2008–09 George Mason Patriots men's basketball team

2008–09 CAA men's basketball standings
	† CAA Tournament winner ; Rankings from AP Poll

George Mason Patriots men's basketball
2008–09 George Mason Patriots men's basketball
NIT 1st Round, vs. Penn State, L, 77–73 OT
Conference	Colonial Athletic Association
2008–09 record	22–11 (13–5 CAA)
Head coach	Jim Larranaga
Assistant coach	Eric Konkol
Assistant coach	Chris Caputo
Assistant coach	Michael Huger
Home arena	Patriot Center

The 2008–09 George Mason Patriots men's basketball team began its 43rd season of collegiate play on November 15, 2008 versus the University of Vermont. The players were looking to continue the success from their 2007–2008 season where they won the 2008 Colonial Athletic Association tournament championship game and advanced to the 2008 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. The 2008–09 Patriots had a 13 – 5 regular season record and were runners-up in the 2009 Colonial Athletic Association tournament. The team reached the 2009 National Invitation Tournament, but they lost in overtime to eventual tournament champion Penn State.

Season notes

On February 2, 2009, it was announced that George Mason would play the Creighton Bluejays on February 21 as part of the annual ESPN Bracket Busters event.
On January 21, 2009, during a game versus Northeastern University, senior guard John Vaughan suffered a concussion and was carted off the court. He was taken to a local hospital and released later that night. He missed at least 1 week of action.^[1]
On December 27, 2008, it was announced that sophomore forward Vlad Moldoveanu will be released from his basketball commitment. He enrolled at American University.^[2]
On December 22, 2008, the George Mason men's basketball team won their 600th game in the history of the program.^[3]

Awards

Second Team All-CAA

Darryl Monroe
John Vaughan

Third Team All-CAA

Cam Long

CAA All-Rookie Team

Ryan Pearson

CAA All-Defensive Team

John Vaughan

CAA Player of the Week

Darryl Monroe – Jan. 12

CAA Rookie of the Week

Ryan Pearson – Nov. 17
Ryan Pearson – Dec. 1

Roster

2008–09 George Mason Patriots men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	33	Louis Birdsong	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Jr	Mount Saint Joseph’s	Baltimore, MD
G	2	Andre Cornelius	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	172 lb (78 kg)	Fr	Victory Christian	Charlotte, NC
F	40	Chris Fleming	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	Sr	Osbourn Park	Manassas, VA
F	3	Kevin Foster	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	211 lb (96 kg)	Fr	Kathleen	Lakeland, FL
G	5	Brian Henderson	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Fr	Magruder	Gaithersburg, Maryland
G	20	Cam Long	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	187 lb (85 kg)	So	Freedom	Palm Bay, FL
F	32	Darryl Monroe	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	275 lb (125 kg)	RS Sr	First Colonial	Virginia Beach, VA
F	22	Mike Morrison	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	222 lb (101 kg)	Fr	Lakewood	St. Petersburg, FL
G	10	Jimmy Nolan	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Fr	Archbishop McCarthy	Plantation, FL
F	24	Ryan Pearson	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Fr	Christ the King	Far Rockaway, NY
G	1	Dre Smith	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr	Lamar	Houston, TX
G	13	Isaiah Tate	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	214 lb (97 kg)	So	DeMatha	Upper Marlboro, MD
F	23	John Vaughn	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	179 lb (81 kg)	RS Sr	Laurel	Laurel, MD

Head coach

Jim Larranaga (Providence)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2010-07-27

