The 2022–23 George Mason Patriots Men's basketball team represented George Mason University during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The season was the 57th for the program, the second under head coach Kim English, and the tenth as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10). The Patriots played their home games at EagleBank Arena in Fairfax, Virginia. They finished the season 20–13, 11–7 in A-10 play, to finish in fifth place. This was the first season since 2017 that the Patriots finished the season with at least 20 wins. They defeated Richmond in the second round of the A-10 tournament before losing to Saint Louis.

On March 23, 2023, head coach Kim English left the school to take the head coaching job at Providence. On March 30, the school named Maryland assistant coach Tony Skinn the team's new head coach.

Previous season In Kim English's first season as head coach, the Patriots finished the 2021–22 season 14–16, 7–9 in A-10 play, to finish in ninth place. Their season ended with a loss to Fordham in the second round of the A-10 tournament.

Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Blake Buchanan 22 G 6'5" 205 Grad Senior Durham, NC Graduated Otis Frazier 5 F 6'6" 212 Junior Buckeye, AZ Transferred to UTEP Jamal Hartwell II 10 G 5'10" 155 Grad Senior Inglewood, CA Transferred to UC Riverside TJ Gadsden 32 G/F 6'7" 192 Freshman New York, NY Transferred to Canisius Mike Gray 11 G 6'1" 160 Sophomore Fredericksburg, VA Xavier Johnson 2 G 6'1" 186 Senior Germantown, MD Transferred to Southern Illinois Joel Kabimba 33 F 6'8" 210 Freshman Kinshasa, Congo Transferred to Bryant Sam Shelton 4 G 6'1" 210 Freshman Sterling, VA D'Shawn Schwartz 15 G/F 6'7" 232 Grad Senior Colorado Springs, CO Graduated

Arrivals Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Victor Bailey Jr. G 6'4" 182 RS Junior Austin, TX Transferred from Tennessee Devin Dinkins G 5'10" 155 Freshman Washington, D.C. Justyn Fernandez G/F 6'5" 200 Freshman Richmond, VA Peter Oduro F 6'9" 224 Freshman Gainesville, VA Andrei O'Grady- CookG5'10"155RS FreshmanAlexandria, VATransferred from Saint Vincent Saquan Singleton G 6'6" 190 RS Junior The Bronx, NY Transferred from New Mexico

Honors and awards All Atlantic 10 First Team Josh Oduro

Atlantic 10 Player of the Week Josh Oduro – January 16 Josh Oduro – February 20

Roster

Player statistics Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Josh Oduro 33 33 29.1 .551 .233 .616 7.9 2.6 0.8 0.9 15.6 Victor Bailey Jr. 24 20 31.7 .449 .470 .804 3.2 1.6 0.4 0.2 11.8 Ronald Polite III 30 28 31.8 .441 .364 .790 3.2 4.0 1.0 0.3 11.5 DeVon Cooper 33 33 33.3 .362 .333 .782 4.0 2.7 0.8 0.1 10.2 Davonte Gaines 23 23 27.0 .382 .343 .744 6.1 1.2 0.6 0.3 7.3 Ginika Ojiako 33 5 10.5 .580 .000 .639 2.5 0.1 0.1 0.4 4.2 Justyn Fernandez 33 13 14.1 .370 .338 .563 1.9 0.5 0.3 0.1 4.1 Malik Henry 32 4 11.4 .621 .000 .434 2.7 0.1 0.3 0.4 4.1 Saquan Singleton 32 2 16.0 .457 .000 .370 2.8 1.1 0.6 0.4 3.3 Devin Dinkins 31 4 11.4 .350 .333 .742 0.6 0.8 0.3 0.0 3.1 Kam Johnson 3 0 3.7 .200 .000 .000 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.7 Elvis Nnaji 13 0 4.0 .273 .000 .000 0.9 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.5 Blake Jones 23 0 6.0 .176 .231 .000 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.4 Peter Oduro 7 0 1.6 .000 .000 .000 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 Chase Tucker 2 0 1.5 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Andrei O'Grady-Cook 0 0 0.0 .000 .000 .0000.00.00.00.00.0

Schedule and results

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!colspan=12 style=| A-10 regular season

!colspan=12 style=| A-10 tournament

Source

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