1998–99 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team
1998–99 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball | |
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National Invitation Tournament, First Round | |
Conference | Big East Conference |
Record | 15–16 (6–12 Big East) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coaches |
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Captain | MCI Center |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 3 Connecticut† | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 34 | – | 2 | .944 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 10 Miami (FL) | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 23 | – | 7 | .767 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 9 St. John's | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 28 | – | 9 | .757 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Syracuse | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 21 | – | 12 | .636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Villanova | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 21 | – | 11 | .656 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rutgers | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 19 | – | 13 | .594 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Providence | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 16 | – | 14 | .533 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notre Dame | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 14 | – | 16 | .467 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seton Hall | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 15 | – | 15 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgetown | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 15 | – | 16 | .484 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pittsburgh | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 14 | – | 16 | .467 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West Virginia | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 10 | – | 19 | .345 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boston College | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 6 | – | 21 | .222 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1998–99 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented
Season recap
Playing the previous season with a roster depleted by transfers, injuries, and point guard Victor Page's early departure for a professional career, Georgetown in 1997–98 had had its least successful season since 1973–74. The Hoyas began to rebuild their roster this year.
Freshman guard Kevin Braswell was another newcomer to the team. He started all 31 games – in fact, he would start all 128 games of his collegiate career – and immediately emerged as a prodigious shooter, averaging one shot every 25 seconds and 17.6 points per game during the first five games of the year. During the season as a whole, he scored in double figures 23 times, including four games in which he scored 20 or more points and a season-high 29 points against Georgia State, and he averaged 13.5 points per game for the year. Despite his overall scoring prowess, he played inconsistently; his 441 field goal attempts were second only to Allen Iverson among Georgetown freshman, but he shot only 33 percent from the field in contrast to Iverson's 39 percent. In one of his more notable slumps, he shot only 24.5 percent from the field in three straight losses over a one-week period at the end of 1998 and beginning of 1999, going 7-for-18 (38.9%) against Miami on December 30, 4-for-18 (22.2%) at top-ranked Connecticut on January 2, and 2-for-17 (11.8%) at Seton Hall on January 4.[3]
As a freshman the previous season, guard Nat Burton had been thrust into a starting role as Georgetown's roster ran low on players. Now a sophomore, Burton played in 30 of the team's 31 games and started 28 of them. Although he only shot around 25 percent from beyond the three-point line, he was an aggressive rebounder and inside shooter, and he scored in double figures 12 times in the team's final 14 games. He finished third in scoring on the team, averaging 11.4 points and 4.9 rebounds per game.[4]
After suffering a wrist injury and missing all but the first six games of the previous season, sophomore center Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje returned to action but got off to a slow start, scoring only six field goals in his first four games of the season. He started all 31 games and improved as the season wore on, with five double-doubles, among them a 15-point, 13-rebound performance in a win over Pittsburgh. He finished second in rebounding and fourth in scoring for the team, averaging 8.5 points per game for the year. He blocked 89 shots, the third in history among Georgetown sophomores behind only Patrick Ewing and Alonzo Mourning.[5]
After coaching a last game for Georgetown at Seton Hall on January 4, 1999, head coach John Thompson, Jr., abruptly resigned and retired on January 8, 1999, after 26½ seasons at the helm, citing his impending divorce and other family issues and rejecting the idea posed by friends of leaving the team only temporarily for a sabbatical. Assistant coach Craig Esherick, a reserve guard for Georgetown from 1974 to 1978 who had returned as an assistant coach in 1982 and served in that capacity for 17½ seasons, took over, beginning his own five-and-a-half-season run as head coach. Esherick's first game as head coach was against Providence on January 9, 1999.[6][7]
Twenty-two days after Thompson's resignation, Georgetown made one of the most remarkable comebacks in school history, albeit in a losing cause. On January 30, 1999, the Hoyas faced
The team opened the season 6–2 but struggled in conference play, posting a 14–14 record overall, 6–12 in the Big East. Its 10th-place finish in the conference earned it a No. 10 seed in the 1999 Big East tournament. In the first round, the Hoyas upset seventh-seeded Providence, but they fell to second-seeded Miami in the quarterfinals.
With a 15–15 record after the tournament, Georgetown missed the NCAA tournament for the second year in a row, the first time the school had missed the tournament for two consecutive seasons since the 1976–77 and 1977–78 seasons. For the second straight year, the Hoyas accepted an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament (NIT). They lost at Princeton in the first round, bringing their season to the end. The 15–16 record they posted was Georgetown's first losing season since 1972–73.
