2023–24 George Mason Patriots men's basketball team
American college basketball season
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 .
Previous season
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]
Offseason
Departures
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, 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
Graduate 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
Graduate Senior
Largo, MD
Transferred from Long Island University
Source[ 4]
Honors and awards
Atlantic 10 Player of the Week
Keyshawn Hall – November 20[ 5]
Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week
Baraka Okojie – January 29[ 6]
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, 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
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
165 lb (75 kg)
So
Gonzaga High School
Washington, D.C.
G
7
Andrei O.'Grady-Cook
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
175 lb (79 kg)
So
Commonwealth Academy
Alexandria, VA
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
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
Andrei O'Grady-Cook
I5
4
19.4
.407
.320
.833
0.8
3.2
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
Schedule and results
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 –
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 –
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 – O'Grady- Cook
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 –
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 –
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 –
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 –
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 –
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 –
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 –
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 –
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 –
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
^ Borzello, Jeff (March 23, 2023). "Kim English to sign 6-year deal as Providence basketball coach" . ESPN.com . Retrieved March 20, 2024 .
^ a b "George Mason Final Four star Tony Skinn hired as hoops coach" . ESPN.com . March 31, 2023. Retrieved March 20, 2024 .
^ 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" . verbalcommits.com . Retrieved March 20, 2024 .
^ "Keyshawn Hall Named A-10 Player of the Week" . gomason.com . January 20, 2024. Retrieved January 29, 2024 .
^ "Baraka Okojie Named A-10 Rookie of the Week" . gomason.com . January 29, 2024. Retrieved January 29, 2024 .
^ "2023-24 George Mason Patriots Schedule" . gomason.com . Retrieved March 20, 2024 .
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