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George Mason University George Mason University (GMU) is a Public university, public research university in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. Located in Northern Virginia near Washington, D.C., the university is named in honor of George Mason, a Founding Father ...
during the
2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season The 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 6, 2023. The regular season ended on March 17, 2024, with the 2024 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament beginning with the First Four on March 19 and ending with th ...
. The season was the 58th for the program, the first under newly hired head coach
Tony Skinn Tony Oludewa Jeffrey Skinn (born February 8, 1983) is a NigerianAmerican basketball coach and former player. He played guard for the George Mason Patriots from 2003 to 2006, later playing professionally for six years. Skinn is currently the head ...
, and the eleventh as members of the
Atlantic 10 Conference The Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference whose schools compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) NCAA Division I, Division I. The A-10's member schools are located most ...
(A-10). The Patriots played their home games at
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in
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.


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
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that the Patriots finished the season with at least 20 wins. They defeated
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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
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. On March 30, the school named
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assistant coach
Tony Skinn Tony Oludewa Jeffrey Skinn (born February 8, 1983) is a NigerianAmerican basketball coach and former player. He played guard for the George Mason Patriots from 2003 to 2006, later playing professionally for six years. Skinn is currently the head ...
the team's new head coach.


Offseason


Departures


Arrivals

Source


Honors and awards

''All Atlantic 10 Second Team'' * Keyshawn Hall ''All Atlantic 10 Rookie Team'' * Baraka Okojie ''Atlantic 10 Player of the Week'' * Keyshawn Hall – November 20 * Darius Maddox – March 11 ''Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week'' * Baraka Okojie – January 29


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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