2023–24 George Mason Patriots men's basketball team

2023–24 George Mason Patriots men's basketball
2023–24 George Mason Patriots men's basketball
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
Record	13–3 (2–1 A–10)
Head coach	Tony Skinn (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Steve Curran; Louis Hinnant; Mike Ekanem;
Home arena	EagleBank Arena

2023–24 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Dayton	3	–	0	1.000	13	–	2	.867
Richmond	3	–	0	1.000	11	–	5	.688
Rhode Island	3	–	0	1.000	9	–	7	.563
Loyola Chicago	3	–	1	.750	11	–	6	.647
George Washington	2	–	1	.667	13	–	3	.813
Fordham	2	–	1	.667	8	–	8	.500
George Mason	2	–	2	.500	13	–	4	.765
UMass	2	–	2	.500	11	–	5	.688
VCU	2	–	2	.500	10	–	7	.588
St. Bonaventure	1	–	2	.333	10	–	5	.667
Saint Louis	1	–	2	.333	8	–	8	.500
La Salle	1	–	3	.250	10	–	7	.588
Davidson	0	–	3	.000	10	–	6	.625
Saint Joseph's	0	–	3	.000	10	–	6	.625
Duquesne	0	–	3	.000	9	–	6	.600

† 2024 A-10 tournament winner As of January 14, 2024

The 2023–24 George Mason Patriots Men's basketball team represents George Mason University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The season is the 58th for the program, the first under new head coach Tony Skinn, and the 11th as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. The Patriots play their home games at EagleBank Arena in Fairfax, Virginia.

Previous season

The Patriots finished last 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] On March 30, the school named Maryland assistant coach Tony Skinn the team's new head coach.^[2]

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Victor Bailey	2	G	6’4”	182	Grad Senior	Austin, TX	Graduated
Devon Cooper	0	G	6’4”	201	Grad Senior	Louisville, KY	Graduated
Justyn Fernandez	4	G	6’5”	200	Freshman	Richmond, VA	Transferred to Providence
Davonte Gaines	3	G	6’7”	175	Senior	Buffalo, NY	Transferred to Providence
Blake Jones	24	F	6’10”	222	Sophomore	Canberra, Australia	Transferred to Montana
Peter Oduro	12	F	6’7”	224	Freshman	Gainesville, VA	Transferred to Odessa College
Josh Oduro	13	F	6’9”	235	Senior	Gainesville, VA	Transferred to Providence
Ginika Ojaiko	20	F	6’10”	240	Grad Senior	Lagos, Nigeria	Transferred to Coastal Carolina
Elvis Nnaji	23	F	6’7”	222	Freshman	Hopkins, MN	Transferred to Grambling State

Arrivals

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Berke Arslan	25	G	6’3”		Freshman	Istanbul, Turkey
Austin Ball	24	G	6’7”		Freshman	Man, West Virginia
Jared Billups	0	G	6'4"	189	Junior	Waldorf, MD	Transferred from Siena
Keyshawn Hall	4	G/F	6’7”	250	Sophomore	Cleveland, OH	Transferred from UNLV
Jalen Hayes	11	F	6’8”	200	Junior	Fort Lauderdale, FL	Transferred from East Tennessee State
Amari Kelly	23	F/C	6'9"	225	Grad Senior	Norcross, GA	Transferred from UNC Wilmington
Darrius Maddox	13	G	6’5”	185	Senior	Bowie, MD	Transferred from Virginia Tech
Woody Newton	2	G/F	6’9”	195	Junior	District Heights, MD	Transferred from Oklahoma State
Baraka Okojie	3	G	6’3”		Freshman	Brampton, Ontario
Nicolas Pavrette	22	F/C	6’11”	210	Junior	Lyon, France	Transferred from Central Michigan
Tre’ Wood	8	G	6’1”	170	Grad Senior	Largo, MD	Transferred from Long Island University

Source^[3]

