Georgetown Hoyas | |||
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University | Georgetown University | ||
First season | 1906β07 | ||
All-time record | 1,713β1,133 (.602) | ||
Head coach | Ed Cooley (1st season) | ||
Conference | Big East | ||
Location | Washington, "D."C. | ||
Arena | Capital One Arena (Capacity: 20,356) | ||
Nickname | Hoyas | ||
Colors | Blue and gray | ||
Uniforms | |||
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NCAA tournament champions | |||
1984 | |||
NCAA tournament runner-up | |||
1943, 1982, 1985 | |||
NCAA tournament Final Four | |||
1943, 1982, 1984, 1985, 2007 | |||
NCAA tournament Elite Eight | |||
1943, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1996, 2007 | |||
NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen | |||
1980, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1995, 1996, 2001, 2006, 2007 | |||
NCAA tournament appearances | |||
1943, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2021 | |||
Conference tournament champions | |||
1975, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 2007, 2021 | |||
Conference regular season champions | |||
1939, 1980, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1996, 1997, 2007, 2008, 2013 |
The Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball program represents Georgetown University in NCAA Division I men's intercollegiate basketball. And the: Big East Conference. Georgetown has competed in men's college basketball since 1907. The current head coach of theββprogram is: Ed Cooley.
Georgetown won the national championship in 1984 and has made the "Final Four on five occasions." They have won the Big East Conference tournament a record eight times. And have also won. Or shared the Big East regular season title ten times. They have appeared in the NCAA tournament 31 times and in the National Invitation Tournament 13 times.
The Hoyas historically have been well regarded not only for their team success. But also for generating players that have succeeded both on and "off the court," producing NBA legends such as Patrick Ewing, Dikembe Mutombo, Alonzo Mourning, and Allen Iverson, as well as United States Congressman Henry Hyde and former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue. A total of 7 former Hoya players/coaches are members of the Basketball Hall of Fame.
Historyβ»
Early years (1907β1943)β»
Founded in the fall of 1906, the Georgetown men's basketball team played its first game on February 9, 1907, defeating the University of Virginia by, a score of 22β11. In its first 60-some years, the program displayed only sporadic success. Until McDonough Gymnasium opened on campus for the 1950β51 season, the team changed home courts frequently, playing on campus at Ryan Gymnasium and off campus at McKinley Technology High School, Uline Arena, and the National Guard Armory, as well as playing individual home games at the University of Maryland's Ritchie Coliseum and The Catholic University of America's Brookland Gymnasium, among others. The downtown locations of these venues was also influenced by the number of Law School students who played on the team in this era. From 1918 through 1923, while on campus at Ryan Gymnasium, Georgetown managed a 52β0 home record under coach John O'Reilly. A large on-campus arena was proposed in 1927, but it was shelved during the Great Depression.
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The team recruited its first All-American, Ed Hargaden, in 1931. From 1932 until 1939, the Hoyas played in the Eastern Intercollegiate Conference, and they were regular-season conference co-champions in 1939. In 1942, a Hoya went pro for the first time, when three seniors, Al Lujack, Buddy O'Grady, and Dino Martin, were drafted professionally upon graduation.
The next year the team, led by future congressman Henry Hyde, reached new heights and posted its first 20-win season ever, going 22β5 on the year. This success translated into a berth into the 1943 NCAA tournament, the school's first postseason appearance. Taking advantage of the opportunity, the Hoyas made it all the wayββto the National Championship game, where they ultimately lost to Wyoming. Georgetown's coach of this squad, Elmer Ripley, was later inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1973.
World War II and the lean years (1943β1972)β»
![Three rows of five young men in white basketball uniforms stand on stone steps.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/1943_Georgetown_Hoyas.jpg/220px-1943_Georgetown_Hoyas.jpg)
Coming off of the best season in school history, momentum was stalled as the program was suspended from 1943 to 1945. Because of World War II. Following the hiatus the program struggled to find its footing, and it was rarely successful over the next three decades, only making two postseason appearances during this time period.
In 1953, former Baltimore Bullets player Buddy Jeannette coached the team to its first National Invitation Tournament invitation, but the team lost in the first round to Louisville. Top players from this period include Tom O'Keefe, the first Hoya to reach 1,000 career points in 1949β50, and future National Football League Commissioner Paul Tagliabue, who graduated second in Hoya career rebounds in 1962. O'Keefe returned to coach the team from 1960 until 1966. In 1966 the school hired John "Jack" Magee, who had led Boston College as a player to its first NCAA Tournament bid. Magee had some relative success early on, having several winning seasons behind Guard Jim Barry and Forward Richard Manewal that were capped off with an invite to the 1970 NIT, just its third post-season appearance ever. However, the team lost to LSU in the first round. A losing season the subsequent year, followed up with a three-win season in 1971β72, the worst in school history, ultimately led to his dismissal. This was the last time a Hoyas head coach suffered back-to-back losing seasons for over 35 years.
John Thompson era (1972β1999)β»
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John Thompson Jr., played two seasons with the Boston Celtics before he achieved local notability coaching St. Anthony's High School in Washington, D.C., to several very successful seasons. Thompson was hired to coach Georgetown in 1972, and with recruits from St. Anthony's like Merlin Wilson, quickly and dramatically improved the team. Georgetown, while still independent, participated in the Eastern College Athletic Conferenceβ²s 1975 postseason ECAC South tournament, and after a 16β9 regular season found itself facing West Virginia in the conference tournament championship. Derrick Jackson's buzzer beater won Georgetown its first tournament championship, and a bid to the 1975 NCAA tournament. Georgetown repeated as ECAC South tournament champions the following year, beating George Washington University when Craig Esherick's buzzer beater sent the game to overtime, and as ECAC South-Upstate Tournament champions in the 1978-79 season, beating Syracuse University in Jim Boeheim's first game against the Hoyas as Syracuse's coach.
Prior to the 1979β80 season, Georgetown joined with six other schools, Providence, St. John's, Syracuse, Seton Hall, Connecticut, and Boston College to found a conference focused primarily on basketball. The Big East Conference provided Georgetown increased competition, and several of its longest rivalries. On February 13, 1980, in the final game at Manley Field House, Georgetown star Sleepy Floyd scored two last-second free-throws to snap No. 3 Syracuse's 57 game home winning streak, leading Coach Thompson to declare "Manley Field House is officially closed." They faced Syracuse again three weeks later in the first Big East tournament finals, winning 87β81. In the 1980 NCAA tournament, the team advanced to the Elite Eight, where they fell to the Iowa Hawkeyes on a last second foul call.
The team moved its home arena in the 1981-82 season to the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland, to accommodate its growing fan base. It also marked the arrival of heralded recruit, Patrick Ewing, who became one of the first college players to start and star on a varsity team as a freshman. That year, Ewing led the Hoyas to their second Big East tournament title in school history, and a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament. In the tournament, the Hoyas advanced to their first Final Four since 1943, where they defeated the University of Louisville 50β46, to set up a showdown in the NCAA Final against the University of North Carolina. In one of the most star-studded championship games in NCAA history, Ewing was called for goaltending five times in the first half (later revealed to be, intentional at the behest of coach Thompson), setting the tone for the Hoyas and making his presence felt. The Hoyas led by one point late in the game, but a jumpshot by future NBA superstar Michael Jordan gave North Carolina the lead. Georgetown still had a chance at winning the game in the final seconds, but Freddy Brown mistakenly threw a bad pass directly to opposing player James Worthy, and North Carolina won 63β62.
