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Georgetown Hoyas History

The Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team first played in 1907. Independent for much of its existence, Georgetown became a founding member of the Big East Conference in 1979. The Hoyas have made 31 NCAA Tournament appearances, advanced to the Final Four five times and won the National Championship game in 1984. The 1984 championship team, led by the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player Patrick Ewing, made history as the first Big East program to claim the title, while head coach John Thompson Jr. became the first Black head coach in Division I men's basketball to win a national championship. 

As the Georgetown coach between 1972 and 1999, Thompson oversaw the nascent careers of future Basketball Hall of Fame players Ewing, Alonzo Mourning, Dikembe Mutombo and Allen Iverson, and was inducted as a coach himself in 1999. Other notable alumni of the basketball program include former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue and U.S. Congressman Henry Hyde. Thompson’s son, John Thompson III, also served as head coach between 2004 and 2017, followed by Ewing until 2023.

In the Big East, the Hoyas have claimed 10 regular season titles as well as eight conference tournament championships. Many of the team’s rivalries are rooted against fellow Big East founders, such as the Syracuse Orange and UConn Huskies, though the former departed after a major conference realignment in 2013. At games, prepare to hear the cheer “Hoya Saxa” (Latin for “what rocks”) and keep an eye out for their real dog mascot, Jack the Bulldog.

Georgetown Hoyas Team Info

Conference: Big East

Team Colors: Blue and gray

Team Rivals: Syracuse, UConn, St. John’s, Maryland

Georgetown Hoyas at Capital One Arena

Bring your blue and gray from The Hilltop to the Nation’s Capital for Georgetown Hoyas home games at Capitol One Arena. Home of the NBA’s Washington Wizards, the 20,356-seat arena opened in 1997 in Washington D.C.’s Chinatown neighborhood. The Georgetown Hoyas have shared Capital One Arena with the Wizards since the venue’s opening along with the WNBA’s Washington Mystics from 1998 to 2018. Capital One Arena has hosted seven rounds of NCAA Tournament matches between 1998 and 2019.