2011–12 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team
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NCAA tournament, Round of 32 | |
Conference | Big East Conference |
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Coaches | No. 17 |
AP | No. 15 |
Record | 24–9 (12–6 Big East) |
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Home arena | Verizon Center |
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No. 11 Marquette | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 27 | – | 8 | .771 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notre Dame | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 22 | – | 12 | .647 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cincinnati | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 26 | – | 11 | .703 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 15 Georgetown | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 24 | – | 9 | .727 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Florida | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 22 | – | 14 | .611 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West Virginia | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 19 | – | 14 | .576 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connecticut | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 20 | – | 14 | .588 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seton Hall | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 21 | – | 13 | .618 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rutgers | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 14 | – | 18 | .438 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
St. John's | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 13 | – | 19 | .406 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pittsburgh | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 22 | – | 17 | .564 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Villanova | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 13 | – | 19 | .406 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Providence | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 15 | – | 17 | .469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DePaul | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 12 | – | 19 | .387 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
*No. 2 Syracuse | 0 | – | 1 | .000 | 0 | – | 3 | .000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
**No. 17 Louisville† | 0 | – | 8 | .000 | 0 | – | 10 | .000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2011–12 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented
Before the season began, the team was picked to finish tenth in the Big East Conference standings. However, early road wins against ranked teams like Memphis, Alabama, and Louisville made the team one of the biggest surprises of the 2011–2012 season, elevating their ranking into the top ten in the nation.[5] With a 12–6 conference record, they finished in a three-way tie for fourth place, with tie breakers placing them fifth, over South Florida but behind Cincinnati.
The team was ranked No. 15 in the season's final
Season recap
During the offseason, a major shakeup had taken place in the Georgetown roster. Three stars,
Goodwill tour of China
For the first time in their history, the Hoyas went on an overseas trip to play a series of exhibition games – something the
The second game, against the
Despite the ugly incident, the Hoyas continued their trip. Before leaving Beijing, the Georgetown team and Bayi players met to exchange apologies and parted company on friendlier terms. Boosted by the infamy of the brawl in Beijing, Georgetown's next game, played in Shanghai, was a hot ticket, and Chinese officials and security personnel kept tight control of the game and the crowd to ensure that nothing untoward happened. Georgetown won both games in Shanghai without any additional controversy, and Hoya coaches and players spent time at a special basketball clinic for Chinese youth, finishing the trip on a positive note.[9][10]
Non-conference schedule
A little less than three months after returning from China, Georgetown began the 2011–12 season with two easy wins at the Verizon Center. In the first, over a
Georgetown then traveled to Lahaina, Hawaii, for the Maui Invitational Tournament proper, facing No. 14 Kansas, the young Georgetown team's first serious challenge, in the first round. Both teams got off to poor offensive starts; the Jayhawks missed eight of their first 12 shots and the Hoyas did not score for the first 3 minutes 52 seconds and hit only four of their first 15 shots. Down 6-0 before their first field goal, the Hoyas came back to take a 12–9 lead with 10:54 left in the half, then fell behind again before tying the game at 19–19 with 8:36 left. After that, Kansas pulled away to a 32–26 lead before the Hoyas again closed the gap, and the Jayhawks went to the locker room at halftime clinging to a 37–35 lead. In the second half, Kansas extended its lead to 44–39 with 17:31 left in the game, but the underdog Hoyas again came back to take a 48–47 lead with 12:28 to play. Sixteen seconds later, Kansas junior forward Thomas Robinson – who finished with a double-double that included a game-high 20 points (12 of them on dunks) and 12 rebounds – scored a two-point jumper that gave the Jayhawks the lead for good. The Hoyas never trailed by more than five points the rest of the way, however, and Kansas did not clinch the win until Kansas junior guard Travis Releford sank two free throws with 16 seconds left to give the Jayhawks a 67–63 lead, then grabbed the rebound when Jason Clark missed on a three-point jumper with eight seconds to play. Kansas prevailed 67–63, with Jason Clark leading the Hoyas with 15 points, Hollis Thompson contributing 14, and Otto Porter adding 12.[15][16][17]
