2025–26 George Mason Patriots men's basketball team

2025–26 George Mason Patriots men's basketball
2025–26 George Mason Patriots men's basketball
Sunshine Slam Beach Bracket champions
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
Record	21–5 (9–4 A–10)
Head coach	Tony Skinn (3rd season);
Associate head coach	Steve Curran
Assistant coaches	Louis Hinnant; Andy Fox; Mark Bialkoski;
Home arena	EagleBank Arena

2025–26 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 18 Saint Louis	12	–	0	1.000	24	–	1	.960
VCU	11	–	2	.846	20	–	6	.769
George Mason	9	–	4	.692	21	–	5	.808
Dayton	7	–	5	.583	16	–	9	.640
Duquesne	7	–	5	.583	15	–	10	.600
Saint Joseph's	7	–	5	.583	15	–	10	.600
Davidson	6	–	6	.500	15	–	10	.600
George Washington	6	–	7	.462	15	–	11	.577
Rhode Island	5	–	7	.417	14	–	11	.560
Fordham	5	–	8	.385	14	–	12	.538
Richmond	4	–	9	.308	14	–	12	.538
St. Bonaventure	3	–	9	.250	14	–	11	.560
La Salle	3	–	9	.250	7	–	18	.280
Loyola Chicago	2	–	11	.154	6	–	20	.231

† 2026 A-10 tournament winner As of February 15, 2026 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2025–26 George Mason Patriots Men's basketball team represents George Mason University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The season is the 60th for the program, the third under head coach Tony Skinn, and the thirteenth as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10). The Patriots play their home games at EagleBank Arena in Fairfax, Virginia.

Previous season

The Patriots finished the previous season 27–9, 15–3 in A-10 play, to finish tied for first place. They lost to VCU in the finals of the A-10 tournament. Their season ended with a second round loss in the 2025 National Invitation Tournament.

Offseason

Departures

Name	Pos.	Year	Notes
Zach Anderson	F	Senior	Graduated
Austin Ball	F	Sophomore	Transferred to Eastern Kentucky
Justin Begg	G	Freshman	Transferred to Sam Houston
Jared Billups	G	Senior	Graduated
Bryson Cokley	G	Freshman	Transferred to Elon
Giovanni Emejuru	F	Junior	Transferred to East Carolina
Jalen Haynes	F	Junior	Transferred to Cincinnati
K. D. Johnson	G	Senior	Graduated
Darius Maddox	G	Senior	Graduated
Woody Newton	F	Senior	Graduated
Jeremiah Quigley	G	Sophomore	Transferred to Binghamton

Arrivals

Name	Pos.	Year	Notes
Dola Adebayo	F	Junior	Transferred from Mount St. Mary's
Riley Allenspach	C	Sophomore	Transferred from Samford
Nick Ellington	C	Junior	Transferred from Murray State
Fatt Hill	G	Junior	Transferred from Ball State
Jahari Long	G	Junior	Transferred from Maryland
Kory Mincy	G	Sophomore	Transferred from Presbyterian
Malik Presley	F	Sophomore	Transferred from Texas
Masai Troutman	G	Junior	Transferred from Northeastern

Source^[1]

Honors and awards

Roster

2025–26 George Mason Patriots men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Masai Troutman	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sr	Northeastern	Frederick, MD
G	1	Brayden O’Connor	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	212 lb (96 kg)	Sr	UMass Lowell	Ottawa, Ontario
G	2	Jahari Long	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	GS	Maryland	Houston, TX
G	3	Kory Mincy	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Jr	Presbyterian	East Point, GA
F	4	Dola Adebayo	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	GS	Mount St. Mary's	Fort Myers, FL
G	5	Fatt Hill	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr	Ball State	Bessemer, AL
G	7	Isaiah Skinn	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Fr	Edison High School	Alexandria, VA
F	9	Stas Sivka	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	So	BC Rogaska	Celje, Slovenia
F	10	Emmanuel Kanga	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Fr	Mt. Zion Prep	Libreville, Gabon
G	11	Devin Booker	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Cristo Rey Jesuit	Philadelphia, PA
G	12	Ben Woodward	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jr	John Champe HS	Ashburn, VA
G/F	13	Malik Presley	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jr	San Marcos HS	San Marcos, TX
G	14	T.J. Prosise	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	Life Christian Academy	Chesterfield, VA
F	23	Nick Ellington	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	GS	Murray State	St. Louis, MO
F	31	Ryan-Preson Mendy	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Fr	Joliot Curie Comprehensive School	Nanterre, France
F/C	35	Riley Allenspach	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	Jr	Samford	Charlotte, NC

