The 2011–12 George Mason Patriots men's basketball team represented

George Mason University George Mason University (George Mason, Mason, or GMU) is a public research university in Fairfax County, Virginia with an independent City of Fairfax, Virginia postal address in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area. The university was origin ...

during the 2011–12 college basketball season. This was the 46th season for the program. The Patriots, led by first year head coach

Paul Hewitt Paul Harrington Hewitt (born May 4, 1963) is an American college basketball coach and the former head coach at Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) and George Mason University. He grew up in Westbury, New York. In 2021, he was named ...

, are members of the

Colonial Athletic Association The Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division I whose full members are located in East Coast states from Massachusetts to South Carolina. Most of its members are public universi ...

and played their home games at the

Patriot Center EagleBank Arena (originally the Patriot Center) is a 10,000-seat arena in the eastern United States, on the campus of George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, Fairfax, Virginia, a suburb southwest of Washington, D.C. Opened in 1985, it is ...

. They finished the season 24–9, 14–4 in CAA play. They lost in the semifinals of the 2011 CAA men's basketball tournament to VCU.

Awards

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* Ryan Pearson - Honorable Mention ''CAA Player of the Year'' * Ryan Pearson ''First Team All-CAA'' * Ryan Pearson ''CAA Player of the Week'' * Ryan Pearson - Jan. 2 * Ryan Pearson - Jan. 30

Roster

Stats

Game log

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Recruiting

The following is a list of players signed for the 2012–13 season:

References

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George Mason George Mason (October 7, 1792) was an American planter, politician, Founding Father, and delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787, one of the three delegates present who refused to sign the Constitution. His writings, including s ...