Stats

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Cam Long	33	33	32.7	.462	.404	.748	4.8	3.2	1.1	.1	11.7
John Vaughan	31	29	32.3	.418	.369	.747	4.5	1.6	.9	.5	10.8
Darryl Monroe	33	33	29.6	.573	.000	.574	7.7	2.1	1.1	.5	10.5
Dre Smith	33	32	28.4	.355	.265	.784	2.8	1.0	.8	.2	8.9
Ryan Pearson	32	1	17.1	.488	.000	.643	3.8	.7	.6	.8	7.0
Louis Birdsong	33	32	22.8	.488	.308	.702	3.5	.6	.8	1.1	6.4
Andre Cornelius	33	3	18.8	.399	.324	.545	1.8	1.3	.5	.1	5.5
Mike Morrison	31	0	10.8	.545	.000	.302	2.5	.3	.1	.7	4.0
Vlad Moldoveanu	7	0	9.9	.353	.375	.500	2.1	.6	.0	.0	2.3
Isaiah Tate	28	0	9.2	.333	.257	.375	1.6	.4	.2	.0	1.9
Jimmy Nolan	6	0	4.0	.375	.333	.000	.3	.5	.0	.0	1.3
Brian Henderson	5	0	2.6	.250	1.000	.000	.4	.2	.0	.0	0.6
Chris Fleming	10	1	6.0	.125	.000	1.000	1.8	.4	.1	.1	0.4

Game log

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular Season
November 15* 1:00 p.m.	at Vermont	W 80–79 ^OT	1–0	Patrick Gymnasium (3,266) Burlington, VT
November 17* 7:00 p.m.	Brown	W 89–52	2–0	Patriot Center (5,469) Fairfax, VA
November 20* 7:00 p.m.	at Hampton	L 50–44	2–1	Convocation Center (2,147) Hampton, VA
November 22* 4:30 p.m.	at East Carolina	W 77–71	3–1	Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum (4,781) Greenville, NC
November 25* 7:00 p.m., MASN	Mount St. Mary's University	W 72–60	4–1	Patriot Center (5,512) Fairfax, VA
November 29* 4:00 p.m.	Ohio	W 74–65	5–1	Patriot Center (5,159) Fairfax, VA
December 1* 7:00 p.m., MASN	at Liberty	L 69–66 ^OT	5–2	Vines Center (4,172) Lynchburg, VA
December 6 4:30 p.m., CN8	at Drexel	W 56–55	6–2 (1–0)	Daskalakis Athletic Center (1,406) Philadelphia, PA
December 19* 7:00 p.m., MASN	Radford	W 67–55	7–2	Patriot Center (5,164) Fairfax, VA
December 22* 7:00 p.m.	Tulane	W 60–52	8–2	Patriot Center (4,508) Fairfax, VA
December 30* 7:00 p.m., MASN	at Dayton	L 66–62	8–3	University of Dayton Arena (13,107) Dayton, OH
January 3 7:00 p.m., MASN	UNC-Wilmington	W 101–60	9–3 (2–0)	Patriot Center (8,010) Fairfax, VA
January 5 5:00 p.m., Fios 1	Georgia State	W 58–52	10–3 (3–0)	Patriot Center (3,841) Fairfax, VA
January 7 7:00 p.m.	at Towson	W 71–59	11–3 (4–0)	Towson Center (1,507) Towson, MD
January 10 2:00 p.m., Comcast Sportsnet	Old Dominion	W 61–53	12–3 (5–0)	Patriot Center (6,626) Fairfax, VA
January 14 7:00 p.m.	at William & Mary	W 61–57	13–3 (6–0)	Kaplan Arena (2,283) Williamsburg, VA
January 17 2:00 p.m., CN8	James Madison	W 71–57	14–3 (7–0)	Patriot Center (8,665) Fairfax, VA
January 21 7:00 p.m., MASN	at Northeastern	L 58–57	14–4 (7–1)	Matthews Arena (2,300) Boston
January 24 4:00 p.m., ESPN2	at VCU	L 76–71	14–5 (7–2)	Stuart C. Siegel Center (7,594) Richmond, VA
January 27 7:00 p.m., CN8	Delaware	W 78–55	15–5 (8–2)	Patriot Center (4,845) Fairfax, VA
January 31 7:00 p.m., Comcast	at Old Dominion	L 73–71	15–6 (8–3)	Ted Constant Convocation Center (8,424) Norfolk, VA
February 3 7:00 p.m., ESPNU	Hofstra	W 78–54	16–6 (9–3)	Patriot Center (5,067) Fairfax, VA
February 7 2:00 p.m., Comcast	at James Madison	L 68–66	16–7 (9–4)	Convocation Center (5,470) Harrisonburg, VA
February 12 7:00 p.m., ESPNU	at Delaware	L 66–58	16–8 (9–5)	Patriot Center (3,062) Fairfax, VA
February 14 12:00 p.m., Comcast	Northeastern Homecoming	W 64–53	17–8 (10–5)	Patriot Center (9,840) Fairfax, VA
February 18 7:00 p.m., Fios 1	Drexel	W 49–48	18–8 (11–5)	Patriot Center (5,579) Fairfax, VA
February 21* 9:30 p.m., ESPNU	at Creighton ESPN Bracket Busters	L 76–63	18–9	Qwest Center Omaha (17,411) Omaha, NE
February 25 7:00 p.m., MASN	at UNC-Wilmington	W 53–52	19–9 (12–5)	Trask Coliseum (3,625) Wilmington, NC
February 28 8:00 p.m., MASN	Towson	W 71–59	20–9 (13–5)	Patriot Center (9,840) Fairfax, VA
2009 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament
March 7 6:00 p.m., Comcast	vs. James Madison CAA Tournament	W 61–53	21–9	Richmond Coliseum (N/A) Richmond, VA
March 8 5:30 p.m., Comcast	vs. Towson CAA Tournament	W 56–48	22–9	Richmond Coliseum (7,925) Richmond, VA
March 9 7:00 p.m., ESPN2	vs. VCU CAA Tournament	L 71–50	22–10	Richmond Coliseum (11,200) Richmond, VA
2009 National Invitation Tournament
March 17 8:00 p.m., ESPNU	at Penn State NIT First Round, No. 2 vs No. 7	L 77–73 ^OT	22–11	Bryce Jordan Center (5,549) State College, PA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time ^[4].

