2014–15 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team

2014–15 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball

NCAA Tournament, Round of 32
Conference	Big East
Ranking
AP	#22
2014–15 record	22–11 (12–6 Big East)
Head coach	John Thompson III (11th year)
Assistant coach	Kevin Broadus (6th year)
Assistant coach	Tavaras Hardy (2nd year)
Assistant coach	Kevin Sutton (2nd year)
Home arena	Verizon Center

2014–15 Big East men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#9 Villanova †	16	–	2	.889	33	–	3	.917
Georgetown	12	–	6	.667	22	–	11	.667
#23 Butler	12	–	6	.667	23	–	11	.676
Providence	11	–	7	.611	22	–	12	.647
St. John's	10	–	8	.556	21	–	12	.636
#22 Xavier	9	–	9	.500	23	–	14	.622
DePaul	6	–	12	.333	12	–	20	.375
Seton Hall	6	–	12	.333	16	–	15	.516
Marquette	4	–	14	.222	13	–	19	.406
Creighton	4	–	14	.222	14	–	19	.424

† 2015 Big East Tournament winner As of April 6, 2015; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2014–15 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by 11th year head coach John Thompson III, were members of the Big East Conference, and played their home games at the Verizon Center. They finished the season 22–11, 12–6 in Big East play to finish in a tie for second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big East Tournament where they lost to Xavier. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated Eastern Washington in the second round before losing in the third round to Utah.

Previous Season

The Hoyas finished the previous season 18–15, 8–10 in Big East play, to finish in seventh place. They lost in the first round of the Big East Tournament to DePaul. They were invited to the 2014 National Invitation Tournament which they lost in the second round to Florida State.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Markel Starks	5	G	6'2"	175	Senior	Accokeek, MD	Graduated
John Caprio	25	G	6'6"	220	Senior	North Caldwell, NJ	Graduated
Moses Ayegba	32	C	6'9"	247	Senior	Kano, Nigeria	Transferred to Nebraska
Nate Lubick	34	F	6'8"	219	Senior	Southborough, MA	Graduated

Recruiting

Incoming freshmen Paul White (left) and L. J. Peak (right) were former teammates at Whitney M. Young Magnet High School in Chicago

Name	Home town	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Isaac Copeland PF	Raleigh, NC	Brewster Academy	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Mar 10, 2013
Isaac Copeland PF	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 94
L. J. Peak SF	Gaffney, SC	Gaffney	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jul 2, 2013
L. J. Peak SF	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 89
Paul White PF	Chicago, IL	Whitney Young	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sep 15, 2013
Paul White PF	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 89
Tre Campbell SG	Washington, D.C.	St. John's College	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	May 8, 2013
Tre Campbell SG	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 77
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2014 Georgetown Signees". Rivals.com. Retrieved October 27, 2013. "2014 Georgetown Signees". Scout.com. Retrieved October 27, 2013. "2014 Georgetown Signees". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 27, 2013. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved October 27, 2013. "2014 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved October 27, 2013.

Roster

2014–15 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Home town
3.0 !SF	0	Peak, L. J.L. J. Peak	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Gaffney High School	Gaffney, South Carolina
1.5 !G	1	Campbell, TreTre Campbell	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1.0 !Fr	St. John's College High School	Washington, D.C.
3.5 !F	3	Hopkins, MikaelMikael Hopkins	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	223 lb (101 kg)	4.0 !Sr	DeMatha Catholic High School	Hyattsville, Maryland
1.5 !G	4	Smith-Rivera, D'VauntesD'Vauntes Smith-Rivera	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	218 lb (99 kg)	3.0 !Jr	North Central/Oak Hill Academy	Indianapolis, Indiana
4.0 !PF	5	Cameron, ReggieReggie Cameron	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	2.0 !So	Hudson Catholic	Hackensack, New Jersey
3.5 !F	11	Copeland, IsaacIsaac Copeland	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Brewster Academy	Raleigh, North Carolina
1.5 !G	12	Allen, DavidDavid Allen (W)	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Highland Park High School	Dallas, Texas
3.5 !F	13	White, PaulPaul White	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Whitney Young High School	Chicago, Illinois
1.5 !G	21	Williams, RiyanRiyan Williams	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Archbishop Carroll	Dunkirk, Maryland
3.5 !F	23	Bowen, AaronAaron Bowen	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	4.5 !RS Sr	Samuel W. Wolfson High School	Jacksonville, Florida
5.0 !C	24	Smith, JoshuaJoshua Smith	82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	350 lb (159 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Kentwood High School	Kent, Washington
3.5 !F	31	Mourning, TreyTrey Mourning	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	217 lb (98 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Ransom Everglades School	Miami, Florida
5.0 !C	42	Hayes, BradleyBradley Hayes	84 !7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	251 lb (114 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Sandalwood High School	Jacksonville, Florida
1.5 !G	55	Trawick, JabrilJabril Trawick	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Abington Friends School	Jenkintown, Pennsylvania

