2016–17 George Mason Patriots men's basketball team

2016–17 George Mason Patriots men's basketball

Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
2016–17 record	5–3 (0–0 A-10)
Head coach	Dave Paulsen (2nd year)
Assistant coach	Dane Fischer
Assistant coach	Aaron Kelly
Assistant coach	Duane Simpkins
Home arena	EagleBank Arena

2016–17 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
VCU	0	–	0	–	6	–	2	.750
Davidson	0	–	0	–	5	–	2	.714
Dayton	0	–	0	–	5	–	2	.714
Massachusetts	0	–	0	–	5	–	2	.714
St. Bonaventure	0	–	0	–	5	–	2	.714
George Mason	0	–	0	–	6	–	3	.667
La Salle	0	–	0	–	4	–	2	.667
Rhode Island	0	–	0	–	5	–	3	.625
Fordham	0	–	0	–	5	–	4	.556
George Washington	0	–	0	–	5	–	4	.556
Richmond	0	–	0	–	4	–	4	.500
Duquesne	0	–	0	–	4	–	5	.444
Saint Joseph's	0	–	0	–	3	–	4	.429
Saint Louis	0	–	0	–	2	–	5	.286


† 2017 A10 Tournament winner As of December 3, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016–17 George Mason Patriots Men's basketball team will represent George Mason University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It will be the 51st season for the program. They are coached by second year coach Dave Paulsen and are members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They play their home games at EagleBank Arena in Fairfax, Virginia.

Previous Season

The Patriots finished the 2015–16 season with a record of 11–22, 5–13 in A–10 play to finish in 12th place. In the A–10 Tournament, the Patriots were defeated by Saint Louis, 83–78 in the first round.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Marko Gujaničić	10	F	6'8"	236	Senior	Cacak, Serbia	Graduated
Julian Royal	25	F	6'8"	232	Senior	Alpharetta, GA	Graduated
Michael Rudy	30	F	6'7"	204	Senior	Falls Church, Virginia	Graduated
Shevon Thompson	14	C	6'11"	243	Senior	Clarendon Parish, Jamaica	Graduated

Roster

2016–17 George Mason Patriots men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Home town
3.5 !F	1	Abram, DeAndreDeAndre Abram	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	2.0 !So	Creekview High School	Carrollton, TX
1.5 !G	2	Murrell, KameronKameron Murrell	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	197 lb (89 kg)	2.0 !So	IMG Academy	Long Beach, CA
1.5 !G	3	Kier, JustinJustin Kier	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	182 lb (83 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Spotswood High School	Spottswood, VA
1.5 !G	4	Livingston II, OtisOtis Livingston II	71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	168 lb (76 kg)	2.0 !So	Linden High School	Linden, NJ
1.5 !G	5	Grayer, JaireJaire Grayer	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	192 lb (87 kg)	2.0 !So	IMG Academy	Flint, MI
1.5 !G	10	Newman, KarmariKarmari Newman	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1.0 !Fr	East English Village Prep Academy	Detroit, MI
3.5 !F	11	Wilson, A. J.A. J. Wilson	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	1.0 !Fr	Elev8 Prep Academy	Lanham, MD
1.5 !G	12	Tate, MylesMyles Tate (W)	67 !5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	161 lb (73 kg)	4.5 !RS Sr	Mars Hill University	Ashburn, VA
3.5 !F	14	Relvao, DanielDaniel Relvao	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	236 lb (107 kg)	1.5 !RS Fr	Mountain Mission	Coimbra, Portugal
3.5 !F	15	Dixon, DannyDanny Dixon	82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	228 lb (103 kg)	2.0 !So	IMG Academy	Grosse Pointe South, MI
1.5 !G	22	Moore, MarquiseMarquise Moore	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	208 lb (94 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Saint Thomas More	Queens, NY
3.5 !F	25	Temara, TroyTroy Temara	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1.0 !Fr	West Genesee High School	Syracuse, NY
3.5 !F	31	Jenkins, JalenJalen Jenkins	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	246 lb (112 kg)	4.5 !RS Sr	Cardinal Hayes	Brooklyn, NY
1.5 !G	32	Boyd, IanIan Boyd	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Apex High School	Apex, NC

Head coach

Dave Paulsen (Williams)

Assistant coach(es)

Dane Fischer (Ithaca)
Aaron Kelly (Catholic)
Duane Simpkins (Maryland)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Stats

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Marquise Moore	8	8	35.9	.478	.000	.662	10.1	2.9	0.8	0.6	16.9
Otis Livingston II	8	8	35.1	.476	.382	.950	2.6	3.1	1.1	0.0	13.8
Jaire Grayer	8	8	26.6	.416	.267	.800	4.3	0.6	0.3	1.5	10.0
Jalen Jenkins	8	7	25.3	.680	.000	.524	6.9	2.0	0.8	0.1	9.9
Justin Kier	8	7	26.1	.357	.154	.690	5.6	1.0	0.3	0.3	6.5
DeAndre Abram	3	1	20.0	.333	.000	.714	4.3	0.0	0.3	1.0	5.7
Kameron Murrell	5	0	10.4	.389	.364	.667	1.2	0.4	0.8	0.0	4.0
Ian Boyd	8	0	15.5	.333	.111	.765	1.5	1.0	0.9	0.0	3.8
Karmari Newman	7	0	14.1	.244	.208	.500	1.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	3.7
Troy Temara	7	1	11.4	.364	.000	.500	1.7	0.3	0.0	0.0	2.6
Danny Dixon	2	0	5.5	.000	.000	1.000	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0
Daniel Relvao	7	0	4.4	.333	.000	1.000	1.7	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.6
Myles Tate	1	0	2.0	.000	.000	.000	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0

