2008–09 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team

2008–09 Big East men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 Louisville†	16	–	2	.889	31	–	6	.838
No. 4 Pittsburgh	15	–	3	.833	31	–	5	.861
No. 5 Connecticut	15	–	3	.833	31	–	5	.861
No. 11 Villanova	13	–	5	.722	30	–	8	.789
No. 23 Marquette	12	–	6	.667	25	–	10	.714
No. 13 Syracuse	11	–	7	.611	28	–	10	.737
West Virginia	10	–	8	.556	23	–	12	.657
Providence	10	–	8	.556	19	–	14	.576
Notre Dame	8	–	10	.444	21	–	15	.583
Cincinnati	8	–	10	.444	18	–	14	.563
Seton Hall	7	–	11	.389	17	–	15	.531
Georgetown	7	–	11	.389	16	–	15	.516
St. John's	6	–	12	.333	16	–	18	.471
South Florida	4	–	14	.222	9	–	22	.290
Rutgers	2	–	16	.111	11	–	21	.344
DePaul	0	–	18	.000	9	–	24	.273


† 2009 Big East tournament winner As of April 4, 2009^[1] Rankings from AP Poll

The 2008–09 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University in the 2008–2009 NCAA Division I basketball season. The Hoyas were coached by John Thompson III and played their home games at the Verizon Center in Washington, DC. The Hoyas are members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 16-15, 7-11 in Big East play. They lost to St. John's in the first round of the 2009 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament. They received an at–large bid to the 2009 National Invitation Tournament, earning a 6 seed in one of the NIT's regions, and lost to Baylor in the first round.

Roster

Source^[2]

#	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Position	Class	Hometown	Previous Team(s)
3	DaJuan Summers	6'8"	236	F	Jr.	Baltimore, MD, U.S.	McDonogh School
4	Chris Wright	6'1"	201	G	So.	Bowie, MD, U.S.	St. John's College HS
5	Nikita Mescheriakov	6'8"	214	G/F	So.	Minsk, Belarus	St. John's College HS
10	Greg Monroe	6'11"	250	C	Fr.	New Orleans, LA, U.S.	Helen Cox HS
11	Bryon Jansen	6'6"	211	F	Sr.	Kent, WA, U.S.	Seattle Christian Schools
15	Austin Freeman	6'4"	239	G	So.	Mitchellville, MD, U.S.	DeMatha HS
20	Jason Clark	6'2"	176	G	Fr.	Arlington, VA, U.S.	Bishop O'Connell HS
21	Jessie Sapp	6'3"	212	G	Sr.	New York, NY, U.S.	National Christian Academy (Md.)
22	Julian Vaughn	6'9"	246	F	So.	Vienna, VA, U.S.	Oak Hill Academy Florida State
30	Henry Sims	6'10"	226	C	Fr.	Baltimore, MD, U.S.	Mount St. Joseph HS
31	Omar Wattad	6'4"	225	G/F	So.	Johnson City, TN, U.S.	Science Hill HS

Rankings

Ranking Movement
**Legend:** ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.
Poll	Pre Nov 10	Wk 2 Nov 17	Wk 3 Nov 24	Wk 4 Dec 1	Wk 5 Dec 8	Wk 6 Dec 15	Wk 7 Dec 22	Wk 8 Dec 29	Wk 9 Jan 5	Wk 10 Jan 12	Wk 11 Jan 19	Wk 12 Jan 26	Wk 13 Feb 2	Wk 14 Feb 9	Wk 15 Feb 16	Wk 16 Feb 23	Wk 17 Mar 2	Wk 18 Mar 9	Post Wk 1 Mar 16	Post Wk 3 Mar 30
AP	22	22	21	20	19	15	12	11	9	13	12	25								^{[note 1]}
Coaches	18	18	16	18	19	13	9	8	10	12	14	23	RV

2008–09 Schedule and results

Source^[3]^[4]

