1969–70 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team
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National Invitation Tournament, First Round
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| Conference | Independent |
| 1969-70 record | 18–7 |
| Head coach | John Magee (4th year) |
| Assistant coach | Jim Lyddy (1st year) |
| Captain | Charlie Adrion (1st year) |
| Captain | Jim Higgins (1st year) |
| Home arena | McDonough Gymnasium |
The 1969–70 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University during the 1969-70 NCAA Division I college basketball season. John Magee coached them in his fourth season as head coach. The team was an independent and played its home games at McDonough Gymnasium on the Georgetown campus in Washington, D.C.. It finished the season with a record of 18-7, Magee's best record during his six seasons as head coach, and was the last Georgetown team to appear in a post-season tournament until the 1974-75 team played in the 1975 NCAA Tournament.
Since the 1942-43 team's appearance in the 1943 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Georgetown had only been to the post-season once, when the 1952-53 team went to the 1953 National Invitation Tournament (NIT), after that never contending for the NCAA Tournament and always falling short of consideration for the NIT. Georgetown's recent teams had been especially disappointing, losing seven of their final 10 games in the 1964-65 season, eight of their final 11 in the 1966-67 season, and seven of their last nine games in 1968-69, each time squandering a strong start that otherwise might have gotten them into the post-season. However, Coach Magee had higher hopes in 1969-70, with senior center Charlie Adrion, senior guard Mike Laska. and junior guard Don Weber returning and sophomore forwards Andy Gill, Mike Laughna, and Art White joining the varsity squad after a very strong 1968-69 season on the freshman team. Magee was especially excited about White, whom he declared in 1970 to be the "best prospect I have coached, and with the potential to be...the best in Georgetown history before he graduates." A general feeling existed among Georgetown fans that the team had a legitimate shot at a post-season berth, especially in the NIT.
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