Head coach

Tony Skinn (George Mason)

Assistant coach(es)

Steve Curran (Merrimack)
Louis Hinnant (Boston College)
Andy Fox (Cornell (Iowa))
Mark Bialkoski (Georgia Southern)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: October 20, 2025

Player statistics

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Kory Mincy	16	15	35.2	.478	.420	.930	3.7	3.5	1.2	0.1	17.1
Riley Allenspach	16	16	23.6	.578	.273	.649	5.9	0.9	0.4	0.2	12.6
Jahari Long	16	16	32.3	.469	.458	.806	3.4	3.7	0.4	0.2	11.1
Fatt Hill	10	0	20.8	.525	.250	.696	3.7	1.4	1.0	0.2	10.5
Masai Troutman	14	5	20.8	.391	.333	.825	4.1	1.6	0.6	0.3	9.9
Malik Presley	16	15	23.6	.537	.375	.462	2.3	1.3	0.8	0.4	5.6
Emmanuel Kanga	15	0	11.5	.639	.000	.522	4.9	0.3	0.2	0.8	4.7
Nick Ellington	16	0	12.4	.500	.000	.652	2.8	0.3	0.3	0.8	4.6
Dola Adebayo	13	12	14.5	.365	.294	.800	3.2	0.7	0.9	0.5	4.5
Brayden O'Connor	1	1	15.0	.250	.000	.000	3.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	4.0
Stas Sivka	14	0	9.4	.423	.400	.900	1.4	0.4	0.2	0.2	2.6
Devin Booker	11	0	6.8	.364	.167	.444	0.7	0.1	0.0	0.1	2.0
T.J. Prosise	4	0	1.8	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0
Ben Woodward	4	0	1.8	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 25, 2025* 2:00 p.m.	Alfred	W 74–41	–	13 – O'Connor	7 – Mincy	4 – Tied	EagleBank Arena (1,630) Fairfax, VA
Non-conference regular season
November 3, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Wofford	W 70–46	1–0	18 – Mincy	6 – Troutman	6 – Mincy	EagleBank Arena (3,009) Fairfax, VA
November 7, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Winthrop	W 96–90	2–0	29 – Mincy	8 – Long	4 – Long	EagleBank Arena (2,933) Fairfax, VA
November 11, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Catawba	W 86–62	3–0	25 – Long	5 – Tied	3 – Tied	EagleBank Arena (2,481) Fairfax, VA
November 15, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	New Hampshire	W 61–44	4–0	14 – Adebayo	11 – Allenspach	3 – Troutman	EagleBank Arena (2,505) Fairfax, VA
November 18, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Jacksonville Sunshine Slam campus game	W 79–57	5–0	20 – Troutman	5 – Tied	5 – Long	EagleBank Arena (2,578) Fairfax, VA
November 24, 2025* 6:00 p.m., CBSSN	vs. Ohio Sunshine Slam Beach Bracket semifinals	W 92–69	6–0	22 – Mincy	9 – Hill	8 – Long	Ocean Center Daytona Beach, FL
November 25, 2025* 7:30 p.m., CBSSN	vs. Florida Atlantic Sunshine Slam Beach Bracket championship game	W 74–65	7–0	22 – Mincy	9 – Allenspach	5 – Mincy	Ocean Center (1,078) Daytona Beach, FL
November 29, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	James Madison	W 82–66	8–0	25 – Mincy	9 – Allenspach	5 – Long	EagleBank Arena (5,262) Fairfax, VA
December 2, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Cornell	W 99–81	9–0	17 – Presley	7 – Tied	4 – Tied	EagleBank Arena (3,633) Fairfax, VA
December 6, 2025* 3:00 p.m., ACCNX	at Virginia Tech	L 62–73	9–1	16 – Mincy	9 – Kanga	8 – Mincy	Cassell Coliseum (6,463) Blacksburg, VA
December 13, 2025* 12:30 p.m., USA	Old Dominion	W 73–61	10–1	26 – Allenspach	6 – Tied	4 – Long	EagleBank Arena (4,433) Fairfax, VA
December 21, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Loyola (MD)	W 86–79	11–1	26 – Mincy	6 – Tied	5 – Long	EagleBank Arena (2,721) Fairfax, VA
December 28, 2025* 5:00 p.m., ESPN+	Penn	W 83–79	12–1	18 – Hill	11 – Ellington	5 – Long	EagleBank Arena (3,860) Fairfax, VA
Atlantic 10 regular season
