1938–39 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 basketball 1938–39 Georgetown Hoyas Georgetown Hoyas logo.svg Eastern Intercollegiate Conference EIC 13–9 6-4 Elmer Ripley 3rd Joe Murphy Tech Gymnasium Eastern Intercollegiate ConferenceRegular Season Co-Champions The 1938–39 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University during the 1938–39 NCAA college basketball season. Elmer Ripley, who had coached Georgetown previously from 1927 to 1929, returned for his second of three stints as head coach; it was his third season overall as the Hoyas head coach.http://www.hoyabasketball.com/coaches/bb-coach.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Head Coaches 2014-01-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20170527235527/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/coaches/bb-coach.htm 2017-05-27 dead The team was a member of the Eastern Intercollegiate Conference (EIC) and played its home games at Tech Gymnasium on the campus of McKinley Technical High School in Washington, D.C.The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Home Courts The team finished as conference co-champion, with a record of 6–4 in the EIC and 13–9 overall. It had no postseason play. Season recap Senior forward Joe Murphy was the teams star. He scored in double figures in nine games, including 14 points against Syracuse, 11 against Maryland, and 15 against EIC rival Penn State. He finished the season averaging a career-high 8.9 points per game. Over his career, he was the second-highest scoring Georgetown player of the 1930s and fifth-highest in school history at the time. He had scored in double figures in 17 of the 65 games of his three-year college varsity career.The Georgetown Basketball History Project: The Top 100: 92. Joe Murphy Junior forward John Schmitt scored 12 points in an upset of West Virginia in an EIC game. His season ended when he broke his leg during the game at Yale.http://www.hoyabasketball.com/history/schmitt.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Prepared For Life 2014-03-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20140302215800/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/history/schmitt.htm 2014-03-02 dead Georgetown finished with an overall record of 13–9, the most wins by a Georgetown team since the 1929–30 season and the best winning percentage since 1928–29. The school had been a founding member of the EIC when the conference began play in the 1932–33 season, and this years 6–4 conference record gave the school its first and only regular-season EIC championship – Georgetowns first championship of any kind – which it shared with Carnegie Tech.sports-reference.com 1938-39 Eastern Intercollegiate Conference Season Summary Although the EIC never held a postseason conference tournament, in previous seasons when the regular season had ended in a first-place tie it had held a single postseason playoff game between the two first-place teams to determine the conference championship. This season, however, no such playoff game took place, and Georgetown and Carnegie Tech settled for the only co-championship in EIC history. Although the Associated Press described the Eastern Intercollegiate Conference as "one of the best in the nation,"College Hoopedia: 1938-39 its members agreed to disband it at the end of the season because geographical problems had made scheduling difficult. Georgetowns overall conference record during its seven-year membership was 27–39. At the end of the season, Georgetown thus became an independent again for the first time since the 1931–32 season. In 1939–40, the Hoyas would play their first of 38 seasons as an independent before becoming a founding member of the original Big East Conference in the 1979–1980 season. Roster Sourceshttp://www.hoyabasketball.com/players/roster-30s.htm#1939 The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Rosters 1930-31 to 