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 17–15, 12–6 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 On January 3, 2010, it was announced that sophomore guard Jimmy Nolan will seek a transfer from the team with hopes of obtaining a scholarship with a Division II school. On May 24, 2009, ESPN rated the 2009-10 George Mason men's basketball recruiting class #1 among non-BCS schools
Awards Second Team All-CAA Cam Long
CAA All Rookie Team Luke Hancock
CAA Player of the Week Cam Long - Jan. 25
CAA Rookie of the Week Luke Hancock - Nov. 16 Luke Hancock - Nov. 23 Sherrod Wright - Dec. 28 Kevin Foster - Feb. 22
Roster
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
!colspan=12 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=12 style=| Regular season
!colspan=12 style=|CAA tournament
!colspan=12 style=|CollegeInsider.com tournament
Recruiting The following is a list of players signed for the 2010-11 season:
References