Relegated to the tournament's consolation bracket, Georgetown had an easy win over host Chaminade behind 28 points by Jason Clark and 17 by Otto Porter[18][19] and advanced to meet its second ranked opponent in three days, No. 8 Memphis. In the first half, both teams repeatedly brought the crowd to its feet with deep three-pointers and many acrobatic dunks and layups. Georgetown made 19 of its 36 shots (52.8%) during the half, while Memphis went 16-for-29 (55.2%). Memphis pulled out to a 9–4 lead with 17:23 left in the first half, but the Hoyas responded with a 17–2 run to take a 21–11 lead with 11:34 until halftime. The Tigers closed to 41–40 with 2:34 remaining, then the Hoyas pulled away again for a 47-42 halftime lead. In the second half, both teams continued their run of spectacular shots, including two notable early dunks by Memphis sophomore center Tarik Black and a dunk and a reverse layup by Henry Sims. Other than a 49-44 Georgetown lead with 19:08 left in regulation, neither team ever led by more than three points for the rest of the game, and the second half saw five ties before its final minute. The Tigers led 78–75 with 2:17 left, but a Jason Clark free throw at 1:43, a Greg Whittington tip shot with 18 seconds left, and a missed three-pointer by Memphis freshman guard-forward Adonis Thomas with two seconds remaining left the score tied at 78–78 at the end of regulation. With 52 seconds left in overtime, Jason Clark hit a three-pointer to give the Hoyas an 88–86 lead, and 18 seconds later Markel Starks stretched it to 90–86 with two free throws. Tigers junior center Stan Simpson made two free throws to close the score to 90–88, then Hollis Thompson sank one of two free throws to increase the Georgetown lead to 91-88 but leaving the door open for the Tigers to tie the game with a final shot and force a second overtime. Memphis sophomore guard Antonio Barton put up a three-point shot at the buzzer, but it fell well short, and Georgetown came away with a 91–88 upset victory and a fifth-place finish in the Maui Invitational. During the game, Jason Clark had a game-high 26 points, Henry Sims had 24 points and eight rebounds, and Market Starks and Hollis Thompson each scored 12.[20][21][22]
The Hoyas returned home for a convincing come-from-behind win against IUPUI in which Hollis Thompson had a double-double with 21 points and 10 rebounds, and Henry Sims and Markel Starks came off the bench to score 14 and 13 points, respectively.[23][24] Averaging 82 points a game on the season, they then went on the road again to begin December with their third game in 11 days against a ranked opponent, visiting No. 12 Alabama in an SEC–Big East Challenge game. Both teams mounted stingy defenses, but Georgetown's zone defense especially flummoxed Alabama, which missed its first 11 three-point attempts including all nine it attempted in the first half. Georgetown led 23–16 at halftime, Alabama scoring its fewest first-half points since a 16-point performance at Oklahoma State on December 18, 2010. In the second half, the Hoyas extended their lead to eight points, the largest deficit the Crimson Tide had faced all season. Alabama closed to a two-point deficit six times over the next few minutes and even took a brief one-point lead, but the Hoyas quickly took it back as Henry Sims scored seven consecutive points, followed by a Hollis Thompson three-pointer and a Jason Clark basket to give Georgetown a 54–45 lead with 2:57 left in the game. Alabama responded by scoring nine unanswered points, culminating in two free throws by sophomore guard Trevor Releford with 13 seconds left to give the Crimson Tide a 55–54 advantage, only its second lead of the second half. On the Hoyas′ following possession, Jason Clark dribbled down the court and passed the ball to Hollis Thompson, who sank a long three-pointer he launched from in front of the Georgetown bench, giving the Hoyas a last-second 57–55 upset win which broke a 24-game Crimson Tide home winning streak dating back almost two years. Jason Clark had a game-high 22 points, Henry Sims added 13 points, and Hollis Thompson had 12 points and pulled down eight rebounds, and the Hoya defense held the Crimson Tide to 3-of-16 (18.8%) shooting from three-point range.[25][26]
