1917–18 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 1917–18 Georgetown Hoyas basketball GUHoyasbasketballteam1917-1918.PNG 285 Independent 8–6 John O'Reilly 4th Bob O'Lone Ryan Gymnasium The 1917–18 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University during the 1917–18 NCAA college basketball season. John O'Reilly coached the team in his fourth season as head coach.http://www.hoyabasketball.com/coaches/bb-coach.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Head Coaches 2014-01-19 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 and finished the season with a record of 8–6. Season recap thumb|left|Forward Bill Dudack, seen in 1920, was a freshman in 1917-18. After graduating in 1921, he returned to Georgetown to coach the 1929–30 team.Although the Hoyas struggled on the road this year, their home winning streak at Ryan Gymnasium reached eight games at the end of the season, dating back to a victory against Bucknell on the last day of the previous season; it would reach 52 before finally coming to an end during the 1923–24 season.http://www.hoyabasketball.com/history/hist12.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: The Ryan Gymnasium Years 2014-01-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20131105033054/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/history/hist12.htm 2013-11-05 dead The Georgetown Basketball History Project: 1910s SeasonsThe Georgetown Basketball History Project: 1920s Seasons Georgetown also defeated crosstown rival George Washington twice this season, giving the Hoyas an eight-game winning streak against George Washington – seven of the wins at Ryan Gymnasium – dating back to 1915. Forward Fred Fees, a Georgetown University Law School student, was in his second season with the Hoyas. A free-throw shooting specialist in an era when the rules of college basketball allowed teams to choose which player shot its free throws, Fees exploited his free-throw prowess to establish himself as one of the top scorers in college basketball in the United States in each of his seasons with the Hoyas. This season he played in 11 games and scored 201 points, the most by any college player in the country, and his 18.3 points per game set a Georgetown single-season record that would stand until the 1958–59 season. In the game at Navy on January 23, 1918, he scored 15 of the Hoyas's 17 points.http://www.hoyabasketball.com/history/hist12.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: The Best of His Era 2014-01-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20131105033054/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/history/hist12.htm 2013-11-05 dead The Georgetown Basketball History Project: The Top 100: 22. Fred Fees Roster Sourceshttp://www.hoyabasketball.com/players/roster-10s.htm#1918 The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Rosters 1910–11 to 1919–1920 2014-01-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20130109014543/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/players/roster-10s.htm#1918 2013-01-09 dead https://www.hoyabasketball.com/players/players.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: All-Time Player Directory Georgetown University 2022-04-09 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 men's 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 2014-01-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20170212090031/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/players/roster-30s.htm#1934 2017-02-12 dead Freshman forward Bill Dudack later served as the Hoyas' head coach during the 1929–30 season. Sophomore guard Alexander "Pat" Finnegan left school after the season for United States Army service in World War I and while in military service died of influenza — the so-called "Spanish flu" — during the 1918–1919 influenza pandemic.The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Wartimehoyasaxa.com Basketball In a Pandemic: The 1918-19 Georgetown Varsity Accessed March 1, 2021 NameHeightWeight (lbs.)PositionClassHometownPrevious Team(s)James CoughlinN/AN/AGN/AN/AN/AHubert DerivauxN/AN/AFSo.N/AN/ABill DudackN/AN/AFJr.New Britain, CT, U.S.New Britain HSFred Fees5'6"N/AFGrad. Stud.Carrolltown, PA, U.S.St. Francis College (Pa.)Alexander "Pat" FinneganN/AN/AGSo.N/AN/ADon KereseyN/AN/AGN/AN/AN/AJoseph LongshakN/AN/AGSo.N/AN/AJack McNultyN/AN/AFSo.N/AN/AJim McNultyN/AN/ACSr.N/AN/ACharles MonaghanN/AN/AFN/AN/AN/ABob O'LoneN/AN/AFSr.N/AN/A 1917–18 schedule and results Sourceshttp://www.hoyabasketball.com/opponents.