomason.com. 2020-02-22.
Web site: Tyler Kolek Named A-10 Rookie of the Week. www.gomason.com. 2020-12-29.
Web site: Tyler Kolek Earns Second A-10 Rookie of the Week Honor. www.gomason.com. 2021-02-22.
Web site: Kolek Earns Third A-10 Rookie of the Week Honor. www.gomason.com. 2021-03-02.
Web site: 2020-21 George Mason Patriots Schedule and Results. 2021-04-07. College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. en.