Georgetown rounded out its non-conference schedule by sweeping the homestand that followed, beating all four opponents by double-digit margins ranging from 11 to 40 points and giving the Hoyas an eight-game winning streak. During the homestand, which ended with a rare, regular-season, non-conference rematch with by-then unranked Memphis, Hollis Thompson had 20 points against overmatched
Freshman center Tyler Adams played 11 minutes in the NJIT game on December 3. Seeing no further action, he suffered chest pains during practice on December 14 and was taken to the hospital, where he was diagnosed with a
Conference schedule
Rising to No. 12 in the AP Poll, Georgetown began its Big East season on December 28 by visiting No. 4
The Hoyas had improved to No. 9 in the AP Poll by the time they hosted No. 20 Marquette in their first game at home against a ranked opponent all season. During the first half and well into the second, it looked as though the Golden Eagles would blow out the Hoyas; Marquette led 43–29 at halftime and extended its lead to 56–39 with 13:10 left to play. However, the Hoyas shot 76 percent from the field during the second half and mounted a comeback led by Jason Clark despite putting four freshmen – Mikael Hopkins, Otto Porter, Jabril Trawick, and Greg Whittington – on the court when upperclassmen Henry Sims and Hollis Thompson got into foul trouble. While the Golden Eagles went cold, not scoring a field goal for 7+1⁄2 minutes, Georgetown cut Marquette's lead to 62–57 with a little over seven minutes remaining, and Hollis Thompson re-entered the game to score five consecutive points and tie the game at 66-66. A Sims layup put the Hoyas ahead 68–66, and the teams traded baskets to even the score at 70-70. Hollis Thompson, whose last-second three-pointer almost five weeks earlier had given Georgetown its win over Alabama, then hit a clutch three-pointer with 24 seconds to play to give Georgetown a 73–70 victory and an 11-game winning streak. Clark finished with a game-high 26 points, Thompson scored 16, and Sims added 13.[38][39]
With an overall record of 13-1 and 3–0 in the Big East, Georgetown followed the win over Marquette with eight straight games against unranked teams, its longest stretch without a ranked opponent since the 2007–08 season. It started with the Hoyas′ only back-to-back losses all season; the first, at West Virginia, ended Georgetown's winning streak at 11 games, and the second, against Cincinnati, was the Hoyas′ first home loss all season. A frightening incident took place in the Cincinnati game on January 9 when Bearcat freshman guard Ge'Lawn Guyn suffered a concussion in a collision with Greg Whittington, could not lift his legs, and had to be taken to a hospital, but he recovered quickly. Hollis Thompson led the Hoyas with 20 points at West Virginia and scored 14 against Cincinnati, Jason Clark finished with 10 points against the Mountaineers and 14 against the Bearcats, Henry Sims scored 10 points against both teams, and Markel Starks contributed 10 points in the Cincinnati game.[40][41][42][43]
The Hoyas recovered to win five of their next six games. Hollis Thompson had 20 points against
With an overall record of 18–4, 8–3 in the Big East, the Hoyas traveled to the
The Hoyas went 3–1 in their next four games, winning rematches with St. John's and at Providence, suffering an upset loss at Seton Hall, and defeating Villanova. The Hoyas had a balanced attack against the Red Storm, with Greg Whittington finishing with a team-high 12 points, Jason Clark, Otto Porter, and Markel Starks each scoring 11, Hollis Thompson adding 10 and Henry Sims nine, and Nate Lubick having an excellent all-around game with seven points, eight rebounds, five assists, and a career-high four blocked shots.[58][59] The Hoyas, still the second-stingiest defensive team in the Big East (allowing 58.9 points per game), held Providence to 25.9 percent shooting from the field, the fourth time in five games they had held an opponent to making fewer than 35 percent of its shots, and moved into sole possession of third place in the conference standings by defeating the Friars; Hollis Thompson had a double-double against the Friars with 13 points and 10 rebounds, while Jason Clark also scored 13 and Henry Sims added 10.[60][61] Allowing only 38.4 percent shooting overall and 27.6 in three-pointers by opponents on the season entering the Seton Hall game, Georgetown had its worst defensive performance of the year, allowing the Pirates to shoot 61.0 percent overall and 61.5 percent from three-point range; Greg Whittington's nine points led the Hoyas in the first game of the season in which no Georgetown player scored in double digits.[62][63] The Hoyas recovered on both defense and offense against Villanova, limiting the Wildcats to 28 percent shooting from the field and outrebounding them 43–25 in a win that moved the Hoyas into sole possession of fourth place in the Big East; four Hoyas scored in double digits against the Wildcats, with Jason Clark and Otto Porter each finishing with 15, Henry Sims with 12, and Hollis Thompson with 10 points.[64][65] The Hoyas rose to No. 10 in the AP Poll after beating St. John's and to No. 9 after the win at Providence, although the loss at Seton Hall prompted a drop to No. 11 after the Villanova game.