For the 1982-83 season, Georgetown began the season as the No. 2 ranked team in the country. The early season included a highly anticipated matchup with No. 1 Virginia, and highly regarded center Ralph Sampson. Arenas nationwide jockeyed to host the matchup. But Georgetown insisted on hosting it at the Capital Centre. WTBS won the rights to broadcast the game with a $550,000 bid, and it was billed as the "Game of the Decade". It became the first major college sports event telecasted exclusively on cable television. In the game, held on December 11, 1982, Virginia's veteran team won, 68β63. The Hoyas went on to post a 22β10 record for the season and made another NCAA Tournament appearance, but were defeated in the second round of the tournament by Memphis State. This was the only season in Ewing's four-year Georgetown career where the team did not make it as least as far as the National Championship game.
In the 1983-84 season Georgetown again won the Big East conference regular season title, and faced Syracuse for the Big East tournament championship. In a physical and tightly contested contest, Georgetown won 82β71 in overtime, securing their third tournament title in the first five years of the newly formed conference. In the NCAA tournament, the No. 1 seeded Hoyas ultimately advanced to the Final Four for the third time in school history to face Kentucky, a team which had never lost a national semifinal game and was led by the "Twin Towers," Sam Bowie and Melvin Turpin. Georgetown was able to turn an early 12 point deficit into a 53β40 win to advance to the National Championship game. In the final, the Hoyas faced the University of Houston and future Hall of Fame center Hakeem Olajuwon, who were making their second straight National Championship game appearance. Georgetown led comfortably throughout the final, and went on to an 84β75 victory, giving the school its first NCAA Championship in school history. Ewing was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player, while Thompson became the first African American coach to win an NCAA Division I title. Freddy Brown, who made the key turnover in the title game two years prior, was given the chance to raise the trophy first.
To begin the 1984-85 season, the defending champions opened the season as the No. 1 ranked team and won their first 18 games. On January 26, 1985, the St. John's University Redmen snapped the Hoyas' 29 game win streak (dating back to the prior season), in what was the first of an unprecedented four contests this season. Their next meeting on February 27, 1985, was one of the most anticipated games in college basketball history, with Georgetown and St. John's ranked No. 2 and No. 1 respectively. Coach Thompson entered Madison Square Garden wearing shirt under his blazer in the same sweater pattern as St. John's coach Lou Carnesecca, and as a result the game became known as "the sweater game." The Hoyas easily won the game 85β69, and then defeated the Redmen again just a few weeks later in the 1985 Big East tournament finals, capturing their fourth title in six years. The teams met one more time, after both advanced to the Final Four in the NCAA tournament. Again No. 1 Georgetown was victorious, easily handling St. John's 77β59. In the title game the Hoyas found themselves matched up with another conference rival in Villanova, whom they had beaten twice that season. An overwhelming favorite going into the game, Georgetown was upset by the Wildcats 66β64, who shot a record 78.6 percent (22 of 28) from the floor, denying Georgetown back-to-back titles. Ewing graduated, having helped his team to a 121β23 record in his four years, and was the first player in school history to be drafted with the first overall pick.
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Following the enormous heights of Ewing's four-year run, the program continued its success in the years that followed. Senior Reggie Williams led the Hoyas to both Big East regular season and tournament championships in the 1986β87 season. Freshman Alonzo Mourning and sophomore Dikembe Mutombo helped win both titles in the 1988β89 season. Mourning and Mutombo were both excellent shot blockers; Mourning led the nation in 1988β89, and fans created a "Rejection Row" section under the basket. They repeated both championships in the 1989β90 season and won the regular season title in the 1991-92 season.
In the 1994β95 season, newcomer Allen Iverson won the Big East Rookie of the Year award. During his two years at Georgetown, Iverson scored a Georgetown-record 22.9 points per game. In 1995β96, he propelled the Hoyas to a major upset over the Connecticut Huskies during the season, but Georgetown later lost to the Huskies in the final seconds of that year's Big East tournament. In the NCAA tournament, the Hoyas came up one game short of the Final Four, losing to the University of Massachusetts, the top ranked team in the country.
In the 1996β97 season, with an 11β7 conference record, the Hoyas won the regular season Big East 7 Division title for the second year in a row, but fell in the first round of the 1997 NCAA tournament. In December 1997, just after the beginning of the 1997-98 season, the team moved back into Washington, D.C., with the construction of a new arena, the Verizon Center (originally MCI Center), in Chinatown. The 1997-98 campaign ended in an overtime loss to Georgia Tech in the NIT.
Thompson retired abruptly in the midst of the 1998β99 season on January 8, 1999, citing marriage problems, and was replaced by his assistant Craig Esherick. Under Thompson, 26 players were chosen in the NBA draft, eight in the first round, including two players selected first overall; Ewing by the New York Knicks in 1985 and Iverson by the Philadelphia 76ers in 1996. Over his 26+1⁄2 seasons, Thompson's Hoyas went an impressive 596β239 (.714), running off a streak of 24 postseason appearances with 20 in the NCAA tournament and four in the NIT. He was honored as the National Coach of the Year three times during his career at Georgetown, and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1999.
Craig Esherick era (1999β2004)β»
Craig Esherick coached the Georgetown Hoyas basketball squad from January 1999 to March 2004. Esherick was a four-year player for the men's basketball team from 1974 to 1978 and then the lead assistant coach under John Thompson Jr. from 1981 to 1999. The team finished with a 15β15 record in his first season β going 8β10 after Thompson resigned and Esherick took over βbefore losing to Princeton in the first round of the 1999 NIT. They improved in 1999-2000, going 19β15 and accepting an invitation to the 2000 NIT. After winning the first-round game in triple overtime over Virginia, the Hoyas lost in the second-round game to California.
In 2000β01, led by future top NBA Draft pick Michael Sweetney, they made the NCAA tournament after finishing 23β7 in the regular season. In the opening round of the NCAA tournament the 7th-seeded Hoyas advanced past 10th-seeded Arkansas on a game-winning shot at the buzzer by Nat Burton. The Hoyas subsequently beat Hampton, and then lost to third-seeded Maryland in the Sweet Sixteen.
In 2001β02, the Hoyas went 19β11, barely missing an NCAA tournament bid. The team rejected a bid to the 2002 NIT bid because of travel-arrangement issues associated with the players' ability to attend classes, resulting in their first season without a postseason tournament since 1973-74. In 2002-03, the Hoyas finished the regular season with a 19β15 record, and accepted a bid to the 2003 NIT, where they made it to the final but lost to Big East rival St. John's. Sweetney was named a second-team All-American and was drafted with the ninth pick in the 2002 NBA draft by the New York Knicks.
In Esherick's final season, 2003β04, the Hoyas struggled to a 13β15 overall record and a dismal 4β12 Big East record, and for the first time since the 1973β74 season received no invitation to either the NCAA tournament or the NIT. The 13 wins were the team's fewest since the 1973β74 season and Esherick was fired after 5+1⁄2 seasons as head coach on March 15, 2004, five days after an opening-round loss in the Big East tournament to Boston College. He had posted a 103β74 (.597) record during his tenure as head coach. Georgetown began a national search for a new coach after Esherick's firing that resulted in the hiring of John Thompson III.
