1993–94 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 1993–94 Georgetown Hoyas Georgetown Hoyas logo.svg Big East Conference Big East 19-12 10-8 John Thompson 22nd Craig Esherick 12th Mike Riley 12th Mel Reid 4th Joey Brown USAir Arena NCAA tournament second round The 1993–94 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University in the 1993–94 NCAA Division I college basketball season. John Thompson, coached them in his 22nd season as head coach. They played their home games at USAir Arena in Landover, Maryland. They were members of the Big East Conference and finished the season with a record of 19–12, 10–8 in Big East play. Their record earned them a bye in the first round of the 1994 Big East men's basketball tournament, and they advanced to the tournament final before losing to Providence. They were awarded a No. 9 seed in the Midwest Region of the 1994 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament – Georgetowns 15th NCAA Tournament appearance in 16 years – and advanced to the second round before losing to the regions No. 1 seed, Arkansas. Season recap Four different underclassmen had started at shooting guard for the Hoyas during the previous season, and the lack of a reliable guard had hurt the Hoyas badly – so badly that their 14-year string of consecutive NCAA tournament appearances had finally come to an end, although they had made a run all the way to the final game of the 1993 National Invitation Tournament. To address the shooting guard issue, Thompson signed George Butler, who transferred from Tyler Junior College in Tyler, Texas, to play his junior year at Georgetown. With Butler on the team, Thompson changed Georgetowns offensive strategy from one of feeding the ball to a "big man" at center to an uptempo game by the teams guards, deemphasizing the role of sophomore centers Duane Spencer and Othella Harrington. In the season opener against Maryland, Butler scored 21 points and Harrington had 16 points and 15 rebounds, although Maryland won the game as freshman Terrapins forward Joe Smith debuted with a 26-point game.http://www.hoyabasketball.com/features/top100/o_harrington.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Top 100: 13. Othella Harrington 2014-03-22 2015-02-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20150203040145/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/features/top100/o_harrington.htm dead http://www.hoyabasketball.com/features/top100/g_butler.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Top 100: 80. George Butler 2014-03-22 2015-03-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20150324011731/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/features/top100/g_butler.htm dead Butler played in all 31 games and started 25 of them. He led the team in scoring in three of the first five games and in six games by mid-January 1994, and he scored in double figures 21 times, including a 26-point game against Boston College. For the season, he led the team in three-pointers and free throws and was second in scoring. Harrington, meanwhile, saw his performance decline under the new offensive scheme. Thompson started junior Don Reid at center during the first half of the season, relegating Spencer to the bench and moving Harrington to power forward. Harringtons reflexes tended to be too slow for the new uptempo offense, and his tendency to put the ball on the floor after receiving an inside pass instead of taking the ball straight to the basket also hindered him. By mid-January 1994, Harrington had led the team in scoring in only one game, and his scoring had dropped by 25 percent from the previous season, despite averaging over 30 minutes per game. However, Thompson then moved Harrington back to center, and his play improved. He scored in double figures in 14 of the last 15 games of the season, including a 27-point game against Syracuse, had 17-rebound efforts in two consecutive games, and scored a career-high 31 points at Madison Square Garden against St. John's in an important win in Georgetowns push to return to the NCAA Tournament. He finished as the team leader in scoring and rebounds.http://www.hoyabasketball.com/features/top100/d_reid.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Top 100: 77. Don Reid 2014-03-22 2015-09-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20150924031503/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/features/top100/d_reid.htm dead Reid's first two seasons at Georgetown had been unimpressive; he had averaged 1.6 points per game in each of them with limited playing time. Starting at center during the first half of this season while Harrington played power forward, he finally began to excel. He had 11 points and 10 rebounds against Memphis State and a season-high 15 points and 11 rebounds in a game with Villanova. He rebounded in double digits five times, and he averaged 7.7 points and 5.9 rebounds per game for the year. Senior point guard and second-year team captain Joey Brown played in 30 games and started 29 of them, scoring in double figures 17 times. He had four double-doubles (double figures in scoring and assists), giving him a career total of six, and in the win over Nevada-Las Vegas he became the first Georgetown player to have 1,000 points, 400 rebounds, and 500 assists in his career. He led the team in assists in all but four games and averaged 10.0 points per game.http://www.hoyabasketball.com/features/top100/j_brown10.