Honors and awards

Roster

2023–24 George Mason Patriots men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Jared Billups	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jr	Siena	Waldorf, Maryland
G	1	Ronald Polite III	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr	Oxon Hill High School	Temple Hills, Maryland
G/F	2	Woody Newton	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sr	Oklahoma State	District Heights, Maryland
G	3	Baraka Okojie	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	DME Academy	Brampton, Ontario
G/F	4	Keyshawn Hall	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	So	UNLV	Cleveland, Ohio
G	5	Devin Dinkins	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	So	Gonzaga High School	Washington, D.C.
G	8	Tre' Wood	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	GS	LIU	Largo, Maryland
G	9	Kam Johnson	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jr	Charles City County High School	Charles City, Virginia
F	11	Jalen Haynes	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	260 lb (118 kg)	Jr	East Tennessee State	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
G	13	Darius Maddox	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Sr	Virginia Tech	Bowie, Maryland
F/C	23	Amari Kelly	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	GS	UNC Wilmington	Norcross, Georgia
G	24	Austin Ball	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Fr	The Miller School	Man, West Virginia
G	25	Berke Arslan	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Fr	Montverde Academy	Istanbul, Turkey
G	30	Chase Tucker (W)	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Jr	Mount Pisgah Christian School	Alpharetta, Georgia
F	35	Malik Henry	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Sr	Longview High School	Longview, Texas

Head coach

Tony Skinn (George Mason)

Assistant coach(es)

Steve Curran (Merrimack)
Louis Hinnant (Boston College)
Mike Ekanem (Texas Lutheran)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: December 10, 2023

