The 2018–19 George Mason Patriots Men's basketball team represented George Mason University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The season marked the 53rd for the program, the fourth under head coach Dave Paulsen, and the sixth as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. The Patriots played their home games at EagleBank Arena in Fairfax, Virginia. They finished the season 18-15, 11-7 in A-10 Play to finish in 5th place. They defeated George Washington in the second round of the A-10 tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to St. Bonaventure.
Previous season They finished last season 16–17, 9–9 in A-10 play to finish in a four-way tie for fifth place. As the No. 5 seed in the A-10 tournament, they defeated Massachusetts in the second round before losing to Saint Joseph's in the quarterfinals.
Offseason 2018 recruiting class
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Preseason From July 31 to August 8, the men's basketball team toured Spain, visiting Madrid, Valencia and Barcelona among other cities. As part of the trip, the team played three games against Spanish semi-professional teams. The Patriots won games against Club Baloncesto Alcobendas and the Mataro All-Stars and lost to Baloncesto CP La Roda.
Honors and awards
Atlantic 10 Player of the Week Otis Livingston II - Dec. 3 Justin Kier - Jan. 14 Justin Kier - Jan. 21
Atlantic 10 All-Conference 2nd Team Justin Kier
Atlantic 10 Most Improved Player Justin Kier
Roster
Player statistics Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Justin Kier 32 30 34.8 .474 .373 .762 6.5 2.6 1.6 0.3 14.3 Otis Livingston II 32 32 33.0 .394 .317 .873 2.2 4.1 1.0 0.0 13.1 Jordan Miller 16 15 29.4 .607 .313 .644 7.0 0.6 0.9 0.8 10.3 Jaire Grayer 7 7 22.3 .412 .405 .650 3.6 1.3 0.3 0.4 10.0 Javon Greene 32 27 28.5 .454 .315 .915 4.9 1.2 1.3 0.3 9.6 Jarred Reuter 32 30 18.6 .469 .000 .667 4.3 1.5 0.3 0.2 7.6 Ian Boyd 30 1 16.7 .445 .338 .636 2.1 2.3 0.7 0.6 5.4 Greg Calixte 29 2 14.0 .615 .000 .404 4.5 0.2 0.2 0.4 4.5 A.J. Wilson 29 0 11.2 .512 .000 .571 2.7 0.1 0.7 1.3 3.9 Goanar Mar 18 15 21.6 .286 .233 .600 2.5 0.7 0.4 0.3 3.1 Jamal Hartwell II 30 1 10.6 .369 .469 .625 0.5 0.7 0.1 0.0 3.0 Jason Douglas-Stanley 22 0 9.1 .237 .255 .750 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.0 2.0 Jack Tempchin 7 0 0.9 .500 .000 .000 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 Nick DiClementi 5 0 0.8 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=12 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=12 style=|A-10 regular season
!colspan=12 style=|A-10 tournament
See also 2018–19 George Mason Patriots women's basketball team
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