Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball
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| University | Georgetown University | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Conference | Big East | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Washington, DC | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Head Coach | John Thompson III (4th year) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Arena | Verizon Center (Capacity: 20,173) |
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| Nickname | Hoyas | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Colors | Blue and Gray
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| NCAA Tournament Champions | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| NCAA Tournament Final Four | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1943, 1982, 1984, 1985, 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Conference Tournament Champions | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1975, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Conference Regular Season Champions | |||||||||||||||||||||
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The Georgetown University Men's Basketball team (which, like all sports teams at Georgetown University, is named the Georgetown Hoyas) is a well-known basketball program in the NCAA Big East. Georgetown's first intercollegiate men's basketball team was formed in 1907. John Thompson III, son of the accomplished Hoyas coach John Thompson, is the current head coach. The Hoyas historically have been well regarded not only for their team success, but also for their ability to generate players that after graduation succeed both on the court (such as Patrick Ewing) and off (such as Henry Hyde).
The team has reached the NCAA Tournament Final Four 5 times, has won the Big East Men's Basketball Tournament 7 times, and has won the Big East regular season title 4 times. Its most recent trip to the Final Four and tournament championship was in 2007. On March 8, 2008, the Hoyas won the regular season title after defeating the Louisville Cardinals 55-52.
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[edit] Current Team
The current coach is Thompson's son, John Thompson III, who took over from Craig Esherick. Leading the team are Big East 2007 pre-season player of the year Roy Hibbert and pre-season All-Big East first team guard Jonathan Wallace.[1] The team will also introduce freshmen Austin Freeman [1], Chris Wright[2], and Omar Wattad[3].
The Hoyas currently employ their own variant of the Princeton offense, a slow, cerebral style of play that is very rare in the modern college game. The hallmark of the offense is the "backdoor" pass, where a player on the wing suddenly moves in towards the basket, receives a bounce pass from a guard on the perimeter, and (if done correctly) finds himself with no defenders between him and a layup. Coach Thompson learned the style while serving under then-Coach Pete Carril of the Princeton University Tigers. Georgetown has been lauded in the sports media for destroying the "warped stereotype" that "African American kids don't want discipline" as well as for proving that the typically brawny Georgetown team can excel by emphasizing offensive efficiency rather than defense. [2]
[edit] Recruiting
Class of 2008 players signed to the Hoyas:
[edit] History
[edit] The Early Years
The Georgetown men's basketball team played its first game February 9, 1907, defeating the University of Virginia by a score of 22-11. In its first 60-some years, the program displayed only sporadic success.[3] Until McDonough Gymnasium opened on campus for the 1950-51 season, the team moved its home court frequently, playing in McKinley Tech High School, Ryan Gymnasium, Uline Arena, and the National Guard Armory.[3] The team recruited its first All-American, Ed Hargaden, in 1931-32.[3] In 1942, a Hoya went pro for the first time, when three seniors, Buddy O'Grady, Al Lujack, and Don Martin played professionally upon graduation.[3] The next year the team, led by future congressman Henry Hyde, reached new heights by going all the way to the NCAA championship game. The team's coach, Elmer Ripley, would be inducted into the basketball hall of fame 30 years later.[3]
World War II suspended the program, however, and it was rarely successful over the next three decades, with only two postseason appearances (1952-53 and 1969-70).[3] Top players from that period include Tom O'Keefe, the first Hoya to reach 1,000 career points in 1949-50, and Paul Tagliabue who would graduate #2 in Hoya career rebounds in 1962.[3]
[edit] The First Thompson Era
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[edit] The Esherick Years
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Craig Esherick coached the Georegetown Hoyas basketball squad from 1999 to 2004. Craig was the assistant coach under John Thompson Jr. for the previous 17 years. And won the chair after John Thompson abruptly resigned in 1999. During his period at Georgetown he was known for not being able to pull out the win in close games and picking a poor non-conference schedule. In his first season he led them to a mediocre 15-15 record before losing to Princeton in the first round of the NIT tournament. They improved in 2000 going 19-15 and advancing to the second round of the NIT tournament after a quadruple over time win over the University of Virginia only to loose the next round game to the University of California. In 2001 they made the tournament, led by future top 10 pick Mike Sweetney and then lost to Maryland in the Suite 16. Maryland went on to win the dance. His final three seasons for nothing more or less than pathetic. In 2002 they went 19-11, barely missing a NCAA tournament bid and then rejecting a NIT bid which Esherick was criticized for. In 2003 they made a run at the NIT tournament losing in the finals to big east rival St.Johns . Following the lose Mike Sweetney entered the draft and left the roster hopeless going 13-15 blowing the last 9 games of the regular season. Esherick claimed he wasn't going anywhere and he could be there for the next thirty years. He was fired 5 days following the lose. Only to be replaced by JT3 (John Thompson III).
