1991–92 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 1991–92 Georgetown Hoyas Georgetown Hoyas logo.svg Big East Conference Big East 18 22 22–10 12–6 John Thompson 20th Craig Esherick 10th Mike Riley 10th Mel Reid 2nd Alonzo Mourning Ronny Thompson Capital Centre Big East regular season co-champions NCAA tournament second round The 1991–92 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University in the 1991–92 NCAA Division I college basketball season. John Thompson, coached them in his 20th season as head coach. They played their home games at the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland. They were members of the Big East Conference and finished the season with a record of 22–10, 12–6 in Big East play, sharing the regular-season conference championship with Seton Hall and St. John's. Their record earned them a bye in the first round of the 1992 Big East men's basketball tournament, and they advanced to the final before losing to Syracuse. They were the No. 6 seed in the West Region of the 1992 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament – the last of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA tournament appearances – and advanced to the second round before losing to West Region No. 3 seed Florida State. They were ranked No. 22 in the seasons final Associated Press Poll and No. 18 in the final Coaches' Poll. Season recap Georgetowns starting lineup of senior center and team co-captain Alonzo Mourning, sophomore forward Robert Churchwell, senior forward Brian Kelly, sophomore point guard Joey Brown, and freshman guard Irvin Church was so acclaimed that observers picked the Hoyas as a co-favorite to win the 1991-92 Big East regular-season title. With Dikembe Mutombo having graduated in May 1991, Mourning was now Georgetowns sole "big man," and he led the team, starting and scoring in double figures in all 32 games and collecting rebounds in double figures in 22 games. He led the team in scoring in 27 games and in rebounding in 26.http://www.hoyabasketball.com/features/top100/a_mourning.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: The Top 100: 4. Alonzo Mourning 2014-03-18 2016-03-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002658/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/features/top100/a_mourning.htm dead http://www.hoyabasketball.com/history/hist17.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: The Twin Towers 2014-03-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20130625153304/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/history/hist17.htm 2013-06-25 dead In the first game of the year, Mourning had his second career triple double with 32 points, 14 rebounds, and 10 blocked shots against Hawaii Loa in the Hawaii Loa Classic. Over the next two weeks, he fell just short of two more triple doubles, with 21 points, 22 rebounds, and nine blocked shots against Delaware State and 25 points, 14 rebounds, and five blocked shots in only 27 minutes of play against the University of the District of Columbia. He fell just short of a triple double again in the first Big East game of the year, with 24 points, 15 rebounds, and eight blocked shots against Villanova at the Capital Centre on January 4, 1992. He followed that up with 28 points and 12 rebounds against Providence and 23 points and 11 rebounds against Seton Hall. In the 16 Big East games Georgetown played during the regular season, Mourning averaged 20.7 points and 10.9 rebounds a game, and his expertise in shooting free throws was an important part of the Hoyas offense. His career-high 38-point performance in a double-overtime loss at Boston College included scoring on a school-record 18 free throws as he shot 69.2% from the free throw line in 26 attempts. Three days later, in a rematch in which the Hoyas upset Villanova, he again almost had a triple double against the Wildcats, scoring 26 points, grabbing 11 rebounds, and blocking seven shots as well as shooting 14-for-15 (93.3%) from the free-throw line. Churchwells sophomore season was virtually a repeat of his freshman year. He shot 49% from the field overall and 38% from three-point range, and he made 120 field goals and had 153 rebounds, an increase of six and one, respectively, from the year before. Although he had only one shot per 3 minutes 32 seconds of playing time, he averaged 9.6 points per game.http://www.hoyabasketball.com/features/top100/r_churchwell.