Schedule and results

Date Time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (Attendance) City, State
Non-conference regular season
November 12* 7:00 PM, MASN	Towson	L 61–67	0–1	19 – Jenkins	7 – Jenkins	4 – Jenkins	EagleBank Arena (4,814) Fairfax, VA
November 15* 7:00 PM	Lebanon Valley	W 90–65	1–1	19 – Moore	11 – Jenkins	6 – Livingston II	EagleBank Arena (2,638) Fairfax, VA
November 18* 7:30 PM	Mount St. Mary's	L 76–78 ^OT	1–2	23 – Jenkins	13 – Moore	4 – Moore	EagleBank Arena (3,487) Fairfax, VA
November 21* 7:30 PM	vs. Houston Gulf Coast Showcase quarterfinals	L 56–93	1–3	15 – Moore	5 – Moore	3 – 3 players tied	Germain Arena Estero, FL
November 22* 1:30 PM	vs. Kent State Gulf Coast Showcase	W 79–75	2–3	23 – Moore	14 – Moore	5 – Livingston II, Moore	Germain Arena Estero, FL
November 23* 1:30 PM	vs. Bradley Gulf Coast Showcase	W 77–66	3–3	22 – Livingston	15 – Moore	5 – Moore	Germain Arena Estero, FL
November 26* 6:00 PM, MASN	James Madison	W 80–77 ^OT	4–3	20 – Moore	8 – Moore	4 – Boyd	EagleBank Arena (4,192) Fairfax, VA
November 30* 8:00 PM	at Northern Iowa	W 54–50	5–3	14 – Grayer	13 – Moore	5 – Moore	McLeod Center (4,302) Cedar Falls, IA
December 3* 4:00 PM	Mercer	W 79–68	6–3	21 – Moore	12 – Moore	7 – Livingston II	EagleBank Arena (3,560) Fairfax, VA
December 7* 7:00 PM, BTN	at Penn State			–	–	–	Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA
December 10* 2:00 PM, ESPN3	at Penn			–	–	–	Palestra Philadelphia, PA
December 12* 7:00 PM	Longwood			–	–	–	EagleBank Arena Fairfax, VA
December 22* 12:00 PM	Prairie View A&M			–	–	–	EagleBank Arena Fairfax, VA
A-10 regular season
December 30 8:00 PM, CBSSN	VCU Rivalry			–	–	–	EagleBank Arena Fairfax, VA
January 4 7:00 PM	Massachusetts			–	–	–	EagleBank Arena Fairfax, VA
January 7 5:00 PM, NBCSN	at St. Bonaventure			–	–	–	Reilly Center Olean, NY
January 10 7:00 PM, ASN	at Saint Joseph's			–	–	–	Hagan Arena Philadelphia, PA
January 14 2:30 PM, NBCSN	Saint Louis			–	–	–	EagleBank Arena Fairfax, VA
January 22 1:00 PM, ASN	Richmond			–	–	–	Robins Center Richmond, VA
January 25 7:00 PM, ASN	George Washington			–	–	–	EagleBank Arena Fairfax, VA
January 28 1:00 PM	at Massachusetts			–	–	–	Mullins Center Amherst, MA
February 1 7:00 PM	at Saint Louis			–	–	–	Chaifetz Arena St. Louis, MO
February 4 7:00 PM, MASN	La Salle			–	–	–	EagleBank Arena Fairfax, VA
February 8 7:00 PM, ASN	at Davidson			–	–	–	John M. Belk Arena Davidson, NC
February 11 6:00 PM, ASN	Fordham			–	–	–	EagleBank Arena Fairfax, VA
February 14 7:00 PM, MASN	Richmond			–	–	–	EagleBank Arena Fairfax, VA
February 18 4:00 PM, NBCSN	Rhode Island			–	–	–	EagleBank Arena Fairfax, VA
February 21 7:00 PM	at Dayton			–	–	–	UD Arena Dayton, OH
February 26 2:00 PM	at George Washington			–	–	–	Charles E. Smith Center Washington, D.C.
March 1 7:00 PM	Duquesne			–	–	–	EagleBank Arena Fairfax, VA
March 4 2:00 PM	at VCU Rivalry			–	–	–	Siegel Center Richmond, VA
A-10 Tournament
Mar 8–12, 2017	vs.			–	–	–	PPG Paints Arena Pittsburgh, PA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

George Mason Patriots men's basketball

Venues	EagleBank Arena (1985–present)

Rivalries	VCU

Culture & lore	History The Patriot

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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