[edit] 2005-06 Season
John Thompson III's first notable win with the team took place on January 21, 2006 when unranked Georgetown upset No. 1 Duke University. This was Georgetown's first win over a No. 1 ranked team in 21 years. An interesting item of trivia is that the last time the Hoyas beat a number one ranked team, John Thompson Jr. was coaching and Patrick Ewing was playing. In their win against Duke, John Thompson III was coaching and Patrick Ewing, Jr. was sitting on the bench (as a redshirt transfer sophomore).[4]
[edit] 2006-07 Season
The 2006-07 Hoyas were led by juniors, forward Jeff Green, center Roy Hibbert, and point guard Jonathan Wallace. The team's freshmen were DaJuan Summers (Owings Mills, Md./McDonogh), Vernon Macklin (Hargrave Military Academy), and Jeremiah Rivers (Winter Park, Fla.). Other regular players are Tyler Crawford, Jessie Sapp, and Patrick Ewing, Jr.
The 2006-07 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 (Georgetown won, 76-58).
On March 3rd, 2007, the Hoyas completed their first regular-season Big East Championship since 1989. On March 10th, 2007, the Hoyas defeated the Pittsburgh Panthers (65-42) to win the 2007 Big East Tournament Championship for the first time since 1989. Jeff Green was named the Big East Player of the year and the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.
The Hoyas advanced to the 2007 Final Four before losing to an Ohio State team led by Greg Oden. In the NCAA tournament's first weekend, the Hoyas defeated Belmont (1st rd) and Boston College (2nd rd). The Hoyas' games in the second weekend were some of the closest and most-watched contests of the tournament -- the Hoyas defeated Vanderbilt on a last-second bank shot by Jeff Green, then 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.[8]
After the season, Assistant Coach Sydney Johnson left to become the head coach at Princeton University and Assistant Coach Kevin Broadus left to become the head coach at SUNY-Binghamton.[5] Jeff Green also left the team, entering the NBA draft. Green was drafted fifth by the Boston Celtics but was ultimately traded to the Seattle SuperSonics. [6]
[edit] 2007-08 Season
The 2007-08 Hoyas finished with a regular season record of 27(Wins)-5(Losses). Allowing their Big East rival The Pittsburgh Panthers Basketball team to win the conference title. This placed them as a number two seed in the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, where they lost their second round game.
[edit] Titles and Banners
The Men's basketball team is the most successful and well-known sports program at the university. They won the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship in 1984 (over the University of Houston) under coach John Thompson, Jr. The Hoyas also reached and lost the Championship game in 1943 (to Wyoming), 1982 (to Michael Jordan's North Carolina), and 1985 (to Big East rival Villanova). The Hoyas also recently made it to the Final Four in 2007.
