1967–68 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 basketball 1967-68 Georgetown Hoyas Georgetown Hoyas logo.svg Independent 11–12 John Magee 2nd Bob Reese 2nd Dennis Cesar Bruce Stinebrickner McDonough Gymnasium The 1967–68 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University during the 1967–68 NCAA University Division college basketball season. John Magee coached them in his second season as head coach. The team was an independent and played its home games at McDonough Gymnasium on the Georgetown campus in Washington, D.C. It finished with a record of 11–12 and had no post-season play. Season recap The 1967–68 season saw the beginning of an annual series between Georgetown and Holy Cross.Reagan, John, "Forgotten Rivals," The Georgetown Basketball History Project, June 4, 2018 Accessed 26 June 2021 It continued through the 1979–80 season, after which the rivalry between the schools came to an end. Only five lettermen returned from the previous seasons 12–11 team, none of them taller than 6 ft 4 in cm tall. After a strong season on the freshman team, sophomore center Charlie Adrion joined them on the varsity this season. In mid-December 1968, Magee moved sophomore forward Paul Favorite to center and moved Adrion to forward. The switch was successful; at forward, Adrion excelled on both offense and defense. In the third game of the season, at Syracuse, he led the Hoyas in scoring for the first time with 18 points. He followed this up with 21 points and 19 rebounds against Loyola, 15 points and 13 rebounds against Rutgers, 18 points and 17 rebounds three days later against Xavier, and, in arguably the best performance by a Georgetown player in a single game, 30 points and 29 rebounds on February 22, 1968, against George Washington. He scored 20 or more points in six of the last eight games of the year and finished the season averaging 17 points and 10 rebounds a game.http://www.hoyabasketball.com/features/top100/c_adrion.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: The Top 100: 24. Charlie Adrion 2014-02-13 2015-01-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20150116191044/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/features/top100/c_adrion.htm dead Eight games into the season, senior guard and team co-captain Bruce Stinebrickner was shooting 63% from the field – among the top ten in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) – and he averaged 12.4 points and 6.2 rebounds per game this year. He scored in double figures in 16 games, twice scored a career-high 23 points, and against New York University (NYU) had 16 points and 13 rebounds, a rebounding effort matched by only two other Georgetown guards. He finished the year shooting 51.7% from the field for his career – still the second highest for a Hoya guard – never having shot under 50% for a season.http://www.hoyabasketball.com/features/top100/b_stinebrickner.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: The Top 100: 63. Bruce Stinebrickner 2014-02-13 2014-02-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20140222225414/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/features/top100/b_stinebrickner.htm dead Like Adrion and Stinebrickner, senior guard and team co-captain Dennis Cesar, known for his free-throw-shooting prowess, got off to a hot start this season, leading the team in scoring in six of the first 10 games. His 25-point performance on December 6, 1967, against St. Joseph's at the Palestra in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the second game of the season, including shooting 9-for-9 from the free-throw line, led Georgetown to its first victory over the Hawks since 1956. The long-awaited win prompted about 250 Georgetown students to meet the teams bus for an impromptu celebration when it arrived at McDonough Gymnasium at 2:45 a.m. after the drive back to campus.http://www.hoyabasketball.com/features/top100/d_cesar.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: The Top 100: 54. Dennis Cesar 2014-02-13 2015-09-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20150924031457/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/features/top100/d_cesar.htm dead Junior forward Jim Supple scored in double figures in 16 games, including the last seven games of the season. Among the latter were 20-plus-point performances against NYU and Fairleigh Dickinson.http://www.hoyabasketball.com/features/top100/j_supple.