The 2019–20 George Mason Patriots Men's basketball team represented

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during the

2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season The 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 5, 2019. The first tournament was the 2K Sports Classic and the season concluded prematurely on March 12, 2020. The 2020 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was sch ...

. The season marked the 54th for the program, the fifth under head coach

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, and the seventh as members of the

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. The Patriots played their home games at

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Previous season

They finished last season 18–15, 11–7 in A-10 play to finish in fifth place. As the No. 5 seed in the A-10 tournament, they defeated GW in the second round before losing to

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in the quarterfinals.

Offseason

Departures

2019 recruiting class

Source

Roster

Player statistics

Schedule and results

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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 in Philadelphia in 1787, where he was one of three delegates who refused to sign the Constitution. His wr ...

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