1925–26 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 1925–26 Georgetown Hoyas basketball Independent 5–8 John O'Reilly 10th William Gitlitz Ryan Gymnasium The 1925–26 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University during the 1925–26 NCAA college basketball season. John O'Reilly coached it in his 10th season as head coach.http://www.hoyabasketball.com/coaches/bb-coach.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Head Coaches 2014-01-15 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 The team posted a record of 5–8. Season recap During the mid-1920s, the Georgetown men's basketball program was struggling to survive.The Georgetown Basketball History Project: The Top 100: 76. Bob Nork Faculty members opposed players missing classes for road games. 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 limited 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. The 1925–26 squad, however, was among the more traveled Georgetown teams of the era, going on the road to play at Army and Penn State in addition to trips to Annapolis and New York City.http://www.hoyabasketball.com/history/hist12.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: The Ryan Gymnasium Years 2014-01-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20131105033054/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/history/hist12.htm 2013-11-05 dead It nonetheless played only 13 games, and its 5–8 finish was only the second losing record in school history and the first since the 1909–10 team finished 5–7. It was the only losing season by an O'Reilly-coached team. Sophomore forward Bob Nork had played only a single game as a reserve the previous year and gone scoreless, but this season he emerged as the teams leading scorer by a wide margin. While the rest of the team struggled in all aspects of the game, he averaged a career-high 10.4 points per game and scored a career-high 135 points, while the other four starters combined scored only 141 points. He scored 12 of the teams 20 points against Lafayette and 11 of its 20 points against Army Roster Sourceshttp://www.hoyabasketball.com/players/roster-20s.htm#1926 The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Rosters 1920-21 to 1929-1930 2014-01-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20140113181048/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/players/roster-20s.htm#1926 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 2014-01-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20170212090031/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/players/roster-30s.htm#1934 2017-02-12 dead NameHeightWeight (lbs.)PositionClassHometownPrevious Team(s)George DonovanN/AN/AGSo.Springfield, MA, U.S.Dean HSDon FlavinN/AN/AFJr.Portland, ME, U.S.Portland HSWilliam "Pete" GitlitzN/AN/AGSr.N/AN/AWalter HickeyN/AN/AGJr.Rochester, NY, U.S.Aquinas InstituteAl Johannes(or Johannis)N/AN/ACSr.N/AN/ADon McCannN/AN/AGSo. or Sr.South Portland, ME, U.S.Portland HSBob Nork5'6"N/AFSo.Shenandoah, PA, U.S.Shenandoah HSTom O'LearyN/AN/AGN/AN/AN/ARichie RyanN/AN/AFSr.Boston, MA, U.S.Boston College HSJohn SheaN/AN/ACN/AN/AN/AJohn TomainiN/AN/ACJr.N/AN/AGeorge VukmanicN/AN/AGSo.N/AN/A 1925–26 schedule and results Sourceshttp://www.hoyabasketball.com/records/bb-1920.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: 1920s Seasons January 15, 2014 November 12, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131112045832/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/records/bb-1920.htm dead http://www.hoyabasketball.com/opponents.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Records vs. All Opponents 2014-01-15 2013-11-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20131103211101/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/opponents.htm dead sports-reference.com 1925-26 Georgetown Hoyas Schedule and Results2012-2013 Georgetown Men's Basketball Media Guide, pp. 58-59. 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 February 24, 1926, game against the Crescent Athletic Club counted as part of Georgetowns won-loss record for 1925-26. 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 2014-01-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20170212123107/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/records/opponents-nc.htm 2017-02-12 dead no no no no no |- !colspan=9 style="background:#002147; color:#8D817B;"| Regular Season Mon., Jan. 11, 1926 no w no Mount St. Mary's Ryan Gymnasium Washington, DC no 32–31 1-0 Tue., Jan. 12, 1926 no l no Lafayette Ryan Gymnasium Washington, DC no 20–21 OT 1-1 Sat., Jan. 16, 1926 no l no Bucknell Ryan Gymnasium Washington, DC no 18–23 1-2 Sat., Jan. 23, 1926 no l yes no Army Hayes Gymnasium West Point, NY no 20–47 1-3 Tue., Jan. 26, 1926 no w no Lebanon Valley Ryan Gymnasium Washington, DC no 26–22 2-3 Sat., Jan. 30, 1926 no w no Washington (Md.) Ryan Gymnasium Washington, DC no 27–23 3-3 Fri., Feb. 5, 1926 no l no Navy Dahlgren Hall Annapolis, MD no 29–42 3-4 Wed., Feb. 10, 1926 no w no Dickinson Ryan Gymnasium Washington, DC no 24–15 4-4 Fri., Feb. 12, 1926 no yes no Penn State Armory State College, PA no 19-30 4-5 Fri., Feb. 19, 1926 no l no William & Mary Ryan Gymnasium Washington, DC no 23–25 4-6 Wed., Feb. 24, 1926 no l yes no Crescent Athletic Club Crescent Gymnasium New York, NY no 35–44 4-7 Thu., Feb. 25, 1926 no l yes no Fordham Rose Hill Gymnasium Bronx, NY no 18–35 4-8 Fri., Feb. 26, 1926 no w no Pennsylvania Military Ryan Gymnasium Washington, DC no 43–34 5-8 no no References 30em Category:Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball seasons Georgetown Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team