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Records vs. All Opponents 2014-01-19 2013-11-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20131103211101/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/opponents.htm dead sports-reference.com 1918-19 Georgetown Hoyas Schedule and Results2012-2013 Georgetown Men's Basketball Media Guide, p. 58. It was common practice at this time for colleges and universities to include non-collegiate opponents in their schedules, with the games recognized as part of their official record for the season, so the games against a United States Army team from Camp Meade, Maryland, a United States Army Amphibious Corps team, and the Georgetown University Medical School counted as part of Georgetown's won-loss record for 1917–18. It was not until 1952, after the completion of the 1951–52 season, that the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) ruled that colleges and universities could no longer count games played against non-collegiate opponents in their annual won-loss records.http://www.hoyabasketball.com/records/opponents-nc.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Non-Collegiate Opponents 2014-01-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20170212123107/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/records/opponents-nc.htm 2017-02-12 dead Trinity College of North Carolina was the future Duke University. no no no no no |- !colspan=9 style="background:#002147; color:#8D817B;"| Regular Season Fri., Dec. 7, 1917 no w no Mount St. Joseph Ryan Gymnasium Washington, DC no 44–10 1-0 Wed., Dec. 12, 1917 no yes no Loyola Maryland N/A Baltimore, MD no c cancelled – Wed., Dec. 12, 1917 no w no Georgetown University Medical Ryan Gymnasium Washington, DC no 46–9 2-0 Sat., Jan. 12, 1918 no yes no Loyola Maryland N/A Baltimore, MD no c cancelled – Wed., Jan. 16, 1918 no w no Lehigh Ryan Gymnasium Washington, DC no 37–26 3-0 Fri., Jan. 18, 1918 no w no Randolph–Macon Ryan Gymnasium Washington, DC no 34–11 4-0 Wed., Jan. 23, 1918 no l yes no Navy Dahlgren Hall Annapolis, MD no 17–49 4-1 Sat., Jan. 26, 1918 no w yes no George Washington YMCA Hall Washington, DC no 36–8 5-1 Mon., Jan. 28, 1918 no l yes no Mount St. Joseph Mount St. Joseph Gymnasium Baltimore, MD no 31–34 5-2 Fri., Feb. 1, 1918 no w no George Washington Ryan Gymnasium Washington, DC no 53–18 6-2 Mon., Feb. 4, 1918 no no West Virginia Wesleyan Ryan Gymnasium Washington, DC no c cancelled – Thu., Feb. 7, 1918 no l yes no United States Army Amphibious Corps N/A Allentown, PA no N/AThe Georgetown Basketball History Project: 1910s Records and The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Records vs. Non-Collegiate Opponents https://web.archive.org/web/20170212123107/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/records/opponents-nc.htm 2017-02-12 both list the score of this loss to the United States Army Amphibious Corps as "37-32." The project uses the convention of placing the Georgetown score first for both wins and losses, so this is a typographical error. It is possible that the scores are reversed, and that the Army Amphibious Corps won by a score of 37-32, but that is only one possibility for the actual final score. It is clear that Georgetown lost this game, as this is consistent with the school's final 8-6 record for the season, upon which all sources used for this article agree. 6-3 Fri., Feb. 8, 1918 no l yes no Lafayette N/A Easton, PA no 26–36 6-4 Sat., Feb. 9, 1918 no l yes no Lehigh Taylor Gymnasium Bethlehem, PA no 26–28 6-5 Sun., Feb. 10, 1918 no l yes no Camp Meade Meade Gymnasium Fort George G. Meade, MD no 25–33 6-6 Tue., Feb. 12, 1918 no no Virginia Tech Ryan Gymnasium Washington, DC no c cancelled – Fri., Feb. 15, 1918 no no Trinity (N.C.) Ryan Gymnasium Washington, DC no c cancelled – Fri., Feb. 15, 1918 no w no Gallaudet Ryan Gymnasium Washington, DC no 56–25 7-6 Sat., Feb. 23, 1918 no w no Lafayette Ryan Gymnasium Washington, DC no 43–29 8-6 Tue., Feb. 26, 1918 no no Bucknell Ryan Gymnasium Washington, DC no c cancelled – no no Notes note References Category:Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball seasons Georgetown Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team