1939-1940 2014-01-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20170212090031/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/players/roster-30s.htm#1939 2017-02-12 dead The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Player Directory: Jersey Numbers Junior guard Francis "Reds" Daly was killed in action in the Battle of Iwo Jima on February 22, 1945, during World War II military service.The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Wartime #NameHeightWeight (lbs.)PositionClassHometownPrevious Team(s)3Joe Murphy6'0"N/AFSr.West New York, NJ, U.S.Memorial HS10Joe McFaddenN/AN/AGSo.N/AN/A12Jim GiebelN/AN/AGSo.Bethesda, MD, U.S.St. John's College HS (Washington, DC)13George Pajak6'0"N/AG/FSo.Ware, MA, U.S.Ware HS20Irv RizziN/AN/AGSo.West New York, NJ, U.S.Memorial HS24Al Matuza6'2"N/AFSo.Shenandoah, PA, U.S.Shenandoah HS53Ed KurtykaN/AN/AGSr.Washington, DC, U.S.Eastern HS60Francis "Reds" Daly6'3"N/AGJr.Washington, DC, U.S.McKinley Technical HS80John Schmitt5'11"N/AFJr.Syracuse, NY, U.S.St. John's Preparatory School (New York, NY)N/AHarry LeberN/AN/AGSr.N/AN/AN/AJohn McGowanN/AN/ACN/AN/AN/AN/AJohn RichesN/AN/AGSr.N/AN/A 1938–39 schedule and results SourcesThe Georgetown Basketball History Project: 1930s Seasonshttp://www.hoyabasketball.com/opponents.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Records vs. All Opponents 2014-01-09 2013-11-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20131103211101/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/opponents.htm dead sports-reference.com 1938-39 Georgetown Hoyas Schedule and Results2012-2013 Georgetown Men's Basketball Media Guide, p. 59. no no no no no |- !colspan=9 style="background:#002147; color:#8D817B;"| Regular Season Thu., Dec. 8, 1938 no w yes no Western Maryland Tech Gymnasium Washington, DC no 46–23 1-0 Tue., Dec. 13, 1938 no w yes no Loyola Maryland Tech Gymnasium Washington, DC no 36–34 2-0 Thu., Dec. 15, 1938 no w yes yes no American Clendenen Gymnasium Washington, DC no 51–35 3-0 Wed., Jan. 4, 1939 no w yes yes no New York University Madison Square Garden New York, NY no 27–25 4-0 Mon., Jan. 9, 1938 no w no Temple Tech Gymnasium Washington, D.C. no 36–28 5-0 1-0 Fri, Jan. 13, 1939 no l yes no Carnegie Tech Skibo Gymnasium Pittsburgh, PA no 34–37 5-1 1-1 Sat., Jan. 14, 1938 no w yes no West Virginia WVU Field House Morgantown, WV no 37–31 6-1 2-1 Thu., Jan. 19, 1939 no w yes yes no Loyola Maryland Alumni Gymnasium Baltimore, MD no 39–30 7-1 Fri., Jan. 27, 1939 no l yes yes no New York University 102nd Regiment Armory New York, NY no 43–45 7-2 Sat., Jan. 28, 1939 no l yes yes no Syracuse Archbold Gymnasium Syracuse, NY Rivalry no 43–45 7-3 Tue., Jan. 31, 1939 no l yes yes no Fordham Rose Hill Gymnasium Bronx, NY no 34–43 7-4 Wed, Feb. 1, 1939 no l yes yes no Army Hayes Gymnasium West Point, NY no 17–36 7-5 Mon., Feb. 6, 1939 no w no West Virginia Tech Gymnasium Washington, DC no 40–32 8-5 3-1 Wed., Feb. 8, 1939 no w yes yes no Maryland Ritchie Coliseum College Park, MD no 39–25 9-5 Sat., Feb. 11, 1939 no w yes no Penn State Recreation Hall State College, PA no 32–21 10-5 4-1 Mon., Feb. 13, 1939 no l yes no Pittsburgh Pitt Pavilion Pittsburgh, PA no 41–43 10-6 4-2 Thu., Feb. 16, 1939 no w no Carnegie Tech Tech Gymnasium Washington, DC no 45–41 OT 11-6 5-2 Fri., Feb. 24, 1939 no l yes no Temple Philadelphia Convention Hall Philadelphia, PA no 25–32 11-7 5-3 Sat., Feb. 25, 1939 no w yes yes no Yale Payne Whitney Gymnasium New Haven, CT no 20–19 12-7 Wed., Mar. 1, 1939 no w no Penn State Tech Gymnasium Washington, DC no 42–29 13-7 6-3 Sat., Mar. 4, 1939 no l no Pittsburgh Tech Gymnasium Washington, DC no 39–44 13-8 6-4 Tue., Mar. 7, 1939 no l yes no George Washington Tech Gymnasium Washington, DC no 26–36 13-9 no no References Category:Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball seasons Georgetown Hoyas Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team