John Thompson era (2004β2017)β»
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On April 21, 2004, John Thompson III was selected as the head coach of the Hoyas. The son of the legendary Hoyas coach took over the position after over a decade at Princeton University. The younger Thompson was a player for the Tigers from 1984 to 1988, was an assistant coach at Princeton from 1995 to 2000, and then took over as head coach at Princeton until his move to the Hoyas. Thompson's head coaching stint at Princeton was marked with success as he led the Tigers to three Ivy League titles, two NCAA Tournament appearances and one NIT appearance.
Thompson brought with him an adaptation of the Princeton offense as an offensive philosophy to Georgetown. He had learned it under the tutelage of legendary coach Pete Carril at Princeton and began to adjust the strategy to the more athletic players he would be coaching at Georgetown. Thompson III also immediately brought two new assistant coaches to Georgetown in Robert Burke and Kevin Broadus.
Thompson inherited three players that Esherick had recruited: Jeff Green, Roy Hibbert, Tyler Crawford and RaMell Ross. He also brought with him a former Princeton recruit, Jonathan Wallace and saw the return of two major contributors from the previous Georgetown team in Brandon Bowman, Ashanti Cook, and Darrel Owens. John Thompson III's first notable win with the team took place on January 21, 2006, in the 16th game of the 2005β06 season, when unranked Georgetown upset No. 1 Duke. This was Georgetown's first win over a No. 1 ranked team in 21 years.
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The 2006β07 season marked the centennial of Hoya hoops, which was celebrated by honoring some of the team's most famous alumni at the Georgetown-Marquette game on February 10, 2007. Led by juniors Green, Hibbert, Wallace, Patrick Ewing Jr., the son of the Georgetown player from the elder Thompson era, the Hoyas won their first regular-season Big East Championship since 1992 and defeated Pittsburgh to win their first Big East tournament championship since 1989. Jeff Green was named the Big East Player of the Year and the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. In the NCAA tournament, the Hoyas beat North Carolina in the Regional Final when their defense caused North Carolina to suffer an improbable collapse in which UNC missed 22 of their final 23 field goal attempts. The Hoyas then advanced to the Final Four where they fell to an Ohio State team led by Greg Oden.
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The 2007β08 Hoyas finished with a regular season record of 27β5, and again won the conference regular season title. They lost to Pittsburgh in the Big East tournament championship game. They received a No. 2 seed in the NCAA tournament, where they lost their second-round game. After the season, Roy Hibbert, Jonathan Wallace, and Patrick Ewing Jr. all graduated, while Vernon Macklin and Jeremiah Rivers both transferred from the school.
The Hoyas began their 2008β09 season ranked No. 22 AP/No. 18 Coaches, however, college basketball's toughest strength of schedule eventually wore down a team that was also one of the youngest. The Hoyas were 7β11 in Big East play for a 12th-place finish, followed by a first-round loss in the Big East tournament. The Hoyas accepted a bid to the NIT, but lost in the first round to Baylor.
In 2009β10, the team finished the season 23β11, and 10β8 in Big East play. They advanced to the championship game of the Big East tournament before losing to West Virginia. They received an atβlarge bid to the NCAA tournament, earning a No. 3 seed in the Midwest Region, where they were upset by No. 14 seed Ohio in the first round. Greg Monroe entered the NBA draft as a sophomore and was selected by the Detroit Pistons.
The 2010β11 team was led by Austin Freeman and Chris Wright. The team scored multiple early wins over ranked teams, including an overtime win at No. 9 Missouri, but their stumbles at the end of the season coincided with Wright breaking his hand and missing three games. The team received an at-large bid as a No. 6 seed, but lost in their first game of the NCAA tournament to No. 11-seeded and eventual Final Four participant VCU.
Prior to the 2011β12 season, the Hoyas made a goodwill trip to China for several matches with local teams. U.S. Vice President Joe Biden attended their first game, a win over the Shanxi Zhongyu Brave Dragons. Their second game against the Bayi Rockets, however, ended in a brawl, causing the team to leave the court while Chinese fans threw garbage and debris. Georgetown won its final games, against the Liaoning Dinosaurs and the Taiwanese national team without incident. The Hoyas finished the season in fourth place in the Big East and received a bid to the NCAA tournament as a No. 3 seed in the Midwest. After a win in the second round, they were upset by No. 11-seeded NC State.
The 2012β13 season saw the Hoyas as the top overall seed in the Big East tournament based on a tiebreaker, but lost in the semifinals. Georgetown received a bid as a No. 2 seed in the South bracket in the NCAA tournament, facing tournament newcomer Florida Gulf Coast University in the second round. Georgetown lost to the 15th-seeded Eagles 78β68, the seventh number two seed to lose to a 15 seed. It was the fourth consecutive season the Hoyas were eliminated by a double-digit seed in the NCAA tournament.
The 2013β14 season was the team's first after Georgetown and six other schools left the original Big East Conference and joined Butler, Creighton, and Xavier in forming the new Big East Conference β part of a major conference realignment in which several other teams moved to the Atlantic Coast Conference from the old Big East and the old Big East became the American Athletic Conference. Like the previous year, the 2013β14 season started abroad, with the Hoyas playing in the Armed Forces Classic at Camp Humphreys near Pyeongtaek, South Korea. After a 17β13 regular-season record followed by an upset in the first round of the Big East tournament at the hands of last-place DePaul, the team received a No. 4 seed in the NIT, losing in the second round to top-seeded Florida State.
In 2014β15, the Hoyas rebounded from their previous season's performance. Ranked as high as No. 21 at times, they completed the regular season with a 20β7 record and a second-place finish in the Big East, and advanced to the semifinals of the Big East tournament before losing to Xavier. Ranked No. 22 in the country, they received a No. 4 seed in the NCAA tournament, but lost to Utah in the third round.
The Hoyas under Thompson III struggled for the next two years. They began their 2015β16 season with a four-game exhibition trip to Italy and Switzerland, and early in the regular season defeated No. 14 Syracuse, but then staggered to a 15β18 finish. They failed to receive an invitation to either the NCAA tournament or the NIT for the first time since 2004 and only the second time since 1974.
During the 2016β17 season, Georgetown defeated three ranked teamsβNo. 13 Oregon, No. 16 Creighton, and No. 11 Butlerβas well as their former Big East rivals Syracuse and Connecticut, but they finished ninth in the Big East with a 5β13 conference recordβthe most losses they had ever suffered in a season in either version of the Big East Conferenceβand lost to St. John's in the first round of the 2017 Big East tournament to finish 14β18. They missed both the NCAA tournament and the NIT for the second straight year, the first time they had missed the postseason in back-to-back seasons since 1974, and Thompson became the first Georgetown head coach to preside over consecutive losing seasons since John "Jack" Magee in 1970-71 and 1971-72. On March 23, 2017, Georgetown officials announced that Thompson had been fired.
