1916–17 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team

The 1916–17 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University during the 1916-17 NCAA Division I college basketball season. John O'Reilly coached the team in his third season as head coach.^[1] Georgetown was an independent and played its home games at Ryan Gymnasium on the Georgetown campus in Washington, D.C.,^[2] and finished the season with a record of 8-4.

The Hoyas' victory over Bucknell on the last day of the season began a home winning streak at Ryan Gymnasium that would reach 52 games before finally coming to an end during the 1923-24 season.^[3]^[4]^[5] Georgetown defeated crosstown rival George Washington twice this season, giving the Hoyas a six-game winning streak against George Washington – three of the wins at Ryan Gymnasium – dating back to 1914.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Sophomore forward Fred Fees transferred from St. Francis College of Pennsylvania and joined the team for the first of four seasons with the Hoyas. A free-throw shooting specialist in an era when the rules of college basketball allowed teams to choose which player shot its free throws, Fees exploited his free-throw prowess to establish himself as one of the top scorers in college basketball in the United States in each of his seasons with the Hoyas. This season he scored 195 of the team's 450 points, averaging 15.3 points per game to lead the team in scoring. ^[6]^[7]

Roster

Sources^[8]^[9]

Georgetown players did not wear numbers on their jerseys this season. The first numbered jerseys in Georgetown men's basketball history would not appear until the 1933-34 season.^[8]

Name	Height	Position	Class	Hometown	Previous Team(s)
Ed Bannigan	N/A	G	Fr. or Jr.	Manchester, NH, U.S.	Manchester HS^{[disambiguation needed]}
Ed Cashin	N/A	F	Jr.	N/A	N/A
George Denniston	N/A	G	Jr.	N/A	N/A
Fred Fees	5'6"^[6]	F	So.	Carrolltown, PA, U.S.	St. Francis College (Pa.)
Roger Kelliher<br/?or Keliher	N/A	G	Sr.	N/A	N/A
Don Keresey	N/A	G	N/A	N/A	N/A
Jim McNulty	N/A	C	Jr.	N/A	N/A
Harry O'Boyle	N/A	G	N/A	N/A	N/A
Jim O'Boyle	N/A	G	Fr.	N/A	N/A
Bob O'Lone	N/A	F	Jr.	N/A	N/A

1916–17 schedule and results

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It was common practice at this time for colleges and universities to include non-collegiate opponents in their schedules, with the games recognized as part of their official record for the season, and had the February 3, 1917, game against the Crescent Athletic Club not been cancelled, it would have counted as part of Georgetown's won-loss record for 1916-17. It was not until 1952, after the completion of the 1951-52 season, that the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) ruled that colleges and universities could no longer count games played against non-collegiate opponents in their annual won-loss records.^[12]

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
Fri., Dec. 15, 1916 no, no	at Mount St. Joseph	W 36–25	1-0	Mount St. Joseph Gymnasium Baltimore, MD
Thu., Dec. 28, 1916 no, no	Maryland			Ryan Gymnasium Washington, DC
Wed., Jan. 10, 1917 no, no	Gallaudet	W 52–10	2-0	Ryan Gymnasium Washington, DC
Fri., Jan. 12, 1917 no, no	Johns Hopkins	W 46-12	3-0	Ryan Gymnasium Baltimore, MD
Tue., Jan. 16, 1917 no, no	Randolph–Macon			Ryan Gymnasium Washington, DC
Sat., Jan. 20, 1917 no, no	at George Washington	W 31–24	4-0	YMCA Hall Washington, DC
Wed., Jan. 24, 1917 no, no	at Navy	L 23–31	4-1	Dahlgren Hall Annapolis, MD
Fri., Jan. 26, 1917 no, no	St. John's	W 44–26	5-1	Ryan Gymnasium Washington, DC
Wed., Jan. 31, 1917 no, no	at Seton Hall	L 17–18	5-2	N/A South Orange, NJ
Thu., Feb. 1, 1917 no, no	at St. John's	L 24–38	5-3	N/A New York, NY
Sat., Feb. 3, 1917 no, no	at Crescent Athletic Club			N/A New York, NY
Wed., Feb. 7, 1917 no, no	George Washington	W 45–23	6-3	Ryan Gymnasium Washington, DC
Sat., Feb. 10, 1917 no, no	at Mount St. Joseph	W 32–15	7-3	Mount St. Joseph Gymnasium Baltimore, MD
Thu., Feb. 15, 1917 no, no	Trinity (N.C.)	L 24–36	7-4	Ryan Gymnasium Washington, DC
Mon., Feb. 19, 1917 no, no	Bucknell	W 43–31	8-4	Ryan Gymnasium Washington, DC
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

^ The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Head Coaches
^ The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Home Courts
^ ^a ^b The Georgetown Basketball History Project: The Ryan Gymnasium Years
^ ^a ^b The Georgetown Basketball History Project: 1910s Seasons
^ ^a ^b ^c The Georgetown Basketball History Project: 1920s Seasons
^ ^a ^b The Georgetown Basketball History Project: The Best of His Era
^ The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Fred Fees
^ ^a ^b The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Rosters 1910-11 to 1919-1920 Cite error: The named reference "roster" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
^ Georgetown Basketball History Project: All-Time Player Directory
^ The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Records vs. All Opponents
^ sports-reference.com 1916-17 Georgetown Hoyas Schedule and Results
^ The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Non-Collegiate Opponents

[coach-1] The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Head Coaches

[homecourt-2] The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Home Courts

[ryan-3] The Georgetown Basketball History Project: The Ryan Gymnasium Years

[1910s-4] The Georgetown Basketball History Project: 1910s Seasons

[schedule-5] The Georgetown Basketball History Project: 1920s Seasons

[best-6] The Georgetown Basketball History Project: The Best of His Era

[7] The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Fred Fees

[roster-8] The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Rosters 1910-11 to 1919-1920 Cite error: The named reference "roster" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).

[9] Georgetown Basketball History Project: All-Time Player Directory

[10] The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Records vs. All Opponents

[11] sports-reference.com 1916-17 Georgetown Hoyas Schedule and Results

[12] The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Non-Collegiate Opponents

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Venues	Washington Light Infantry Armory (1906–1907) Convention Hall (1907–1908) Odd Fellows Hall (1908–1911) Arcade Rink (1911–1914, 1927–1928) Ryan Gymnasium (1914–1927) Clendenen Gymnasium (1928–1929) Tech Gymnasium (1929–1940, 1942–1943) Riverside Stadium (1940–1942) Brookland Gymnasium (1945–1946) Uline Arena (1946–1947, 1949–1951) D.C. Armory (1947–1949) McDonough Gymnasium (1951–present) Capital Centre (1981–1997) Capital One Arena (1997–present)
Rivalries	St. John's UConn
Culture & lore	History Hoya Saxa Jack the Bulldog There Goes Old Georgetown 1989 Princeton game Above the Rim
People	Head coaches NBA draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics