2008–09 George Mason Patriots men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2008–09 George Mason Patriots George Mason Patriots wordmark.svg Colonial Athletic Association CAA 22–11 13–5 Jim Larranaga Eric Konkol Chris Caputo Michael Huger Patriot Center NIT 1st Round vs. Penn State, L, 77–73 OT 1 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.http://gomason.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/012209aaa.html Vaughan Released From Hospital After Suffering Concussion :: Senior will return to Fairfax on Thursday to be reevaluated by team physician 2009-01-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20090125010346/http://gomason.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/012209aaa.html 2009-01-25 dead On December 27, 2008, it was announced that sophomore forward Vlad Moldoveanu will be released from his basketball commitment. He enrolled at American University.http://gomason.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/122908aaa.html Moldoveanu to Leave Mason; Will Transfer or Pursue Professional Career :: Sophomore forward played in 31 games as a freshman 2008-12-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20090101022016/http://gomason.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/122908aaa.html 2009-01-01 dead On December 22, 2008, the George Mason men's basketball team won their 600th game in the history of the program.http://gomason.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/122208aaa.html 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 2008-12-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20081226151518/http://gomason.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/122208aaa.html 2008-12-26 dead 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 George Mason Patriots y y Louis Birdsong 33 F 6 6 230 JR Baltimore, MD Mount Saint Joseph’s Andre Cornelius 2 G 5 10 172 FR Charlotte, NC Victory Christian Chris Fleming 40 F 6 7 250 SR Manassas, VA Osbourn Park Kevin Foster 3 F 6 7 211 FR Lakeland, FL Kathleen Brian Henderson 5 G 6 3 195 FR Gaithersburg, Maryland Magruder Cam Long y 20 G 6 4 187 SO Palm Bay, FL Freedom Darryl Monroe 32 F 6 7 275 SR yes Virginia Beach, VA First Colonial y Mike Morrison 22 F 6 9 222 FR St. Petersburg, FL Lakewood Jimmy Nolan 10 G 6 0 170 FR Plantation, FL Archbishop McCarthy Ryan Pearson basketball 24 F 6 6 230 FR Far Rockaway, NY Christ the King y Dre Smith 1 G 6 0 185 SR Houston, TX Lamar Isaiah Tate 13 G 6 4 214 SO Upper Marlboro, MD DeMatha John Vaughn 23 F 6 3 179 SR yes Laurel, MD Laurel Jim Larranaga (Providence) Eric Konkol (Wisconsin-Eau Claire) Michael Huger (Bowling Green) Chris Caputo (Westfield) https://web.archive.org/web/20120204165804/http://gomason.