December 31, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at La Salle	W 80–75	13–1 (1–0)	21 – Mincy	8 – Kanga	4 – Mincy	John Glaser Arena (1,032) Philadelphia, PA
January 3, 2026 4:00 p.m., USA	Rhode Island	W 61–50	14–1 (2–0)	17 – Sivka	6 – Tied	4 – Mincy	EagleBank Arena (4,086) Fairfax, VA
January 7, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Fordham	W 67–58	15–1 (3–0)	18 – Allenspach	8 – Troutman	7 – Long	Rose Hill Gymnasium (577) Bronx, NY
January 10, 2026 12:00 p.m., ESPNU	VCU Rivalry	W 86–80	16–1 (4–0)	16 – Hill	6 – Kanga	5 – Tied	EagleBank Arena (6,370) Fairfax, VA
January 13, 2026 7:00 p.m., CBSSN	at Loyola Chicago	W 82–74	17–1 (5–0)	23 – Allenspach	5 – Tied	5 – Hill	Gentile Arena (2,405) Chicago, IL
January 19, 2026 5:00 p.m., CBSSN	George Washington Revolutionary Rivalry	W 69–64	18–1 (6–0)	18 – Allenspach	12 – Allenspach	5 – Long	EagleBank Arena (6,434) Fairfax, VA
January 24, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Rhode Island	L 65–74	18–2 (6–1)	19 – Mincy	6 – Mincy	2 – Tied	Ryan Center (4,487) Kingston, RI
January 28, 2026 7:00 p.m., CBSSN	Davidson	W 60–52	19–2 (7–1)	19 – Mincy	7 – Ellington	5 – Mincy	EagleBank Arena (3,604) Fairfax, VA
January 31, 2026 6:30 p.m., USA	at St. Bonaventure	W 77–73	20–2 (8–1)	22 – Mincy	8 – Allenspach	9 – Long	Reilly Center (4,338) St. Bonaventure, NY
February 4, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Duquesne	L 65–71	20–3 (8–2)	18 – Allenspach	7 – Allenspach	3 – Tied	EagleBank Arena (3,108) Fairfax, VA
February 7, 2026 4:00 p.m., ESPN+	Saint Joseph's Homecoming	W 60–52	21–3 (9–2)	20 – Long	7 – Allenspach	3 – Tied	EagleBank Arena (7,335) Fairfax, VA
February 10, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Richmond	L 70–82	21–4 (9–3)	23 – Hill	8 – Tied	4 – Long	Robins Center (4,282) Richmond, VA
February 13, 2026 7:00 p.m., CBSSN	at George Washington Revolutionary Rivalry	L 53–72	21–5 (9–4)	15 – Troutman	5 – Troutman	5 – Hill	Charles E. Smith Center (3,694) Washington, D.C.
February 18, 2026 7:00 p.m., CBSSN	Dayton						EagleBank Arena Fairfax, VA
February 25, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Saint Joseph's						Hagan Arena Philadelphia, PA
February 28, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	St. Bonaventure						EagleBank Arena Fairfax, VA
March 3, 2026 7:00 p.m., CBSSN	at VCU						Siegel Center Richmond, VA
March 7, 2026 4:00 p.m., USA	Saint Louis						EagleBank Arena Fairfax, VA
A-10 tournament
March 11–15, 2025 TBD	vs.						PPG Paints Arena Pittsburgh, PA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source^[2]

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP ^[3]	—	—	—	—	RV	—	—	—	—*	—	RV	RV	—	RV	—
Coaches	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RV	—	—	—

*AP did not release a week 8 poll.

References

^ "Verbal Commits". verbalcommits.com. Retrieved October 17, 2025.
^ "2025-26 George Mason Patriots Schedule". gomason.com. Retrieved October 17, 2025.
^ "AP Top 25 Men's College Basketball Poll". AP News. Retrieved October 14, 2025.

[1] "Verbal Commits". verbalcommits.com. Retrieved October 17, 2025.

[2] "2025-26 George Mason Patriots Schedule". gomason.com. Retrieved October 17, 2025.

[3] "AP Top 25 Men's College Basketball Poll". AP News. Retrieved October 14, 2025.

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George Mason Patriots men's basketball
Venues	EagleBank Arena (1985–present)
Rivalries	George Washington VCU
Culture & lore	History
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
NCAA Final Four appearance in italics