The 2021–22 George Mason Patriots Men's basketball team represented George Mason University during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The season was the 56th for the program, the first under head coach Kim English, and the ninth as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. The Patriots played 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 before losing to Davidson in the quarterfinals.

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

Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes 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 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

Honors and awards All Atlantic 10 First Team Josh Oduro

Atlantic 10 Player of the Week Josh Oduro - Nov. 15

Roster

Player statistics Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Josh Oduro 27 27 31.6 .529 .292 .701 7.4 1.7 1.1 1.7 17.7 D'Shawn Schwartz 30 30 35.8 .457 .380 .735 4.5 2.1 0.5 0.3 15.5 DeVon Cooper 30 30 33.1 .431 .409 .737 2.4 2.1 0.5 0.1 11.6 Davonte Gaines 30 29 32.9 .457 .402 .761 8.1 1.6 0.7 0.4 10.2 Xavier Johnson 28 23 30.6 .385 .341 .727 4.1 4.6 1.1 0.1 7.7 Ronald Polite III 14 2 16.4 .365 .226 .800 1.1 1.4 0.6 0.1 4.9 Jamal Hartwell II 26 4 13.1 .260 .281 .700 0.8 1.1 0.2 0.0 2.9 Otis Frazier III 20 0 7.9 .575 .364 .286 1.9 0.2 0.5 0.2 2.7 Malik Henry 25 3 7.9 .585 .000 .167 2.0 0.2 0.3 0.4 2.0 Mike Gray 8 0 7.1 .333 .125 .500 0.8 0.9 0.4 0.0 1.5 Blake Jones 28 1 8.4 .333 .280 .500 1.3 0.3 0.1 0.2 1.1 Blake Buchanan 12 1 9.1 .400 .375 .000 0.8 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.9 TJ Gadsden 8 0 3.4 .000 .000 1.000 0.9 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.1 Joel Kabimba 4 0 2.8 .000 .000 .000 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Schedule and results

!colspan=12 style=| Non-conference regular season

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

!colspan=12 style=| A-10 tournament

Source

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