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/gema-m-baskbl-mtt.html 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 yes yes yes yes |- !colspan=12 style=George Mason Patriots| Non-conference regular season November 15, 2008 1:00pm yes yes 2008–09 Vermont Catamounts University of Vermont Vermont Patrick Gymnasium Burlington, VT 80–79 OT 1–0 Monroe 19 Monroe 17 Cornelius 5 3,266 November 17, 2008 7:00pm yes 2008–09 Brown Bears Brown University Brown Patriot Center Fairfax, VA 89–52 2–0 Morrison 15 Moldoveanu 8 Cornelius 4 5,469 November 20, 2008 7:00pm yes yes 2008–09 Hampton Pirates Hampton University Hampton Convocation Center Hampton, VA 44–50 2–1 Birdsong 15 Monroe 11 Tied (4) 1 2,147 November 22, 2008 4:30pm yes yes 2008–09 East Carolina Pirates East Carolina University East Carolina Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum Greenville, NC 77–71 3–1 Cornelius 19 Monroe 9 Long 6 4,781 November 25, 2008 7:00pm yes 2008–09 Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers Mount St. Mary's University Mount St. Mary's Patriot Center Fairfax, VA MASN 72–60 4–1 Vaughan 22 Birdsong, Monroe 8 Birdsong, Monroe, Smith 3 5,512 November 29, 2008 4:00pm yes Ohio Patriot Center Fairfax, VA 74–65 5–1 Long, Smith 15 Monroe 9 Long 5 5,159 December 1, 2008 7:00pm yes yes 2008–09 Liberty Flames Liberty University Liberty Vines Center Lynchburg, VA MASN 66–69 OT 5–2 Long 18 Monroe 13 Vaughan 6 4,172 December 6, 2008 4:30pm yes Drexel Daskalakis Athletic Center Philadelphia, PA CN8 56–55 6–2 1–0 Monroe 9 Monroe 5 Monroe 5 1,406 December 19, 2008 7:00pm yes Radford Patriot Center Fairfax, VA MASN 67–55 7–2 Long 21 Long 6 Long 5 5,164 December 22, 2008 7:00pm yes 2008–09 Tulane Green Wave Tulane University Tulane Patriot Center Fairfax, VA 60–52 8–2 Vaughan 16 Pearson 13 Long 5 4,508 December 30, 2008 7:00pm yes yes 2008–09 University of Dayton Flyers University of Dayton Dayton University of Dayton Arena Dayton, OH MASN 62–66 8–3 Smith 22 Smith 7 Long 4 13,107 |- !colspan=12 style=George Mason Patriots|CAA regular season January 3, 2009 7:00pm 2008–09 UNC-Wilmington Seahawks UNC-Wilmington UNC-Wilmington Patriot Center Fairfax, VA MASN 101–60 9–3 2–0 Vaughan 20 Monroe 8 Long, Vaughan 5 8,010 January 5, 2009 5:00pm 2008–09 Georgia State Panthers Georgia State University Georgia State Patriot Center Fairfax, VA Fios 1 58–52 10–3 3–0 Long 18 Monroe 11 Long 3 3,841 January 7, 2009 7:00pm yes 2008–09 Towson Tigers Towson University Towson Towson Center Towson, MD 71–59 11–3 4–0 Monroe 16 Monroe 10 Smith 5 1,507 January 10, 2009 2:00pm Old Dominion Patriot Center Fairfax, VA Comcast Sportsnet 61–53 12–3 5–0 Monroe 14 Monroe 14 Vaughan 5 6,626 January 14, 2009 7:00pm yes William & Mary Kaplan Arena Williamsburg, VA 61–57 13–3 6–0 Smith 14 Monroe 9 Long 4 2,283 January 17, 2009 2:00pm 2008–09 James Madison Dukes James Madison University James Madison Patriot Center Fairfax, VA CN8 71–57 14–3 7–0 Birdsong 15 Monroe 11 Monroe 4 8,665 January 21, 2009 7:00pm yes 2008–09 Northeastern Huskies Northeastern University Northeastern Matthews Arena Boston MASN 57–58 14–4 7–1 Vaughan 19 Birdsong, Long, Monroe 4 Long 3 2,300 January 24, 2009 4:00pm yes VCU Stuart C. Siegel Center Richmond, VA ESPN2 71–76 14–5 7–2 Long 24 Pearson 7 Long 4 7,594 January 27, 2009 7:00pm 2008–09 Delaware Blue Hens University of Delaware Delaware Patriot Center Fairfax, VA CN8 78–55 15–5 8–2 Morrison, Smith 14 Long 10 Long 6 4,845 January 31, 2009 7:00pm yes Old Dominion Ted Constant Convocation Center Norfolk, VA Comcast 71–73 