2021–22 George Mason Patriots men's basketball team
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Conference | Atlantic 10 Conference |
2021–22 record | 7–5 (0–0 A-10) |
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Home arena | EagleBank Arena |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Davidson | 0 | – | 0 | – | 10 | – | 2 | .833 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rhode Island | 0 | – | 0 | – | 8 | – | 3 | .727 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
St. Bonaventure | 0 | – | 0 | – | 8 | – | 3 | .727 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Richmond | 0 | – | 0 | – | 9 | – | 4 | .692 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saint Louis | 0 | – | 0 | – | 8 | – | 4 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VCU | 0 | – | 0 | – | 7 | – | 4 | .636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dayton | 0 | – | 0 | – | 8 | – | 5 | .615 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fordham | 0 | – | 0 | – | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
George Mason | 0 | – | 0 | – | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UMass | 0 | – | 0 | – | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saint Joseph's | 0 | – | 0 | – | 6 | – | 5 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
La Salle | 0 | – | 0 | – | 5 | – | 5 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Duquesne | 0 | – | 0 | – | 5 | – | 7 | .417 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
George Washington | 0 | – | 0 | – | 4 | – | 8 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† winner As of December 23, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll |
The 2021–22 George Mason Patriots Men's basketball team represents George Mason University during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The season is the 56th for the program, the first under head coach Kim English, and the ninth as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. The Patriots play their home games at EagleBank Arena in Fairfax, Virginia.
Previous season[]
In a season limited due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Patriots finished the 2020–21 season 13–9, 8–6 in A-10 play to finish in sixth place. They defeated George Washington in the second round of the A-10 Tournament[1] before losing to Davidson in the quarterfinals.[2]
On March 16, 2021, the school fired head coach Dave Paulsen.[3] A week later, the school named Tennessee assistant Kim English the team's new head coach.[4]
Offseason[]
Departures[]
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
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Ian Boyd | 32 | G | 6’4” | 230 | Grad Senior | Apex, NC | |
Greg Calixte | 33 | F | 6’8” | 235 | Grad Senior | Mount Vernon, NY | Transferred to Bryant |
Javon Greene | 23 | G | 6’2” | 190 | Grad Senior | McDonough, GA | Transferred to South Florida |
Bahaïde Haïdara | 3 | F | 6’6” | 203 | Junior | Montréal, Canada | Transferred to St. Francis (Brooklyn) |
Tyler Kolek | 20 | G | 6’3” | 190 | Sophomore | Cumberland, RI | Transferred to Marquette |
A. J. Wilson | 12 | F | 6’7” | 230 | Grad Senior | Laurel, MD | Transferred to South Carolina |
Arrivals[]
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
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DeVon Cooper | 0 | G | 6’4” | 201 | Grad Senior | Louisville, KY | Transferred from Morehead State |
Davonte Gaines | 3 | G | 6’7” | 175 | Junior | Buffalo, NY | Transferred from Tennessee |
TJ Gadsden | 32 | G/F | 6’7” | 192 | Freshman | New York, NY | |
Mike Gray | 11 | G | 6’2” | 202 | Freshman | Fredericksburg, VA | |
Blake Jones | 24 | F | 6’10” | 195 | Freshman | Canberra, Australia | |
Joel Kabimba | 33 | F | 6’8” | 210 | Freshman | Kinshasa, Congo | Transferred from Stetson |
D'Shawn Schwartz | 15 | G/F | 6’7” | 232 | Grad Senior | Colorado Springs, CO | Transferred from Colorado |
Source[5]
Honors and awards[]
Atlantic 10 Player of the Week
- Josh Oduro - Nov. 15[6]
Roster[]
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Player statistics[]
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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Josh Oduro | 8 | 8 | 29.3 | .614 | .313 | .667 | 6.0 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 16.9 |
D'Shawn Schwartz | 8 | 8 | 33.5 | .459 | .382 | .917 | 5.6 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 15.3 |
DeVon Cooper | 8 | 8 | 31.3 | .422 | .379 | .813 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 13.9 |
Davonte Gaines | 8 | 8 | 29.4 | .551 | .632 | .875 | 8.4 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 11.8 |
Xavier Johnson | 8 | 6 | 24.8 | .381 | .333 | .750 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 5.5 |
Jamal Hartwell II | 8 | 1 | 20.6 | .224 | .250 | .778 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 4.8 |
Otis Frazier III | 4 | 0 | 5.3 | .714 | .667 | .333 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 3.3 |
Malik Henry | 8 | 0 | 8.6 | .600 | .000 | .333 | 2.6 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
Blake Jones | 8 | 1 | 12.4 | .400 | .417 | .500 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.3 |
Mike Gray | 5 | 0 | 6.4 | .500 | .250 | .500 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.8 |
TJ Gadsden | 4 | 0 | 4.3 | .000 | .000 | 1.000 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Joel Kabimba | 4 | 0 | 2.8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Blake Buchanan | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 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 | |||
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Regular season | |||||||||||
November 9, 2021* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Stony Brook | W 74–52 | 1–0 |
16 – Oduro | 9 – Gaines | 3 – Cooper | EagleBank Arena (4,558) Fairfax, VA | ||||
November 12, 2021* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Penn | W 87–66 | 2–0 |