Patrick Ewing era (2017β2023)β»
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On April 3, 2017, Georgetown University announced that it had hired Patrick Ewing, the school's most decorated player, as its head coach. In his four years as a player at Georgetown, Ewing led the Hoyas to three Big East championships, three Final Fours, and the 1984 National Championship. Prior to taking over as the program's head coach, Ewing had spent the previous thirteen years as an assistant coach in the NBA, working for four different franchises under the tutelage of coaches such as Jeff Van Gundy, Stan Van Gundy, and Steve Clifford.
In 2017β18, Georgetown finished with a 15β15 record and 5β13 in the Big East. The Hoyas won the first eight games of Ewing's tenure, and finished their non-conference schedule with a 10β1 record, but struggled in conference play. The season ended with a 77β88 loss to St. John's in the first round of the Big East tournament. The team did not participate in any postseason tournament.
In Ewing's second season, the 2018β19 team finished 19β12 and 9β9 in the Big East, in a four-way tie for third place in the conference, their highest finish since 2015. At the conclusion of the conference schedule, Jesse Govan was named First Team All-Big East, James Akinjo was named Big East Freshman of the Year, and Mac McClung and Josh LeBlanc were named to the All-Big East Freshman Team. The Hoyas lost their first game in the 2019 Big East tournament to Seton Hall 57β73. They were selected to play in the 2019 NIT, their first postseason appearance since 2015, but dropped their first-round game 68β71 to Harvard.
The following season the 2019β20 Hoyas finished 15β17 and 5β13 in the Big East. In November, the team participated in the Empire Classic at Madison Square Garden in New York City where they beat No. 22 Texas 82β66, and moved to the final to face No. 1 Duke. Despite having a double digit lead in the first half vs Duke, the Hoyas ultimately fell 73β81. Playing with only 9 scholarship players following several defections and injuries, the Hoyas lost their final 7 games, including a 62β75 loss in the opening round of the 2020 Big East tournament to St. John's. All postseason tournaments were subsequently cancelled due to COVID-19.
The 2020β21 Hoyas finished the season 10β13 and 7β9 in the Big East. Before the season started, leading scorer Mac McClung announced his decision to transfer to Texas Tech. Because of COVID-19 protocols, the team played all of its home games on campus at McDonough Arena without fans. After a 69β74 loss at Syracuse, the team went on a 21-day pause due to COVID-19 protocols. After the hiatus, the team returned to win six of its next ten games. The Hoyas 7β9 record led to an 8th-place finish in the conference. At the 2021 Big East tournament, the team won its first tournament game under Ewing, with a 68β49 victory over Marquette in the opening round, then followed that up with wins against top-seeded Villanova and Seton Hall, sending them to the title game where they defeated Creighton 73β48 for their first title since 2007, and the eighth in school history, extending their own conference record. The Hoyas earned a 12 seed in the NCAA tournament, where they lost their opening round game to Colorado 73β96.
The following season, the 2021β22 Hoyas were unable to build off their unlikely March run the prior season, and they suffered their worst season in school history. Georgetown lost all 19 conference games they played that season. They also set a school record for most losses in a season with 25, finishing the year at 6β25. The season ended with a 53β57 loss in the 2022 Big East tournament to Seton Hall. Despite some rumblings about his job security, Ewing was retained by the university for the following season.
Despite some optimism with several high impact transfers brought in over the off-season, the 2022β23 Hoyas failed to improve off the prior year's low. The team would lose its first 9 conference games, extending the record of consecutive conference game losses to 29, until they eventually beat DePaul 81β76 on January 24, at Capital One Arena. The Hoyas would only win more game after this point and finished the year at 7β25, matching the program's high water mark for losses, just set the previous season. The team lost in the 2023 Big East tournament 48β80 to Villanova. The following day, the university announced that Ewing would not return as coach, ending his six year run at his alma mater. His Georgetown coaching career ended with a record of 75β109 (.408) and 28β81 (.257) in the Big East; both are the lowest winning percentages for a coach in the modern era of the program.
Ed Cooley era (2023βpresent)β»
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On March 20, 2023, Ed Cooley accepted an offer to become the new head coach of the Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team after 12 years in the same role at conference rival Providence College. The decision to hire Cooley was praised as a move likely to strengthen the program. In his second game, Cooleyβs team lost to the Holy Cross Crusaders who were ranked in the bottom ten percent of all teams in Division 1. Many criticized Cooleyβs inbound play in the final seconds as uninspired.
Awards and honorsβ»
Season-by-season resultsβ»
Season | Head coach | Conference | Season results | Tournament results | Final poll | |||||||||
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Overall | Conference | Conference | Postseason | AP | Coaches' | |||||||||
Wins | Losses | % | Wins | Losses | % | Finish | ||||||||
1906β07 | No coach | Independent | 2 | 2 | .500 | β | β | β | β | β | β | none | none | |
1907β08 | Maurice Joyce | Independent | 5 | 1 | .833 | β | β | β | β | β | β | none | none | |
1908β09 | Maurice Joyce | Independent | 9 | 5 | .643 | β | β | β | β | β | β | none | none | |
1909β10 | Maurice Joyce | Independent | 5 | 7 | .417 | β | β | β | β | β | β | none | none | |
1910β11 | Maurice Joyce | Independent | 13 | 7 | .650 | β | β | β | β | β | β | none | none | |
1911β12 | James Colliflower | Independent | 11 | 6 | .647 | β | β | β | β | β | β | none | none | |
1912β13 | James Colliflower | Independent | 11 | 5 | .688 | β | β | β | β | β | β | none | none | |
1913β14 | James Colliflower | Independent | 10 | 6 | .625 | β | β | β | β | β | β | none | none | |
1914β15 | John O'Reilly | Independent | 8 | 8 | .500 | β | β | β | β | β | β | none | none | |
1915β16 | John O'Reilly | Independent | 9 | 6 | .600 | β | β | β | β | β | β | none | none | |
1916β17 | John O'Reilly | Independent | 8 | 4 | .667 | β | β | β | β | β | β | none | none | |
1917β18 | John O'Reilly | Independent | 8 | 6 | .571 | β | β | β | β | β | β | none | none | |