15–6 8–3 Pearson 18 Vaughan 7 Monroe 7 8,424 February 3, 2009 7:00pm 2008–09 Hofstra Pride Hofstra University Hofstra Patriot Center Fairfax, VA ESPNU 78–54 16–6 9–3 Pearson, Vaughan 16 Long, Vaughan 7 Cornelius 4 5,067 February 7, 2009 2:00pm yes 2008–09 James Madison Dukes James Madison University James Madison Convocation Center Harrisonburg, VA Comcast 66–68 16–7 9–4 Vaughan 19 Birdsong, Long 6 Monroe 4 5,470 February 12, 2009 7:00pm yes 2008–09 Delaware Blue Hens University of Delaware Delaware Patriot Center Fairfax, VA ESPNU 58–6 16–8 9–5 Monroe 27 Monroe 11 Birdsong, Monroe 2 3,062 February 14, 2009 12:00pm 2008–09 Northeastern Huskies Northeastern University Northeastern Patriot Center Fairfax, VA Homecoming Comcast 64–53 17–8 10–5 Vaughan 16 Long 10 Vaughan 3 9,840 February 18, 2009 7:00pm Drexel Patriot Center Fairfax, VA Fios 1 49–48 18–8 11–5 Monroe 15 Monroe 9 Long 2 5,579 February 21, 2009 9:30pm yes yes 2008–09 Creighton Bluejays Creighton University Creighton Qwest Center Omaha Omaha, NE ESPN Bracket Busters ESPNU 63–76 18–9 Long 23 Monroe 10 Monroe 6 17,411 February 25, 2009 7:00pm yes 2008–09 UNC-Wilmington Seahawks UNC-Wilmington UNC-Wilmington Trask Coliseum Wilmington, NC MASN 53–52 19–9 12–5 Smith 13 Vaughan 11 Long 4 3,625 February 28, 2009 8:00pm 2008–09 Towson Tigers Towson University Towson Patriot Center Fairfax, VA MASN 71–59 20–9 13–5 Monroe, Smith 13 Monroe 9 Long, Monroe, Vaughan 2 9,840 |- !colspan=12 style=George Mason Patriots|CAA tournament March 7, 2009 6:00pm 2 yes James Madison 7 Richmond Coliseum Richmond, VA Quarterfinals Comcast 61–53 21–9 Monroe, Long 12 Birdsong 9 Vaughan 3 N/A March 8, 2009 5:30pm 2 yes Towson 11 Richmond Coliseum Richmond, VA Semifinals Comcast 56–48 22–9 Monroe 15 Birdsong 9 Long 5 7,925 March 9, 2009 7:00pm 2 yes VCU 1 Richmond Coliseum Richmond, VA Championship ESPN2 50–71 22–10 Smith 23 Long 6 Long 3 11,200 |- !colspan=12 style=George Mason Patriots|National Invitation tournament March 17, 2009 8:00pm yes 7 Penn State 2 Bryce Jordan Center State College, PA First Round, No. 2 vs No. 7 ESPNU 73–77 OT 22–11 Long 16 Morrison 8 Long 4 5,549 Eastern Time"2008–09 Schedule https://web.archive.org/web/20081007010512/http://gomason.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/gema-m-baskbl-sched.html 2008-10-07 ." gomason.com. Retrieved on October 7, 2008. Recruiting The following is a list of players signed for the 2009–10 season: no no 2009 Rashaad Whack SG Forestville, Maryland Bishop McNamara 6 2 170 09/06/2008 2 2 86 Paris Bennett SF Elizabeth, New Jersey St. Patrick's 6 6 190 09/21/2008 3 3 85 Vertrail Vaughns PG Mesquite, Texas Mesquite 6 2 185 09/28/2008 2 3 85 Johnnie Williams PF Memphis, Tennessee Briarcrest Christian 6 8 205 10/19/2008 3 3 89 Luke Hancock SF Chatham, Virginia Hargrove Military Academy 6 5 175 10/19/2008 2 2 86 Sherrod Wright SG Mount Vernon, New York Mount Vernon 6 4 190 04/17/2009 3 3 89 2009 George Mason Basketball Commitments 2009 George Mason Basketball Commits ESPN 2244 2009-02-09 yes References George Mason George Mason Category:George Mason Patriots men's basketball seasons George Mason George Mason