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: The Top 100: 40. Robert Churchwell 2014-03-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20120502005731/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/features/top100/r_churchwell.htm 2012-05-02 dead Brown improved his shooting from the field, from 23.1% the previous year to 35.2%, but made some of his biggest contributions on defense. On February 19, 1992, 25th-ranked Georgetown faced 21st-ranked Connecticut at the Capital Centre in an important game for the Hoyas for their chances both for a Big East regular season championship and for an NCAA tournament bid. The game was tied 58–58 with 13 seconds left to play and the Huskies holding the ball for the final shot when Brown stole a Connecticut pass and made a layup at the buzzer to give the Hoyas a 60–58 last-second upset win. At 17th-ranked Syracuse four days later, Brown scored 23 points to lead Georgetown to another upset win. Against Pittsburgh at the Capital Centre in the regular-season finale, he had a 17-point effort in a win that tied Georgetown with Seton Hall and St. John's for the regular-season Big East championship.http://www.hoyabasketball.com/features/top100/j_brown10.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: The Top 100: 44. Joey Brown 2014-03-18 2014-03-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20140318003121/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/features/top100/j_brown10.htm dead http://www.hoyabasketball.com/history/classic.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Classic Games 2014-03-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20150924041705/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/history/classic.htm 2015-09-24 dead After a bye in the first round, Georgetown defeated Miami in the quarterfinals of the 1992 Big East tournament and St. Johns in the semifinals. In the final game, the Hoyas met archrival Syracuse. The Hoyas fell 11 points behind the Orangemen in the second half, but the Hoyas, led by Mournings 23 points, came back to tie the game with 24 seconds left to play. Unfortunately for the Hoyas, Syracuse senior forward Dave Johnson connected on a shot with four seconds left to give the Orangemen a 54–52 win. It was Syracuses first defeat of Georgetown in a Big East tournament championship game in four tries. Mourning scored 76 points and 22 rebounds during the tournament, averaging 25.3 points per game, and was named the tournaments Most Valuable Player, becoming the first player ever named the Big East's Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, and Tournament MVP in the same season, and only the second Tournament MVP from a team that did not win the tournament. The Hoyas were the No. 6 seed in the West Region of the 1992 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament – the last of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances. In the first round, they defeated South Florida, with Mourning scoring 21 points and pulling down 11 rebounds. They met the West Region No. 3 seed, 20th-ranked Florida State, in the second round. The Seminoles largely denied Mourning the ball, and in the last game of his collegiate career he had only three rebounds and seven field goal attempts, making four of them. Meanwhile, Florida State junior point guard Sam Cassell scored 19 points and sophomore forward Doug Edwards had 15 points and 16 rebounds, and the Seminoles defeated the Hoyas 78–68 in one of the biggest wins in Florida State basketball history. It was the third straight season that Georgetown had been eliminated