The 2016–17 George Mason Patriots Men's basketball team represented George Mason University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was the 51st season for the program. They were coached by second-year coach Dave Paulsen as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They play their home games at EagleBank Arena in Fairfax, Virginia. They finished the season 20–14, 9–9 in A-10 play to finish in a tie for seventh place. In the A-10 tournament, they defeated Fordham in the second round before losing to VCU in the quarterfinals. They received an invitation to the College Basketball Invitational where they lost in the first round to Loyola (MD).
Previous season The Patriots finished the 2015–16 season with a record of 11–21, 5–13 in A–10 play to finish in a tie for 12th place. In the A–10 Tournament, the Patriots were defeated by Saint Louis, 83–78 in the first round.
Offseason
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Marko Gujaničić 10 F 6'8" 236 Senior Cacak, Serbia Graduated Julian Royal 25 F 6'8" 232 Senior Alpharetta, GA Graduated Michael Rudy 30 F 6'7" 204 Senior Falls Church, Virginia Graduated Shevon Thompson 14 C 6'11" 243 Senior Clarendon Parish, Jamaica Graduated
2016 recruiting class The following is a list of players signed for the 2017–18 season:
Honors and awards Atlantic 10 All-Conference 2nd Team Marquise Moore
Atlantic 10 Most Improved Player Marquise Moore
Atlantic 10 Player of the Week Marquise Moore - Dec. 12 Marquise Moore - Dec. 26 Marquise Moore - Jan. 23 Otis Livingston II - Feb. 6
Roster
Player statistics Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Marquise Moore 34 34 34.9 .483 .303 .701 10.9 3.5 0.9 0.8 16.9 Otis Livingston II 34 34 34.6 .414 .336 .919 3.1 3.0 1.1 0.0 14.3 Jalen Jenkins 34 33 27.9 .608 .000 .679 6.1 1.9 0.4 0.3 12.0 Jaire Grayer 34 33 29.6 .421 .383 .833 5.4 0.6 0.7 1.0 11.4 Ian Boyd 31 4 19.0 .395 .263 .727 2.5 0.6 0.7 0.2 5.9 Justin Kier 33 29 27.4 .428 .386 .744 4.5 1.1 0.2 0.6 5.8 Karmari Newman 31 1 15.1 .343 .315 .810 1.3 0.5 0.1 0.0 4.6 DeAndre Abram 9 1 9.1 .462 .250 .714 3.4 2.0 0.1 0.3 3.4 Kameron Murrell 22 0 5.7 .324 .273 .750 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.0 1.6 Troy Temara 24 1 8.3 .390 .000 .400 1.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 1.6 Danny Dixon 6 0 4.5 .400 .000 .714 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.5 Daniel Relvao 27 0 7.0 .400 .000 .667 1.6 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.8 Myles Tate 7 0 3.5 .000 .000 .667 0.7 0.7 0.1 0.0 0.6
Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style=| Non-conference regular season
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!colspan=12 style=|A-10 tournament
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See also 2016–17 George Mason Patriots women's basketball team
References