2008–09 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team
2008–09 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball | |
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National Invitation Tournament, first round | |
Conference | Big East Conference |
Record | 16–15 (7–11 Big East) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coaches |
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Captain | Jessie Sapp (1st year) |
Home arena | Verizon Center |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 1 Louisville† | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 31 | – | 6 | .838 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 4 Pittsburgh | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 31 | – | 5 | .861 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 5 Connecticut | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 31 | – | 5 | .861 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 11 Villanova | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 30 | – | 8 | .789 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 23 Marquette | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 25 | – | 10 | .714 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 13 Syracuse | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 28 | – | 10 | .737 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West Virginia | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 23 | – | 12 | .657 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Providence | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 19 | – | 14 | .576 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notre Dame | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 21 | – | 15 | .583 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cincinnati | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 18 | – | 14 | .563 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seton Hall | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 17 | – | 15 | .531 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgetown | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 16 | – | 15 | .516 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
St. John's | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 16 | – | 18 | .471 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Florida | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 9 | – | 22 | .290 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rutgers | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 11 | – | 21 | .344 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DePaul | 0 | – | 18 | .000 | 9 | – | 24 | .273 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† AP Poll
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The 2008–09 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented
Season recap
Regular season
Coming off a
Non-conference schedule
The season began well enough with Georgetown displaying a strong defense in wins over Jacksonville[2] and Drexel and Monroe showing his expected defensive prowess and making the first Georgetown score, rebound, and blocked shot of the year.[2] He scored 14 points, grabbed seven rebounds, and blocked three shots against Jacksonville[2] and contributed 20 points, eight rebounds, four assists, three steals, and three blocked shots against Drexel, a game in which he shot 7-for-9 (77.8 percent) from the field.[3] Chris Wright had 16 points, five rebounds, and four assists against Jacksonville[2] and 11 points, seven assists, and five rebounds in the Drexel game,[3] while Summers and Sapp each scored 13 points against Jacksonville.[2] Summers finished with 10 against Drexel.[4]
Moving up to No. 21 in the AP Poll, the Hoyas next traveled to
With a record of 4-1 and ranked No. 20, the Hoyas returned to the Verizon Center for a five-game homestand. In the first two, they easily defeated American and Savannah State, the latter coached by former Georgetown player Horace Broadnax. Chris Wright scored a career-high 22 points and DaJuan Summers and Jessie Sapp had 14 points each against American in a game in which American scored only 12 points in the first half, the lowest score by a Georgetown opponent in the first half since John Thompson III took over as the Hoyas′ head coach in 2004.[9] In the Savannah State game two days later, Georgetown, by then ranked No. 19, scored 100 points for the second time in John Thompson III's tenure and had a 62-point margin of victory that was its biggest since a 112-39 defeat of the University of the District of Columbia on December 16, 1989. Freeman, Sapp, and Summers had 14 points each, Monroe had 13, and freshman guard Jason Clark came off the bench to score 10 against Savannah State.[10]
In the third game of the homestand, Georgetown faced No. 17
Conference schedule