in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The Hoyas were ranked No. 22 in the seasons final Associated Press Poll and No. 18 in the final Coaches' Poll. During the season, Mourning had averaged 21.3 points, 10.7 rebounds, and 5.0 blocked shots per game, shooting 59.5% from the field and 75.9% from the free-throw line. He graduated in May 1992 as one of the greatest players in Georgetown men's basketball history. During his four-year career, he had averaged 16.6 points, 8.6 rebounds, and 3.8 blocked shots per game. Still, he had never led his team to a Final Four appearance, even with Dikembe Mutombo as his teammate the first three seasons. This was largely because an unusually high number of scholarship players – 11 of 23 – transferred from Georgetown between 1987–1988 and 1992–1993, preventing the team from building a core of veterans to play with its two dominating centers. Without that core of veterans, the Mourning-Mutombo teams were unable to replicate the success of the veteran-filled Patrick Ewing teams of the early 1980s, which had reached the Final Four – and indeed the national championship game – three times in four seasons.http://www.hoyabasketball.com/features/top100/d_mutombo.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: The Top 100: 16. Dikembe Mutombo 2014-03-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20120214175757/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/features/top100/d_mutombo.htm 2012-02-14 dead Roster Sourcehttp://www.hoyabasketball.com/players/roster-90s.htm#1992 The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Rosters 1990-91 to 1999-2000 2013-11-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20141122153349/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/players/roster-90s.htm#1992 2014-11-22 dead The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Player Directory: Jersey Numbers Senior guard Ronny Thompson was the son of head coach John Thompson, Jr. #NameHeightWeight (lbs.)PositionClassHometownPrevious Team(s)4John Jacques6'3"175FFr.Delco, NC, U.S.Acme-Delco HS10Joey Brown5'10"185GSo.Morgan City, LA, U.S.Morgan City HS11Irvin Church6'1"185GFr.Riverdale, MD, U.S.Parkdale HS21Lonnie Harrell6'6"179G/FFr.Washington, DC, U.S.Eastern HS22Robert Churchwell6'6"200FSo.South Bend, IN, U.S.Gonzaga College HS (D.C.)24Vladimir Bosanac6'9"180FSo.Belgrade, YugoslaviaSecond Economic School30Ronny Thompson6'4"180GSr.Washington, DC, U.S.Flint Hill School (Oakton, VA)32Kevin Millen6'6"185FFr.Memphis, TN, U.S.Raleigh-Egypt HS33Alonzo Mourning6'10"240CSr.Chesapeake, VA, U.S.Indian River HS34Lamont Morgan6'3"175GFr.Washington, DC, U.S.Gonzaga College HS40Brian Kelly6'6"230FSr.Cincinnati, OH, U.S.Cincinnati State Technical and Community College43Derrick Patterson6'6"200FFr.Chicago, IL, U.S.Dunbar Vocational HS50Pascal Fleury7'2"220CSo.Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu,Quebec, CanadaDawson College Prep52Don Reid6'8"250FFr.Largo, MD, U.S.Largo HS Rankings 1991–92 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings Source1991-92 Big East Conference Season Summarysports-reference.com 1991-92 Polls + Ranking movementLegend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. 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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 Final AP 16 17 18 23 23 24 22 22 25 18 17 21 22 Coaches 14 16 16 20 21 24 21 23 17 14 19 18 1991–92 Schedule and results Sourceshttp://www.hoyabasketball.com/records/bb-1990.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: 1990s Seasons November 28, 2013 November 12, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131112045956/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/records/bb-1990.htm dead http://www.hoyabasketball.com/opponents.