The team has been very successful in the Big East: it won or tied for the regular-season titles in 1980, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1992, 2007, and 2008. The team was even more dominant in the Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: it won in 1980, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, and 2007.[7]
[edit] Results
| Season | Overall Record | Con. Record | Coach | Postseason |
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| 1906-07 | 2-2 | - | Maurice Joyce | - |
| 1907-08 | 6-2 | - | Maurice Joyce | - |
| 1908-09 | 9-5 | - | Maurice Joyce | - |
| 1909-10 | 5-7 | - | Maurice Joyce | - |
| 1910-11 | 13-7 | - | Maurice Joyce | - |
| 1911-12 | 11-6 | - | James Colliflower | - |
| 1912-13 | 11-5 | - | James Colliflower | - |
| 1913-14 | 10-6 | - | James Colliflower | - |
| 1914-15 | 8-8 | - | John O'Reilly | - |
| 1915-16 | 9-6 | - | John O'Reilly | - |
| 1916-17 | 8-4 | - | John O'Reilly | - |
| 1917-18 | 8-6 | - | John O'Reilly | - |
| 1918-19 | 9-1 | - | John O'Reilly | - |
| 1919-20 | 13-1 | - | John O'Reilly | - |
| 1920-21 | 10-4 | - | John O'Reilly | - |
| 1921-22 | 11-3 | - | James Colliflower | - |
| 1922-23 | 8-3 | - | Jackie Maloney | - |
| 1923-24 | 6-3 | - | John O'Reilly | - |
| 1924-25 | 6-2 | - | John O'Reilly | - |
| 1925-26 | 5-8 | - | John O'Reilly | - |
| 1926-27 | 5-4 | - | John O'Reilly | - |
| 1927-28 | 12-1 | - | Elmer Ripley | - |
| 1928-29 | 12-5 | - | Elmer Ripley | - |
| 1929-30 | 13-12 | - | Bill Dudack | - |
| 1930-31 | 5-16 | - | John Colrick | - |
| 1931-32 | 6-11 | - | Fred Mesmer | - |
| 1932-33 | 6-11 | 3-5 | Fred Mesmer | - |
| 1933-34 | 12-11 | 5-5 | Fred Mesmer | - |
| 1934-35 | 6-13 | 3-7 | Fred Mesmer | - |
| 1935-36 | 7-11 | 5-5 | Fred Mesmer | - |
| 1936-37 | 9-8 | 3-7 | Fred Mesmer | - |
| 1937-38 | 7-11 | 5-5 | Fred Mesmer | - |
| 1938-39 | 13-9 | 6-4 | Fred Mesmer | - |
| 1939-40 | 8-10 | - | Elmer Ripley | - |
| 1940-41 | 16-4 | - | Elmer Ripley | - |
| 1941-42 | 9-11 | - | Elmer Ripley | - |
| 1942-43 | 22-5 | - | Elmer Ripley | NCAA Finalist |
| 1943-44 | - | - | - | - |
| 1944-45 | - | - | - | - |
| 1945-46 | 11-9 | - | Ken Engles | - |
| 1946-47 | 19-7 | - | Elmer Ripley | - |
| 1947-48 | 13-15 | - | Elmer Ripley | - |
| 1948-49 | 9-15 | - | Elmer Ripley | - |
| 1949-50 | 12-12 | - | Buddy O'Grady | - |
| 1950-51 | 8-14 | - | Buddy O'Grady | - |
| 1951-52 | 15-10 | - | Buddy O'Grady | - |
| 1952-53 | 13-7 | - | Buddy Jeannette | NIT 1st Round |
| 1953-54 | 11-18 | - | Buddy Jeannette | - |
| 1954-55 | 12-13 | - | Buddy Jeannette | - |
| 1955-56 | 13-11 | - | Buddy Jeannette | - |
| 1956-57 | 11-11 | - | Tommy Nolan | - |
| 1957-58 | 10-11 | - | Tommy Nolan | - |
| 1958-59 | 8-15 | - | Tommy Nolan | - |
| 1959-60 | 11-12 | - | Tommy Nolan | - |
| 1960-61 | 11-10 | - | Tom O'Keefe | - |
| 1961-62 | 14-9 | - | Tom O'Keefe | - |
| 1962-63 | 13-13 | - | Tom O'Keefe | - |
| 1963-64 | 15-10 | - | Tom O'Keefe | - |
| 1964-65 | 13-10 | - | Tom O'Keefe | - |