The Hoyas closed out their regular season with two games against ranked opponents. In the first, against No. 20 Notre Dame at the Verizon Center, the teams combined to make eight of their first 12 shots, then combined to make only three of their next 16. The Hoyas had a 7–0 run to take an 18–11 lead, the last two of those points on a layup by Henry Sims that started a stretch in which he scored or assisted on the next 10 Georgetown points, giving the Hoyas a 26–18 lead. Georgetown led 28–18 at halftime and continued to pull away in the second half, including a 9–0 run that gave the Hoyas a 48–29 lead with about 8+1⁄2 minutes to play, and cruised to a 59–41 victory. The Hoyas held the Fighting Irish to 33 percent shooting overall and 3-for-17 (17.6%) from three-point range, with no Notre Dame player scoring in double digits, and the Fighting Irish scored their fewest points in a game since a 61–41 loss to Washington State on March 22, 2008, in the 2008 NCAA tournament. In their final home game, Henry Sims and Jason Clark scored 13 and 12 points, respectively, and each grabbed six rebounds, while Greg Whittington came off the bench to add 15 points.[66][67]
No. 11 Georgetown completed the regular season by going on the road for a rematch with Marquette, now ranked No. 8. The Golden Eagles overwhelmed Georgetown's strong defense with their transition game, outscoring the Hoyas 24-8 off of turnovers and making 33 out of 45 foul shots (73.3%). Marquette led 39–29 at halftime, and began the second half with a 9–2 run to take a 48–31 lead with 17:55 left to play. The Hoyas cut the lead to 51–43 with 14:31 left, but the Golden Eagles then extended their lead to 67–53 with 6:33 remaining. Although the Hoyas soon cut the lead to nine, Marquette led by 11 with a little under four minutes left in the game and went on to win 83–69. Hollis Thompson and Otto Porter each scored 19 points, but Jason Clark shot 4-for-14 (28.6%) from the field and finished with 11 points and Henry Sims fouled out with 9:33 remaining in the game after grabbing nine rebounds but scoring only five points.[68][69] The Hoyas finished the Big East season at 12–6, in a three-way tie for third place, and with an overall record of 22–7.
Big East tournament
Although the loss to Marquette in the regular-season finale denied Georgetown a double bye in the 2012 Big East tournament, the Hoyas were seeded fifth and earned a bye in the first round. In the second round – now ranked No. 13 in the AP Poll after the Marquette loss – they faced the 13th seed, Pittsburgh, which had upset 12th-seeded St. John's the previous day to advance to meet Georgetown. Georgetown entered the game as the second-best defensive team in the Big East, allowing opponents only 59 points a game on the season, and held the Panthers scoreless during two separate eight-minute stretches of the game. The Hoyas closed the first half with a decisive 16–2 run that gave them a 31–23 lead at halftime, and, beginning with six straight points by Otto Porter, had a 9–1 run in the second half that extended their lead to 53–39 with 8:46 to play. The Hoyas′ last score of the game came with 2:55 left on two Henry Sims free throws that extended Georgetown's advantage to 64–45. The Panthers then finished the game with a 7–0 run that fell well short of challenging the Hoyas′ lead, and Georgetown won 64–52. Georgetown outrebounded Pittsburgh 36-25 and shot 19-of-39 (48.7%) from the field and 22-of-31 (71.0%) from the free-throw line, while the Panthers went 11-of-18 (61.1%) in free throws. Henry Sims shot 7-for-10 (70.0%) from the field and had a double-double (20 points and 13 rebounds) as well as five assists, and Otto Porter also scored 20 on 7-for-11 (63.6%) shooting, while Greg Whittington added 11 points. It was the 17th time during the season that the Hoyas held an opponent to under 60 points.[70][71]
