1985–86 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team
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NCAA Tournament, Second Round
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| Conference | Big East |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 15 |
| AP | No. 13 |
| 1985–86 record | 24-8 (11-5 Big East) |
| Head coach | John Thompson, Jr. (14th year) |
| Assistant coach | Craig Esherick (4th year) |
| Assistant coach | Mike Riley (4th year) |
| Captain | Ralph Dalton (1st year) |
| Captain | Michael Jackson (1st year) |
| Home arena | Capital Centre |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #4 St. John's † | 14 | – | 2 | .875 | 31 | – | 5 | .861 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #9 Syracuse | 14 | – | 2 | .875 | 26 | – | 6 | .813 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #13 Georgetown | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 24 | – | 8 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Villanova | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 23 | – | 14 | .622 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Providence | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 17 | – | 14 | .548 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pittsburgh | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 15 | – | 14 | .517 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boston College | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 13 | – | 15 | .464 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 12 | – | 16 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seton Hall | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 14 | – | 18 | .438 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 1986 Big East Tournament winner As of March 31, 1986; Rankings from AP Poll |
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The 1985–86 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University in the 1985–86 NCAA Division I basketball season. John Thompson, Jr., coached them in his 14th season as head coach. They played their home games at the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland. They were members of the Big East Conference and finished the season with a record of 24-8, 11-5 in Big East play. They advanced to the 1986 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament semifinals before losing to Syracuse and to the second round of the 1986 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament before losing to Michigan State. They were ranked No. 13 in the season's final Associated Press Poll and No. 15 in the final Coaches' Poll.
By the mid-1980s, slow-down games in which weaker teams attempted to control the ball for long stretches without shooting as a way of evening their odds against larger and faster teams had become common enough in men' college basketball to prompt the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to adopt a shot clock in men' basketball this season to force a return to quicker and higher-scoring play. Initially a 45-second clock, it would be reduced to 35 seconds in the 1993-94 season.
The new shot clock was not the only major change that the 1985-86 Hoyas faced: They also played the first season of the post-Patrick Ewing era at Georgetown, and the graduation of the dominant center – as well as of forward Bill Martin – in May 1985 required adjustments by a team that had become accustomed to Ewing's stellar offensive and defensive performances.
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