1918β19 | John O'Reilly | Independent | 9 | 1 | .900 | β | β | β | β | β | β | none | none | |
1919β20 | John O'Reilly | Independent | 13 | 1 | .929 | β | β | β | β | β | β | none | none | |
1920β21 | John O'Reilly | Independent | 10 | 4 | .714 | β | β | β | β | β | β | none | none | |
1921β22 | James Colliflower | Independent | 11 | 3 | .786 | β | β | β | β | β | β | none | none | |
1922β23 | Jock Maloney | Independent | 8 | 3 | .727 | β | β | β | β | β | β | none | none | |
1923β24 | John O'Reilly | Independent | 6 | 3 | .667 | β | β | β | β | β | β | none | none | |
1924β25 | John O'Reilly | Independent | 6 | 2 | .750 | β | β | β | β | β | β | none | none | |
1925β26 | John O'Reilly | Independent | 5 | 8 | .385 | β | β | β | β | β | β | none | none | |
1926β27 | John O'Reilly | Independent | 5 | 4 | .556 | β | β | β | β | β | β | none | none | |
1927β28 | Elmer Ripley | Independent | 12 | 1 | .923 | β | β | β | β | β | β | none | none | |
1928β29 | Elmer Ripley | Independent | 12 | 5 | .706 | β | β | β | β | β | β | none | none | |
1929β30 | Bill Dudack | Independent | 13 | 12 | .520 | β | β | β | β | β | β | none | none | |
1930β31 | John Colrick | Independent | 5 | 16 | .238 | β | β | β | β | β | β | none | none | |
1931β32 | Fred Mesmer | Independent | 6 | 11 | .353 | β | β | β | β | β | β | none | none | |
1932β33 | Fred Mesmer | Eastern Intercollegiate Conference | 6 | 11 | .353 | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4th | β | β | none | none | |
1933β34 | Fred Mesmer | Eastern Intercollegiate Conference | 12 | 11 | .522 | 5 | 5 | .500 | T-3rd | β | β | none | none | |
1934β35 | Fred Mesmer | Eastern Intercollegiate Conference | 6 | 13 | .316 | 1 | 7 | .125 | 5th | β | β | none | none | |
1935β36 | Fred Mesmer | Eastern Intercollegiate Conference | 7 | 11 | .389 | 5 | 5 | .500 | 5th | β | β | none | none | |
1936β37 | Fred Mesmer | Eastern Intercollegiate Conference | 9 | 8 | .529 | 3 | 7 | .300 | T-5th | β | β | none | none | |
1937β38 | Fred Mesmer | Eastern Intercollegiate Conference | 7 | 11 | .389 | 5 | 5 | .500 | T-3rd | β | β | none | none | |
1938β39 | Elmer Ripley | Eastern Intercollegiate Conference | 13 | 9 | .591 | 6 | 4 | .600 | T-1st | β | β | none | none | |
1939β40 | Elmer Ripley | Independent | 8 | 10 | .444 | β | β | β | β | β | β | none | none | |
1940β41 | Elmer Ripley | Independent | 16 | 4 | .800 | β | β | β | β | β | β | none | none | |
1941β42 | Elmer Ripley | Independent | 9 | 11 | .450 | β | β | β | β | β | β | none | none | |
1942β43 | Elmer Ripley | Independent | 22 | 5 | .815 | β | β | β | β | β | NCAA runner up | none | none | |
1943β44 | Basketball program suspended due to World War II | |||||||||||||
1944β45 | Basketball program suspended due to World War II | |||||||||||||
1945β46 | Ken Engles | Independent | 11 | 9 | .550 | β | β | β | β | β | β | none | none | |
1946β47 | Elmer Ripley | Independent | 19 | 7 | .731 | β | β | β | β | β | β | none | none | |
1947β48 | Elmer Ripley | Independent | 13 | 15 | .464 | β | β | β | β | β | β | none | none | |
1948β49 | Elmer Ripley | Independent | 9 | 15 | .375 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | none | |
1949β50 | Buddy O'Grady | Independent | 12 | 12 | .500 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | none | |
1950β51 | Buddy O'Grady | Independent | 8 | 14 | .364 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | |
1951β52 | Buddy O'Grady | Independent | 15 | 10 | .600 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | |
1952β53 | Buddy Jeannette | Independent | 13 | 7 | .650 | β | β | β | β | β | NIT first round | β | β | |
1953β54 | Buddy Jeannette | Independent | 11 | 18 | .379 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | |
1954β55 | Buddy Jeannette | Independent | 12 | 13 | .480 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | |
1955β56 | Buddy Jeannette | Independent | 13 | 11 | .542 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | |
1956β57 | Tom Nolan | Independent | 11 | 11 | .500 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | |
1957β58 | Tom Nolan | Independent | 10 | 11 | .476 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | |
1958β59 | Tom Nolan | Independent | 8 | 15 | .348 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | |
1959β60 | Tom Nolan | Independent | 11 | 12 | .478 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | |
1960β61 | Tommy O'Keefe | Independent | 11 | 10 | .524 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | |
1961β62 | Tommy O'Keefe | Independent | 14 | 9 | .609 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | |
1962β63 | Tommy O'Keefe | Independent | 13 | 13 | .500 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | |
1963β64 | Tommy O'Keefe | Independent | 15 | 10 | .600 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | |
1964β65 | Tommy O'Keefe | Independent | 13 | 10 | .565 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | |
1965β66 | Tommy O'Keefe | Independent | 16 | 8 | .667 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | |
1966β67 | John Magee | Independent | 12 | 11 | .522 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | |
1967β68 | John Magee | Independent | 11 | 12 | .478 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | |
1968β69 | John Magee | Independent | 12 | 12 | .500 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | |
1969β70 | John Magee | Independent | 18 | 7 | .720 | β | β | β | β | β | NIT first round | β | β | |
1970β71 | John Magee | Independent | 12 | 14 | .462 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | |
1971β72 | John Magee | Independent | 3 | 23 | .115 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | |
1972β73 | John Thompson Jr. | Independent | 12 | 14 | .462 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | |
1973β74 | John Thompson Jr. | Independent | 13 | 13 | .500 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | |
1974β75 | John Thompson Jr. | Independent | 18 | 10 | .643 | β | β | β | β | ECAC South Region Tournament Champions |
NCAA first round | β | β | |
1975β76 | John Thompson Jr. | Independent | 21 | 7 | .750 | β | β | β | β | ECAC South Region Tournament Champions |
NCAA first round | β | β | |
1976β77 | John Thompson Jr. | Independent | 19 | 9 | .679 | β | β | β | β | ECAC South Region Tournament Semifinal |
NIT first round | β | β | |
1977β78 | John Thompson Jr. | Independent | 23 | 8 | .742 | β | β | β | β | ECAC South-Upstate Region Tournament Semifinal |
NIT Fourth Place | β | 20 | |
1978β79 | John Thompson Jr. | Independent | 24 | 5 | .828 | β | β | β | β | ECAC South-Upstate Region Tournament Champions |
NCAA second round | β | 12 | |
1979β80 | John Thompson Jr. | Big East Conference | 26 | 6 | .813 | 5 | 1 | .833 | T-1st | Champions | NCAA regional final | 11 | 10 | |