| 1965-66 | 16-8 | - | Tom O'Keefe | - |
| 1966-67 | 12-11 | - | Jack Magee | - |
| 1967-68 | 11-12 | - | Jack Magee | - |
| 1968-69 | 12-12 | - | Jack Magee | - |
| 1969-70 | 18-7 | - | Jack Magee | NIT 1st Round |
| 1970-71 | 12-14 | - | Jack Magee | - |
| 1971-72 | 3-23 | - | Jack Magee | - |
| 1972-73 | 12-14 | - | John Thompson | - |
| 1973-74 | 13-13 | - | John Thompson | - |
| 1974-75 | 18-10 | - | John Thompson | NCAA 1st Round |
| 1975-76 | 21-7 | - | John Thompson | NCAA 1st Round |
| 1976-77 | 19-9 | - | John Thompson | NIT 1st Round |
| 1977-78 | 23-8 | - | John Thompson | NIT Semifinals |
| 1978-79 | 24-5 | - | John Thompson | NCAA 1st Round |
| 1979-80 | 26-6 | 5-1 | John Thompson | NCAA Elite 8 |
| 1980-81 | 20-12 | 9-5 | John Thompson | NCAA 1st Round |
| 1981-82 | 30-7 | 10-4 | John Thompson | NCAA Finalist |
| 1982-83 | 22-10 | 11-5 | John Thompson | NCAA 2nd Round |
| 1983-84 | 34-3 | 14-2 | John Thompson | NCAA Champion |
| 1984-85 | 35-3 | 14-2 | John Thompson | NCAA Finalist |
| 1985-86 | 24-8 | 11-5 | John Thompson | NCAA 2nd Round |
| 1986-87 | 29-5 | 12-4 | John Thompson | NCAA Elite 8 |
| 1987-88 | 20-10 | 9-7 | John Thompson | NCAA 2nd Round |
| 1988-89 | 29-5 | 13-3 | John Thompson | NCAA Elite 8 |
| 1989-90 | 24-7 | 11-5 | John Thompson | NCAA 2nd Round |
| 1990-91 | 19-13 | 8-8 | John Thompson | NCAA 2nd Round |
| 1991-92 | 22-10 | 12-6 | John Thompson | NCAA 2nd Round |
| 1992-93 | 20-13 | 8-10 | John Thompson | NIT Finalist |
| 1993-94 | 19-12 | 10-8 | John Thompson | NCAA 2nd Round |
| 1994-95 | 22-10 | 11-7 | John Thompson | NCAA Sweet 16 |
| 1995-96 | 29-8 | 13-5 | John Thompson | NCAA Elite 8 |
| 1996-97 | 20-10 | 11-7 | John Thompson | NCAA 1st Round |
| 1997-98 | 16-15 | 6-12 | John Thompson | NIT 2nd Round |
| 1998-99 | 15-16 | 6-12 | John Thompson/Craig Esherick | NIT 1st Round |
| 1999-00 | 19-15 | 6-10 | Craig Esherick | NIT 2nd Round |
| 2000-01 | 25-8 | 10-6 | Craig Esherick | NCAA Sweet 16 |
| 2001-02 | 19-11 | 9-7 | Craig Esherick | - |
| 2002-03 | 19-15 | 6-10 | Craig Esherick | NIT Finals |
| 2003-04 | 13-15 | 4-12 | Craig Esherick | - |
| 2004-05 | 19-13 | 8-8 | John Thompson III | NIT Quarterfinals |
| 2005-06 | 23-10 | 10-6 | John Thompson III | NCAA Sweet 16 |
| 2006-07 | 30-7 | 13-3 | John Thompson III | NCAA Final 4 |
| 2007-08 | 28-6 | 15-3 | John Thompson III | NCAA 2nd Round |
[edit] Famous alumni
[edit] Hoyas in the Pros
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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. Other Hoyas to make the NBA include Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje, Sleepy Floyd, Jeff Green, Othella Harrington, Jaren Jackson, Alonzo Mourning, Dikembe Mutombo, Don Reid, Charles Smith, Michael Sweetney, Jahidi White, Jerome Williams, Reggie Williams, and David Wingate.[8] Victor Page, who led the Big East in scoring during the 1996-'97 season, played in the CBA and NBDL. Page was one of the greatest players in Sioux Falls Skyforce history.