Player statistics

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Keyshawn Hall	15	15	31.5	.492	.353	.797	9.7	1.7	0.5	0.3	17.3
Darius Maddox	14	14	33.1	.443	.432	.917	3.8	1.9	0.4	0.3	13.5
Amari Kelly	14	14	26.2	.565	.476	.765	6.4	1.5	0.4	1.4	12.2
Ronald Polite III	15	15	27.5	.455	.378	.944	1.9	3.1	1.0	0.2	9.1
Woody Newton	15	1	19.3	.473	.432	.545	4.2	0.4	0.7	1.1	6.9
Baraka Okojie	15	1	20.8	.441	.273	.710	2.8	1.7	1.0	0.1	6.8
Jared Billups	15	15	22.1	.434	.143	.806	3.7	1.1	0.7	0.2	4.9
Malik Henry	12	0	12.8	.688	.000	.471	2.6	0.3	0.3	0.8	4.3
Kam Johnson	3	0	4.7	.600	.500	.500	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.7
Austin Ball	10	0	9.2	.381	.333	.000	1.1	0.5	0.3	0.0	2.0
Tre' Wood	12	0	6.8	.421	.250	.500	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.0	1.7
Chase Tucker	5	0	1.4	.000	.000	.500	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2
Berke Arslan	3	0	1.7	.000	.000	.000	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 23, 2023* 7:00 p.m.	St. Thomas (FL)	W 64–52	-	13 – Maddox	9 – Hall	2 – Tied	EagleBank Arena (1,837) Fairfax, VA
October 27, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at West Virginia	L 78–85	-	18 – Maddox	6 – Newton	3 – Okojie	WVU Coliseum (9,437) Morgantown, WV
Non-conference regular season
November 6, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Monmouth	W 72–61	1–0	17 – Tied	10 – Hall	5 – Polite III	EagleBank Arena (3,145) Fairfax, VA
November 10, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Austin Peay	W 67–45	2–0	14 – Hall	10 – Hall	2 – Billups	EagleBank Arena (4,295) Fairfax, VA
November 15, 2023* 7:30 p.m., ESPN+	Cornell Jacksonville Classic campus site game	W 90–83	3–0	29 – Hall	12 – Hall	3 – Hall	EagleBank Arena (2,976) Fairfax, VA
November 19, 2023* 5:30 p.m.	vs. Charlotte Jacksonville Classic Coast Semifinals	L 49–54	3–1	18 – Hall	8 – Hall	2 – Tied	UNF Arena (351) Jacksonville, FL
November 20, 2023* 6:00 p.m.	vs. South Dakota State Jacksonville Classic Coast Consolation	W 73–71	4–1	21 – Hall	15 – Hall	4 – Tied	UNF Arena (425) Jacksonville, FL
November 25, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	East Carolina	W 81–59	5–1	19 – Maddox	10 – Hall	5 – Kelly	EagleBank Arena (3,268) Fairfax, VA
November 29, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	NJIT	W 86–68	6–1	18 – Polite III	11 – Kelly	6 – Polite III	EagleBank Arena (2,443) Fairfax, VA
December 2, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Toledo	W 86–77	7–1	24 – Kelly	10 – Kelly	4 – Maddox	Savage Arena (3,907) Toledo, OH
December 5, 2023* 6:30 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+	at No. 17 Tennessee	L 66–87	7–2	15 – Maddox	6 – Hall	3 – Tied	Thompson–Boling Arena (16,513) Knoxville, TN
December 16, 2023* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Loyola (MD)	W 62–54	8–2	17 – Hall	13 – Hall	3 – Okojie	EagleBank Arena (2,780) Fairfax, VA
December 19, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Bridgewater	W 84–60	9–2	36 – Hall	12 – Hall	3 – Ball	EagleBank Arena (2,427) Fairfax, VA
December 22, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Tulane	W 69–66	10–2	16 – Tied	11 – Hall	6 – Polite III	Devlin Fieldhouse (1,645) New Orleans, LA
December 30, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	North Carolina A&T	W 94–69	11–2	18 – Hall	7 – Hall	4 – Polite III	EagleBank Arena (4,554) Fairfax, VA
A-10 regular season
January 3, 2024 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	at La Salle	W 77–62	12–2 (1–0)	27 – Hall	13 – Hall	4 – Polite III	Tom Gola Arena (1,243) Philadelphia, PA
January 6, 2024 2:00 p.m., USA	Saint Louis	W 79–67	13–2 (2–0)	22 – Hall	8 – Hall	3 – Polite III	EagleBank Arena (3,456) Fairfax, VA
January 9, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	VCU Rivalry	L 50–54	13–3 (2–1)	14 – Hall	7 – Kelly	2 – Maddox	EagleBank Arena (4,000) Fairfax, VA
January 13, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Richmond						Robins Center Richmond, VA
January 15, 2024 2:00 p.m., CBSSN	at George Washington Revolutionary Rivalry						Charles E. Smith Center Washington, D.C.
January 20, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	St. Bonaventure						EagleBank Arena Fairfax, VA
January 27, 2024 4:00 p.m., ESPN+	Rhode Island Homecoming						EagleBank Arena Fairfax, VA
January 31, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Saint Joseph's						Hagan Arena Philadelphia, PA
February 3, 2024 12:00 p.m., ESPN+	at UMass						Mullins Center Amherst, MA
February 7, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Loyola Chicago						EagleBank Arena Fairfax, VA
February 10, 2024 2:30 p.m., USA	at Davidson						John M. Belk Arena Davidson, NC
February 13, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	George Washington Revolutionary Rivalry						EagleBank Arena Fairfax, VA
February 21, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Dayton						EagleBank Arena Fairfax, VA
February 24, 2024 4:30 p.m., USA	at Loyola Chicago						Joseph J. Gentile Arena Chicago, IL
February 27, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Fordham						Rose Hill Gymnasium Bronx, NY
March 2, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Duquesne						EagleBank Arena Fairfax, VA
March 6, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Rhode Island						Ryan Center Kingston, RI
March 9, 2024 2:30 p.m., ESPN+	Richmond						EagleBank Arena Fairfax, VA
A-10 tournament
TBD TBD	vs.						Barclays Center Brooklyn, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source^[4]

References

↑ "Providence hires Kim English: George Mason coach tabbed to lead Friars after Ed Cooley leaves for Georgetown". CBSSports.com. Retrieved March 23, 2023.
↑ Siegel, Emmett (March 30, 2023). "Maryland men's basketball assistant coach Tony Skinn hired as George Mason's head coach". Testudo Times. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
↑ "Verbal Commits". www.verbalcommits.com. Retrieved October 30, 2023.
↑ "2023-24 George Mason Patriots Schedule". gomason.com. Retrieved October 30, 2023.

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[1] "Providence hires Kim English: George Mason coach tabbed to lead Friars after Ed Cooley leaves for Georgetown". CBSSports.com. Retrieved March 23, 2023.

[2] Siegel, Emmett (March 30, 2023). "Maryland men's basketball assistant coach Tony Skinn hired as George Mason's head coach". Testudo Times. Retrieved April 12, 2023.

[3] "Verbal Commits". www.verbalcommits.com. Retrieved October 30, 2023.

[4] "2023-24 George Mason Patriots Schedule". gomason.com. Retrieved October 30, 2023.

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