Ranked No. 11, with a record of 9-1 and the winners of six straight games, the Hoyas closed out 2008 by opening their Big East Conference schedule with a visit to No. 2 Connecticut, which had won seven straight games against ranked opponents. Georgetown began the game with an 18-3 run against the veteran Huskies, and led 36-27 at halftime. Thirteen seconds into the second half, Greg Monroe hit a three-pointer to stretch the lead to 39-27, but Connecticut then went on a 13-1 run to close to a 40-37 deficit. With Georgetown clinging to a 42-39 lead with 13:19 left to play, Austin Freeman sparked Georgetown's offense, scoring seven of the first nine points of a 14-6 Georgetown run that gave the Hoyas a 56-45 advantage with 9:46 remaining. Connecticut never got closer than nine points the rest of the way, and Georgetown led by as many as 17 points in pulling off a 74-63 upset victory. In the second half, the Hoyas made 18 straight free throws and finished 18-for-21 (85.7 percent) from the free-throw line. DaJuan Summers had 18 points, Chris Wright and Greg Monroe scored 16 points each, and Freeman added 13. It was Georgetown's eighth straight win in a Big East season opener, five of them under John Thompson III. The Hoyas′ winning streak grew to seven, and their record improved to 10-1.[14][15][16]
At the time Georgetown upset Connecticut, the Big East boasted seven ranked teams,[14] and the relatively young and inexperienced Hoyas faced a challenging conference schedule as a result. Connecticut was the first of three ranked teams the Hoyas faced to open their conference schedule, leading John Thompson III to note in a postgame interview, "The commissioner isn't handing out trophies tonight and it doesn't get easier."[14] With that in mind, the Hoyas began 2009 by hosting No. 3 Pittsburgh in their next game. Although DaJuan Summers scored 22 points and Greg Monroe added 15, the undefeated Panthers used their depth to dominate Georgetown, outrebounding the Hoyas 46-21 and outscoring them from the paint 48-22, while Pittsburgh's bench outscored Georgetown's 14-2. Leading 33-30 at halftime, the Panthers shot 53 percent from the field in the second half and pulled out to a 55-44 lead with 7:47 left in the game. Pittsburgh sophomore forward DeJuan Blair had a double-double (20 points and 17 rebounds), and Pittsburgh won 70-54. The loss ended Georgetown's 29-game home winning streak.[17]
The following day, the Hoyas left for South Bend, Indiana, for a January 5 game at No. 13 Notre Dame – winners of 43 straight home games – by which time Georgetown had climbed to No. 9 in the AP Poll. Greg Monroe led the Hoyas with a double-double (21 points and 10 rebounds) and Chris Wright scored 13, while DaJuan Summers contributed 11, his second-lowest scoring performance of the season. Notre Dame junior forward Luke Harangody, meanwhile, led the Fighting Irish, scoring the last 13 Notre Dame points of the first half to give Notre Dame a 39-28 lead at halftime and, despite sitting with four fouls with 15:17 left to play and Notre Dame leading by six, reentered the game less than four minutes later and scored 10 points and grabbed five rebounds before time expired. Georgetown battled back to a 71-67 deficit with 13 seconds left, but the Fighting Irish upset the Hoyas 73-67 to extend their home winning streak to 44 and hand Georgetown consecutive losses for the first time since January 2007. Harangody finished with a double-double (31 points and 11 rebounds).[18]
Georgetown returned to the Verizon Center for a two-game homestand that began with a come-from-behind win over Providence in which Greg Monroe had a double-double (13 points and 10 rebounds) along with eight assists and five steals, Austin Freeman scored 18 points, Chris Wright had 16, and Jason Clark contributed 10.[19] The Hoyas dropped to No. 13 in the AP Poll by the time they met another ranked opponent, No. 8 Syracuse, winners of seven straight, in their next game. The underdog Hoyas rose to the occasion with their best three-point-shooting performance of the season, scoring on 12 out of 21 shots (57.1 percent) from three-point range. Opening with a 10-2 lead, Georgetown scored 14 straight points halfway through the first half as part of a 21-4 run that saw the Hoyas make 11 straight shots over nine minutes and stake themselves to a 37-18 lead with 4:25 left. With a four-point play, Austin Freeman gave the Hoyas a 47-26 lead with two minutes left, and Georgetown went into the locker room at halftime with a 50-32 advantage. The Orange rallied to begin the second half with eight unanswered points, and closed to a 53-45 deficit with 15:43 left to play, but DaJuan Summers hit a three-pointer 11 seconds later to stretch the lead to 56-45. Georgetown led by double digits for the rest of the game on the way to an 88-74 upset victory, dealing Syracuse its first conference loss of the season. DaJuan Summers had a game-high 21 points, while Austin Freeman shot 4-for-5 in three-pointers and scored 19 and Greg Monroe had 10 points and six rebounds. The 88 points were the most a Georgetown team had scored against a Big East opponent since John Thompson III's arrival in 2004, and the Hoya bench played a major role, scoring 29 points, including a career-high 12 points by Jason Clark.[20][21]
