2010–11 George Mason Patriots men's basketball team

2010–11 George Mason Patriots men's basketball
CAA Regular Season Champions
NCAA Tournament, Third Round
Conference Colonial Athletic Association
Ranking
Coaches #25
2010–11 record 27–7 (16–2 CAA)
Head coach Jim Larranaga
Assistant coach Eric Konkol
Assistant coach Chris Caputo
Home arena Patriot Center
2010–11 CAA men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
George Mason 16 – 2   .889     27 – 7   .794
Old Dominion † 14 – 4   .778     27 – 7   .794
Hofstra 14 – 4   .778     21 – 12   .636
VCU 12 – 6   .667     28 – 12   .700
Drexel 11 – 7   .611     21 – 10   .677
James Madison 10 – 8   .556     21 – 12   .636
Delaware 8 – 10   .444     14 – 17   .452
UNCW 7 – 11   .389     13 – 18   .419
Georgia State 6 – 12   .333     12 – 19   .387
Northeastern 6 – 12   .333     11 – 20   .355
William & Mary 4 – 14   .222     10 – 22   .313
Towson 0 – 18   .000     4 – 26   .133
† 2011 CAA Tournament winner
As of April 2, 2011; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2010–11 George Mason Patriots men's basketball represented George Mason University during the 2010–11 college basketball season. This was the 45th season for the program. 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 27–7, 16–2 in CAA play to win the conference's regular season championship. They lost in the semifinals of the 2011 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament to VCU. They received an at-large bid in the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where they defeated Villanova in the second round before falling in the third round to Ohio State.

Season Notes

Awards

CAA Coach of the Year

First Team All-CAA

Second Team All-CAA

Third Team All-CAA

CAA Player of the Week

Roster

2010–11 George Mason men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year High School/Junior College Home town
G 3 Allen, BryonBryon Allen style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 215 lb (98 kg) Fr St. Thomas More Largo, MD
F 5 Arledge, JonathanJonathan Arledge style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 236 lb (107 kg) Fr KIMA Washington, DC
F 30 Armistead, ThomasThomas Armistead style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Clover Hill Richmond, VA
F 1 Bennett, ParisParis Bennett style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 190 lb (86 kg) RS Fr St. Patrick's Elizabeth, NJ
G 45 Cornelius, AndreAndre Cornelius style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 172 lb (78 kg) Jr Victory Christian Charlotte, NC
G 14 Hancock, LukeLuke Hancock style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 175 lb (79 kg) So Hidden Valley/Hargrave Roanoke, VA
G 20 Long, CamCam Long (C) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 187 lb (85 kg) Sr Freedom Palm Bay, FL
F 22 Morrison, MikeMike Morrison style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 222 lb (101 kg) Jr Lakewood St. Petersburg, FL
F 24 Pearson, RyanRyan Pearson style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 230 lb (104 kg) Jr Christ the King Far Rockaway, NY
G 13 Tate, IsaiahIsaiah Tate style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 214 lb (97 kg) Sr DeMatha Upper Marlboro, MD
G 4 Vaughns, VertrailVertrail Vaughns style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 185 lb (84 kg) RS Fr Mesquite Mesquite, TX
G 23 Whack, RashaadRashaad Whack style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 170 lb (77 kg) So Bishop McNamara Forestville, MD
F 32 Williams, JohnnieJohnnie Williams style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 249 lb (113 kg) So Briarcrest Christian Memphis, TN
G 15 Wright, SherrodSherrod Wright  style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; | 190 lb (86 kg) RS So Mount Vernon Mount Vernon, NY
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 34 34 33.0 .479 .432 .750 4.7 2.9 1.4 0.2 15.1
Ryan Pearson 34 33 30.3 .511 .400 .708 6.7 1.2 0.9 0.6 14.2
Luke Hancock 33 31 28.6 .494 .359 .810 4.2 4.3 1.0 0.5 10.9
Andre Cornelius 34 34 27.1 .419 .386 .833 2.3 1.6 1.0 0.1 9.5
Mike Morrison 34 34 24.4 .562 .000 .394 5.5 1.7 0.6 1.2 6.8
Isaiah Tate 34 4 20.6 .442 .412 .667 2.4 0.8 0.8 0.2 6.2
Vertrail Vaughns 32 0 9.5 .472 .493 .667 1.1 0.3 0.3 0.0 4.5
Johnnie Williams 32 0 9.2 .478 .000 .688 1.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 2.4
Jonathan Arledge 28 0 5.5 .368 .250 .688 0.9 0.2 0.2 0.1 1.4
Bryon Allen 27 0 5.8 .302 .154 .692 0.6 0.7 0.0 0.0 1.4
Paris Bennett 33 1 8.9 .381 .000 .556 1.5 0.5 0.2 0.2 1.1
Rashaad Whack 22 0 5.3 .333 .100 .750 1.3 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.8
Thomas Armistead 6 0 1.3 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