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Top 100: 44. Joey Brown 2014-03-22 2014-03-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20140318003121/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/features/top100/j_brown10.htm dead Senior forward Robert Churchwell scored in double figures 15 times. His best performances were a 24-point game against Nevada-Las Vegas and 19 against Boston College, and he averaged 9.7 points per game.http://www.hoyabasketball.com/features/top100/r_churchwell.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Top 100: 40. Robert Churchwell 2014-03-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20120502005731/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/features/top100/r_churchwell.htm 2012-05-02 dead The Hoyas received a bye in the first round of the 1994 Big East tournament, and defeated Boston College handily in the quarterfinals. Butler scored 24 points in an overtime win over Seton Hall in the semifinals and 18 points against Providence in the final before fouling out with 11:09 left in the game. With him out, the Hoyas had to rely on inexperienced guards for the rest of the game, and Providence took advantage of that to beat Georgetown for the tournament championship. Georgetown returned to the NCAA tournament, its 15th appearance in the last 16 seasons, seeded ninth in the Midwest Region. The Hoyas upset No. 8 seed Illinois in the first round, with Butler scoring nine points in the first half and 18 in the second half for a career-high 27 points and Reid putting in a 15-point, seven-rebound effort. Two days later, the Hoyas lost to the regions No. 1 seed, Arkansas, the fourth straight time that Georgetown had exited the NCAA Tournament in the second round. Georgetowns season opener against Maryland was the first meeting of the teams outside of a tournament since a December 5, 1979, game in which John Thompson and Maryland head coach Lefty Driesell had gotten into a shouting match at midcourt. The incident apparently had soured relations between the schools, which had a lengthy history of regular-season meetings before the 1979 game. The 1993 meeting raised hopes that the teams would resume regular meetings, but they did not schedule one another for a non-tournament regular-season game again until 2015.http://www.hoyabasketball.com/opponents.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Records vs. All Opponents 2013-11-27 2013-11-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20131103211101/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/opponents.htm dead Feinstein, John, "Maryland, Georgetown basketball should follow example of Philadelphia’s Big Five," washingtonpost.com, December 4, 2014. DePauls January 22, 1994, victory over Georgetown was the last time the Blue Demons defeated the Hoyas for 20 years. The following season, Georgetown would begin a 14-game winning streak against DePaul which the Blue Demons would not finally break until they upset the Hoyas in the first round of the 2014 Big East tournament in March 2014.Wang, Gene, "Georgetown ousted from Big East in first round by DePaul, 60-56," washingtonpost.com, March 13, 2014. Roster Sourcehttp://www.hoyabasketball.com/players/roster-90s.htm#1994 The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Rosters 1990-91 to 1999-2000 2013-11-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20141122153349/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/players/roster-90s.htm#1994 2014-11-22 dead The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Player Directory: Jersey Numbers #NameHeightWeight (lbs.)PositionClassHometownPrevious Team(s)3Dan Kelly6'1"180GFr.Cincinnati, OH, U.S.Purcell Marian HS4John Jacques6'3"175FJr.Delco, NC, U.S.Acme-Delco HS10Joey Brown5'10"185GSr.Morgan City, LA, U.S.Morgan City HS11Irvin Church6'1"185GJr.Riverdale, MD, U.S.Parkdale HS12Éric Micoud6'1"185GSo.Lyon, FranceSt. John's HS (D.C.)21Arnette Jordan6'1"190GSo.Detroit, MI, U.S.Cass Technical HS22Robert Churchwell6'6"210FSr.South Bend, IN, U.S.Gonzaga College HS (D.C.)30George Butler6'2"225GJr.Gary, IN, U.S.Tyler Junior College (Texas) Lamar University32Kevin Millen6'6"185FJr.Memphis, TN, U.S.Raleigh-Egypt HS34Lamont