Three days later, Georgetown played its last nonconference game of the season, taking on yet another ranked opponent, no less than No. 2 Duke, in a visit to Durham, North Carolina. Duke entered the game having won seven straight games and riding a 67-game winning streak on its home court against non-Atlantic Coast Conference opponents. The game was tied 29-29 with 4:39 remaining in the first half, but Duke reeled off 11 straight points while holding Georgetown scoreless and led 40-29 at halftime; the Hoyas went into the locker room without having scored a field goal in the last 7½ minutes of the half. The Blue Devils pulled ahead to a 15-point lead early in the second half, but Georgetown responded with a 13-2 run and closed to 46-42 with 15:33 left to play. But when Henry Sims was called for a blocking foul with 15:08 left, Greg Monroe objected so strongly from the bench that he was called for a technical foul, his fourth foul of the game. The momentum shifted back in Duke's favor, and the Blue Devils went on a 15-3 run to take a 61-45 lead with 10:43 left in the game. The Hoyas battled back to a 72-67 deficit with 38 seconds remaining, but Duke hit four free throws in the game's last 30 seconds to clinch a 76-67 victory. In a losing cause, DaJuan Summers led the Hoyas with 21 points and seven rebounds, while Austin Freeman scored 15 and Monroe contributed 12 points and six rebounds.[22][23]
Georgetown emerged from the Duke game with a respectable 12-4 record against a tough schedule, including 3-2 in the Big East and 3-4 against ranked opponents, and even climbed to No. 12 in the AP Poll. But then the Hoyas′ season took a marked downturn, as the Duke setback was only the beginning of what turned out to be a five-game losing streak. Returning to conference play in their next game, against West Virginia, the Hoyas suffered a surprisingly one-sided loss in which the Mountaineers outshot, outrebounded, and out-defended Georgetown, especially in the second half:[24] The Hoyas shot only 39.2 percent from the field overall – 2-for-16 (12.5 percent) from three-point range – and only 33 percent after halftime.[25] The Hoyas′ shooting woes continued as they were upset again three days later at Seton Hall, which broke a six-game losing streak and won its first conference game of the season despite failing to make a single three-point shot for the first time since December 1991; Georgetown meanwhile shot a season-low 32.7 percent against the Pirates overall and went 3-for-22 (13.6 percent) in three-pointers,[25] meaning the Hoyas had gone a combined 5-for-38 (13.2 percent) in three-pointers against West Virginia and Seton Hall.[26] A fourth loss in a row ensued at Cincinnati in a game in which Georgetown shot 40 percent from the field but only 5-for-17 (29.4 percent) from three-point range while allowing the Bearcats to shoot 45.8 percent from the field.[26] DaJuan Summers had 12 points each against West Virginia[24] and Seton Hall,[27] but sat out the second half of the game against the Bearcats with seven points after twisting his ankle,[26] although he remained Georgetown's leading scorer for the season with 16.1 points per game through the end of the Cincinnati game.[26] Chris Wright scored 13 points against West Virginia,[24] 11 against Seton Hall,[27] and 15 against Cincinnati.[26] Greg Monroe contributed 11 points against West Virginia[24] and 17 against Seton Hall,[25] and 10 points and eight rebounds against Cincinnati,[28] while Austin Freeman had 14 points and six rebounds against Cincinnati.[28]
The fifth consecutive loss came on January 31 in a visit to No. 8
After enduring their longest losing streak since
Losers of seven of their last eight games, the Hoyas had an easy win at
Six weeks earlier, Georgetown had been ranked No. 9 in the country, but the Louisville loss gave them their ninth defeat in 11 games and dropped them to 12th place in the 16-team Big East.