Advancing to the quarterfinals, Georgetown faced the No. 4 seed, Cincinnati, the following day. A dramatic narrative of the game was the duel underneath the baskets between the teams′ two senior "big men," Henry Sims and Cincinnati forward Yancy Gates. The first half was close, although Georgetown pulled away in the final five minutes to lead 30–24 at halftime. In the second half, an 8-0 Georgetown run extended the Hoyas′ lead to 49–38, but the Bearcats responded with an 11–3 run that cut Georgetown's lead to 52–49 with 3:53 remaining in regulation. Gates scored over Sims on a layup with 1:56 remaining to narrow the gap to 52–51, then tipped in a miss by Cincinnati junior guard Cashmere Wright to give the Bearcats their first lead of the second half at 53–52 with 37 seconds left. After Cincinnati senior guard Dion Dixon sank the first of two free throws to extend his team's lead to 54-52 but missed his second shot, Otto Porter grabbed the rebound and scored on a jumper with four seconds remaining to tie the game at 54-54 and force overtime. In overtime, Cincinnati staked itself to a 62–60 lead on a Dixon free throw with 20 seconds left, but Henry Sims, finding himself at the top of the key with the ball and with time running out, drove in toward the basket and made a layup at the buzzer to force a second overtime with the score tied 62-62. The teams traded baskets in the second overtime, and Sims tied it with a two-point jumper at 70–70 with 29 seconds to play, but Wright countered with a jumper 20 seconds later to give the Bearcats a 72–70 advantage. On the next possession, Sims missed a three-point attempt from way out of range at the buzzer, and Cincinnati won 72-70 despite shooting 2-for-21 (9.5%) in three-pointers. Sims led the Hoyas with a double-double (22 points and 15 rebounds), while Otto Porter added 14 points and grabbed seven rebounds, Jason Clark scored 12 points, and Hollis Thompson finished with 10. It was the first multiple-overtime game for the Hoyas since January 24, 2006, and the first one in the Big East tournament since Syracuse beat Connecticut in six overtimes in the 2009 quarterfinals. The Bearcats advanced to upset Syracuse in the semifinals and then to the championship game, where they lost to Louisville.[72][73][74]
NCAA tournament
Dropping to No. 15 in the AP Poll but with a record of 23–8, Georgetown earned a bid in the
Two days later, Georgetown met the Midwest Region's 11th seed, North Carolina State, in the Round of 32, termed the "Third Round" that year. The Wolfpack had upset the region's sixth seed, San Diego State, to advance to meet the Hoyas. North Carolina State mounted a strong defensive effort and, down by eight points in the first half, had a 12–0 run that put them ahead 30–27 at the half. In the second half, the Wolfpack extended their lead to 11 points and got Henry Sims into foul trouble before the Hoyas mounted a strong comeback, closing to 63-61 before Otto Porter missed a potential game-tying two-point jumper with 14 seconds left. North Carolina State guard Lorenzo Brown then hit two free throws to extend the Wolfpack's lead to 65–61 with 10.6 seconds to play. With 4.6 seconds left, Brown hit one of two free throws but missed the second, leaving the door open for Georgetown to tie the game with a last-second three-pointer. Jason Clark got the ball and launched the last shot of his collegiate career, a hurried three-point attempt, but it missed, and North Carolina State ended Georgetown's season with a 66–63 upset victory. Hollis Thompson finished with 23 points, Clark had 10, and Otto Porter scored nine points and grabbed eight rebounds. For the fourth straight time, the Hoyas exited the NCAA tournament in its first weekend due to an upset by a lower-seeded opponent. The Wolfpack, meanwhile, advanced to the region semifinal, which they lost to Kansas.[77][78]