Morgan6'2"185GSr.Washington, DC, U.S.Gonzaga College HS40Duane Spencer6'10"205F/CSo.New Orleans, LA, U.S.Walter L. Cohen HS44Cheikh Ya-Ya Dia6'9"210F/CFr.Dakar, SenegalSt. John's Prep-Prospect Hall (Maryland)50Othella Harrington6'9"240CSo.Jackson, MS, U.S.Murrah HS52Don Reid6'8"270FJr.Largo, MD, U.S.Largo HS Rankings 1993–94 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings Source1993-94 Big East Conference Season Summarysports-reference.com 1993-94 Polls + Ranking movementLegend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes. Poll Pre Wk 1 Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 Wk 7 Wk 8 Wk 9 Wk 10 Wk 11 Wk 12 Wk 13 Wk 14 Wk 15 Wk 16 Wk 17 Wk 18 Final Post AP 15 15 25 –No Associated Press Poll this week. Coaches Sources do not provide Coaches' Poll rankings during the season, but confirm that Georgetown was not ranked in the Top 25 in the final or postseason polls. N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 1993–94 Schedule and results Sourceshttp://www.hoyabasketball.com/records/bb-1990.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: 1990s Seasons November 27, 2013 November 12, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131112045956/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/records/bb-1990.htm dead 2012-2013 Georgetown Men's Basketball Media Guide, p. 65.Official Basketball Box Score Syracuse vs Georgetown 2/7/94 7:30 p.m. at USAir Arena, Washington, D.C.Official Basketball Box Score Georgetown vs Syracuse 3/6/94 2:08 p.m. at Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY All times are Eastern yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#002147; color:#8D817B;"| Regular Season Fri., Nov. 26, 1993 yes 15 Maryland USAir Arena Landover, MD 83-84 OT 0–1 13,761 Sat., Nov. 27, 1993 yes 15 Virginia State USAir Arena Landover, MD 84-64 1–1 7,180 Wed., Dec. 1, 1993 yes 25 Southern-New Orleans USAir Arena Landover, MD 108-55 2–1 5,078 Sat., Dec. 4, 1993 25 Villanova USAir Arena Landover, MD 75-76 OT 2–2 (0–1) 10,308 Tue., Dec. 7, 1993 yes Miami Miami Arena Miami, FL 61-47 3–2 (1–1) 5,591 Fri., Dec. 10, 1993 yes Morgan State USAir Arena Landover, MD 81-39 4–2 7,451 Sat., Dec. 18, 1993 yes California-Irvine USArena Landover, MD 93–64 5–2 6,483 Thu., Dec. 30, 1993 yes yes Memphis State Pyramid Arena Memphis, TN 94–78 6–2 17,497 Tue., Jan. 4, 1994 yes Connecticut 16 Hartford Civic Center Hartford, CT Rivalry 65-77 6–3 (1–2) 10,296 Sat., Jan. 8, 1994 yes Nevada-Las Vegas USAir Arena Landover, MD 78–67 7–3 N/A Sun., Jan. 12, 1994 St. John's USAir Arena Landover, MD 60-49 8–3 (2–2) 7,823 Sat., Jan. 15, 1994 Providence USAir Arena Landover, MD 77-70 9–3 (3–2) 7,593 Mon., Jan. 17, 1994 yes Seton Hall Brendan Byrne Arena East Rutherford, NJ 57–53 10–3 (4–2) 13,151 Sat., Jan. 22, 1994 yes yes DePaul Rosemont Horizon Rosemont, IL 51–78 10–4 N/A Mon., Jan. 24, 1994 away Pittsburgh Civic Arena Pittsburgh, PA 60–68 10–5 (4–3) 17,332 Sat., Jan. 29, 1994 Miami USAir Arena Landover, MD 77–40 11–5 (5–3) 8,777 Wed., Jan. 31, 1994 yes Boston College Silvio O. Conte Forum Chestnut Hill, MA 64–71 11–6 (5–4) 8,606 Sat., Feb. 5, 1994 Seton Hall USAir Arena Landover, MD 71–51 12–6 (6–4) 10,121 Mon., Feb. 7, 1994 7:30 p.m. Syracuse 14 USAir Arena Landover, MD Rivalry 60–56 13-6 (7–4) 11,629 Wed., Feb. 16, 1994 Pittsburgh USAir Arena Landover, MD 67–65 14-6 (8–4) 8,242 Sat., Feb. 19, 1994 yes St. John's Madison Square Garden New York, NY 74–61 15–6 (9–4) 13,378 Tue., Feb. 22, 1994 yes Villanova Spectrum Philadelphia, PA 64–70 15–7 (9–5) 10,043 Sat., Feb. 26, 1994 Boston College USAir Arena Landover, MD 78–68 16–7 (10–5) 11,170 Mon., Feb. 28, 1994 Connecticut 4 USAir Arena Landover, MD Rivalry 62–66 16–8 (10–6) 12,013 Sun., Mar. 6, 1994 2:08 p.m. yes Syracuse 14 Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY Rivalry 75–81 16–9 (10–7) 30,205 Mon., Mar. 7, 1994 yes Providence Providence Civic Center Providence, RI 67–73 OT 16–10 (10–8) 13,106 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#002147; color:#8D817B;"| Big East tournament Fri., Mar. 11, 1994 yes Boston College Madison Square Garden New York, NY Quarterfinal 81–58 17–10 19,544 Sat., Mar. 12, 1994 yes Seton Hall Madison Square Garden New York, NY Semifinal 76–71 OT 18–10 19,544 Sun., Mar. 13, 1994 yes Providence Madison Square Garden New York, NY Final 64–74 18–11 19,544 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#002147; color:#8D817B;"| NCAA tournament Fri., Mar. 18, 1994 yes Illinois The Myriad Oklahoma City, OK Midwest Regional First Round 84–77 19–11 13,334 Sun., Mar. 20, 1994 yes Arkansas 2 The Myriad Oklahoma City, OK Midwest Regional Second Round 76–85 19–12 13,376 Notes note References Category:Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball seasons Georgetown Hoyas Georgetown Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team