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1995–96 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team

1995–96 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball
Georgetown Hoyas logo.svg
Big East 7 Division Regular Season Champions
NCAA Tournament, Regional Runner-Up
Conference Big East
Division Big East 7 Division
Ranking
Coaches No. 7
AP No. 4
1995–96 record 29-8 (13-5 Big East)
Head coach John Thompson, Jr. (24th year)
Assistant coach Craig Esherick (14th year)
Assistant coach Mike Riley (14th year)
Assistant coach Mel Reid (6th year)
Captain Othella Harrington (1st year)
Captain Jerome Williams (1st year)
Home arena USAir Arena
Seasons
← 1994–95
1996–97 →
1995–96 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Big East 6
#3 Connecticut 17 1   .944     32 3   .914
#10 Villanova 14 4   .778     26 7   .788
Boston College 10 8   .556     19 11   .633
West Virginia 7 11   .389     12 15   .444
St. John's 5 13   .278     11 16   .407
Notre Dame 4 14   .222     9 18   .333
Big East 7
#4 Georgetown 13 5   .722     29 8   .784
#15 Syracuse 12 6   .667     29 9   .763
Providence 9 9   .500     18 12   .600
Miami 8 10   .444     15 13   .536
Seton Hall 7 11   .389     12 16   .429
Rutgers 6 12   .333     9 18   .333
Pittsburgh 5 13   .278     10 17   .370
† 1996 Big East Tournament winner
As of April 1, 1996; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1995–96 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University in the 1995–96 NCAA Division I basketball season. John Thompson, Jr., coached them in his 24th season as head coach. They played their home games at USAir Arena in Landover, Maryland. They were members of the Big East 7 Division of the Big East Conference, were the regular-season champions of the Big East 7 Division, and finished the season with a record of 29-8, 13-5 in Big East play. Their record earned them a bye in the first round of the 1996 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, and they advanced to the tournament final before losing to Connecticut. They were awarded a No. 2 seed in the East Regional of the 1996 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament – Georgetown's 17th NCAA Tournament appearance in 18 years – and advanced to the East Regional Final before losing to No. 1 seed Massachusetts. They were ranked No. 4 in the season's final Associated Press Poll and No. 7 in the postseason Coaches' Poll.

This was the Big East's first season in which it organized its teams into divisions; the two divisions were the Big East 6 and Big East 7 divisions. Georgetown would play as a member of the Big East 7 Division for three seasons before the conference scrapped its divisional structure after the end of the 1997-98 season. For its first year in the Big East 7 Division, Georgetown fielded a powerhouse team that included four future National Basketball Association (NBA) stars and began the season ranked fifth in the country.


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