[40] Their demanding schedule continued with a visit to No. 12 Villanova on February 28. Both teams had strong defensive efforts, but Georgetown's defense was the better of the two: The Hoyas held the Wildcats to season lows in points (54), field goals (15), and shooting percentage from the field (33.3), as well as to 3-for-16 (18.8 percent) three-point shooting, and forced Villanova to commit a season-high 20 turnovers. For its part, Villanova forced Georgetown into a season-high 25 turnovers. The game stayed close until Georgetown finally pulled ahead over a 6:52 stretch late in the first half and early in the second during which the Hoyas made nine straight field goals and took a 40-32 lead with 17:21 left to play. Villanova closed to a two-point deficit three times, the last time at 52-50 with 5:02 remaining. Then both teams slumped on offense, with Villanova failing to score a field goal on eight straight possessions and committing three turnovers and Georgetown missing five straight shots from the field and committing two turnovers. The Wildcats closed to 52-51 on a free throw by sophomore guard Corey Stokes with 1:15 left to play, but Chris Wright scored on a layup and two free throws to give Georgetown a decisive 56-51 lead with 10 seconds remaining. DaJuan Summers scored 16 points, Wright had 13, and sophomore guard/forward Nikita Mescheriakov, starting in place of Jessie Sapp, contributed a career-high 11 points as Georgetown upset Villanova 56-54, the Hoyas' fifth straight win over the Wildcats.[41]
Georgetown finished its regular season with an overtime loss at St. John's – the first overtime game in the 91 meetings between the schools – in which the Hoyas blew a 45-30 lead, breaking a five-game Hoya winning streak against the Red Storm,[42] and a low-scoring win at the Verizon Center against DePaul that dealt the Blue Demons their 18th straight defeat and gave them a winless Big East season.[43] Greg Monroe had 18 points against St. John's,[42] while DaJuan Summers scored 10 points against St. John's[42] and 15 in the DePaul game.[43] Austin Freeman sat out the St. John's game with a hip injury,[42] but started the DePaul game and scored two points.[43]
The Hoyas finished the regular season with a record of 16-13 overall and 7-11 in the Big East, tied with Seton Hall for 11th place. It was their first losing record in the conference since the 2003-04 season.
Big East tournament
Seeded 12th in the 2009 Big East tournament, Georgetown needed to win the tournament championship in order to make the 2009 NCAA tournament. In the first round, the Hoyas faced the No. 13 seed, St. John's, which had not won a Big East tournament game since 2003 and had only qualified for the tournament once in the previous five years. St. John's led 30-28 at halftime and extended its lead to 46-37 in the second half before the Hoyas went on a 12-0 run to take the lead, 49-46, with 6:05 left to play. The Red Storm took back the lead for good at 53-52 with 3:42 remaining, shooting 6-for-7 from the free-throw line the rest of the way – part of a 24-for-29 (82.8 percent) St. John's free-throw-shooting effort – to secure a 64-59 win and advance to the next round. Chris Wright scored 14 points and Greg Monroe 13, but the Hoyas exited the tournament in the first round for the first time since 2004.[44]
National Invitation tournament
With a 16-14 record, Georgetown missed the NCAA Tournament for the first time since the 2004-05 season and accepted an invitation to the 2009 National Invitation Tournament, its first NIT appearance since 2005. Seeded sixth in one of the NIT's four regions, the Hoyas faced the region's No. 3 seed, Baylor, in the first round on Baylor's home court. The Hoyas shot 16-for-21 (76.2 percent) from the field in the first half to take a 44-34 lead at halftime, but the Bears opened the second half with a 13-2 run that gave them a 47-46 lead with 16:24 left to play. Georgetown retook the lead and stretched it to as many as five points, but Baylor junior guard Tweety Carter hit a three-pointer with 4:29 to play that gave the Bears the lead for good at 70-67. The Bears were clinging to a 72-69 lead with 11 seconds left when Chris Wright missed a three-pointer and Baylor sophomore guard LaceDarius Dunn grabbed the rebound, took a foul, and made two free throws to give Baylor a 74-69 advantage. DaJuan Summers sank a three-pointer with four seconds remaining to close to 74-72, and, after Carter missed the front half of a one-and-one, attempted his final shot as a Hoya, a long-distance heave that missed. Baylor won a postseason game for the first time since 1950, and Georgetown's disappointing season ended with a 16-15 record and the Hoyas exiting the NIT in the first round for the first time since 1999.[45][46]
Wrap-up
For the season, DaJuan Summers led the Hoyas in scoring, shooting 47.4 percent from the field and finishing with 13.6 points per game, while Greg Monroe finished the year with the team's highest field goal percentage (57.2 percent) and averaged 12.7 points per game. Chris Wright and Austin Freeman both shot 48.2 percent, with Wright averaging 12.5 points per game and Freeman 11.4 points. Jessie Sapp slumped during the season, shooting only 34.7 percent from the field and averaging only 6.5 points per game. Freeman missed one game, while the rest of them appeared in all 31 games during the season.[47] Monroe was selected as the Big East Rookie of the Year.[48]
Sapp graduated in 2009, completing a 135-game collegiate career in which he had started 92 times, averaging 7.1 points per game on 41.6 percent shooting from the field.