2010-2011 game log

Date Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
Exhibition
November 3* Bowie State W 113–76  – Patriot Center (1,444)
Regular Season
November 13* Harvard W 66–53  1–0 Patriot Center (6,536)
November 18* vs. Charlotte
(ESPN Charleston Classic)		 W 78–56  2–0 Carolina First Arena (2,639)
November 19* vs. NC State
(ESPN Charleston Classic)		 L 65–78  2–1 Carolina First Arena (–)
November 21* vs. Wofford
(ESPN Charleston Classic)		 L 79–82 OT 2–2 Carolina First Arena (–)
November 24* Radford W 81–55  3–2 Patriot Center (4,273)
November 27* Florida Atlantic W 66–51  4–2 Patriot Center (3,907)
December 1* George Washington W 60–46  5–2 Patriot Center (5,560)
December 4 UNC Wilmington W 80–53  6–2 (1–0) Patriot Center (5,461)
December 8* Loyola W 66–52  7–2 Patriot Center (4,674)
December 11* at Liberty W 84–54  8–2 Vines Center (2,747)
December 22* at Duquesne W 85–79 2 OT 9–2 A. J. Palumbo Center (2,107)
December 29* at Dayton L 67–73  9–3 UD Arena (13,371)
January 3 Delaware W 75–66  10–3 (2–0) Patriot Center (4,719)
January 5 at Hofstra L 74–87  10–4 (2–1) Hofstra Arena (2,377)
January 8 at Old Dominion L 65–69  10–5 (2–2) Ted Constant Convocation Center (8,344)
January 12 at Northeastern W 86–60  11–5 (3–2) Matthews Arena (1,570)
January 15 Georgia State W 66–51  12–5 (4–2) Patriot Center (5,714)
January 19 Drexel W 71–47  13–5 (5–2) Patriot Center (3,630)
January 22 at James Madison W 75–73  14–5 (6–2) JMU Convocation Center (5,714)
January 24 at Delaware W 69–49  15–5 (7–2) Bob Carpenter Center (1,846)
January 27 Towson W 84–57  16–5 (8–2) Patriot Center (3,791)
January 29 at William & Mary W 85–69  17–5 (9–2) Kaplan Arena (3,074)
February 2 Hofstra W 87–68  18–5 (10–2) Patriot Center (5,230)
February 5 Old Dominion
(Homecoming)		 W 62–45  19–5 (11–2) Patriot Center (9,840)
February 8 at UNC Wilmington W 78–63  20–5 (12–2) Trask Coliseum (3,768)
February 12 James Madison W 82–68  21–5 (13–2) Patriot Center (9,480)
February 15 at VCU W 71–51  22–5 (14–2) Stuart C. Siegel Center (7,552)
February 19* at Northern Iowa
(ESPN Bracket Buster)		 W 77–71  23–5 McLeod Center (6,580)
February 24 Northeastern W 67–61  24–5 (15–2) Patriot Center (9,366)
February 26 at Georgia State W 65-58  25–5 (16–2) GSU Sports Arena (1,127)
2011 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament
March 5 vs. Georgia State
(Quarterfinals)		 W 68–45  26–5 Richmond Coliseum (7,814)
March 6 vs. VCU
(Semifinals)		 L 63–79  26–6 Richmond Coliseum (8,962)
2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
March 18* vs. Villanova
(Second Round)		 W 61–57  27–6 Quicken Loans Arena (20,164)
March 20* vs. #1 Ohio State
(Third Round)		 L 66–98  27–7 Quicken Loans Arena (20,164)
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 2011–12 season:

Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Erik Copes
C		 Philadelphia, PA Imhotep Charter 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) May 15, 2011 
Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 95
Corey Edwards
PG		 Middle Village, NY Christ the King 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 155 lb (70 kg) Oct 17, 2010 
Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 90
Vaughn Gray
SF		 Elmwood Park, NJ St. Benedict's Prep 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Oct 17, 2010 
Scout:2/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 91
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

  1. ↑ http://www.gomason.com//ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=25200&ATCLID=205096881
  2. ↑ http://gomason.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/italy-tour-2010.html