Roster
Source[2][3][4][5][9][10][11][12]
# | Name | Height | Weight (lbs.) | Position | Class | Hometown | Previous Team(s) |
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0 | Trez Kilpatrick | 6'7" | 219 | F
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So. | Hallandale, FL, U.S.
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Hallandale HS; |
3 | Kevin Braswell | 6'2" | 190 | G
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Fr. | Baltimore, MD, U.S.
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Lake Clifton HS |
4 | Joseph Touomou | 6'2" | 195 | G
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Sr. | Yaounde, Cameroon
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Williamston, NC )
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5 | Anthony Perry | 6'3" | 186 | G
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So. | Jersey City, NJ, U.S.
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St. Anthony HS |
10 | Gharun Hester | 6'4" | 205 | F
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So. | Fort Washington, MD, U.S.
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Friendly HS |
11 | Daymond Jackson | 6'4" | 205 | F
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Sr. | Alexandria, VA, U.S.
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T. C. Williams HS
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12 | Dean Berry | 5'10" | 168 | G
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Sr. | Brooklyn, NY, U.S.
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Episcopal HS |
14 | Willie Taylor | 6'5" | 200 | F
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Fr. | La Vergne, TN, U.S.
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La Vergne HS |
20 | Damien Bolden | 6'3" | 180 | G
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Jr. | Portland, OR, U.S.
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Lincoln HS |
25 | Nat Burton | 6'4" | 218 | F
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Jr. | Washington, DC, U.S.
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Winchendon, MA )
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32 | Rhese Gibson | 6'8" | 230 | F
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Jr. | New York, NY, U.S.
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All Hallows HS |
40 | Jameel Watkins | 6'10" | 244 | C | Jr. | Brooklyn, NY, U.S.
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Paul Robeson HS |
44 | Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje | 7'0" | 257 | C | So. | Yaounde, Cameroon
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Washington, DC )
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Rankings
The team was not ranked in the Top 25 in the
1998–99 Schedule and results
- All times are Eastern
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Preseason | |||||||||||
Sat., Oct. 31, 1998 |
U.S. Army All-Star Team)
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W 101–68 | exhibition |
Washington, DC
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Regular Season | |||||||||||
Tue., Nov. 10, 1998* |
vs. No. 7 Coaches vs. Cancer IKON Classic first round
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L 49–65 | 0–1 |
New York, NY
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Wed., Nov. 11, 1998* |
vs. Illinois Coaches vs. Cancer IKON Classic Consolation |
L 50–64 | 0–2 |
Madison Square Garden (13,233) New York, NY | |||||||
Sun., Nov. 15, 1998* |
Hartford | W 91–62 | 1–2 |
MCI Center (5,001)Washington, DC | |||||||
Wed., Nov. 18, 1998* |
at Georgia State | W 83–68 | 2–2 |
Atlanta, GA
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Sat., Nov. 21, 1998* |
Grambling State | W 89–61 | 3–2 |
MCI Center (5,820) Washington, DC | |||||||
Tue., Nov. 24, 1998* |
IUPU-Indianapolis | W 72–60 | 4–2 |
MCI Center (6,071) Washington, DC | |||||||
Mon., Nov. 30, 1998* |
at Bethune-Cookman
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W 83–76 | 5–2 |
Daytona Beach, FL
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Wed., Dec. 2, 1998* |
Morgan State
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W 67–49 | 6–2 |
MCI Center (6,003) Washington, DC | |||||||
Tue., Dec. 8, 1998 |
Rutgers | L 62–68 | 6–3 (0–1) |
MCI Center (8,307) Washington, DC | |||||||
Tue., Dec. 22, 1998* |
Maryland Eastern Shore | W 94–66 | 7–3 |
MCI Center (8,376) Washington, DC | |||||||
Wed., Dec. 30, 1998 |