The 2008-2009 Hoyas were a relatively young and inexperienced team with only one scholarship senior that played in a conference that boasted as many as seven ranked teams, and they had 12 games against ranked opponents during the season, winning only four of them. Georgetown fell precipitously from the Top Ten early in January to a 16-15 record by the end of the season, with losses in 12 of their final 16 games and first-round exits from both the Big East tournament and the NIT. After the Hoyas defeated DePaul in the last game of the regular season and reporters asked Blue Demons head coach Jerry Wainwright about his thoughts on why the 2008-2009 Georgetown team had fallen so far so fast, he replied that the Hoyas "started with a bang and, I think, youth caught up with them."[43]
Roster
Source[52]
# | Name | Height | Weight (lbs.) | Position | Class | Hometown | Previous Team(s) |
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3 | DaJuan Summers | 6'8" | 236 | F
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Jr. | Baltimore, MD, U.S.
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McDonogh School |
4 | Chris Wright | 6'1" | 201 | G
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So. | Bowie, MD, U.S.
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St. John's College HS |
5 | Nikita Mescheriakov | 6'8" | 214 | F
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So. | Minsk, Belarus | St. John's College HS |
10 | Greg Monroe | 6'11" | 250 | C | Fr. | New Orleans, LA, U.S.
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Helen Cox HS |
11 | Bryon Jansen | 6'6" | 211 | F
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Sr. | Kent, WA, U.S.
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Seattle Christian Schools |
15 | Austin Freeman | 6'4" | 239 | G
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So. | Mitchellville, MD, U.S.
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DeMatha HS |
20 | Jason Clark | 6'2" | 176 | G
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Fr. | Arlington, VA, U.S.
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Bishop O'Connell HS
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21 | Jessie Sapp | 6'3" | 212 | G
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Sr. | New York, NY, U.S.
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National Christian Academy (Md.) |
22 | Julian Vaughn | 6'9" | 246 | F
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So. | Vienna, VA, U.S.
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Oak Hill Academy Florida State |
30 | Henry Sims | 6'10" | 226 | C | Fr. | Baltimore, MD, U.S.
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Mount St. Joseph HS
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31 | Omar Wattad | 6'4" | 225 | F
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So. | Johnson City, TN, U.S.