Wrap-up
Jason Clark, who started all 33 games during the season, finished the year with a team-leading 14 points per game on 47.6 percent shooting from the field and 75 percent from the free-throw line, and he was fourth in rebounds with 4.1 per game. Also starting every game, Hollis Thompson finished second on the team with an average of 12.8 points per game on 46.4 shooting from the field overall, and he led the Big East in three-point shooting at 43.0 percent and was third on the team in rebounds with 5.5 per game; he was an honorable-mention all-conference pick. Henry Sims, who also started all 33 games, had a break-out year, averaging 11.6 points per game with a field-goal percentage of 46.2 and a free-throw percentage of 70.8, and he was second on the team with 6.0 rebounds per game. Otto Porter only started eight games but played in all 33 and led the team in field-goal percentage (52.5%) and rebounds (6.8) while averaging 9.7 points per game. Markel Starks, starting 25 of the 31 games he played in, averaged 7.1 points per game on 45.5 percent shooting. Nate Lubick started all 33 games and averaged 3.5 points per game, while Greg Whittington appeared in all 33 and averaged 4.3 points. Mikeal Hopkins played in 30 games, averaging 2.4 points.[79][80]
After the season, Jason Clark and Henry Sims graduated. Clark had played in all 130 games of his collegiate career, starting every game in his sophomore, junior, and senior years; he averaged 10.5 points per game on 48.0 percent field-goal shooting over his four-year career. He went on to play professional basketball in Europe.[81] Sims played as a reserve in his first three seasons, skewing his overall career statistics, but he started every game in his senior year, and it was far and away his best season. Over his 121-game college career, he averaged 4.9 points per game on 47.9 percent shooting from the field, and he pulled down an average of 3.2 rebounds per game. He went undrafted in the 2012 NBA draft, but later signed with several National Basketball Association teams, beginning with the New York Knicks.[82] Hollis Thompson announced on March 27, 2012, that he would not return to Georgetown for his senior year the following season and would enter the 2012 NBA draft; he left Georgetown having played 99 games, 57 as a starter, with a career average of 8.7 points, 4.1 rebounds, 1.1 assists, and 24.6 minutes per game, shooting 47.8 percent overall from the field, and his three-point shooting percentage of 44 percent was the best in school history. He went undrafted in the NBA draft, but signed with the Oklahoma City Thunder in July 2012 and with the Philadelphia 76ers in September 2013.[80][83] He was the twelfth Hoya player in seven seasons to leave the team prior to the end of his college eligibility.
Consistently mounting one of the top defenses in the Big East, the 2011-12 Hoyas were an overachieving team that finished much higher in the Big East than projected and won Georgetown's first NCAA tournament game in four years despite a youthful roster that included 10 freshmen and sophomores. However, they also continued the disappointing streak of early Georgetown exits from the NCAA tournament at the hands of underdog teams. They finished with a record of 24–9, and their final ranking was No. 15 in the AP Poll and No. 17 in the Coaches Poll.
Roster
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Rankings
Source[84]
Poll | Pre Nov 7 |
Wk 2 Nov 14 |
Wk 3 Nov 21 |
Wk 4 Nov 28 |
Wk 5 Dec 5 |
Wk 6 Dec 12 |
Wk 7 Dec 19 |
Wk 8 Dec 26 |
Wk 9 Jan 2 |
Wk 10 Jan 9 |
Wk 11 Jan 16 |
Wk 12 Jan 23 |
Wk 13 Jan 30 |
Wk 14 Feb 6 |
Wk 15 Feb 13 |
Wk 16 Feb 20 |