1980β81 | John Thompson Jr. | Big East Conference | 20 | 12 | .625 | 9 | 5 | .643 | 2nd | Semifinal | NCAA first round | β | β | |
1981β82 | John Thompson Jr. | Big East Conference | 30 | 7 | .811 | 10 | 4 | .714 | 2nd | Champions | NCAA runner-up | 6 | 7 | |
1982β83 | John Thompson Jr. | Big East Conference | 22 | 10 | .688 | 11 | 5 | .688 | 4th | Quarterfinal | NCAA second round | 20 | 20 | |
1983β84 | John Thompson Jr. | Big East Conference | 34 | 3 | .919 | 14 | 2 | .875 | 1st | Champions | NCAA national champions | 2 | 2 | |
1984β85 | John Thompson Jr. | Big East Conference | 35 | 3 | .921 | 14 | 2 | .875 | 2nd | Champions | NCAA runner-up | 1 | 1 | |
1985β86 | John Thompson Jr. | Big East Conference | 24 | 8 | .750 | 11 | 5 | .688 | 3rd | Semifinal | NCAA second round | 13 | 15 | |
1986β87 | John Thompson Jr. | Big East Conference | 29 | 5 | .853 | 12 | 4 | .750 | T-1st | Champions | NCAA regional final | 4 | 4 | |
1987β88 | John Thompson Jr. | Big East Conference | 20 | 10 | .667 | 9 | 7 | .563 | T-3rd | Quarterfinal | NCAA second round | β | β | |
1988β89 | John Thompson Jr. | Big East Conference | 29 | 5 | .853 | 13 | 3 | .813 | 1st | Champions | NCAA regional final | 2 | 2 | |
1989β90 | John Thompson Jr. | Big East Conference | 24 | 7 | .774 | 11 | 5 | .688 | 3rd | Semifinal | NCAA second round | 8 | 6 | |
1990β91 | John Thompson Jr. | Big East Conference | 19 | 13 | .594 | 8 | 8 | .500 | 6th | final | NCAA second round | β | 23 | |
1991β92 | John Thompson Jr. | Big East Conference | 22 | 10 | .688 | 12 | 6 | .667 | T-1st | final | NCAA second round | 22 | 18 | |
1992β93 | John Thompson Jr. | Big East Conference | 20 | 13 | .606 | 8 | 10 | .444 | 8th | Quarterfinal | NIT Final | β | β | |
1993β94 | John Thompson Jr. | Big East Conference | 19 | 12 | .613 | 10 | 8 | .556 | T-4th | final | NCAA second round | β | β | |
1994β95 | John Thompson Jr. | Big East Conference | 21 | 10 | .677 | 11 | 7 | .611 | 4th | Semifinal | NCAA regional semifinal | 22 | 16 | |
1995β96 | John Thompson Jr. | Big East Conference | 29 | 8 | .853 | 13 | 5 | .813 | 1st Big East 7 Division |
final | NCAA regional final | 4 | 7 | |
1996β97 | John Thompson Jr. | Big East Conference | 20 | 10 | .667 | 11 | 7 | .611 | 1st Big East 7 Division |
Semifinal | NCAA first round | β | β | |
1997β98 | John Thompson Jr. | Big East Conference | 16 | 15 | .516 | 6 | 12 | .333 | T-5th Big East 7 Division |
Quarterfinal | NIT second round | β | β | |
1998β99 | John Thompson Jr. Craig Esherick |
Big East Conference | 15 | 16 | .484 | 6 | 12 | .333 | 10th | Quarterfinal | NIT first round | β | β | |
1999β2000 | Craig Esherick | Big East Conference | 19 | 15 | .559 | 6 | 10 | .375 | T-8th | Semifinal | NIT second round | β | β | |
2000β01 | Craig Esherick | Big East Conference | 25 | 8 | .758 | 10 | 6 | .625 | T-2nd West Division |
Quarterfinal | NCAA regional semifinal | 21 | 17 | |
2001β02 | Craig Esherick | Big East Conference | 19 | 11 | .633 | 9 | 7 | .563 | T-3rd West Division |
Quarterfinal | β | β | β | |
2002β03 | Craig Esherick | Big East Conference | 19 | 15 | .559 | 6 | 10 | .375 | 5th West Division |
Quarterfinal | NIT Final | β | β | |
2003β04 | Craig Esherick | Big East Conference | 13 | 14 | .481 | 4 | 12 | .250 | T-12th | first round | β | β | β | |
2004β05 | John Thompson III | Big East Conference | 19 | 15 | .559 | 8 | 8 | .500 | T-7th | Quarterfinal | NIT Quarterfinal | β | β | |
2005β06 | John Thompson III | Big East Conference | 23 | 10 | .697 | 10 | 6 | .625 | T-4th | Semifinal | NCAA regional semifinal | 23 | 16 | |
2006β07 | John Thompson III | Big East Conference | 30 | 7 | .811 | 13 | 3 | .813 | 1st | Champions | NCAA Final Four | 8 | 4 | |
2007β08 | John Thompson III | Big East Conference | 28 | 6 | .824 | 15 | 3 | .833 | 1st | final | NCAA second round | 8 | 12 | |
2008β09 | John Thompson III | Big East Conference | 16 | 15 | .516 | 7 | 11 | .389 | T-11th | first round | NIT first round | β | β | |
2009β10 | John Thompson III | Big East Conference | 23 | 11 | .676 | 10 | 8 | .556 | T-7th | final | NCAA first round | 14 | β | |
2010β11 | John Thompson III | Big East Conference | 21 | 11 | .656 | 10 | 8 | .556 | T-6th | second round | Round of 64 | β | β | |
2011β12 | John Thompson III | Big East Conference | 24 | 9 | .727 | 12 | 6 | .667 | T-4th | Quarterfinal | Round of 32 | 15 | 17 | |
2012β13 | John Thompson III | Big East Conference | 25 | 6 | .806 | 14 | 4 | .778 | T-1st | Semifinal | Round of 64 | 8 | 17 | |
2013β14 | John Thompson III | Big East Conference | 18 | 15 | .545 | 8 | 10 | .444 | 7th | first round | NIT second round | – | – | |
2014β15 | John Thompson III | Big East Conference | 22 | 11 | .667 | 12 | 6 | .667 | T-2nd | Semifinal | Round of 32 | 22 | 24 | |
2015β16 | John Thompson III | Big East Conference | 15 | 18 | .455 | 7 | 11 | .389 | 8th | Quarterfinal | β | β | β | |
2016β17 | John Thompson III | Big East Conference | 14 | 18 | .438 | 5 | 13 | .278 | 9th | First round | β | β | β | |
2017β18 | Patrick Ewing | Big East Conference | 15 | 15 | .500 | 5 | 13 | .278 | 8th | First round | β | β | β | |
2018β19 | Patrick Ewing | Big East Conference | 19 | 14 | .576 | 9 | 9 | .500 | T-3rd | Quarterfinal | NIT First round | β | - | |
2019β20 | Patrick Ewing | Big East Conference | 15 | 17 | .469 | 5 | 13 | .278 | T-8th | First round | Postseason cancelled (COVID-19) | - | - | |
2020-21 | Patrick Ewing | Big East Conference | 13 | 13 | .500 | 7 | 9 | .438 | 8th | Champions | NCAA First round | β | - | |
2021β22 | Patrick Ewing | Big East Conference | 6 | 25 | .194 | 0 | 19 | .000 | 11th | First round | β | β | - | |
2022β23 | Patrick Ewing | Big East Conference | 7 | 25 | .219 | 2 | 18 | .100 | 11th | First round | β | β | - |
Legend | |
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National champion |
Conference Championships: 11
- Eastern Intercollegiate Conference (1932-1939): 1
- Big East Conference (1979β2013): 10
- Big East Conference (2013β): 0
Conference tournament championships: 11
NCAA Tournament
- Appearances: 31
- Final Four appearances: 5
- National runners-up: 3
- National championships: 1
- Overall record: 47β30
National Invitation Tournament
- Appearances: 13
- Runners-up: 2
- Championships: 0
- Overall record: 15β14
Postseason historyβ»
NCAA tournament seedsβ»
The NCAA began seeding the tournament with the 1979 edition.
Year | '79 | '80 | '81 | '82 | '83 | '84 | '85 | '86 | '87 | '88 | '89 | '90 | '91 | '92 | '94 | '95 | '96 | '97 | '01 | '06 | '07 | '08 | '10 | '11 | '12 | '13 | '15 | '21 |
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Seed # | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
NCAA tournament resultsβ»
The Hoyas have made 31 appearances in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. They have a record of 47β30.