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Science Hill HS |
2008–09 Schedule and results
- All times are Eastern
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Mon., Nov. 17, 2008* 7:30 p.m., MASN |
No. 22 | Jacksonville | W 71–62 | 1–0 |
Washington, DC
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Sat., Nov. 22, 2008* 1:00pm, none |
No. 22 | Drexel | W 81–53 | 2–0 |
Verizon Center (11,434) Washington, DC | ||||||
Thu., Nov. 27, 2008* 2:00pm, ESPN2 |
No. 21 | vs. Old Spice Classic First Round
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W 58–50 | 3–0 |
Lake Buena Vista, FL
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Fri., Nov. 28, 2008* 1:00pm, ESPN |
No. 21 | vs. No. 12 Tennessee Old Spice Classic Semifinal |
L 78–90 | 3–1 |
The Milk House (3,926) Lake Buena Vista, FL | ||||||
Sun., Nov. 30, 2008* 5:30pm, ESPN2 |
No. 21 | vs. Maryland Old Spice Classic 3rd Place |
W 75–48 | 4–1 |
The Milk House (3,914) Lake Buena Vista, FL | ||||||
Sat., Dec. 6, 2008* 1:00pm, MASN |
No. 20 | American | W 73–49 | 5–1 |
Verizon Center (11,196) Washington, DC | ||||||
Mon., Dec. 8, 2008* 7:30pm, none |
No. 19 | Savannah State | W 100–38 | 6–1 |
Verizon Center (8,013) Washington, DC | ||||||
Sat., Dec. 13, 2008* 2:00pm, CBS
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No. 19 | No. 17 Memphis | W 79–70 OT | 7–1 |
Verizon Center (15,238) Washington, D.C. | ||||||
Sat., Dec. 20, 2008* 1:00pm, MASN |
No. 15 | Mount St. Mary's | W 69–58 | 8–1 |
Verizon Center (10,364) Washington, DC | ||||||
Tue., Dec. 23, 2008* 7:30pm, none |
No. 12 | Florida International | W 76–38 | 9–1 |
Verizon Center (7,964) Washington, DC | ||||||
Mon., Dec. 29, 2008 7:00pm, ESPN2 |
No. 11 | at No. 2 Rivalry
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W 74–63 | 10–1 (1–0) |
Hartford, CT
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Sat., Jan. 3, 2009 12:00 noon, ESPN |
No. 11 | No. 3 Pittsburgh
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L 54–70 | 10–2 (1–1) |
Verizon Center (19,397) Washington, DC | ||||||
Mon., Jan. 5, 2009 7:00pm, ESPN |
No. 9 | at No. 13 Notre Dame
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L 67–73 | 10–3 (1–2) |
Notre Dame, IN
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Sat., Jan. 10, 2009 1:00pm, ESPNU |
No. 9 | Providence | W 82–75 | 11–3 (2–2) |
Verizon Center (12,764) Washington, DC | ||||||
Wed., Jan. 14, 2009 7:30pm, ESPN2 |
No. 13 | No. 8 Syracuse
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W 88–74 | 12–3 (3–2) |
Verizon Center (19,227) Washington, DC | ||||||
Sat., Jan. 17, 2009* 1:30pm, CBS |
No. 13 | at No. 2 Duke | L 67–76 | 12–4 |
Durham, NC
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Thu., Jan. 22, 2009 7:00pm, ESPN |
No. 12 | West Virginia | L 58–75 | 12–5 (3–3) |
Verizon Center (12,875) Washington, DC | ||||||
Sun., Jan. 25, 2009 2:00pm, MASN |
No. 12 | at Seton Hall | L 60–65 | 12–6 (3–4) |
Newark, NJ
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Wed., Jan. 28, 2009 7:30pm, ESPN360
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No. 25 | at Cincinnati | L 57–65 | 12–7 (3–5) |
Cincinnati, OH
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Sat., Jan. 31, 2009 2:00pm, MASN |
No. 25 | at No. 8 Marquette | L 82–94 | 12–8 (3–6) |
Milwaukee, WI
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Tue., Feb. 3, 2009 7:00pm, MASN |
Rutgers | W 57–47 | 13–8 (4–6) |
Verizon Center (8,473) Washington, DC | |||||||
Sat., Feb. 7, 2009 12:00 noon, MASN |
Cincinnati | L 62–64 OT | 13–9 (4–7) |
Verizon Center (15,349) Washington, DC | |||||||
