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2008–09 George Mason Patriots men's basketball team

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2008–09 George Mason Patriots men's basketball
NIT 1st Round, vs. Penn State, L, 77–73 OT
ConferenceColonial Athletic Association
Record22–11 (13–5 CAA)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaPatriot Center
Seasons
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
† 2009 CAA tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

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.

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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

Third Team All-CAA

CAA All-Rookie Team

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
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 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 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 15, 2008*
1:00 pm 		at Vermont W 80–79 OT 1–0
  19 – Monroe   17 – Monroe   5 – Cornelius  Patrick Gymnasium (3,266)
Burlington, VT
November 17, 2008*
7:00 pm 		Brown W 89–52  2–0
  15 – Morrison   8 – Moldoveanu   4 – Cornelius  Patriot Center (5,469)
Fairfax, VA
November 20, 2008*
7:00 pm 		at Hampton L 44–50  2–1
  15 – Birdsong   11 – Monroe   1 – Tied (4)  Convocation Center (2,147)
Hampton, VA
November 22, 2008*
4:30 pm 		at East Carolina W 77–71  3–1
  19 – Cornelius   9 – Monroe   6 – Long  Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum (4,781)
Greenville, NC
November 25, 2008*
7:00 pm, MASN 		Mount St. Mary's W 72–60  4–1
  22 – Vaughan   8 – Birdsong, Monroe   3 – Birdsong, Monroe, Smith  Patriot Center (5,512)
Fairfax, VA
November 29, 2008*
4:00 pm 		Ohio W 74–65  5–1
  15 – Long, Smith   9 – Monroe   5 – Long  Patriot Center (5,159)
Fairfax, VA
December 1, 2008*
7:00 pm, MASN 		at Liberty L 66–69 OT 5–2
  18 – Long   13 – Monroe   6 – Vaughan  Vines Center (4,172)
Lynchburg, VA
December 6, 2008
4:30 pm, CN8 		at Drexel W 56–55  6–2
(1–0) 		 9 – Monroe   5 – Monroe   5 – Monroe  Daskalakis Athletic Center (1,406)
Philadelphia, PA
December 19, 2008*
7:00 pm, MASN 		Radford W 67–55  7–2
  21 – Long   6 – Long   5 – Long  Patriot Center (5,164)
Fairfax, VA
December 22, 2008*
7:00 pm 		Tulane W 60–52  8–2
  16 – Vaughan   13 – Pearson   5 – Long  Patriot Center (4,508)
Fairfax, VA
December 30, 2008*
7:00 pm, MASN 		at Dayton L 62–66  8–3
  22 – Smith   7 – Smith   4 – Long  University of Dayton Arena (13,107)
Dayton, OH
<span style="background-color:#006633;color:#FFCC33;box-shadow:">CAA regular season</span>
January 3, 2009
7:00 pm, MASN 		UNC-Wilmington W 101–60  9–3
(2–0) 		 20 – Vaughan   8 – Monroe   5 – Long, Vaughan  Patriot Center (8,010)
Fairfax, VA
January 5, 2009
5:00 pm, Fios 1 		Georgia State W 58–52  10–3
(3–0) 		 18 – Long   11 – Monroe   3 – Long  Patriot Center (3,841)
Fairfax, VA
January 7, 2009
7:00 pm 		at Towson W 71–59  11–3
(4–0) 		 16 – Monroe   10 – Monroe   5 – Smith  Towson Center (1,507)
Towson, MD
January 10, 2009
2:00 pm, Comcast Sportsnet 		Old Dominion W 61–53  12–3
(5–0) 		 14 – Monroe   14 – Monroe   5 – Vaughan  Patriot Center (6,626)
Fairfax, VA
January 14, 2009
7:00 pm 		at William & Mary W 61–57  13–3
(6–0) 		 14 – Smith   9 – Monroe   4 – Long  Kaplan Arena (2,283)
Williamsburg, VA
January 17, 2009
2:00 pm, CN8 		James Madison W 71–57  14–3
(7–0) 		 15 – Birdsong   11 – Monroe   4 – Monroe  Patriot Center (8,665)
Fairfax, VA
January 21, 2009
7:00 pm, MASN 		at Northeastern L 57–58  14–4
(7–1) 		 19 – Vaughan   4 – Birdsong, Long, Monroe   3 – Long  Matthews Arena (2,300)
Boston
January 24, 2009
4:00 pm, ESPN2 		at VCU L 71–76  14–5
(7–2) 		 24 – Long   7 – Pearson   4 – Long  Stuart C. Siegel Center (7,594)
Richmond, VA
January 27, 2009
7:00 pm, CN8 		Delaware W 78–55  15–5
(8–2) 		 14 – Morrison, Smith   10 – Long   6 – Long  Patriot Center (4,845)
Fairfax, VA
January 31, 2009
7:00 pm, Comcast 		at Old Dominion L 71–73  15–6
