The 2024–25 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented

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in the

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. The Hoyas, led by second-year head coach

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, were members of the

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. The Hoyas played their home games in

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, at both

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and

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Previous season

After cutting ties with head coach

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in 2023 after six years at the helm, the Hoyas played their first season under head coach

, who had left the head coaching position at

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rival

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to come to Georgetown. Under Cooley, the Hoyas had their third historically bad season in a row in 2023–24, starting 7–4 in non-conference games but finishing the season 9–23 overall and 2–18 in Big East play. They finished in 10th place in the 11-team conference. In the Big East tournament, they lost to

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in the first round, bringing their season to an end.

Offseason

Departures

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Incoming transfers

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2024 recruiting class

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Roster

Georgetown announced its 2024–25 roster on September 23, 2024:

Season recap

Non-conference season

Georgetown played 11 non-conference games between November 6 and December 28, finishing 9–2 in nonconference play. The non-conference schedule included the Hoyas playing in the final year of the

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, facing former Big East rival

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on the road. The Hoyas also played former Big East member

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on the road in the annual renewal of their rivalry. All other non-conference games were at home, two of them on campus at McDonough Arena and the rest at

. Georgetown met former Big East opponent Notre Dame at Capital One Arena in the second season of a two-year home-and-home series. For the second season in a row Georgetown hosted an unnamed and unsponsored multi-team event, again referred to as the "Georgetown MTE." In the 2024 Georgetown MTE, each of three participating teams played each other once, with the Hoyas hosting both Mount St. Mary's and

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and Mount St. Mary's hosting Saint Francis. Plans for Georgetown and

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to begin a four-year home-and-home series in the 2024–25 season changed in mid-May 2024, with the beginning of the series reportedly pushed back until the 2025–26 season and Maryland hosting the first meeting, the change blamed on scheduling difficulties in 2024–25. In late June, the schools confirmed these plans for the series. Georgetown finished with a record of 9–2 in non-conference play.

Conference season

Georgetown played a 20-game conference season from December 18 through March 8, meeting each Big East opponent in a home-and-home series. The Hoyas finished with a conference record of 8–12.

Big East tournament

Georgetown lost to DePaul in the first round of the 2025 Big East tournament at

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on March 12.

National Invitation Tournament

Georgetown received an invitation to the

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, but was contracturally obliged to decline it because of a Big East Conference commitment to participate in the inaugural

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tournament.

College Basketball Crown

Georgetown accepted a bid to the

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tournament. The Hoyas lost to

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in the quarterfinal round.

Schedule and results

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Awards and honors

Big East Conference honors

References

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