The 2023–24 George Mason Patriots Men's basketball team represented George Mason University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The season was the 58th for the program, the first under newly hired head coach Tony Skinn, and the eleventh as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10). The Patriots played their home games at EagleBank Arena in Fairfax, Virginia.
Previous season The Patriots finished the previous season 20–13, 11–7 in A-10 play, to finish in fifth place. This was the first season since 2017 that the Patriots finished the season with at least 20 wins. They defeated Richmond in the second round of the A-10 tournament before losing to Saint Louis.
On March 23, 2023, head coach Kim English left the school to take the head coaching job at Providence. On March 30, the school named Maryland assistant coach Tony Skinn the team's new head coach.
Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Victor Bailey 2 G 6'4" 182 Graduate senior Austin, TX Graduated Devon Cooper 0 G 6'4" 201 Graduate senior Louisville, KY Graduated Justyn Fernandez 4 G 6'5" 200 Freshman Richmond, VA Transferred to Providence Davonte Gaines 3 G 6'7" 175 Senior Buffalo, NY Transferred to Providence Blake Jones 24 F 6'10" 222 Sophomore Canberra, Australia Transferred to Montana Peter Oduro 12 F 6'7" 224 Freshman Gainesville, VA Transferred to Odessa College Josh Oduro 13 F 6'9" 235 Senior Gainesville, VA Transferred to Providence Ginika Ojaiko 20 F 6'10" 240 Graduate senior Lagos, Nigeria Transferred to Coastal Carolina Elvis Nnaji 23 F 6'7" 222 Freshman Hopkins, MN Transferred to Grambling State
Arrivals Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Berke Arslan 25 G 6'3" Freshman Istanbul, Turkey Austin Ball 24 G 6'7" Freshman Man, WV Jared Billups 0 G 6'4" 189 Junior Waldorf, MD Transferred from Siena Keyshawn Hall 4 G/F 6'7" 250 Sophomore Cleveland, OH Transferred from UNLV Jalen Hayes 11 F 6'8" 200 Junior Fort Lauderdale, FL Transferred from East Tennessee State Amari Kelly 23 F/C 6'9" 225 Graduate senior Norcross, GA Transferred from UNC Wilmington Darrius Maddox 13 G 6'5" 185 Senior Bowie, MD Transferred from Virginia Tech Woody Newton 2 G/F 6'9" 195 Junior District Heights, MD Transferred from Oklahoma State Baraka Okojie 3 G 6'3" Freshman Brampton, ON Nicolas Pavrette 22 F/C 6'11" 210 Junior Lyon, France Transferred from Central Michigan Tre' Wood 8 G 6'1" 170 Graduate Senior Largo, MD Transferred from Long Island University Source
Honors and awards Atlantic 10 Player of the Week Keyshawn Hall – November 20
Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week Baraka Okojie – January 29
Roster
Player statistics Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Keyshawn Hall 29 28 30.7 .474 .357 .844 8.1 1.4 0.4 0.3 16.6 Darius Maddox 29 27 33.9 .443 .414 .857 3.4 1.8 0.6 0.3 14.0 Amari Kelly 31 31 28.5 .549 .424 .760 6.3 1.1 0.5 1.3 12.2 Baraka Okojie 32 10 24.5 .468 .256 .728 2.8 2.4 1.4 0.1 8.1 Ronald Polite III 30 27 25.0 .405 .297 .846 2.1 2.7 0.8 0.2 7.5 Woody Newton 32 5 18.4 .387 .282 .609 3.9 0.4 0.6 0.7 5.8 Jared Billups 32 32 25.5 .413 .229 .621 4.3 1.2 0.9 0.2 4.3 Malik Henry 28 0 10.1 .643 .000 .417 2.0 0.1 0.2 0.4 2.9 Austin Ball 23 0 9.7 .418 .323 .500 1.0 0.5 0.2 0.0 2.5Andrei O'Grady-Cook308.7.407.320.8330.70.70.30.32.3 Kam Johnson 6 0 2.8 .625 .333 .500 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 Tre' Wood 22 0 7.3 .419 .333 .500 0.7 0.5 0.1 0.0 2.0 Chase Tucker 6 0 1.5 .000 .000 .500 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 Berke Arslan 4 0 1.5 .000 .000 .000 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style=| Exhibition
!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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