• THE GEORGETOWN BASKETBALL HISTORY PROJECT

About Us

It's All Here

Since 2003, The Georgetown Basketball History Project has brought together the names, the stories, and the memories of Georgetown basketball to an online audience.

In 2010, the site helped support research for "The Georgetown Basketball Vault", which chronicled a century of basketball on the Hilltop combined with numerous photos and souvenir items in each book.

By The Numbers

Measures Of Success

Over the past 50 years, few schools have built and enjoyed the level of sucess enjoyed by Georgetown teams. Here is a sample of those accomplishments within this site:

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

1953, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015

1943, 1982, 1984, 1985, 2007


Meet the Hoyas

Player Biographies

Over 600 men have played basketball at Georgetown, and we've got a story for every one of them. Read about their days on the court and the varied lives they lived after Georgetown.

Featured Coverage

The Nemesis

Every hero needs a villain. In the 1970s, as John Thompson's star was ascendant on the Hilltop, a fellow warrior stood 11 miles away... For eight seasons in the 1970s, the Georgetown-Maryland rivalry captured the attention of Washington basketball as it had never done before, and has not since."

The House That Abe Built

"This fall, the building now known as Capital One Arena celebrates its 25th anniversary as a cornerstone of the Nation's Capital, as well as an integral part of the Georgetown University basketball experience. That is exists at all is a monument to a man who would not take no for an answer, and in so doing, changed the course of the city itself."

1972

"The players were set up for failure--sent on the road for 16 of 26 games totalling nearly 12,000 miles of travel, not for the promise of competitive glory but to settle a grudge: an athletic director who wanted to run off the basketball coach...It was the season that fundamentally changed the role of basketball at Georgetown."

Crossing The Line

"The largest Catholic university south of the Mason-Dixon Line, it consciously avoided the issue of integration while the issue was growing externally in importance and resolve across the country. Athletics, a visible face of the University, reflected this approach. At one time, it was deemed acceptable. Soon, it became indefensible."

The Renovation That Never Was

"And while the plans for the renovation never saw the public light of day, here's another thought: is there a comparable renovation that could address the main floor, the seating portion of the gymnasium, and do it in a way that doesn't involve tearing up the structure of the building and engendering years of permits? If so, what would it look like?"

Reclaiming The Birthright

"But what the basketball schools didn't ask for is even more compelling, and tells the second half of this remarkable wager: they didn't acquire the corporate assets of the conference, or in this case, its liabilities. With some help from a Georgetown alumnus, the basketball schools were about to deliver a one-two punch to ESPN and the college basketball world."