Wk 17 Feb 27 |
Wk 18 Mar 5 |
Post Mar 12 |
Final Apr 2 |
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AP | RV | RV | 18 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 15 | [note 1] | ||
Coaches | RV | RV | 21 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 17 |
Schedule and results
Source[85][86][87][88][89][90][91][92]
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Goodwill tour of China (Exhibition) | |||||||||||
August 17* 7:15 am |
vs. Shanxi Zhongyu Brave Dragons
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W 98-81 | exhibition |
16 – Porter |
8 – Sims | 4 – Clark, Lubick, Sims | China
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August 18* 5:30 am |
vs. Bayi Rockets | T 64-64[note 2] | exhibition |
N/A – [note 2] | N/A – [note 2] | N/A – [note 2] | Olympic Sports Center (N/A) Beijing, China | ||||
August 21* 4:00 am |
vs. Liaoning Dinosaurs
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W 91-69 | exhibition |
17 – Clark | 7 – Porter | 6 – Lubick | Shanghai Stadium (N/A) Shanghai, China | ||||
August 23* 7:00 am |
vs. Chinese Taipei National Team | W 83-64 | exhibition |
16 – Thompson | 10 – Thompson | 4 – Bowen, Lubick | Jing'An Gymnasium (N/A) Shanghai, China | ||||
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November 12* 12:00 pm |
Savannah State | W 83–54 | 1–0 |
19 – Sims | 8 – Porter | 5 – Lubick | Verizon Center (9,876) Washington, D.C. | ||||
November 14* 7:00 pm, MASN
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Maui Invitational • Opening Round
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W 86–45 | 2–0 |
19 – Thompson | 7 – Sims | 4 – Porter | Verizon Center (7,987) Washington, D.C. | ||||
November 21* 11:50 pm, ESPN2 |
vs. No. 14 Kansas Maui Invitational • First Round |
L 63–67 | 2–1 |
15 – Clark | 6 – Sims | 2 – Lubick | Lahaina Civic Center (2,400) Maui, HI | ||||
November 22* 4:30 pm, ESPN2 |
vs. Chaminade Maui Invitational • Second Round |
W 88–61 | 3–1 |
28 – Clark | 7 – Porter | 7 – Sims | Lahaina Civic Center (2,400) Maui, HI | ||||
November 23* 5:00 pm, ESPN2 |
vs. No. 8 Memphis Maui Invitational • Fifth Place Game |
W 91–88 OT | 4–1 |
26 – Clark | 8 – Sims | 5 – Sims | Lahaina Civic Center (2,400) Maui, HI | ||||
November 28* 7:00 pm, MASN |
IUPUI | W 81–58 | 5–1 |
21 – Thompson | 14 – Lubick | 5 – Lubick | Verizon Center (6,854) Washington, D.C. | ||||
December 1* 9:30 pm, ESPN2 |
at No. 12 Alabama SEC–Big East Challenge |
W 57–55 | 6–1 |
22 – Clark | 8 – Thompson | 3 – Thompson | Tuscaloosa, AL
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December 3* 1:00 pm, ESPN3 |
NJIT | W 84–44 | 7–1 |
20 – Thompson | 6 – Adams | 4 – Sims | Verizon Center (8,742) Washington, D.C. | ||||
December 10* 12:00 pm, MASN |
No. 18 | Howard | W 62–48 | 8–1 |
13 – Porter | 8 – Lubick | 3 – Lubick | Verizon Center (8,120) Washington, D.C. | |||
December 17* 12:00 pm, MASN |
No. 16 | American | W 81–55 | 9–1 |
18 – Starks | 10 – Porter | 6 – Sims | Verizon Center (9,964) Washington, D.C. | |||
December 22* 12:00 pm, ESPN2 |
No. 16 | Memphis | W 70–59 | 10–1 |
26 – Clark | 9 – Thompson | 5 – Sims | Verizon Center (12,045) Washington, D.C. | |||
December 28 7:00 pm, ESPN2 |
No. 12 | at No. 4 Louisville | W 71–68 | 11–1 (1–0) |
20 – Starks | 14 – Porter | 4 – Sims | KFC Yum! Center (22,517) Louisville, KY | |||
December 31 2:00 pm, ESPN2 |
No. 12 | Providence | W 49–40 | 12–1 (2–0) |
16 – Clark | 12 – Porter | 3 – Sims | Verizon Center (11,834) Washington, D.C. | |||
January 4, 2012 7:00 pm, ESPNU |
No. 9 | No. 20 Marquette | W 73–70 | 13–1 (3–0) |
26 – Clark | 5 – Clark | 5 – Sims | Verizon Center (11,213) Washington, D.C. | |||
January 7 12:00 pm, MASN |
No. 9 | at West Virginia | L 62–74 | 13–2 (3–1) |
20 – Thompson | 6 – Porter | 6 – Sims | WVU Coliseum (10,526) Morgantown, WV | |||
