1923–24 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 1923–24 Georgetown Hoyas basketball GUHoyasbasketballteam1923-1924.PNG 285 Independent 6–3 John O'Reilly 8th George Carney Ryan Gymnasium The 1923–24 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University during the 1923–24 NCAA college basketball season. John O'Reilly coached it in his eighth season as head coach.http://www.hoyabasketball.com/coaches/bb-coach.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Head Coaches 2014-01-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20170527235527/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/coaches/bb-coach.htm 2017-05-27 dead Georgetown was an independent and played its home games at Ryan Gymnasium on the Georgetown campus in Washington, D.C.The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Home Courts It finished with a record of 6–3. Season recap O'Reilly, who had coached Georgetown for seven seasons from 1914–15 to 1920–21 with an overall record of 65-30 during those years, had missed the last two seasons due to illness. He returned this season for an eighth year coaching the team, which finished with a record of 6–3. O'Reilly would go on to coach another three seasons at Georgetown before retiring after the completion of the 1926–27 season. During this era, faculty members opposed players missing classes for road games.The Georgetown Basketball History Project: The Top 100: 76. Bob Nork Furthermore, on-campus Ryan Gymnasium, where the Hoyas had played their home games since the 1914–15 season, had no seating, accommodating fans on a standing-room only-basis on an indoor track above the court. This precluded the accommodation of significant crowds, providing the self-sustaining Basketball Association with little revenue with which to fund the teams travel expenses and limiting Georgetown to a very limited road schedule between the 1918–19 and 1926–27 seasons – often only to an annual trip to Annapolis, Maryland, to play at Navy and sometimes a single trip to New York or Pennsylvania to play schools there – averaging no more than three road games a year in order to keep travel expenses and missed classes to a minimum.http://www.hoyabasketball.com/history/hist12.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: The Ryan Gymnasium Years 2014-01-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20131105033054/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/history/hist12.htm 2013-11-05 dead The 1923–24 squad did not even make a New York or Pennsylvania trip; other than a journey across town to play at George Washington, it traveled only to Annapolis to play Navy during the season. One of its scheduled games was cancelled, and it played only nine games. Georgetown defeated crosstown rival George Washington twice this season, culminating in a one-sided 54-8 win at Ryan Gymnasium, Georgetowns 12th straight win there against George Washington dating back to 1915. The wins gave the Hoyas a 19-game winning streak against George Washington, also dating back to 1915 and leading George Washington so suspend the series for 15 years; the two teams would not meet again until 1939.http://www.hoyabasketball.com/records/bb-1910.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: 1910s Seasons January 16, 2014 November 12, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131112045816/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/records/bb-1910.htm dead http://www.hoyabasketball.com/records/bb-1920.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: 1920s Seasons January 16, 2014 November 12, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131112045832/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/records/bb-1920.htm dead A loss to Carson-Newman College on February 2, 1924, finally brought to an end a 52-game home winning streak at Ryan Gymnasium for the Hoyas dating back to a victory against Bucknell on the last day of the 1916–17 season. The streak had included notable victories over top-rated teams such as Georgia Tech, Kentucky, and North Carolina. Roster Sourceshttp://www.hoyabasketball.com/players/roster-20s.htm#1924 The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Rosters 1920-21 to 1929-1930 2014-01-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20140113181048/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/players/roster-20s.htm#1924 2014-01-13 dead https://www.hoyabasketball.com/players/players.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: All-Time Player Directory Georgetown University 2022-04-10 live https://web.archive.org/web/20220328191824/https://www.hoyabasketball.com/players/players.htm 2022-03-28 Georgetown players did not wear numbers on their jerseys this season. The first numbered jerseys in Georgetown mens basketball history would not appear until the 1933–34 season.http://www.hoyabasketball.com/players/roster-30s.htm#1934 The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Rosters 1930-31 to 1939-1940 2014-01-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20170212090031/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/players/roster-30s.htm#1934 2017-02-12 dead Sophomore forward Frank "Hap" Farley went on to become a powerful New Jersey politician, serving in the New Jersey Assembly from 1937 to 1940 and as a state senator from 1940 to 1971. He replaced Enoch "Nucky" Johnson as the de facto "boss" of the Republican Party political machine that ran Atlantic City and Atlantic County, New Jersey, from the early 1940s to the early 1970s.Johnson, Nelson, Boardwalk Empire, Medford, New Jersey: Plexus Publishing, 2002, 0-937548-49-9. NameHeightWeight (lbs.)PositionClassHometownPrevious Team(s)Al BroganN/AN/AGJr.Newark, NJ, U.S.N/AGeorge CarneyN/AN/AGGrad. Stud.N/AN/AJohnny EganN/AN/AGFr.N/AN/AFrank "Hap" FarleyN/AN/AFSo.Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.Wenonah Military AcademyMike FredericiN/AN/AFSo.N/AN/AJoe McNaneyN/AN/AFFr.N/AN/AJohn O'KeefeN/AN/ACJr.N/AN/AJim SweeneyN/AN/AGJr.Boston, MA, U.S.N/A 1923–24 schedule and results Sourceshttp://www.hoyabasketball.com/opponents.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Records vs. All Opponents 2014-01-16 2013-11-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20131103211101/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/opponents.htm dead sports-reference.com 1923-24 Georgetown Hoyas Schedule and Results2012-2013 Georgetown Men's Basketball Media Guide, p. 58. no no no no no |- !colspan=9 style="background:#002147; color:#8D817B;"| Regular Season Fri., Jan. 11, 1924 no w no St. Joseph's Ryan Gymnasium Washington, DC no 25–22 1-0 Fri., Jan. 18, 1924 no w no Lafayette Ryan Gymnasium Washington, DC no 29–12 2-0 Sat., Jan. 19, 1924 no w yes no George Washington Central Coliseum Washington, DC no 21–17 3-0 Thu., Jan. 24, 1924 no l yes no Navy Dahlgren Hall Annapolis, MD no 13–44 3-1 Fri., Feb. 1, 1924 no no Bucknell Ryan Gymnasium Washington, DC no c cancelled – Sat., Feb. 2, 1924 no l no Carson-Newman Ryan Gymnasium Washington, DC no 28–32 3-2 Fri., Feb. 8, 1924 no w no George Washington Ryan Gymnasium Washington, DC no 54–8 4-2 Sat., Feb. 9, 1924 no w no Lebanon Valley Ryan Gymnasium Washington, DC no 33–20 5-2 Thu., Feb. 14, 1924 no l no Princeton Ryan Gymnasium Washington, DC no 26–35 5-3 Fri., Feb. 15, 1924 no w no Davis & Elkins Ryan Gymnasium Washington, DC no forfeit 6-3 no no References Category:Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball seasons Georgetown Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team