Head coach

John Thompson III

Assistant coach(es)

Kevin Broadus
Tavaras Hardy
Kevin Sutton
Othella Harrington

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: November 16, 2014

Rankings

Main article: 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Source^[1]

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 14 Feb 16	Wk 16 Feb 23	Wk 17 Mar 2	Wk 18 Mar 9	Post Mar 16	Final Apr 6
AP	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	RV	RV	RV	21	24	RV	RV	RV	RV	23	22	N/A
Coaches	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	22	24	RV	RV	RV	RV	23	24	RV

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Non-conference regular season
11/15/2014* 12:00 PM, FSN		St. Francis Brooklyn	W 83-62	1-0	Verizon Center (7,854^[2]) Washington, D.C.
11/18/2014* 7:00 PM, FS2		Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	W 78-62	2-0	Verizon Center (4,887^[3]) Washington, D.C.
11/22/2014* 12:00 PM, FS2		Robert Morris	W 80-66	3-0	Verizon Center (8,017^[4]) Washington, D.C.
11/26/2014* 9:30 PM, AXS TV		vs. #18 Florida Battle 4 Atlantis First Round	W 66-65 ^OT	4-0	Imperial Arena (3,240^[5]) Nassau, Bahamas
11/27/2014* 3:30 PM, ESPN		vs. #2 Wisconsin Battle 4 Atlantis Semifinal	L 65–68	4–1	Imperial Arena (3,204^[6]) Nassau, Bahamas
11/28/2014 2:00 PM, ESPN		vs. Butler Battle 4 Atlantis Third Place Game	L 58–64	4–2	Imperial Arena (1,542^[7]) Paradise Island, Bahamas
12/07/2014* 12:00 PM, FS1		Towson BB&T Classic	W 78–46	5–2	Verizon Center (8,756^[8]) Washington, D.C.
12/10/2014* 7:00 PM, FS1		#10 Kansas	L 70–75	5–3	Verizon Center (14,164^[9]) Washington, D.C.
12/13/2014* 12:00 PM, FS1		Radford	W 76–49	6–3	Verizon Center (6,843) Washington, D.C.
12/20/2014* 12:00 PM, FSN		Charlotte	W 81–78	7–3	Verizon Center (7,858) Washington, D.C.
12/27/2014* 12:00 PM, ESPN2		vs. Indiana Indeed Invitational	W 91–87 ^OT	8–3	Madison Square Garden (8,651) New York, NY
Big East Conference Play
12/31/2014 10:00 PM, FS1	#25	at Xavier	L 53–70	8–4 (0–1)	Cintas Center (9,558) Cincinnati, OH
01/03/2015 4:30 PM, FS1	#25	Creighton	W 76–61	9–4 (1–1)	Verizon Center (11,164) Washington, D.C.
01/06/2015 7:00 PM, FS1		Marquette	W 65–59	10–4 (2–1)	Verizon Center (8,762) Washington, D.C.
01/10/2015 12:00 PM, FS1		at Providence	L 57–60 ^OT	10–5 (2–2)	Dunkin' Donuts Center (10,786) Providence, RI
01/13/2015 9:15 PM, FS2/FS1^{[note 1]}		at DePaul	W 78–72	11–5 (3–2)	Allstate Arena (6,263) Rosemont, IL
01/17/2015 5:00 PM, FS1		Butler	W 61–59	12–5 (4–2)	Verizon Center (14,281) Washington, D.C.
01/19/2015 9:00 PM, FS1		#4 Villanova	W 78–58	13–5 (5–2)	Verizon Center (13,872) Washington, DC
01/24/2015 2:35 PM, FS1		at Marquette	W 95–85 ^OT	14–5 (6–2)	BMO Harris Bradley Center (15,713) Milwaukee, WI
01/27/2015 7:00 PM, FS1	#21	Xavier	L 53–66	14–6 (6–3)	Verizon Center (8,576) Washington, D.C.
01/31/2015 2:00 PM, CBSSN	#21	at Creighton	W 67–40	15–6 (7–3)	CenturyLink Center (17,499) Omaha, NE
02/04/2015 9:10 PM, CBSSN	#24	Providence	L 71–74	15–7 (7–4)	Verizon Center (7,981) Washington, D.C.
02/07/2015 2:00 PM, FOX	#24	at #7 Villanova	L 53–69	15–8 (7–5)	Wells Fargo Center (20,587) Philadelphia, PA
02/10/2015 7:00 PM, FS1		at Seton Hall	W 86–67	16–8 (8–5)	Prudential Center (8,357) Newark, NJ
02/17/2015 7:00 PM, FS1		St. John's	W 79–57	17–8 (9–5)	Verizon Center (8,685) Washington, D.C.
02/21/2015 8:10 PM, CBSSN		DePaul	W 68–63	18–8 (10–5)	Verizon Center (7,984) Washington, D.C.
02/28/2015 12:00 PM, CBS		at St. John's	L 70–81	18–9 (10–6)	Madison Square Garden (13,615) New York, NY
03/03/2015 7:00 PM, FS1		at #21 Butler	W 60–54	19–9 (11–6)	Hinkle Fieldhouse (9,100) Indianapolis, IN
03/07/2015 12:00 PM, FOX		Seton Hall	W 73–67	20–9 (12–6)	Verizon Center (14,392) Washington, D.C.
Big East Tournament
3/12/2015 7:00 PM, FS1	#23	vs. Creighton Quarterfinals	W 60–55	21–9	Madison Square Garden (N/A) New York, NY
3/13/2015 9:45 PM, FS1	#23	vs. Xavier Semifinals	L 63–65	21–10	Madison Square Garden (15,194) New York, NY
NCAA Tournament
3/19/2015* 9:57 PM, truTV	(4 S) #22	vs. (13 S) Eastern Washington Second round	W 84–74	22–10	Moda Center (14,279) Portland, OR
3/21/2015* 7:45 PM, CBS	(4 S) #22	vs. (5 S) #19 Utah Third round	L 64–75	22–11	Moda Center (17,370) Portland, OR
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. S=South Region. All times are in Eastern Time Zone.