NBA Draft Picks from Georgetown include:[9]
2007 NBA Draft
Round 1 Pick 5 Jeff Green Boston Celtics
2003 NBA Draft
Round 1 Pick 9 Mike Sweetney New York Knicks
2001 NBA Draft
Round 2 Pick 21 Ruben Boumtje Boumtje Portland Trail Blazers
1998 NBA Draft
Round 2 Pick 14 Jahidi White Washington Wizards
1996 NBA Draft
Round 1 Pick 1 Allen Iverson Philadelphia 76ers Round 1 Pick 26 Jerome Williams Detroit Pistons Round 2 Pick 1 Othella Harrington Houston Rockets
1995 NBA Draft
Round 2 Pick 29 Don Reid Detroit Pistons
1992 NBA Draft
Round 1 Pick 2 Alonzo Mourning Charlotte Hornets
1991 NBA Draft
Round 1 Pick 4 Dikembe Mutombo Denver Nuggets
1987 NBA Draft
Round 1 Pick 4 Reggie Williams Los Angeles Clippers
1986 NBA Draft
Round 2 Pick 20 David Wingate Philadelphia 76ers Round 2 Pick 23 Michael Jackson New York Knicks Round 4 Pick 6 Michael Graham Seattle SuperSonics Round 7 Pick 3 Ralph Dalton Cleveland Cavaliers
1985 NBA Draft
Round 1 Pick 1 Patrick Ewing New York Knicks Round 2 Pick 2 Bill Martin Indiana Pacers
1984 NBA Draft
Round 5 Pick 1 Gene Smith Indiana Pacers Round 9 Pick 11 Fred Brown Atlanta Hawks
1982 NBA Draft
Round 1 Pick 13 Eric Floyd New Jersey Nets Round 4 Pick 10 Eric Smith Portland Trail Blazers Round 8 Pick 23 Ed Spriggs Boston Celtics
1981 NBA Draft
Round 10 Pick 6 Mike Frazier Atlanta Hawks
1980 NBA Draft
Round 1 Pick 19 John Duren Utah Jazz Round 2 Pick 5 Craig Shelton Atlanta Hawks Round 8 Pick 16 Al Dutch Seattle SuperSonics
1979 NBA Draft
Round 10 Pick 18 Steve Martin Washington Bullets
1978 NBA Draft
Round 4 Pick 11 Derrick Jackson Golden State Warriors Round 7 Pick 14 Ed Hopkins Washington Bullets
1976 NBA Draft
Round 8 Pick 15 Merlin Wilson Washington Bullets
1972 NBA Draft
Round 4 Pick 16 Art White Milwaukee Bucks
1971 NBA Draft
Round 11 Pick 13 Ken Davis New York Knicks
1970 NBA Draft
Round 16 Pick 3 Paul Favorite Cincinnati Royals
1969 NBA Draft
Round 11 Pick 8 Jim Supple Cincinnati Royals
1967 NBA Draft
Round 2 Pick 2 Steve Sullivan Detroit Pistons Round 8 Pick 7 Frank Holloendoner Cincinnati Royals
1964 NBA Draft
Round 10 Pick 1 Jim Christie New York Knicks
1962 NBA Draft
Round 7 Pick 5 Bob Sharpenter Syracuse Nationals
[edit] Basketball players famous in other areas
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 Craftsman Truck Series and also raced one season in the Nextel Cup series.
- General James L. Jones (SFS '66), USMC, is the former Commandant of the Marine Corps, former Supreme Allied Commander Europe and current Special Liaison to the Mideast peace talks.
- Paul Tagliabue (C '62), who played for the Hoyas in the early 1960s and was one of the leading rebounders in school history [10], was Commissioner of the National Football League from 1989-2006.
- Henry Hyde- (C 1943), former Chairman of House Judiciary Committee. Recipient of U.S. Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor granted by the U.S. Government.
- Barry Sullivan- (1952 transferred to Columbia)-President, First Chicago Corporation.
- William Shea-(C1929), (L1931)-New York Attorney, brought New York Mets to city. Shea Stadium named in his honor.
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ Camille Powell. "Big East Takes Note Of Hibbert, Wallace", Washington Post, 2007-Oct-25, p. E08.
- ^ "Princeton Offense Keeps Hoyas on the Move", Washington Post, Mike Wise, March 23, 2006; Page E12.
- ^ a b c d e f g "A Century of Georgetown Basketball", Washington Post, 2007-02-10.
- ^ Washington Post, Jan. 22, 2006, Page E-1, "Hoyas KO the Big 1"
- ^ "Princeton Tabs Georgetown Assistant", April 21, 2007, p. E2.
- ^ "Durant, Green, All Signed for Summer Fun", July 5, 2007.
- ^ Big East Official Georgetown Page
- ^ Georgetown University Official Athletic Site
- ^ statsheet.com. "Georgetown Hoyas in the NBA", statsheet.com, 2007-Oct-25.
- ^ Basketball Record Book, Georgetown University Official Athletic Site
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