2009–10 George Mason Patriots men's basketball team

2009–10 George Mason Patriots men's basketball
CIT, First Round
Conference Colonial Athletic Association
2009–10 record 1715 (126 CAA)
Head coach Jim Larranaga
Assistant coach Eric Konkol
Assistant coach Chris Caputo
Assistant coach Michael Huger
Home arena Patriot Center
2009–10 CAA men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Old Dominion 15 3   .833     27 9   .750
Northeastern 14 4   .778     20 13   .606
William & Mary 12 6   .667     22 11   .667
George Mason 12 6   .667     17 15   .531
VCU 11 7   .611     27 9   .750
Drexel 11 7   .611     16 16   .500
Hofstra 10 8   .556     19 15   .559
Towson 6 12   .333     10 21   .323
Georgia State 5 13   .278     12 20   .375
UNCW 5 13   .278     9 22   .290
James Madison 4 14   .222     13 20   .394
Delaware 3 15   .167     7 24   .226
2010 CAA Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009–10 George Mason Patriots men's basketball team represented George Mason University during the 2009–10 college basketball season. The Patriots, led by head coach Jim Larranaga, are members of the Colonial Athletic Association and played their home games at the Patriot Center. They finished the season 1715, 126 in CAA play and lost in the quarterfinals of the 2010 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament to VCU. They were invited to play in the 2010 CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to Fairfield.

Season notes

Awards

Second Team All-CAA

CAA All Rookie Team

CAA Player of the Week

CAA Rookie of the Week

Roster

2009–10 George Mason men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Home town
F 1 Bennett, ParisParis Bennett 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So St. Patrick's Elizabeth, NJ
F 33 Birdsong, LouisLouis Birdsong 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Sr Mount Saint Joseph’s Baltimore, MD
G 45 Cornelius, AndreAndre Cornelius 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 172 lb (78 kg) So Victory Christian Charlotte, NC
G 14 Hancock, LukeLuke Hancock 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Hidden Valley/Hargrave Roanoke, VA
G 20 Long, CamCam Long (C) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 187 lb (85 kg) Jr Freedom Palm Bay, FL
F 22 Morrison, MikeMike Morrison 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 222 lb (101 kg) So Lakewood St. Petersburg, FL
F 24 Pearson, RyanRyan Pearson 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 230 lb (104 kg) So Christ the King Far Rockaway, NY
G 13 Tate, IsaiahIsaiah Tate 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 214 lb (97 kg) Jr DeMatha Upper Marlboro, MD
G 23 Whack, RashadRashad Whack 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Fr Bishop McNamara Forestville, MD
F 32 Williams, JohnnieJohnnie Williams 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 249 lb (113 kg) Fr Briarcrest Christian Memphis, TN
G 15 Wright, SherrodSherrod Wright 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Mount Vernon Mount Vernon, NY
G 4 Vaughns, VertrailVertrail Vaughns 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Mesquite Mesquite, TX
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: 2010-07-27

Stats

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Cam Long 31 31 32.9 .381 .318 .736 3.9 3.1 1.3 .1 12.2
Ryan Pearson 30 28 28.4 .457 .286 .654 6.4 1.2 1.1 .5 11.9
Andre Cornelius 31 29 27.9 .422 .433 .734 2.6 1.6 .8 .0 9.4
Mike Morrison 30 29 24.7 .557 .000 .485 5.9 1.1 .7 1.6 8.5
Luke Hancock 32 5 23.0 .503 .324 .692 3.5 3.0 .8 .3 7.7
Sherrod Wright 31 1 16.1 .466 .262 .710 1.7 .5 .5 .2 5.5
Kevin Foster 26 0 13.3 .465 .330 .605 3.3 .0 .3 .6 4.5
Isaiah Tate 30 23 18.9 .371 .330 .545 2.5 .8 .6 .1 4.4
Johnnie Williams 30 1 9.6 .418 .000 .361 2.1 .2 .3 .3 2.6
Louis Birdsong 30 11 12.9 .408 .360 .667 2.0 .6 .4 .6 2.6
Rashaad Whack 18 1 5.3 .379 .286 .625 .4 .2 .2 .0 1.7
Vertrail Vaughns 6 0 6.7 .200 .250 .667 .3 .3 .0 .0 1.5
Paris Bennett 3 0 4.7 .000 .000 .000 .3 .3 .0 .0 0.0
Jimmy Nolan 1 0 2.0 .000 .000 .000 .0 .0 .0 .0 0.0

Game log

Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Exhibition

November 5*
7:00 PM
Virginia State W 10082 
Patriot Center (1,854)
Fairfax, VA
Regular Season