Source^[10]

Notes

↑ The broadcast began on Fox Sports 2 and moved to Fox Sports 1 while the game was in progress.

References

↑ sports-reference.com 2014-15 Polls
↑ "MBB vs. St. Francis Brooklyn box score". guhoyas.com. Georgetown University. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
↑ "MBB vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi box score". guhoyas.com. Georgetown University. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
↑ "Georgetown vs. Robert Morris box score". guhoyas.com. Georgetown University. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
↑ "Georgetown vs. Florida box score". guhoyas.com. Georgetown University. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
↑ "Georgetown vs. Wisconsin box score". guhoyas.com. Georgetown University. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
↑ "Georgetown vs. Butler 1 recap". guhoyas.com. Georgetown University. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
↑ "Towson vs. Georgetown (12/07/14 at Verizon Center, WASHINGTON) Box Score". guhoyas.com. Georgetown University. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
↑ "Kansas vs. Georgetown (12/10/14 at Verizon Center, WASHINGTON) Box Score". guhoyas.com. Georgetown University. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
↑ guhoyas.com Men's Basketball 2014-2015 Schedule

External links

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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 (1951–2009) Capital Centre (1981–1997) Verizon Center (1997–present)

Rivalries	Connecticut

Culture & lore	History Hoya Saxa Jack the Bulldog There Goes Old Georgetown

People	Head coaches NBA draftees

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NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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