All times are Eastern

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Mon., Nov. 17, 2008* 7:30 p.m., MASN	No. 22	Jacksonville	W 71-62	1–0	Verizon Center (10,253) Washington, DC
Sat., Nov. 22, 2008* 1:00pm, none	No. 22	Drexel	W 81-53	2–0	Verizon Center (11,434) Washington, DC
Thu., Nov. 27, 2008* 2:00pm, ESPN2	No. 21	vs. Wichita State Old Spice Classic First Round	W 58-50	3–0	The Milk House (3,357) Lake Buena Vista, FL
Fri., Nov. 28, 2008* 1:00pm, ESPN	No. 21	vs. No. 12 Tennessee Old Spice Classic Semifinal	L 78-90	3–1	The Milk House (3,926) Lake Buena Vista, FL
Sun., Nov. 30, 2008* 5:30pm, ESPN2	No. 21	vs. Maryland Old Spice Classic 3rd Place	W 75–48	4–1	The Milk House (3,914) Lake Buena Vista, FL
Sat., Dec. 6, 2008* 1:00pm, MASN	No. 20	American	W 73–49	5–1	Verizon Center (11,196) Washington, DC
Mon., Dec. 8, 2008* 7:30pm, none	No. 19	Savannah State	W 100–38	6–1	Verizon Center (8,013) Washington, DC
Sat., Dec. 13, 2008* 2:00pm, CBS	No. 19	No. 17 Memphis	W 79–70 ^OT	7–1	Verizon Center (15,238) Washington, D.C.
Sat., Dec. 20, 2008* 1:00pm, MASN	No. 15	Mount St. Mary's	W 69–58	8–1	Verizon Center (10,364) Washington, DC
Tue., Dec. 23, 2008* 7:30pm, none	No. 12	Florida International	W 76–38	9–1	Verizon Center (7,964) Washington, DC
Mon., Dec. 29, 2008 7:00pm, ESPN2	No. 11	at No. 2 Connecticut	W 74–63	10–1 (1–0)	XL Center (16,294) Hartford, CT
Sat., Jan. 3, 2009 12:00 noon, ESPN	No. 11	No. 3 Pittsburgh	L 54–70	10–2 (1–1)	Verizon Center (19,397) Washington, DC
Mon., Jan. 5, 2009 7:00pm, ESPN	No. 9	at No. 13 Notre Dame	L 67–73	10–3 (1–2)	Edmund P. Joyce Center (11,418) Notre Dame, IN
Sat., Jan. 10, 2009 1:00pm, ESPNU	No. 9	Providence	W 82–75	11–3 (2–2)	Verizon Center (12,764) Washington, DC
Wed., Jan. 14, 2009 7:30pm, ESPN2	No. 13	No. 8 Syracuse	W 88–74	12–3 (3–2)	Verizon Center (19,227) Washington, DC
Sat., Jan. 17, 2009* 1:30pm, CBS	No. 13	at No. 2 Duke	L 67–76	12–4	Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, NC
Thu., Jan. 22, 2009 7:00pm, ESPN	No. 12	West Virginia	L 58–75	12–5 (3–3)	Verizon Center (12,875) Washington, DC
Sun., Jan. 25, 2009 2:00pm, MASN	No. 12	at Seton Hall	L 60–65	12–6 (3–4)	Prudential Center (9,800) Newark, NJ
Wed., Jan. 28, 2009 7:30pm, ESPN360	No. 25	at Cincinnati	L 57–65	12–7 (3–5)	Fifth Third Arena (7,265) Cincinnati, OH
Sat., Jan. 31, 2009 2:00pm, MASN	No. 25	at No. 8 Marquette	L 82–94	12–8 (3–6)	Bradley Center (19,041) Milwaukee, WI
Tue., Feb. 3, 2009 7:00pm, MASN		Rutgers	W 57–47	13–8 (4–6)	Verizon Center (8,473) Washington, DC
Sat., Feb. 7, 2009 12:00 noon, MASN		Cincinnati	L 62–64 ^OT	13–9 (4–7)	Verizon Center (15,349) Washington, DC
Sat., Feb. 14, 2009 12:00 noon, ESPN		at No. 22 Syracuse	L 94–98 ^OT	13–10 (4–8)	Carrier Dome (31,841) Syracuse, NY
Wed., Feb. 18, 2009 7:00pm, MASN		at South Florida	W 65–40	14–10 (5–8)	USF Sun Dome (7,015) Tampa, FL
Sat., Feb. 21, 2009 2:00pm, ESPN		No. 11 Marquette	L 72–78	14–11 (5–9)	Verizon Center (17,686) Washington, DC
Mon., Feb. 23, 2009 7:00pm, ESPN		No. 6 Louisville	L 58–76	14–12 (5–10)	Verizon Center (12,653) Washington, DC
Sat., Feb. 28, 2009 12:00pm, ESPN		at No. 12 Villanova	W 56–54	15–12 (6–10)	Wachovia Center (20,378) Philadelphia, PA
Tue, Mar. 3, 2009 7:30pm, MASN		at St. John's	L 56–59 ^OT	15–13 (6–11)	Madison Square Garden (9.959) New York, NY
Sat., Mar. 7, 2009 5:00pm, ESPNU		DePaul	W 48–40	16–13 (7–11)	Verizon Center (12,338) Washington, DC
Big East Tournament
Tue., Mar. 10, 2009 2:00pm, BigEast.tv		vs. St. John's First Round	L 59–64	16–14	Madison Square Garden (19,375) New York, NY
National Invitation Tournament
Wed., Mar. 18, 2009 9:00pm, ESPN2		at Baylor First round	L 72–74	16–15	Ferrell Center (8,424) Waco, TX
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Notes

^ No Associated Press Poll this week.

References

^ "Big East Conference Standings - 2008-09." ESPN.com. Retrieved 03-23-10.
^ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/gu/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/0809roster.pdf
^ "2009–10 Schedule". Archived from the original on 10 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-12. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ 2012-2013 Georgetown Men's Basketball Media Guide, p. 67.

[ap-3] No Associated Press Poll this week.

[standings-1] "Big East Conference Standings - 2008-09." ESPN.com. Retrieved 03-23-10.

[2] ttp://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/gu/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/0809roster.pdf

[schedule-4] "2009–10 Schedule". Archived from the original on 10 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-12. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[5] 2012-2013 Georgetown Men's Basketball Media Guide, p. 67.

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