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: The Top 100: 63. Jim Supple 2014-02-13 2015-02-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20150201190737/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/features/top100/j_supple.htm dead The 1967–68 Hoyas were the first Georgetown team to play at the new Madison Square Garden, meeting Manhattan there on February 15, 1968, four days after the new arena opened. The team played inconsistently all season, finishing with a record of 11–12. The first losing record by a Georgetown men's basketball team since the 1959–60 season – and had no post-season play. It was not ranked in the Top 20 in the Associated Press Poll or Coaches' Poll at any time.sports-reference.com 1967-68 Independent Season Summarysports-reference.com 1967-68 Polls Roster From the 1958–59 season through this season, Georgetown players wore even-numbered jerseys for home games and odd-numbered ones for away games; for example, a player would wear No. 10 at home and No. 11 on the road. Players are listed below by the even numbers they wore at home. (The following season, this practice was discontinued, and players wore the same number at home and on the road.)http://www.hoyabasketball.com/players/roster-60s.htm#1968 The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Rosters 1960-61 to 1969-1970 2013-12-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20130109014342/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/players/roster-60s.htm#1968 2013-01-09 dead SourceThe Georgetown Basketball History Project: Player Directory: Jersey Numbers #NameHeightWeight (lbs.)PositionClassHometownPrevious Team(s)10Jerry PylesN/AN/AGSo.Oxon Hill, MD, U.S.Oxon Hill HS12Bruce Stinebrickner6'1"180GSr.West Hempstead, NY, U.S.St. Agnes Boys HS14Dennis Cesar 6'1"180GSo.Clifton, NJ, U.S.Clifton HS20Jim Higgins6'1"N/AGSo.Dumont, NJ, U.S.Don Bosco Preparatory HS24Paul Favorite6'8"N/AFSo.Moorestown, NJ, U.S.Saint Joseph's Preparatory School30Bernard White6'1"N/AGJr.Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.George Mason University34Mike Laska5'11"N/AGSo.Worcester, MA, U.S.Assumption Preparatory School40Rick Cannon6'4"N/AFSr.Elwood, IN, U.S.Wendell Willkie HS50Bill StewartN/AN/ACSr.Villanova, PA, U.S.Saint Joseph's Preparatory School52Jim Supple6'4"185FJr.Summit, NJ, U.S.St. Peter's Preparatory School54Charlie Adrian6'8"225CSo.Hillsdale, NJ, U.S.Don Bosco Preparatory HS 1967–68 schedule and results SourcesThe Georgetown Basketball History Project: 1960s Seasonshttp://www.hoyabasketball.com/opponents.htm The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Records vs. All Opponents 2013-12-18 2013-11-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20131103211101/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/opponents.htm dead sports-reference.com 1967-68 Georgetown Hoyas Schedule and Results2012-2013 Georgetown Men's Basketball Media Guide, p. 62. no yes no no no |- !colspan=9 style="background:#002147; color:#8D817B;"| Regular Season Sat., Dec. 2, 1967 no l American McDonough Gymnasium Washington, DC no 67–80 0-1 Wed., Dec. 6, 1967 no w yes St. Joseph's Palestra Philadelphia, PA no 86–74 1-1 Tue., Dec. 12, 1967 no l Syracuse McDonough Gymnasium Washington, DC Rivalry no 78–95 1-2 Sat., Dec. 16, 1967 no l yes Saint Peter's Jersey City Armory Jersey City, NJ no 78–82 1-3 Mon., Dec. 18, 1967 no w Columbia McDonough Gymnasium Washington, DC no 65–63 2OT 2-3 Thu., Dec. 21, 1967 no w Fairfield McDonough Gymnasium Washington, DC no 78–61 3-3 Fri., Dec. 22, 1967 no w Holy Cross McDonough Gymnasium Washington, DC no 93–59 4-3 Wed., Jan. 3, 1968 no w Loyola Maryland McDonough Gymnasium Washington, DC no 69–53 5-3 Fri., Jan. 5, 1968 no l Army McDonough Gymnasium Washington, DC no 59–60 5-4 Sun., Jan. 7, 1968 no w Catholic McDonough Gymnasium Washington, DC no 78–76 OT 6-4 Wed., Jan. 10, 1968 no l St. John's McDonough Gymnasium Washington, DC no 61–65 6-5 Sat., Jan. 13, 1968 no l yes Seton Hall Walsh Gymnasium South Orange, NJ no 57–77 6-6 Sat., Jan. 27, 1968 no l yes Fordham Rose Hill Gymnasium Bronx, NY no 67–84 6-7 Thu., Feb. 1, 1968 no w Rutgers McDonough Gymnasium Washington, DC no 80–62 7-7 Sun., Feb. 4, 1968 no l yes Xavier Schmidt Field House Cincinnati, OH no 68–87 7-8 Wed., Feb. 7, 1968 no l yes Navy Halsey Field House Annapolis, MD no 85–89 OT 7-9 Sat., Feb. 10, 1968 no w George Washington McDonough Gymnasium Washington, DC no 76–49 8-9 Thu., Feb. 15, 1968 no w yes Manhattan Madison Square Garden New York, NY no 78–77 9-9 Sat., Feb. 17, 1968 no l yes Boston College Roberts Center Chestnut Hill, MA no 79–103 9-10 Thu., Feb. 22, 1968 no l yes George Washington Fort Myer Gymnasium Fort Myer, VA no 61–65 9-11 Sat., Feb. 24, 1968 no w New York University McDonough Gymnasium Washington, DC no 81–69 10-11 Mon., Feb. 26, 1968 no w Fairleigh Dickinson McDonough Gymnasium Washington, DC no 104–74 11-11 Sat., Mar. 2, 1968 no l yes Maryland Cole Field House College Park, MD no 60–68 11-12 AP Poll References Category:Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball seasons Georgetown Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team