November 13*
7:30 PM
Liberty W 7672  10
Patriot Center (6,014)
Fairfax, VA

November 15*
4:00 PM
Dartmouth W 6044  20
Patriot Center (6,098)
Fairfax, VA

November 19*
2:00 PM, ESPNU
vs. #6 Villanova
ESPN Puerto Rico Tip-Off
L 6968  21
José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum (5,0731)
San Juan, Puerto Rico

November 20*
1:00 PM, ESPNU
vs. Georgia Tech
ESPN Puerto Rico Tip-Off
L 7062  22
José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum (5,7621)
San Juan, Puerto Rico

November 22*
11:30 PM, ESPNU
vs. Indiana
ESPN Puerto Rico Tip-Off
W 6966  32
José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum (8,3571)
San Juan, Puerto Rico

November 28*
2:00 PM
at Tulane L 7671  33
Avron B. Fogelman Arena (1,527)
New Orleans, LA

December 2*
7:00 PM, MASN
at George Washington L 6649  34
Charles E. Smith Athletic Center (4,125)
Washington, DC

December 5
5:00 PM, MASN
at UNC-Wilmington W 5752  44
(10)
Trask Coliseum (4,374)
Wilmington, NC

December 8*
7:00 PM, MASN
Dayton L 5655  45
Patriot Center (5,727)
Fairfax, VA

December 12*
1:00 PM, KMTV
Creighton W 7572  55
Patriot Center (5,502)
Fairfax, VA

December 22*
7:30 PM
VMI W 8986  65
Patriot Center (5,420)
Fairfax, VA

December 30*
7:00 PM, MASN
at Radford L 8053  66
Dedmon Center (1,564)
Radford, VA

January 2
12:00 PM, CSN
Old Dominion W 7155  76
(20)
Patriot Center (8,629)
Fairfax, VA

January 4
7:00 PM, FiOS1
Hofstra W 6763  86
(30)
Patriot Center (3,826)
Fairfax, VA

January 7
7:00 PM, TCN
at Northeastern L 7146  87
(31)
Matthews Arena (1,148)
Boston, MA

January 9
4:00 PM, MASN
UNC-Wilmington W 5946  97
(41)
Patriot Center (5,705)
Fairfax, VA

January 13
7:00 PM
Georgia State W 5249  107
(51)
Patriot Center (3,826)
Fairfax, VA

January 16
2:00 PM, CSN
at James Madison W 8271  117
(61)
Convocation Center (5,424)
Harrisonburg, VA

January 19
7:00 PM, ESPNU
at Hofstra W 90-72  127
(71)
Mack Sports Complex (2,573)
Hempstead, NY

January 23
4:00 PM, MASN
at Towson W 8071  137
(81)
Towson Center (1,988)
Towson, MD

January 27
7:00 PM
Delaware W 7766  147
(91)
Patriot Center (4,435)
Fairfax, VA

January 30
12:00 PM, CSN
James Madison W 7068  157
(101)
Patriot Center (7,813)
Fairfax, VA

February 3
7:00 PM
at Georgia State L 6157  158
(102)
Georgia State University Sports Arena (1,341)
Atlanta, GA

February 6
4:00 PM
at Drexel L 7360  159
(103)
Daskalakis Athletic Center (863)
Philadelphia, PA

February 9
7:00 PM, ESPNU
VCU W 8277 OT 169
(113)
Patriot Center (5,486)
Fairfax, VA

February 13
4:00 PM, CSN
at Old Dominion L 7660  1610
(114)
Ted Constant Convocation Center (8,424)
Norfolk, VA

February 16
7:00 PM, MASN
William & Mary L 6360  1611
(115)
Patriot Center (5,539)
Fairfax, VA

February 20*
8:00 PM, ESPNU
College of Charleston
ESPN Bracket Busters
L 8583  1612
Patriot Center (8,370)
Fairfax, VA

February 24
7:00 PM
at Delaware W 6159  1712
(125)
 (2,174)
Newark, DE

February 27
12:00 PM, ESPN2
Northeastern L 5048  1713
(126)
Patriot Center (8,940)
Fairfax, VA
2010 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament

March 6
2:30 PM, Comcast
vs. VCU
Quarterfinals
L 7560  1714
Richmond Coliseum (8,908)
Richmond, VA
2010 CollegeInsider.com Tournament

March 16
7:00 PM
Fairfield L 10196 OT 1715
Patriot Center (2,062)
Fairfax, VA
Notes: 1 - Denotes Daily Attendance
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Recruiting

The following is a list of players signed for the 2010-11 season:

Name Home town High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Bryon Allen
PG
Largo, MD St. Thomas More School 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Mar 29, 2010 
Scout:2/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 90
Jonathan Arledge
PF
Washington, DC KIMA School 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Sep 24, 2009 
Scout:2/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 88
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, March 31, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.