Recruiting

The following is a list of players signed for the 2009–10 season:

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Rashaad Whack SG	Forestville, Maryland	Bishop McNamara	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Sep 6, 2008
Rashaad Whack SG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 86
Paris Bennett SF	Elizabeth, New Jersey	St. Patrick's	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Sep 21, 2008
Paris Bennett SF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 85
Vertrail Vaughns PG	Mesquite, Texas	Mesquite	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sep 28, 2008
Vertrail Vaughns PG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 85
Johnnie Williams PF	Memphis, Tennessee	Briarcrest Christian	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Oct 19, 2008
Johnnie Williams PF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 89
Luke Hancock SF	Chatham, Virginia	Hargrove Military Academy	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Oct 19, 2008
Luke Hancock SF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 86
Sherrod Wright SG	Mount Vernon, New York	Mount Vernon	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Apr 17, 2009
Sherrod Wright SG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 89
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: "ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2009-02-09. "2009 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved 2009-02-09.

References

↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-01-25. Retrieved 2009-01-23.
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-01-01. Retrieved 2008-12-29.
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-12-26. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
↑ "2008–09 Schedule Archived 2008-10-07 at the Wayback Machine.." gomason.com. Retrieved on October 7, 2008.

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[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-01-25. Retrieved 2009-01-23.

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-01-01. Retrieved 2008-12-29.

[3] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-12-26. Retrieved 2008-12-31.

[4] "2008–09 Schedule Archived 2008-10-07 at the Wayback Machine.." gomason.com. Retrieved on October 7, 2008.

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NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

2008–09 CAA men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
VCU†	14	–	4	.778	24	–	10	.706
George Mason	13	–	5	.722	22	–	11	.667
Old Dominion	12	–	6	.667	25	–	10	.714
Northeastern	12	–	6	.667	19	–	13	.594
Hofstra	11	–	7	.611	21	–	11	.656
Drexel	10	–	8	.556	15	–	14	.517
James Madison	9	–	9	.500	21	–	15	.583
Georgia State	8	–	10	.444	12	–	20	.375
Delaware	6	–	12	.333	13	–	19	.406
William & Mary	5	–	13	.278	10	–	20	.333
Towson	5	–	13	.278	12	–	22	.353
UNC Wilmington	3	–	15	.167	7	–	25	.219


† CAA Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll