The Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball program represents Georgetown University in NCAA Division I men's intercollegiate basketball and the Big East Conference. Georgetown has competed in men's college basketball since 1907. The current head coach of the program is Ed Cooley.
Bill Dudack was the team captain in 1921, and returned to coach the 1929–30 team.
The 1942–43 team went 22–5 and reached the NCAA finals, but the team was suspended for World War II the following season.
Coach John Thompson and Patrick Ewing meet with Ronald Reagan after winning the 1984 National Championship.
Georgetown playing Princeton in the first round of the 1989 NCAA tournament
Allen Iverson
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Allen Ezail Iverson is an American former professional basketball player. Nicknamed "the Answer", he played 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) at both the shooting guard and point guard positions. Iverson won NBA Rookie of the Year Award in 1997 and was an 11-time NBA All-Star, won the All-Star game MVP award in 2001 and 2005, and was the NBA's Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 2001. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016. In October 2021, he was named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team. Iverson is regarded as one of the game's greatest scorers, ball handlers, guards, and one of the most influential athletes in American sports.
Iverson with the 76ers in 2003
Iverson shoots a free throw against the Los Angeles Lakers in November 2005