January 9 9:00 pm, ESPNU |
No. 11 | Cincinnati | L 64–68 | 13–3 (3–2) |
14 – Clark | 8 – Lubick | 3 – Lubick | Verizon Center (7,887) Washington, D.C. | |||
January 15 12:00 pm, MASN |
No. 11 | at St. John's | W 69–49 | 14–3 (4–2) |
20 – Thompson | 10 – Porter | 8 – Clark | Madison Square Garden (11,475) New York City, NY | |||
January 17 7:00 pm, ESPN2 |
No. 10 | at DePaul | W 83–75 | 15–3 (5–2) |
31 – Clark | 15 – Porter | 6 – Lubick | Allstate Arena (8,322) Chicago, IL | |||
January 21 12:00 pm, MASN |
No. 10 | Rutgers
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W 52–50 | 16–3 (6–2) |
12 – Sims | 10 – Sims | 2 – Sims | Verizon Center (12,852) Washington, D.C. | |||
January 28 4:00 pm, ESPN
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No. 9 | at Pittsburgh | L 60–72 | 16–4 (6–3) |
14 – Porter | 6 – Porter | 5 – Sims | Petersen Events Center (12,508) Pittsburgh, PA | |||
February 1 7:00 pm, ESPN2 |
No. 14 | Rivalry
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W 58–44 | 17–4 (7–3) |
18 – Thompson | 9 – Thompson | 2 – Thompson | Verizon Center (15,174) Washington, D.C. | |||
February 4 11:00 am, ESPNU |
No. 14 | South Florida | W 75–45 | 18–4 (8–3) |
13 – Sims | 9 – Sims | 5 – Sims | Verizon Center (11,916) Washington, D.C. | |||
February 8 7:00 pm, ESPN |
No. 12 | at No. 2 Syracuse | L 61–64 OT | 18–5 (8–4) |
14 – Porter | 13 – Porter | 4 – Whittington | Carrier Dome (27,820)
Syracuse, NY | |||
February 12 1:00 pm, ESPN |
No. 12 | St. John's | W 71–61 | 19–5 (9–4) |
12 – Whittington | 8 – Porter | 5 – Lubick | Verizon Center (12,285) Washington, D.C. | |||
February 18 7:00 pm, MASN |
No. 10 | at Providence | W 63–53 | 20–5 (10–4) |
13 – Thompson | 10 – Thompson | 5 – Sims | Dunkin Donuts Center (11,563)
Providence, RI | |||
February 21 7:00 pm, MASN |
No. 9 | at Seton Hall | L 55–73 | 20–6 (10–5) |
9 – Whittington | 6 – Thompson | 2 – Thompson | Prudential Center (8,111) Newark, NJ | |||
February 25 2:00 pm, CBS
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No. 9 | Villanova | W 67–46 | 21–6 (11–5) |
15 – Clark | 6 – Clark | 4 – Thompson | Verizon Center (19,277) Washington, D.C. | |||
February 27 7:00 pm, ESPN |
No. 11 | No. 20 Notre Dame | W 59–41 | 22–6 (12–5) |
15 – Whittington | 10 – Porter | 5 – Sims | Verizon Center (14,514) Washington, D.C. | |||
March 3 2:00 pm, MASN |
No. 11 | at No. 8 Marquette | L 69–83 | 22–7 (12–6) |
19 – Thompson | 9 – Sims | 4 – Thompson | Bradley Center (19,087) Milwaukee, WI | |||
Big East tournament | |||||||||||
March 7 2:00pm, ESPN |
No. 13 | vs. Pittsburgh Second Round |
W 64–52 | 23–7 |
20 – Sims | 13 – Sims | 5 – Sims | Madison Square Garden (20,057) New York, NY | |||
March 8 2:00pm, ESPN |
No. 13 | vs. Cincinnati Quarterfinal |
L 70–72 2OT | 23–8 |
22 – Sims | 15 – Sims | 4 – Porter | Madison Square Garden (20,057) New York, NY | |||
NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
March 16* 3:10pm, truTV |
No. 15 | vs. Belmont Second Round |
W 74–59 | 24–8 |
21 – Clark | 8 – Porter | 5 – Sims | Nationwide Arena (17,030) Columbus, OH | |||
March 18* 12:15pm, CBS |
No. 15 | vs. North Carolina State Third Round |
L 63–66 | 24–9 |
23 – Thompson | 8 – Porter | 3 – Thompson | Nationwide Arena (17,425) Columbus, Ohio | |||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from
AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. .All times are in Eastern Time Zone |
Notes
- Associated Press Pollthis week.
- ^ a b c d The game was suspended with the score tied 64-64 after a brawl broke out between the teams with 9 minutes 32 seconds left to play. John Thompson III pulled Georgetown's players off the court out of concern for their safety. Play never resumed. No box score was posted.
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