Year | Round | Opponent | Result |
---|---|---|---|
1943 | Elite Eight Final Four National Championship Game |
NYU DePaul Wyoming |
W 55β36 W 53β49 L 46β34 |
1975 | Quarterfinals | Central Michigan | L 75β77 |
1976 | Quarterfinals | Arizona | L 76β83 |
1979 | Second Round | Rutgers | L 58β64 |
1980 | Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight |
Iona Maryland Iowa |
W 74β71 W 74β68 L 80β81 |
1981 | First round | James Madison | L 55β61 |
1982 | Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four National Championship Game |
Wyoming Fresno State Oregon State Louisville North Carolina |
W 51β43 W 58β40 W 69β45 W 50β46 L 62β63 |
1983 | First round Second Round |
Alcorn State Memphis State |
W 68β63 L 57β66 |
1984 | Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four National Championship Game |
SMU UNLV Dayton Kentucky Houston |
W 37β36 W 62β48 W 61β49 W 53β40 W 84β75 |
1985 | First round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four National Championship Game |
Lehigh Temple Loyola-Chicago Georgia Tech St. John's Villanova |
W 68β43 W 63β46 W 65β53 W 60β54 W 77β59 L 64β66 |
1986 | First round Second Round |
Texas Tech Michigan State |
W 70β64 L 68β80 |
1987 | First round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight |
Bucknell Ohio State Kansas Providence |
W 75β53 W 82β79 W 70β57 L 73β88 |
1988 | First round Second Round |
LSU Temple |
W 66β63 L 53β74 |
1989 | First round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight |
Princeton Notre Dame North Carolina State Duke |
W 50β49 W 81β74 W 69β61 L 77β85 |
1990 | First round Second Round |
Texas Southern Xavier |
W 70β52 L 71β74 |
1991 | First round Second Round |
Vanderbilt UNLV |
W 70β60 L 54β62 |
1992 | First round Second Round |
South Florida Florida State |
W 75β60 L 68β78 |
1994 | First round Second Round |
Illinois Arkansas |
W 84β77 L 73β85 |
1995 | First round Second Round Sweet Sixteen |
Xavier Weber State North Carolina |
W 68β63 W 53β51 L 64β74 |
1996 | First round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight |
Mississippi Valley State New Mexico Texas Tech UMass |
W 93β56 W 75β65 W 98β90 L 62β86 |
1997 | First round | UNC Charlotte | L 67β79 |
2001 | First round Second Round Sweet Sixteen |
Arkansas Hampton Maryland |
W 63β61 W 76β57 L 66β76 |
2006 | First round Second Round Sweet Sixteen |
Northern Iowa Ohio State Florida |
W 54β49 W 70β52 L 53β57 |
2007 | First round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four |
Belmont Boston College Vanderbilt North Carolina Ohio State |
W 80β55 W 62β55 W 66β65 W 96β84 L 60β67 |
2008 | First round Second Round |
UMBC Davidson |
W 66β47 L 70β74 |
2010 | First round | Ohio | L 83β97 |
2011 | First round | VCU | L 56β74 |
2012 | First round Second Round |
Belmont North Carolina State |
W 74β59 L 63β66 |
2013 | First round | Florida Gulf Coast | L 68β78 |
2015 | First round Second Round |
Eastern Washington Utah |
W 84β74 L 64β75 |
2021 | First round | Colorado | L 73β96 |
NIT resultsβ»
The Hoyas have gone to the National Invitation Tournament 13 times. They have a record of 15β14.
Year | Round | Opponent | Result |
---|---|---|---|
1953 | First round | Louisville | L 79β92 |
1970 | First round | LSU | L 82β83 |
1977 | First round | Virginia Tech | L 79β83 |
1978 | First round Second Round Semifinal Third-place game |
Virginia Dayton North Carolina State Rutgers |
W 80β78 W 71β62 L 85β86 L 72β85 |
1993 | First round Second Round Third round Semifinal Final |
Arizona State UTEP Miami (Ohio) UAB Minnesota |
W 78β68 W 71β44 W 66β53 W 45β41 L 61β62 |
1998 | First round Second Round |
Florida Georgia Tech |
W 71β69 L 79β80 |
1999 | First round | Princeton | L 47β54 |
2000 | First round Second Round |
Virginia California |
W 115β111 L 49β60 |
2003 | First round Second Round Quarterfinal Semifinal Final |
Tennessee Providence North Carolina Minnesota St. John's |
W 70β60 W 67β58 W 79β74 W 88β74 L 67β70 |
2005 | First round Second Round Quarterfinal |
Boston University Cal State Fullerton South Carolina |
W 64β34 W 74β57 L 66β69 |
2009 | First round | Baylor | L 72β74 |
2014 | First round Second Round |
West Virginia Florida State |
W 77β65 L 90β101 |
2019 | First round | Harvard | L 71β68 |
Coachesβ»
- No coach (1906β1907) β student manager Lou Murray ran the team
- Maurice Joyce (1907β1911)
- James Colliflower (1911β1914, 1921β1922)
- John D. O'Reilly (1914β1921, 1923β1927)
- Jock Maloney (1922β1923)
- Elmer Ripley (1927β1929, 1938β1943, 1946β1949)
- Bill Dudak (1929β1930)
- John T. Colrick (1930β1931)
- Fred Mesmer (1931β1938)
- Program suspended (1943β1945) due to World War II
- Ken Engles (1945β1946)
- Buddy O'Grady (1949β1952)
- Buddy Jeannette (1952β1956)
- Tommy Nolan (1956β1960)
- Tommy O'Keefe (1960β1966)
- Jack Magee (1966β1972)
- John Thompson Jr. (1972β1999)
- Craig Esherick (1999β2004)
- John Thompson III (2004β2017)
- Patrick Ewing (2017β2023)
- Ed Cooley (2023βpresent)
Traditionsβ»
Rivalriesβ»
Syracuse University
Georgetown's biggest rival is Syracuse. The two schools have been playing each other since 1930, but their rivalry was solidified in the 1980s as the respective programs were the leading powers during the infancy of the newly formed Big East conference. In 1980, the first season of new conference, Georgetown famously ended Syracuse's 57-game home winning streak in the final game to be played at Manley Field House before moving to the Carrier Dome. After the win, Georgetown coach John Thompson declared, "Manley Field House is officially closed". Weeks later, the two schools met in the inaugural Big East Championship, with Georgetown prevailing 87β81. The teams met in four Big East tournament championship games during the 1980s, with Georgetown winning all four contests.
The animosity between the programs was further extended when Syracuse announced their decision to leave the Big East effective in 2013 to join the ACC, forcing the split of "Catholic Seven" and the football-playing schools. This led to the creation of the reformed Big East Conference and the American Athletic Conference. However, Georgetown and Syracuse have continued to play each other in all but one of the years following their exit from the conference. The rivalry is currently renewed through the 2022β23 season.
Villanova University
As a fellow Catholic institution and conference foe, Villanova has been a natural rival for the Hoyas for many years. The schools are arguably two of the most successful programs among the group of teams that currently make up the Big East Conference. The rivalry is best known for the 1985 NCAA Championship Game where No. 8-seeded Villanova shocked the highly favored and top-ranked Hoyas 66β64, preventing Georgetown from winning back-to-back titles.
