2023–24 George Mason Patriots men's basketball team

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2023–24 George Mason Patriots men's basketball
ConferenceAtlantic 10 Conference
Record20–12 (9–9 A–10)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Steve Curran
  • Louis Hinnant
  • Mike Ekanem
Home arenaEagleBank Arena
Seasons
2023–24 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Richmond 15 – 3   .833 23 – 10   .697
Loyola Chicago 15 – 3   .833 23 – 10   .697
No. 24 Dayton 14 – 4   .778 25 – 8   .758
UMass 11 – 7   .611 20 – 11   .645
VCU 11 – 7   .611 24 – 14   .632
Duquesne † 10 – 8   .556 25 – 12   .676
St. Bonaventure 9 – 9   .500 20 – 13   .606
George Mason 9 – 9   .500 20 – 12   .625
Saint Joseph's 9 – 9   .500 21 – 14   .600
La Salle 6 – 12   .333 16 – 17   .485
Rhode Island 6 – 12   .333 12 – 20   .375
Fordham 6 – 12   .333 13 – 20   .394
Davidson 5 – 13   .278 15 – 17   .469
Saint Louis 5 – 13   .278 13 – 20   .394
George Washington 4 – 14   .222 15 – 17   .469
† 2024 A-10 tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

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 (A-10). The Patriots play their home games at EagleBank Arena in Fairfax, Virginia.

Previous season[edit]

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][2] On March 30, the school named Maryland assistant coach Tony Skinn the team's new head coach.[2][3]

Offseason[edit]

Departures[edit]

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[edit]

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, WV
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, ON
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[4]

Honors and awards[edit]

Atlantic 10 Player of the Week

  • Keyshawn Hall – November 20[5]

Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week

  • Baraka Okojie – January 29[6]

Roster[edit]

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, MD
G 1 Ronald Polite III 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr Oxon Hill High School Temple Hills, MD
G/F 2 Woody Newton 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sr Oklahoma State District Heights, MD
G 3 Baraka Okojie 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr DME Academy Brampton, ON
G/F 4 Keyshawn Hall 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) So UNLV Cleveland, OH
G 5 Devin Dinkins Injured 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, MD
G 9 Kam Johnson 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Jr Charles City County High School Charles City, VA
F 11 Jalen Haynes 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 260 lb (118 kg) Jr East Tennessee State Fort Lauderdale, FL
G 13 Darius Maddox 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Sr Virginia Tech Bowie, MD
F/C 23 Amari Kelly 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) GS UNC Wilmington Norcross, GA
G 24 Austin Ball 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr The Miller School Man, WV
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, GA
F 35 Malik Henry 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Sr Longview High School Longview, TX
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: December 10, 2023

Player statistics[edit]

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
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
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

Schedule and results[edit]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# 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 L 70–77  13–4
(2–2) 		 18 – Maddox   9 – Hall   6 – Polite III  Robins Center (6,275)
Richmond, VA
January 15, 2024
2:00 p.m., CBSSN 		at George Washington
Revolutionary Rivalry 		L 62–75  13–5
(2–3) 		 19 – Hall   9 – Hall   4 – Polite III  Charles E. Smith Center (2,585)
Washington, D.C.
January 20, 2024
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		St. Bonaventure W 69–60  14–5
(3–3) 		 13 – Tied   8 – Hall   4 – Okojie  EagleBank Arena (4,614)
Fairfax, VA
January 27, 2024
4:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Rhode Island
Homecoming 		W 92–84  15–5
(4–3) 		 24 – Maddox   12 – Billups   4 – Hall  EagleBank Arena (6,756)
Fairfax, VA
January 31, 2024
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Saint Joseph's L 73–75  15–6
(4–4) 		 19 – Hall   8 – Tied   6 – Okojie  Hagan Arena (1,844)
Philadelphia, PA
February 3, 2024
12:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at UMass L 65–66  15–7
(4–5) 		 23 – Hall   6 – Newton   4 – Okojie  Mullins Center (4,418)
Amherst, MA
February 7, 2024
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Loyola Chicago L 79–85  15–8
(4–6) 		 20 – Hall   8 – Hall   3 – Tied  EagleBank Arena (2,645)
Fairfax, VA
February 10, 2024
2:30 p.m., USA 		at Davidson W 57–55  16–8
(5–6) 		 25 – Hall   8 – Henry   3 – Okojie  John M. Belk Arena (3,609)
Davidson, NC
February 13, 2024
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		George Washington
Revolutionary Rivalry 		W 90–67  17–8
(6–6) 		 20 – Hall   12 – Hall   4 – Tied  EagleBank Arena (3,390)
Fairfax, VA
February 21, 2024
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 16 Dayton W 71–67  18–8
(7–6) 		 19 – Okojie   6 – Hall   4 – Maddox  EagleBank Arena (5,286)
Fairfax, VA
February 24, 2024
4:30 p.m., USA 		at Loyola Chicago L 59–80  18–9
(7–7) 		 19 – Kelly   7 – Hall   3 – Tied  Joseph J. Gentile Arena (4,557)
Chicago, IL
February 27, 2024
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Fordham L 60–61  18–10
(7–8) 		 15 – Hall   8 – Kelly   4 – Tied  Rose Hill Gymnasium (1,246)
The Bronx, NY
March 2, 2024
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Duquesne L 51–59  18–11
(7–9) 		 22 – Maddox   10 – Kelly   6 – Okojie  EagleBank Arena (5,508)
Fairfax, VA
March 6, 2024
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Rhode Island W 69–51  19–11
(8–9) 		 21 – Maddox   9 – Newton   4 – Okojie  Ryan Center (3,139)
Kingston, RI
March 9, 2024
2:30 p.m., ESPN+ 		Richmond W 64–46  20–11
(9–9) 		 18 – Maddox   11 – Newton   5 – Okojie  EagleBank Arena (5,576)
Fairfax, VA
A-10 tournament
March 13, 2024
11:30 a.m., USA 		(8) vs. (9) Saint Joseph's
Second round 		L 57–64  20–12
  22 – Okojie   10 – Newton   3 – Okojie  Barclays Center 
Brooklyn, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Source[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Borzello, Jeff (March 23, 2023). "Kim English to sign 6-year deal as Providence basketball coach". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "George Mason Final Four star Tony Skinn hired as hoops coach". ESPN.com. March 31, 2023. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Verbal Commits". verbalcommits.com. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
  5. ^ "Keyshawn Hall Named A-10 Player of the Week". gomason.com. January 20, 2024. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
  6. ^ "Baraka Okojie Named A-10 Rookie of the Week". gomason.com. January 29, 2024. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
  7. ^ "2023-24 George Mason Patriots Schedule". gomason.com. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
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