1978–79 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team
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ECAC South-Upstate Region Tournament Champions
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NCAA Tournament, Second Round
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| Conference | Independent |
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| Coaches | No. 12 |
| 1978-79 record | 24–5 |
| Head coach | John Thompson, Jr. (7th year) |
| Assistant coach | Bill Stein (7th year) |
| Assistant coach | Bob Grier (2nd year) |
| Captain | Steve Martin (1st year) |
| Captain | Tom Scates (1st year) |
| Home arena | McDonough Gymnasium |
The 1978–79 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University during the NCAA Division I 1978-79 college basketball season. John Thompson, Jr., coached them in his seventh season as head coach. An independent, Georgetown played its home games at McDonough Gymnasium on the Georgetown campus in Washington, D.C., and finished the season with a record of 24-5. The team won the ECAC South-Upstate Region Tournament championship, earning its first NCAA Tournament bid since 1976. The Hoyas received a first-round bye and lost in the second round to Rutgers.
Back from a summer playing overseas with an Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) all-star team, junior guard John Duren took the lead on the court as point guard again this season. He averaged 14.6 points, 5.4 assists, and 35.3 minutes played per game during the season and played eight complete games, setting a single-season school record of 1,024 minutes played, and shot nearly 50 percent from the field and 83 percent from the free-thow line. In the final game of the regular season on February 24, 1979, he scored 22 points and had six assists against Holy Cross.
Junior forward Craig "Big Sky" Shelton led the team in rebounds and shooting percentage, shooting 60% from the field for the season. Against Oral Roberts on January 31, 1979, he had a season-high 26 points and 12 rebounds.
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