Sport: | Basketball |
Year: | 2023–24 |
Prev Year: | 2022–23 |
Next Year: | 2024–25 |
Team: | George Mason Patriots |
Conference: | Atlantic 10 Conference |
Short Conf: | A–10 |
Record: | 20–12 |
Conf Record: | 9–9 |
Hc Year: | 1st |
Asst Coach1: | Steve Curran |
Asst Coach2: | Louis Hinnant |
Asst Coach3: | Mike Ekanem |
The 2023–24 George Mason Patriots Men's basketball team represented George Mason University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The season was the 58th for the program, the first under newly hired head coach Tony Skinn, and the eleventh as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10). The Patriots played their home games at EagleBank Arena in Fairfax, Virginia.
The Patriots finished the previous season 20–13, 11–7 in A-10 play, to finish in fifth place. This was the first season since 2017 that the Patriots finished the season with at least 20 wins. They defeated Richmond in the second round of the A-10 tournament before losing to Saint Louis.
On March 23, 2023, head coach Kim English left the school to take the head coaching job at Providence.[1] [2] On March 30, the school named Maryland assistant coach Tony Skinn the team's new head coach.[2] [3]
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes | ||
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sortname | Victor Bailey | 2 | G | 6'4" | 182 | Graduate senior | Graduated | ||
sortname | Devon Cooper | 0 | G | 6'4" | 201 | Graduate senior | Graduated | ||
sortname | Justyn Fernandez | 4 | G | 6'5" | 200 | Freshman | Transferred to Providence | ||
sortname | Davonte Gaines | 3 | G | 6'7" | 175 | Senior | Transferred to Providence | ||
sortname | Blake Jones | 24 | F | 6'10" | 222 | Sophomore | Transferred to Montana | ||
sortname | Peter Oduro | 12 | F | 6'7" | 224 | Freshman | Transferred to Odessa College | ||
sortname | 13 | F | 6'9" | 235 | Senior | Transferred to Providence | |||
sortname | Ginika Ojaiko | 20 | F | 6'10" | 240 | Graduate senior | Transferred to Coastal Carolina | ||
sortname | Elvis Nnaji | 23 | F | 6'7" | 222 | Freshman | Transferred to Grambling State |
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes | ||
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sortname | Berke Arslan | 25 | G | 6'3" | Freshman | ||||
sortname | Austin Ball | 24 | G | 6'7" | Freshman | ||||
sortname | Jared Billups | 0 | G | 6'4" | 189 | Junior | Transferred from Siena | ||
sortname | Keyshawn Hall | 4 | G/F | 6'7" | 250 | Sophomore | Transferred from UNLV | ||
sortname | Jalen Hayes | 11 | F | 6'8" | 200 | Junior | Transferred from East Tennessee State | ||
sortname | Amari Kelly | 23 | F/C | 6'9" | 225 | Graduate senior | Transferred from UNC Wilmington | ||
sortname | Darrius Maddox | 13 | G | 6'5" | 185 | Senior | Transferred from Virginia Tech | ||
sortname | Woody Newton | 2 | G/F | 6'9" | 195 | Junior | Transferred from Oklahoma State | ||
sortname | Baraka Okojie | 3 | G | 6'3" | Freshman | ||||
sortname | Nicolas Pavrette | 22 | F/C | 6'11" | 210 | Junior | Transferred from Central Michigan | ||
sortname | Tre' Wood | 8 | G | 6'1" | 170 | Graduate Senior | Transferred from Long Island University |
Atlantic 10 Player of the Week
Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | |
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Keyshawn Hall | 29 | 28 | 30.7 | .474 | .357 | .844 | 8.1 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 16.6 | |
Darius Maddox | 29 | 27 | 33.9 | .443 | .414 | .857 | 3.4 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 14.0 | |
Amari Kelly | 31 | 31 | 28.5 | .549 | .424 | .760 | 6.3 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 12.2 | |
Baraka Okojie | 32 | 10 | 24.5 | .468 | .256 | .728 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 8.1 | |
Ronald Polite III | 30 | 27 | 25.0 | .405 | .297 | .846 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 7.5 | |
Woody Newton | 32 | 5 | 18.4 | .387 | .282 | .609 | 3.9 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 5.8 | |
Jared Billups | 32 | 32 | 25.5 | .413 | .229 | .621 | 4.3 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 4.3 | |
Andrei O'Grady-Cook | I5 | 4 | 15.4 | .407 | .320 | .833 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 2.3 | |
Malik Henry | 28 | 0 | 10.1 | .643 | .000 | .417 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 2.9 | |
Austin Ball | 23 | 0 | 9.7 | .418 | .323 | .500 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 2.5 | |
Kam Johnson | 6 | 0 | 2.8 | .625 | .333 | .500 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | |
Tre' Wood | 22 | 0 | 7.3 | .419 | .333 | .500 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 2.0 | |
Chase Tucker | 6 | 0 | 1.5 | .000 | .000 | .500 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | |
Berke Arslan | 4 | 0 | 1.5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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