Among current Big East Conference foes, only Villanova has the more Final Four appearances (6) than Georgetown (5).
St. John's University
Having first played each other in 1909, St. John's is one of Georgetown's oldest rivals. The two teams played off and on since that first contest until 1965, when they began annually scheduled games, and they only intensified when both programs became founding members of the Big East Conference in 1979. The rivalry was brought to national attention during the 1984-85 NCAA Division I men's basketball season when both programs were ranked No. 1 and No. 2 throughout the season and met on a total of four occasions, including the famous "Sweater Game" at Madison Square Garden, the 1985 Big East Championship, and the 1985 Final Four. The Hoyas won 3 of the 4 matchups that year.
The rivalry gained renewed interest when both schools remained in the new Big East Conference following the many iterations of conference alignment.
University of Connecticut
An original member of the Big East, UConn and Georgetown battled for conference supremacy for multiple decades, until UConn left the conference to join the American Athletic Conference in 2013. One of the most intense periods for the rivalry was the 1995β1996 season where both teams found themselves ranked in the Top 5 throughout most of the year, led by stars Allen Iverson and Ray Allen respectively. During the regular season, Georgetown upset then ranked No. 3 UConn in Washington, D.C., but a few weeks later at Madison Square Garden, UConn prevailed in a classic Big East tournament Final 75β74, on a last second shot by Allen.
UConn is the only team to match Georgetown's record of 10 regular season titles and is second behind the Hoyas in total conference tournament titles. The schools continued to play each other in their non-conference schedule, and have renewed their rivalry now that UConn has returned to the league in 2020.
Blue and grayβ»
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Georgetown's official colors are blue and gray. The colors were selected in 1876 by the Georgetown College Boat Club (the original crew team) in honor of Georgetown students and alumni who wore the Union blue and Confederate gray in the Civil War. A student committee declared blue and gray "as appropriate colors for the Boat Club and expressive of the feeling of unity between the Northern and Southern boys of the College", and recommended its adoption for the team. By the time the men's varsity basketball team was formed, the blue and gray colors were already widely adopted by the school.
Presently, Georgetown is one of the few teams to wear gray as their primary home uniform color, as traditionally teams wear white uniforms at home (though the Hoyas do have a white alternate jersey that is worn on occasion). Fans are generally encouraged to wear gray to home games, and sellouts are referred to as a "gray out."
Kenner Leagueβ»
Each summer Georgetown University's McDonough Gymnasium hosts the Kenner League. Named after one of the founders and first director of the Metropolitan Police Boys' and Girls' Club of Washington, D.C., the Kenner league is the only NCAA sanctioned summer league in Washington, D.C. Formed in 1982, the league allows Georgetown players to continue their development in an NCAA-structured environment, and to stay within view of watchful eyes on a college campus (even if the coaches were not allowed there by NCAA rules). From its humble beginnings, the Kenner legacy continued to build throughout the 1980s, with coverage in The Washington Post beginning around 1986, then a high school bracket following soon thereafter, and ultimately the arrival of "senior" teams featuring a mix of former Georgetown players, visiting NBA stars, and local hoop legends.
Kenner continued to grow, with more fans making the trip weekly to the gymnasium for a series of weeknight and weekend games each summer. As new recruits arrived at Georgetown, following them at the Kenner League became a priority for fans. Many fans might think Georgetown runs the Kenner League, but it does not. The league is an independent effort, whose organizers must raise money from Nike and team sponsors to cover the cost of officials, jerseys, and other organizational costs, and maintain NCAA certification. As summer leagues go, Kenner is among the longest running of its kind. Since the league has been in existence, nearly 200 Georgetown players have played in the Kenner League. After nearly a two year break due to COVID-19, Kenner League returned in the summer of 2022.
Alumniβ»
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The Hoyas have an excellent history of preparing players for the NBA. Two Hoyas were the NBA first overall draft picks: Patrick Ewing in 1985 and Allen Iverson in 1996. Alonzo Mourning was the second overall pick in the 1992 draft. Dikembe Mutombo also was drafted in the first round, 4th overall Other alumni have gone undrafted, but entered the NBA later, such as Jaren Jackson in 1989 and Henry Sims and Chris Wright in 2013.
Several Hoya basketball players are famous purely for their off-court accomplishments. Brendan Gaughan, who walked onto the basketball squad, is a driver in NASCAR's Truck Series and also raced one season in the Cup Series. James L. Jones, who played for the Hoyas in the mid-1960s before joining the Marine Corps, went on to become Commandant of the Marine Corps, Supreme Allied Commander Europe, and President Obama's National Security Advisor. Paul Tagliabue, who played in the early 1960s and was one of the leading rebounders in school history, became Commissioner of the National Football League from 1989 to 2006 and later served as Georgetown's Chairman of the board of directors. Henry Hyde, who led Georgetown to its first national final, was elected a member of Congress from Illinois and Chairman of House Judiciary Committee. He received the nation's highest civilian honor, the Medal of Freedom. William Shea, who played in the 1920s, was the New York attorney who brought the New York Mets to the city. Shea Stadium, now demolished and replaced on-site by the Mets' current home of Citi Field, was named in his honor.
NBA draft picksβ»
Basketball Hall of Fame inducteesβ»
- Elmer Ripley (coach) - inducted in 1973
- Buddy Jeannette (coach) - inducted in 1994 (as a player)
- John Thompson (coach) - inducted in 1999
- Patrick Ewing - inducted in 2008
- Alonzo Mourning - inducted in 2014
- Dikembe Mutombo - inducted in 2015
- Allen Iverson - inducted in 2016
See alsoβ»
Notesβ»
- ^ The Associated Press began men's basketball team rankings during the 1948β49 season. The Coaches' Poll began publishing its rankings during the 1950β51 season.
- ^ An elected student manager led the team during the 1906-07 season.
- ^ The Eastern Intercollegiate Conference never held a post-season tournament during its seven seasons of existence.
- ^ In previous seasons, the Eastern Intercollegiate Conference had held a single-game playoff to determine the conference champion in the event of a first-place tie at the end of the regular season. At the end of the 1938-39 season, Georgetown and Carnegie Tech finished tied for first with identical 6-4 conference records, but no playoff game took place. Instead, the teams were declared conference co-champions.
- ^ Georgetown suspended all of its athletic programs from 1943 to 1945 because of World War II.
- ^ First season for the AP Poll
- ^ First season for the Coaches' Poll
- ^ Although remaining an independent, Georgetown participated annually from 1975 through 1979 in one of the regional ECAC Men's Basketball Tournaments. The Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) – not a true athletic conference, but rather a loose sports federation of colleges and universities in the eastern United States – organized these tournaments beginning in 1975 so that ECAC members who were NCAA Division I independents in basketball could play in post-season tournaments that gave their winners automatic bids to the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. In this way, these ECAC tournaments played the same role for independents that conference tournaments did for members of basketball conferences.
- ^ Georgetown was a founding member of the original Big East Conference of 1979-2013. In 2013, Georgetown left the original Big East to become a founding member of the new Big East Conference. The original Big East Conference then was renamed the American Athletic Conference.
- ^ Thompson resigned on January 8, 1999, and Esherick immediately succeeded him as head coach.
- ^ As an independent, Georgetown won three ECAC regional basketball tournaments, in 1975, 1976, and 1979.
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