Sat., Feb. 14, 2009 12:00 noon, ESPN |
at No. 22 Syracuse | L 94–98 OT | 13–10 (4–8) |
Syracuse, NY
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Wed., Feb. 18, 2009 7:00pm, MASN |
at South Florida
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W 65–40 | 14–10 (5–8) |
Tampa, FL
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Sat., Feb. 21, 2009 2:00pm, ESPN |
No. 11 Marquette | L 72–78 | 14–11 (5–9) |
Verizon Center (17,686) Washington, DC | |||||||
Mon., Feb. 23, 2009 7:00pm, ESPN |
No. 6 Louisville | L 58–76 | 14–12 (5–10) |
Verizon Center (12,653) Washington, DC | |||||||
Sat., Feb. 28, 2009 12:00pm, ESPN |
at No. 12 Villanova | W 56–54 | 15–12 (6–10) |
Philadelphia, PA
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Tue, Mar. 3, 2009 7:30pm, MASN |
at St. John's | L 56–59 OT | 15–13 (6–11) |
New York, NY
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Sat., Mar. 7, 2009 5:00pm, ESPNU |
DePaul | W 48–40 | 16–13 (7–11) |
Verizon Center (12,338) Washington, DC | |||||||
Big East tournament | |||||||||||
Tue., Mar. 10, 2009 2:00pm, BigEast.tv |
vs. St. John's First Round |
L 59–64 | 16–14 |
Madison Square Garden (19,375) New York, NY | |||||||
National Invitation Tournament | |||||||||||
Wed., Mar. 18, 2009 9:00pm, ESPN2 |
at Baylor First round |
L 72–74 | 16–15 |
Waco, TX
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*Non-conference game. #Rankings from
AP Poll . (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. |
Rankings
Week | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Final |
AP | 22 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 25 | — | Not released | ||||||
Coaches | 18 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 23 | — |
Notes
References
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- ^ a b c d e Anonymous, "Freshman Monroe scores 14, makes difference on defense against Jacksonville," Associated Press, November 17, 2008.
- ^ a b Anonymous, "Georgetown gets 20 from freshman Monroe in win over Drexel," Associated Press, November 23, 2008.
- ^ Box Score – Drexel vs. Georgetown – Box Score – November 22, 2008 – ESPN
- ^ Anonymous, "Freeman leads Hoyas to victory, second-round meeting vs. Tennessee," Associated Press, November 27, 2008.
- ^ Anonymous, "Smith scores 21 as No. 12 Tennessee beats Georgetown," Associated Press, November 28, 2008.
- ^ Box Score, Tennessee vs. Georgetown, November 28, 2008.
- ^ Anonymous, "No. 16 Georgetown leads by as many as 38 in destruction of Maryland," Associated Press, November 30, 2008.
- ^ Anonymous, "Even with Hoyas' rout, 'JT3' finds things to work on," Associated Press, December 6, 2008.
- ^ Anonymous, "Georgetown blows out Savannah St. by biggest margin in nearly 19 years," Associated Press, December 8, 2008.
- ^ Anonymous, "Georgetown wins after holding Memphis to 1-for-9 shooting in OT," Associated Press, December 13, 2008.
- ^ Anonymous, "Hoyas' second-half surge overwhelms Mount St. Mary's," Associated Press, December 20, 2008.
- ^ a b c Anonymous, "Hoyas hold Golden Panthers to fewest points in school history," Associated Press, December 24, 2008.
- ^ a b c Anonymous, "Georgetown opens Big East play with an upset of UConn," Associated Press, December 30, 2008.
- ^ Box Score, Georgetown vs. Connecticut, December 29, 2008.
- ^ Play-by-Play, Georgetown vs. Connecticut, December 29, 2008.
- ^ Anonymous, "Blair's double-double sends Pitt past Georgetown," Associated Press, January 3, 2009.
- ^ Anonymous, "Harangody-led Irish snap 5-game skid vs. Hoyas," Associated Press, January 5, 2009.
