The 2020–21 George Mason Patriots Men's basketball team represented George Mason University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The season marked the 55th for the program, the sixth under head coach Dave Paulsen, and the eighth as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. The Patriots played their home games at EagleBank Arena in Fairfax, Virginia. The Patriots finished the 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 before losing to Davidson in the quarterfinals.

On March 16, 2021, the school fired Paulsen. A week later, the school named Tennessee assistant Kim English the team's new head coach.

Previous season The Patriots finished the 2019–20 season 17–15, 5–13 in A-10 play to finish in twelfth place. The A-10 tournament was canceled after the first round due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Goanar Mar 0 F 6’7” 214 Junior Mankato, MN Transferred to Northern Iowa Justin Kier 1 G 6’4” 197 Senior Grottoes, VA Transferred to Georgia Jason Douglas-Stanley 20 G 6’2” 191 Sophomore Mount Vernon, NY Transferred to Manhattan

2020 recruiting class

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Honors and awards Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year Tyler Kolek

All Atlantic 10 Third Team Jordan Miller

Atlantic 10 All-Defensive Team A.J. Wilson

Atlantic 10 Player of the Week Josh Oduro - Feb. 22

Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week Tyler Kolek - Dec. 28 Tyler Kolek - Feb. 15 Tyler Kolek - Mar. 2

Roster

Player statistics Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Jordan Miller 20 18 32.9 .463 .333 .775 6.1 2.0 1.0 0.4 15.8 Javon Greene 22 19 28.6 .423 .375 .775 5.0 2.2 1.8 0.0 11.5 Tyler Kolek 22 18 30.7 .399 .358 .794 3.6 2.3 1.3 0.1 10.8 Josh Oduro 22 16 23.5 .508 .200 .583 6.0 1.2 0.5 0.8 10.0 A.J. Wilson 21 20 22.9 .397 .238 .500 5.0 0.8 0.3 2.1 7.8 Jamal Hartwell II 22 9 18.3 .383 .368 .889 1.4 1.1 0.4 0.0 5.4 Xavier Johnson 21 9 19.0 .323 .250 .613 1.8 1.8 0.8 0.1 3.3 Ronald Polite 19 0 12.8 .293 .136 .536 0.9 1.1 0.4 0.1 2.4 Bahaïde Haïdara 22 0 8.7 .556 .000 .188 2.9 0.6 0.6 0.2 2.4 Malik Henry 8 0 3.6 .667 .000 .467 1.1 0.3 0.0 0.4 2.4 Otis Frazier III 15 0 7.7 .382 .313 .500 1.6 0.2 0.3 0.5 2.2 Greg Calixte 19 1 8.2 .600 .000 .231 1.9 0.2 0.1 0.2 2.5 Chance Konnor 2 0 2.5 1.000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 Jack Tempchin 5 0 2.4 .000 .000 .667 0.4 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.4 Mehki McCray 5 0 1.8 1.000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 Jake Nichols 2 0 1.0 .000 .000 .000 0.5 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 Lysander Rehnstrom 2 0 1.5 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Schedule and results

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!colspan=12 style=|A-10 regular season

!colspan=12 style=| A-10 tournament

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