The 2010–11 George Mason Patriots men's basketball team represented George Mason University during the 2010–11 college basketball season. This was the 45th season for the program. Led by fourteenth-year head coach Jim Larranaga, the Patriots were members of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) and played home games on campus at the Patriot Center in Fairfax, Virginia.
Undefeated at home, George Mason finished the regular season at 25–5 (16–2 in CAA) to win the conference's regular season championship. The Patriots were upset in the semifinals of the conference tournament by fourth-seeded VCU. GMU received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament and were the eighth seed in the East region. They defeated Villanova in the second round (64 teams), then fell to top-ranked Ohio State to finish at .
After the season, Larranaga left for the University of Miami and was succeeded by Paul Hewitt, previously the head coach at Georgia Tech.
Season notes After a February 15 victory over VCU, the men's basketball team set a new school record with twelve consecutive wins. From August 18 to August 28, the men's basketball team toured Italy and were scheduled to play four games against Italian semi-professional teams. The final game had to be canceled due to poor court conditions. The Patriots won all three games versus Lombardia, GMV Ghezzano and Forlì.
Awards
CAA Coach of the Year Jim Larranaga
First Team All-CAA Cam Long
Second Team All-CAA Ryan Pearson
Third Team All-CAA Luke Hancock
CAA Player of the Week Ryan Pearson - Jan. 17 Cam Long - Jan. 24 Ryan Pearson - Feb. 7 Ryan Pearson - Feb. 21
Roster
Stats Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Cam Long 34 34 33.0 .479 .432 .750 4.7 2.9 1.4 0.2 15.1 Ryan Pearson 34 33 30.3 .511 .400 .708 6.7 1.2 0.9 0.6 14.2 Luke Hancock 33 31 28.6 .494 .359 .810 4.2 4.3 1.0 0.5 10.9 Andre Cornelius 34 34 27.1 .419 .386 .833 2.3 1.6 1.0 0.1 9.5 Mike Morrison 34 34 24.4 .562 .000 .394 5.5 1.7 0.6 1.2 6.8 Isaiah Tate 34 4 20.6 .442 .412 .667 2.4 0.8 0.8 0.2 6.2 Vertrail Vaughns 32 0 9.5 .472 .493 .667 1.1 0.3 0.3 0.0 4.5 Johnnie Williams 32 0 9.2 .478 .000 .688 1.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 2.4 Jonathan Arledge 28 0 5.5 .368 .250 .688 0.9 0.2 0.2 0.1 1.4 Bryon Allen 27 0 5.8 .302 .154 .692 0.6 0.7 0.0 0.0 1.4 Paris Bennett 33 1 8.9 .381 .000 .556 1.5 0.5 0.2 0.2 1.1 Rashaad Whack 22 0 5.3 .333 .100 .750 1.3 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.8 Thomas Armistead 6 0 1.3 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Game log
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Recruiting The following is a list of players signed for the 2011–12 season:
References