- ^ Anonymous, "Hoyas rally back to end two-game Big East losing streak," Associated Press, January 10, 2009.
- ^ Anonymous, "Summers, Georgetown outshoot Syracuse," Associated Press, January 14, 2009.
- ^ Play-by-Play, Syracuse vs. Georgetown, January 14, 2009.
- ^ Anonymous, "Henderson leads No. 2 Blue Devils with 23 vs. Hoyas," Associated Press, January 18, 2009.
- ^ Play-by-Play, Georgetown vs. Duke, January 17, 2009.
- ^ a b c d Anonymous, "Stifling defense forces 19 Hoya turnovers as WVU upsets No. 14 Georgetown," Associated Press, January 22, 2009.
- ^ a b c Anonymous, "Seton Hall snaps 6-game skid, upsets G'town for 1st Big East win," Associated Press, January 25, 2009.
- ^ a b c d e Anonymous, "Vaughn leads Cincinnati to upset of Georgetown," Associated Press, January 29, 2009.
- ^ a b Box Score, Georgetown vs. Seton Hall, January 25, 2009.
- ^ a b Box Score, Georgetown vs. Cincinnati, January 29, 2009.
- ^ Anonymous, "Marquette's Matthews soars after half as G'town falls again," Associated Press, January 31, 2009.
- ^ Box Score, Georgetown vs. Marquette, January 31, 2009.
- ^ Play-by-Play, Geeorgetown vs. Marquette, January 31, 2009.
- ^ Anonymous, "Georgetown 57, Rutgers 47," Associated Press, February 3, 2009.
- ^ Anonymous, "Cincinnati 64, Georgetown 62," Associated Press, February 7, 2009.
- ^ Box Score, Cincinnati vs. Georgetown, February 7, 2009.
- ^ Anonymous, "Flynn, Devendorf carry Orange past Hoyas in overtime," Associated Press, February 14, 2009.
- ^ Clarke, Liz, "Forward Nikita Mescheriakov to transfer from Georgetown," washingtonpost.com, December 23, 2009.
- ^ Anonymous, "Georgetown 65, South Florida 40," Associated Press, February 18, 2009.
- ^ Anonymous, "Marquette scores big win at Georgetown," Associated Press, February 21, 2009.
- ^ Box Score, Marquette vs. Georgetown, February 21, 2009.
- ^ a b Anonymous, "Clark scores 22 points as Cards hand Hoyas their ninth loss in 11 games," Associated Press, February 23, 2009.
- ^ Anonymous, "Summers, Wright lead Hoyas past Villanova," Associated Press, March 1, 2009.
- ^ a b c d Anonymous, "St. John's 59, Georgetown 56," Associated Press, March 3, 2009.
- ^ a b c d Anonymous, "Georgetown 48, DePaul 40," Associated Press, March 7, 2009.
- ^ Anonymous, "Red Storm beat Hoyas for first victory in Big East tournament since 2003 season," Associated Press, March 11, 2009.
- ^ Anonymous, "Baylor stops Georgetown to break out of postseason slump," Associated Press, March 21, 2008.
- ^ Play-by-Play, Georgetown vs. Baylor, March 18, 2009.
- ^ sports-reference.com 2008-09 Georgetown Hoyas Roster and Stats
- ^ Anonymous, "Monroe, Georgetown top Butler in Jimmy V Classic," Associated Press, December 9, 2009.
- ^ sports-reference.com Jesse Sapp
- ^ a b Clarke, Liz, "Georgetown's Wattad to Transfer, Monroe to Stay," washingtonpost.com, April 16, 2009/
- ^ Uchiyama, Davod, "UTC gets Hoyas' Wattad," timesfreepress.com, May 2, 2009.
- ^ "2008-09 Georgetown Men's Basketball Roster" (PDF). Georgetown University. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 25, 2022.
- ^ "2009–10 Schedule". Archived from the original on January 10, 2010. Retrieved January 12, 2010.
- ^ 2012-2013 Georgetown Men's Basketball Media Guide, p. 67.