Miami | L 63–64 | 7–4 (0–2) |
MCI Center (7,102) Washington, DC | |||||||
Sat., Jan. 2, 1999 |
at No. 1 Rivalry
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L 64–87 | 7–5 (0–3) |
Storrs, CT
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Mon., Jan. 4, 1999 |
at Seton Hall | L 61–72 | 7–6 (0–4) |
East Rutherford, NJ
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Sat., Jan. 9, 1999 |
Providence | W 75–70 | 8–6 (1–4) |
MCI Center (9,502) Washington, DC | |||||||
Mon., Jan. 11, 1999 |
at No. 10 St. John's | L 69–71 | 8–7 (1–5) |
Madison Square Garden (9,563) New York, NY | |||||||
Sat., Jan. 16, 1999 CBS |
No. 18 Syracuse | L 79–81 | 8–8 (1–6) |
MCI Center (N/A) Washington, DC | |||||||
Tue., Jan. 19, 1999 |
West Virginia | L 54–55 | 8–9 (1–7) |
MCI Center (5,916) Washington, DC | |||||||
Sat., Jan. 23, 1999 |
at Pittsburgh | W 79–71 | 9–9 (2–7) |
Pittsburgh, PA
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Mon., Jan. 25, 1999 |
No. 1 Connecticut Rivalry
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L 71–78 | 9–10 (2–8) |
MCI Center (15,964) Washington, DC | |||||||
Sat., Jan. 30, 1999 |
at Villanova | L 90–93 2OT | 9–11 (2–9) |
Philadelphia, PA
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Tue., Feb. 2, 1999 |
Pittsburgh | W 76–58 | 10–11 (3–9) |
MCI Center (9,902) Washington, DC | |||||||
Sat., Feb. 6, 1999 |
at Miami | L 58–71 | 10–12 (3–10) |
Miami, FL
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Wed., Feb. 10, 1999 |
at Notre Dame | W 62–53 | 11–12 (4–10) |
Notre Dame, IN
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Sat., Feb. 13, 1999* |
Southern-New Orleans | W 99–73 | 12–12 |
McDonough Gymnasium (3,121) Washington, DC | |||||||
Wed., Feb. 17, 1999 |
Boston College | W 57–54 | 13–12 (5–10) |
MCI Center (8,399) Washington, DC | |||||||
Sat., Feb. 20, 1999 |
No. 10 St. John's | L 66–74 | 13–13 (5–11) |
MCI Center (15,789) Washington, DC | |||||||
Tue., Feb. 23, 1999 |
at Rutgers | W 57–53 | 14–13 (6–11) |
Piscataway, NJ
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Sat., Feb. 27, 1999 |
at Providence | L 62–64 | 14–14 (6–12) |
Providence, RI
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Big East tournament | |||||||||||
Wed., Mar. 3, 1999 |
vs. Providence First Round |
W 68–66 | 15–14 |
Madison Square Garden (15,498) New York, NY | |||||||
Thu., Mar. 4, 1999 |
vs. Miami Quarterfinal |
L 54–65 | 15–15 |
Madison Square Garden (18,813) New York, NY | |||||||
National Invitation Tournament | |||||||||||
Wed., Mar. 10, 1999 |
at Princeton First Round |
L 47–54 | 15–16 |
Princeton, NJ
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*Non-conference game. #Rankings from
AP Poll . (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. |
References
- ^ "1998-99 Big East Conference Season Summary". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
- ^ a b The Georgetown Basketball History Project: The Top 100: 67. Anthony Perry
- ^ a b "The Georgetown Basketball History Project: The Top 100: 28. Kevin Braswell". Archived from the original on November 30, 2012. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
- ^ a b The Georgetown Basketball History Project: The Top 100: 72. Nat Burton
- ^ a b The Georgetown Basketball History Project: The Top 100: 52. Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje
- ^ a b "The Georgetown Basketball History Project: 1990s Schedules". Retrieved November 22, 2013.
- ^ Norwood, Robyn, "Thompson Resigns From Georgetown," The Los Angeles Times, January 9, 1999.
- ^ "The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Classic Games". Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
- ^ sports-reference.com 1998–99 Georgetown Hoyas Roster and Stats
- ^ "hoyasaxanation.com 1998–1999 Georgetown Basketball Roster". Archived from the original on November 22, 2013. Retrieved November 22, 2013.
- ^ The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Player Directory: Jersey Numbers
- ^ The Georgetown Basketball History Project: All-Time Player Directory
- ^ sports-reference.com 1998–99 Big East Conference Season Summary
- ^ sports-reference.com 1998–99 Polls
- ^ "The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Records vs. All Opponents". Archived from the original on November 3, 2013. Retrieved November 22, 2013.
- ^ Denlinger, Ken, "Perry Nets 21 in Hoyas Debut; Georgetown 101, Fort Hood 68," The Washington Post, November 1, 1998.
- ^ 2012–2013 Georgetown Men's Basketball Media Guide, p. 65-66.