(8–3) 		 18 – Pearson   7 – Vaughan   7 – Monroe  Ted Constant Convocation Center (8,424)
Norfolk, VA
February 3, 2009
7:00 pm, ESPNU 		Hofstra W 78–54  16–6
(9–3) 		 16 – Pearson, Vaughan   7 – Long, Vaughan   4 – Cornelius  Patriot Center (5,067)
Fairfax, VA
February 7, 2009
2:00 pm, Comcast 		at James Madison L 66–68  16–7
(9–4) 		 19 – Vaughan   6 – Birdsong, Long   4 – Monroe  Convocation Center (5,470)
Harrisonburg, VA
February 12, 2009
7:00 pm, ESPNU 		at Delaware W 58–6  16–8
(9–5) 		 27 – Monroe   11 – Monroe   2 – Birdsong, Monroe  Patriot Center (3,062)
Fairfax, VA
February 14, 2009
12:00 pm, Comcast 		Northeastern
Homecoming 		W 64–53  17–8
(10–5) 		 16 – Vaughan   10 – Long   3 – Vaughan  Patriot Center (9,840)
Fairfax, VA
February 18, 2009
7:00 pm, Fios 1 		Drexel W 49–48  18–8
(11–5) 		 15 – Monroe   9 – Monroe   2 – Long  Patriot Center (5,579)
Fairfax, VA
February 21, 2009*
9:30 pm, ESPNU 		at Creighton
ESPN Bracket Busters 		L 63–76  18–9
  23 – Long   10 – Monroe   6 – Monroe  Qwest Center Omaha (17,411)
Omaha, NE
February 25, 2009
7:00 pm, MASN 		at UNC-Wilmington W 53–52  19–9
(12–5) 		 13 – Smith   11 – Vaughan   4 – Long  Trask Coliseum (3,625)
Wilmington, NC
February 28, 2009
8:00 pm, MASN 		Towson W 71–59  20–9
(13–5) 		 13 – Monroe, Smith   9 – Monroe   2 – Long, Monroe, Vaughan  Patriot Center (9,840)
Fairfax, VA
<span style="background-color:#006633;color:#FFCC33;box-shadow:">CAA tournament</span>
March 7, 2009
6:00 pm, Comcast 		(2) vs. (7) James Madison
Quarterfinals 		W 61–53  21–9
  12 – Monroe, Long   9 – Birdsong   3 – Vaughan  Richmond Coliseum (N/A)
Richmond, VA
March 8, 2009
5:30 pm, Comcast 		(2) vs. (11) Towson
Semifinals 		W 56–48  22–9
  15 – Monroe   9 – Birdsong   5 – Long  Richmond Coliseum (7,925)
Richmond, VA
March 9, 2009
7:00 pm, ESPN2 		(2) vs. (1) VCU
Championship 		L 50–71  22–10
  23 – Smith   6 – Long   3 – Long  Richmond Coliseum (11,200)
Richmond, VA
National Invitation tournament
March 17, 2009
8:00 pm, ESPNU 		(7) at (2) Penn State
First Round, No. 2 vs No. 7 		L 73–77 OT 22–11
  16 – Long   8 – Morrison   4 – Long  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 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:
2/5 stars   Rivals:
2/5 stars   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 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:
3/5 stars   Rivals:
3/5 stars   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 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:
2/5 stars   Rivals:
3/5 stars   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 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:
3/5 stars   Rivals:
3/5 stars   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 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:
2/5 stars   Rivals:
2/5 stars   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 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:
3/5 stars   Rivals:
3/5 stars   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 February 9, 2009.
  • "2009 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved February 9, 2009.

References

  1. ^ "Vaughan Released From Hospital After Suffering Concussion :: Senior will return to Fairfax on Thursday to be reevaluated by team physician". Archived from the original on January 25, 2009. Retrieved January 23, 2009.
  2. ^ "Moldoveanu to Leave Mason; Will Transfer or Pursue Professional Career :: Sophomore forward played in 31 games as a freshman". Archived from the original on January 1, 2009. Retrieved December 29, 2008.
  3. ^ "Men's Basketball Picks Up Program's 600th Win Behind Freshman's Double-Double :: Pearson has 12 points and 13 rebounds in Mason's win over Tulane". Archived from the original on December 26, 2008. Retrieved December 31, 2008.
  4. ^ "2008–09 Schedule Archived 2008-10-07 at the Wayback Machine." gomason.com. Retrieved on October 7, 2008.
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