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John Thompson Jr. is named head coach for the Hoyas, after a successful run at St. Anthony's High in Washington, D.C., and a standout career in college at Providence and with the Boston Celtics. Thompson has a record of 596-239 after 27 seasons at Georgetown. He is inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1999.
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Freshman Derrick Jackson's shot with :02 left gives the Hoyas a 62-61 win over host West Virginia in the ECAC South final. The Hoyas make their first of 20 NCAA appearances under coach John Thompson Jr.
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The Big East Conference is formed. Georgetown is one of four founding institutions.
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Georgetown beats Syracuse 52-50 in its final game at Manley Field House and ends a 57-game homecourt winning streak by the Orange. The Hoyas win the inaugural Big East tournament and advance to the regional finals in the NCAA.
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The Hoyas make the Capital Centre their home in Largo, Md.
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Georgetown wins its second Big East tourney, and advances to the NCAA title game against North Carolina.
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The Hoyas complete a remarkable 34-3 season, win their third Big East tourney title, and beat Houston in the NCAA title game for the first national title for the program. All-America center Patrick Ewing wins an Olympic gold medal in Los Angeles as a member of U.S. men's basketball team. He earns a second gold in 1992 as a member of the U.S. "Dream Team" in Barcelona.
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Georgetown wins its fourth Big East title, but fall to Villanova in the NCAA title contest. It is the Hoyas third NCAA championship final in four years (with the two defeats coming by a total at 3 points).
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High scoring Reggie Williams helps lead the Hoyas to the Big East regular-season title, the tourney championship and a spot in the Elite Eight of the NCAA field.
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Head coach John Thompson boycotts two games in protest of the NCAA's adoption of "Proposition 42," bringing national attention to issues of misuse of standardized testing and exclusionary financial legislation; the rule is later changed. Behind the all-round play of guard Charles Smith, the Hoyas win their fourth Big East regular-season title, sixth Big East tourney championship and advance to the NCAA Elite Eight.
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Alonzo Mourning and Dikembe Mutombo are named Big East co-defensive players of the year. Later, as NBA professionals, they both receive the Walter Kennedy Citizen Award.
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Georgetown wins its fifth Big East regular-season title and advance to the NIT title game. Thompson is named the Big East coach of the year; Mourning is named Player of the Year.
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Allen Iverson is named Rookie of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year in the Big East. The Hoyas advance to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA.
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The Hoyas win their sixth Big East regular-season title and Iverson is again the Defensive Player of the Year in the conference.
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The Hoyas new home is the 20,600-seat MCI Center, now named the Verizon Center. The Hoyas win their seventh Big East regular-season title.
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In mid-season, John Thompson steps aside and former player and long-time assistant Craig Esherick takes the reins of the program.
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Georgetown advances to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tourney in just the second full year of Coach Esherick's tenure.
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In the longest game in team history, the Hoyas lose to Notre Dame in four overtimes, 116-111.
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John Thompson III is named the head coach, and leads the team to a post-season berth. Iverson plays for the USA in the Athens Olympics, the sixth time in the past eight Summer Games that a former Hoya is on the American squad.
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Iverson is named to the NBA All-Star game - the 19th straight year a former Hoya is so honored.
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After conquering #1-ranked Duke in the regular season, the Hoyas, behind sophomores Jeff Green and Roy Hibbert, advance to the Sweet 16 and come within four points of defeating eventual NCAA champion Florida.
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Georgetown enters the 2006-07 season with a century record of 1,380-887, for a winning percentage of 60.8.
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