Program history

Georgetown
in the tournament.

31 appearances · 46–30 all-time · 1943–2021

Georgetown appears in 31 tournaments in this archive, between 1943 and 2021, with an all-time record of 46–30. One of those runs ended with the net coming down, in 1984.

It has also lost the title game three times: 1943, 1982 and 1985.

In its opening game it is 7–8. 8 of its 14 games decided by three points or fewer went its way.

Its biggest upset as the underdog came in 2006, when a 7th seed beat the 2nd-seeded Ohio State 70–52. The reverse happened in 2013: as a 2nd seed it lost to the 15th-seeded Florida Gulf Coast 78–68.

Its longest run of consecutive appearances is 14, from 1979 to 1992. Its longest absence ran 32 years, between 1943 and 1975. It has met North Carolina 3 times, more than any other opponent.

This archive carries no numeric seed before 1979. Since then it has entered as high as a 1st seed and as low as a 12th.

31 Appearances
46–30 All-time record
1 Title

Season by season

Every tournament appearance by Georgetown in the archive. This archive carries no numeric seed before 1979. Season records and coaches come from the sourced season shards.
Year	Seed	Record	Coach	Conference	Finish
1943	—	22–5	Elmer Ripley	Independent	opening round
1975	—	18–10	John Thompson	Independent	Round of 32
1976	—	21–7	John Thompson	Independent	Round of 32
1979	3	24–5	John Thompson	Independent	Round of 32
1980	3	26–6	John Thompson	Big East ConferenceBig East	Regional Runner-up
1981	7	20–12	John Thompson	Big East	Round of 48
1982	1	30–7	John Thompson	Big East Conference	Runner Up
1983	5	22–10	John Thompson	Big East Conference	Second Round
1984	1	34–3	John Thompson	Big East Conference	Champion
1985	1	35–3	John Thompson	Big East Conference	lost in the National Championship Game to Villanova, 64–66
1986	4	24–8	John Thompson	Big East Conference	lost in the Round 2 to Michigan State, 68–80
1987	1	—	John Thompson	Big East Conference	lost in the Regional Finals to Providence, 73–88
1988	8	20–10	John Thompson	Big East Conference	lost in the Round 2 to Temple, 53–74
1989	1	29–5	John Thompson	Big East Conference	lost in the Regional Finals to Duke, 77–85
1990	3	24–7	John Thompson	Big East Conference	lost in the Second Round to Xavier, 71–74
1991	8	19–13	John Thompson	Big East Conference	lost in the Round 2 to UNLV, 54–62
1992	6	22–10	John Thompson	Big East Conference	lost in the Round 2 to Florida State, 68–78
1994	9	19–12	John Thompson	Big East Conference	lost in the Round 2 to Arkansas, 73–85
1995	6	21–10	John Thompson	Big East Conference	lost in the Regional semifinals to North Carolina, 64–74
1996	2	29–8	John Thompson	Big East Conference	lost in the Regional Final to Massachusetts, 62–86
1997	10	20–10	John Thompson	Big East Conference	lost in the Round of 64 to Charlotte, 67–79
2001	10	25–8	Craig Esherick	Big East	lost in the Regional Semifinal to Maryland, 66–76
2006	7	23–10	John Thompson III	Big East	lost in the Regional Semifinal to Florida, 53–57
2007	2	30–7	John Thompson III	Big East	lost in the National Semifinal to Ohio State, 60–67
2008	2	28–6	John Thompson III	Big East Conference	lost in the round of 32 to Davidson, 70–74
2010	3	23–11	John Thompson III	Big East Conference	lost in the round of 64 to Ohio, 83–97
2011	6	21–11	John Thompson III	Big East Conference	lost in the round of 64 to VCU, 56–74
2012	3	24–9	John Thompson III	Big East Conference	lost in the round of 32 to NC State, 63–66
2013	2	25–7	John Thompson III	Big East Conference	lost in the round of 64 to Florida Gulf Coast, 68–78
2015	4	22–11	John Thompson III	Big East	lost in the round of 32 to Utah, 64–75
2021	12	13–13	Patrick Ewing	Big East	lost in the round of 64 to Colorado, 73–96

How the games went

Record by round.
Round	W–L
Opening	7–8
Round of 64	18–8
Round of 32	5–4
Round of 8	4–4
Semifinal	11–4
Final	1–2

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