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Records vs. All Opponents 2013-11-28 2013-11-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20131103211101/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/opponents.htm dead sports-reference.com 1991-92 Big East Conference Schedule and Results2012-2013 Georgetown Men's Basketball Media Guide, pp. 64-65.Official Basketball Box Score Syracuse vs Georgetown 1/15/92 7:00 p.m. at Capital Center, Landover, MDOfficial Basketball Box Score Georgetown vs Syracuse 2/23/92 12:00 p.m. at Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NYOfficial Basketball Box Score Syracuse vs Georgetown 3/15/92 1:00 p.m. at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY All times are Eastern yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#002147; color:#8D817B;"| Regular Season Wed., Nov. 27, 1991 yes yes 17 Hawaii Loa Kaneohe Armory Kaneohe, HI Hawaii Loa Classic 101–76 1–0 403 Fri., Nov. 29, 1991 yes yes 17 Hawaii Pacific Kaneohe Armory Kaneohe, HI Hawaii Loa Classic 95–65 2–0 650 Thu., Dec. 5, 1991 yes yes 18 Virginia Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC ACC-Big East Challenge 66–76 2–1 15,781 Mon., Dec. 9, 1991 yes 23 Delaware State Capital Centre Landover, MD 93–76 3–1 N/A Sat., Dec. 14, 1991 yes 23 District of Columbia Capital Centre Landover, MD 98–48 4–1 N/A Wed., Dec. 18, 1991 yes 23 Saint Leo Capital Centre Landover, MD 89–51 5–1 N/A Sat., Dec. 21, 1991 yes 23 Maryland Eastern Shore Capital Centre Landover, MD 79–37 6–1 4,727 Sun., Dec. 29, 1991 yes yes 24 Bethune-Cookman Florida Suncoast Dome St. Petersburg, FL 89–54 7–1 7,563 Sat., Jan. 4, 1992 22 Villanova Capital Centre Landover, MD 73–75 7–2 (0–1) 8,943 Mon., Jan. 6, 1992 yes Providence Providence Civic Center Providence, RI 70–63 8–2 (1–1) 13,106 Sat., Jan. 11, 1992 Seton Hall Capital Centre Landover, MD 73–65 9–2 (2–1) 10,018 Wed., Jan. 15, 1992 7:00 p.m. 22 Syracuse 20 Capital Centre Landover, MD Rivalry 62–74 9–3 (2–2) 15,141 Sat., Jan. 18, 1992 yes yes DePaul Rosemont Horizon Rosemont, IL 62–72 9–4 N/A Wed., Jan. 22, 1992 yes Pittsburgh Civic Arena Pittsburgh, PA 63–59 10–4 (3–2) 16,489 Sat., Jan. 25, 1992 Miami Capital Centre Landover, MD 60–40 11–4 (4–2) 11,217 Wed., Jan. 29, 1992 St. John's Capital Centre Landover, MD 61–48 12–4 (5–2) 10,109 Sat., Feb. 1, 1992 yes Boston College Silvio O. Conte Forum Chestnut Hill, MA 86–88 2OT 12–5 (5–3) 8,606 Tue., Feb. 4, 1992 yes Villanova Spectrum Philadelphia, PA 71–63 13–5 (6–3) 15,053 Sat., Feb. 8, 1992 Providence Capital Centre Landover, MD 63–86 13-6 (6–4) 12,109 Wed., Feb. 12, 1992 yes Connecticut 18 Hartford Civic Center Hartford, CT Rivalry 70–63 14-6 (7–4) 16,294 Sat., Feb. 15, 1992 yes Miami Miami Arena Miami, FL 75–58 15–6 (8–4) 10,896 Wed., Feb. 19, 1992 25 Connecticut 21 Capital Centre Landover, MD Rivalry 60–58 16–6 (9–4) 13,106 Sun., Feb. 23, 1992 12:00 noon yes 25 Syracuse 17 Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY Rivalry 72–68 17–6 (10–4) 32,996 Wed., Feb. 26, 1992 yes 18 Seton Hall Brendan Byrne Arena East Rutherford, NJ 71–76 OT 17–7 (10–5) 17,049 Sat., Feb 29, 1992 18 Boston College Capital Centre Landover, MD 68–54 18–7 (11–5) 14,649 Mon., Mar. 2, 1992 yes 17 St. John's Madison Square Garden New York, NY 49–65 18–8 (11–6) 16,816 Sat., Mar. 7, 1992 17 Pittsburgh Capital Centre Landover, MD 67–57 19–8 (12–6) 14,478 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#002147; color:#8D817B;"| Big East tournament Fri., Mar. 13, 1992 yes 21 2 Miami 10 Madison Square Garden New York, NY Quarterfinals 77–64 20–8 18,897 Sat., Mar. 14, 1992 yes 21 2 St. John's 25 3 Madison Square Garden New York, NY Semifinals 68–64 21–8 18,897 Sun., Mar. 15, 1992 1:00 p.m. yes 21 2 Syracuse 5 Madison Square Garden New York, NY Championship/Rivalry 54–56 21–9 18,483 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#002147; color:#8D817B;"| NCAA tournament Thu., Mar. 19, 1992 yes 22 6 W South Florida 11 W BSU Pavilion Boise, ID First round 75–60 22–9 11,300 Fri., Mar. 20, 1992 yes 22 6 W Florida State 20 3 W BSU Pavilion Boise, ID Second round 68–78 22–10 12,200 References Category:Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball seasons Georgetown Hoyas Georgetown Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team