20 – Oduro | 9 – Johnson | 7 – Johnson | EagleBank Arena (4,053) Fairfax, VA | ||||
November 14, 2021* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
W 90–53 | 3–0 |
22 – Oduro | 8 – Gaines | 7 – Johnson | EagleBank Arena (2,915) Fairfax, VA | |||||
November 17, 2021* 7:00 p.m., BTN |
at No. 20 Maryland | W 71–66 | 4–0 |
22 – Schwartz | 10 – Gaines | 5 – Cooper, Johnson | Xfinity Center (11,948) College Park, MD | ||||
November 19, 2021* 7:00 p.m., NBCSWA+ |
at James Madison | L 64–67 | 4–1 |
19 – Gaines | 11 – Gaines | 4 – Schwartz | Atlantic Union Bank Center (4,505) Harrisonburg, VA | ||||
November 22, 2021* 9:30 p.m., ESPN+ |
vs. Washington Crossover Classic |
L 74–77 | 4–2 |
21 – Cooper, Oduro | 10 – Gaines | 4 – Hartwell II | Sanford Pentagon (1,822) Sioux Falls, SD | ||||
November 23, 2021* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
vs. Nevada Crossover Classic |
L 69–88 | 4–3 |
17 – Gaines | 7 – Gaines | 3 – Johnson, Schwartz | Sanford Pentagon (1,600) Sioux Falls, SD | ||||
November 24, 2021* 9:30 p.m., ESPN+ |
vs. South Dakota State Crossover Classic |
L 76–80 | 4–4 |
29 – Schwartz | 7 – Oduro | 6 – Cooper | Sanford Pentagon (1,626) Sioux Falls, SD | ||||
December 4, 2021* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
L 50–60 | 4–5 |
15 – Cooper | 12 – Oduro | 3 – Hartwell II | EagleBank Arena (3,529) Fairfax, VA | |||||
December 7, 2021* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Navy | W 71–65 | 5–5 |
32 – Oduro | 9 – Gaines | 3 – Oduro, Schwartz | EagleBank Arena (2,845) Fairfax, VA | ||||
December 18, 2021* 7:00 p.m., SECN+ |
at Georgia | W 80–67 | 6–5 |
21 – Schwartz | 11 – Oduro | 9 – Johnson | Stegeman Coliseum (6,432) Athens, GA | ||||
December 21, 2021* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
W 67–44 | 7–5 |
18 – Cooper | 6 – Henry | 6 – Johnson | EagleBank Arena Fairfax, VA | |||||
December 23, 2021* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Cancelled due to COVID-19 issues in the CSU program[7] | EagleBank Arena Fairfax, VA | |||||||||
December 23, 2021* 7:00 p.m., BTN |
No. 24 Wisconsin | Cancelled due to COVID-19 issues in the Wisconsin program[8] | Kohl Center Madison, WI | ||||||||
December 30, 2021 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at VCU Rivalry |
Postponed due to COVID-19 issues in the VCU program[9] | Siegel Center Richmond, VA | ||||||||
January 1, 2022* 5:00 pm, ESPN+ |
No. 6 Kansas | Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS | |||||||||
January 2, 2022 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Duquesne | UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse Pittsburgh, PA | |||||||||
January 5, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Rhode Island | EagleBank Arena Fairfax, VA | |||||||||
January 8, 2022 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Saint Joseph's | EagleBank Arena Fairfax, VA | |||||||||
January 11, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Richmond | Robins Center Richmond, VA | |||||||||
January 17, 2022 2:00 p.m., CBSSN |
at George Washington Revolutionary Rivalry |
Charles E. Smith Center Washington, D.C. | |||||||||
January 22, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Dayton | EagleBank Arena Fairfax, VA | |||||||||
January 26, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
St. Bonaventure | EagleBank Arena Fairfax, VA | |||||||||
January 30, 2022 2:00 p.m., USA |
at | Mullins Center Amherst, MA | |||||||||
February 2, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Saint Louis | EagleBank Arena Fairfax, VA | |||||||||
February 5, 2022 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at La Salle | Tom Gola Arena Philadelphia, PA | |||||||||
February 9, 2022 7:00 p.m., CBSSN |
Richmond | EagleBank Arena Fairfax, VA | |||||||||
February 12, 2022 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
VCU Rivalry |
EagleBank Arena Fairfax, VA | |||||||||
February 16, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Saint Joseph's | Hagan Arena Philadelphia, PA | |||||||||
February 20, 2022 2:30 p.m., USA |
at Fordham | Rose Hill Gymnasium Bronx, NY | |||||||||
February 27, 2022 2:30 p.m., USA |
George Washington Revolutionary Rivalry |
EagleBank Arena Fairfax, VA | |||||||||
March 2, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Davidson | John M. Belk Arena Davidson, NC | |||||||||
March 5, 2022 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
UMass | EagleBank Arena Fairfax, VA | |||||||||
March 9–13, 2022 ESPN+ |
vs. First round |
Capital One Arena Washington, D.C. | |||||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time. |
Source[10]
References[]
- ^ "George Washington vs. George Mason - Game Recap - March 4, 2021 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
- ^ "George Mason vs. Davidson - Game Recap - March 5, 2021 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
- ^ "Paulsen out after six seasons at George Mason". ESPN.com. March 16, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
- ^ "George Mason hires Vols' English as coach". ESPN.com. March 23, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
- ^ "Verbal Commits". www.verbalcommits.com. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
- ^ "Josh Oduro Named A-10 Player of the Week". www.gomason.com. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
- ^ @MasonMBB (December 19, 2021). "Our game vs Coppin State on 12/23 has been cancelled due to COVID-19 results in the CSU program. We are actively…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ @MasonMBB (December 23, 2021). "Tonight's game at #24 Wisconsin has been canceled due to COVID-19 protocols within the Badgers program" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ https://twitter.com/MasonMBB/status/1475905759359770626?s=20[bare URL]
- ^ "2021-22 George Mason Patriots Schedule". gomason.com. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
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