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1968–69 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team

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1968–69 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball
ConferenceIndependent
Record12–12
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Bob Reese (3rd season)
  • Jim Brown (1st season)
CaptainJim Supple (1st year)
Home arenaMcDonough Gymnasium
Seasons
1968–69 NCAA University Division men's basketball independents standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 16 Boston College   24 4   .857
Rutgers   21 4   .840
No. 14 Marquette   24 5   .828
No. 12 New Mexico State   24 5   .828
No. 9 Duquesne   21 5   .808
No. 10 Villanova   21 5   .808
No. 8 St. John's   23 6   .793
Dayton   20 7   .741
No. 17 Notre Dame   20 7   .741
Seattle   20 8   .714
Colorado State   17 7   .708
Jacksonville   17 7   .708
St. Bonaventure   17 7   .708
Florida State   18 8   .692
West Texas State   18 8   .692
Holy Cross   16 8   .667
Oklahoma City   18 9   .667
Saint Francis (PA)   16 8   .667
Southern Illinois   16 8   .667
Fordham   17 9   .654
Army   18 10   .643
Texas Western   16 9   .640
Detroit   16 10   .615
Houston   16 10   .615
Penn State   13 9   .591
Boston University   14 10   .583
Miami (FL)   14 10   .583
Providence   14 10   .583
NYU   12 9   .571
DePaul   14 11   .560
Northern Illinois   13 11   .542
Virginia Tech   14 12   .538
Creighton   13 13   .500
Georgetown   12 12   .500
Hardin–Simmons   13 13   .500
Georgia Tech   12 13   .480
Tulane   12 14   .462
West Virginia   12 14   .462
Air Force   11 13   .458
Niagara   11 13   .458
Colgate   11 14   .440
Butler   11 15   .423
Loyola (IL)   9 14   .391
Fairfield   10 16   .385
Xavier   10 16   .385
Syracuse   9 16   .360
Utah State   9 17   .346
Centenary   9 18   .333
Navy   7 14   .333
Pan American   8 17   .320
Canisius   7 16   .304
St. Francis   7 16   .304
Loyola (LA)   5 19   .208
Pittsburgh   4 20   .167
Portland   3 23   .115
Denver   2 24   .077
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1968–69 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University during the 1968–69 NCAA University Division college basketball season. John Magee coached them in his third 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 the season with a record of 12-12 and had no post-season play.

Season recap

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Diminutive guard Don Weber joined the team this season after an impressive stint with the freshman team the previous year. He played a fast-break style of offense and scored in double figures four times, including a season-high 22 points against William & Mary.[1]

Against Loyola in the first game of the season, junior center Charlie Adrion had 24 points and 19 rebounds. In the next game, he scored a career-high 40 points against American. Over the next three games after that – against Randolph–Macon, George Washington, and St. John's – he had a combined 91 points and 44 rebounds. Adrion led the team in scoring in nine of the season's first 10 games, each time scoring in double figures.[2]

On February 13, 1969, Adrion scored only seven points against New York University, and against Rutgers two days later he suffered a season-ending knee injury.[2] With Adrion out, senior forward and team captain Jim Supple, who scored in double figures in 18 of the 23 games he appeared in during the season, stepped up his scoring production: He averaged 20 points per game after Adrion's injury, led the team in scoring in six of the last seven games of the year, and finished the season averaging 16.5 points per game.[3]

Despite Supple's efforts, the 1968-69 team continued a recent pattern of strong Georgetown starts followed by late-season collapses – the 1964-65 team lost seven of its final 10 games, while in 1966-67 the Hoyas lost eight of their final 11 games – that sank hopes for a berth in a post-season tournament. After going 10-5 in its first 15 games, it lost seven of its last nine[4] to finish with a record of 12-12. During the three seasons from 1966-67 though this season, Georgetown had a combined record of 6-18 in the last eight games of the season, 1-13 on the road.[3]

The 1968-69 team was not ranked in the Top 20 in the Associated Press Poll or Coaches' Poll at any time.[5][6]

Roster

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Source[1][2][3][7][8]

# Name Height Weight (lbs.) Position Class Hometown Previous Team(s)
10 Jerry Pyles N/A N/A G Jr. Oxon Hill, MD, U.S. Oxon Hill HS
12 Don Weber 5'8" 160 G So. Ridgewood, NJ, U.S. Don Bosco Preparatory HS
14 Dick Zeitler 5'11" N/A G So. Seaford, NY, U.S. Archbishop Molloy HS
20 Jim Higgins 6'1" N/A G Jr. Dumont, NJ, U.S. Don Bosco Preparatory HS
22 Tim Mercier 5'10" N/A G So. Jersey City, NJ, U.S. St. Peter's Preparatory School
24 Paul Favorite 6'8" N/A F Jr. Moorestown, NJ, U.S. Saint Joseph's Preparatory School
30 Bernard White 6'1" N/A G Sr. Ann Arbor, MI, U.S. George Mason University
32 Bob Hannan 6'3" N/A F So. Paterson, NJ, U.S. St. Mary HS
34 Mike Laska 5'11" N/A G Jr. Worcester, MA, U.S. Assumption Preparatory School
40 Ed MacNamara N/A N/A F So. Dumont, NJ, U.S. Bergen Catholic HS
44 Bill McGarrity N/A N/A F So. Rosemont, PA, U.S. Saint Joseph's Preparatory School
52 Jim Supple 6'4" 185 F Sr. Summit, NJ, U.S. St. Peter's Preparatory School
54 Charlie Adrion 6'8" 225 C Jr. Hillsdale, NJ, U.S. Don Bosco Preparatory HS

1968–69 schedule and results

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Sources[9][10][11][12]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
Regular Season
Sat., Nov. 30, 1968
no, no
at Loyola Maryland W 94–74  1-0
Alumni Gymnasium 
Baltimore, MD
Mon., Dec. 2, 1968
no, no
at American W 85–76  2-0
Fort Myer Gymnasium 
Fort Myer, VA
Sat., Dec. 7, 1968
no, no
Randolph–Macon W 79–71  3-0
McDonough Gymnasium 
Washington, DC
Tue., Dec. 11, 1968
no, no
George Washington L 73–74 OT 3-1
McDonough Gymnasium 
Washington, DC
Sat., Dec. 14, 1968
no, no
at St. John's L 61–74  3-2
Alumni Hall 
Queens, NY
Tue., Dec. 17, 1968
no, no
Navy W 70–55  4-2
McDonough Gymnasium 
Washington, DC
Fri., Dec. 20, 1968
no, no
Manhattan W 63–57  5-2
McDonough Gymnasium 
Washington, DC
Sat., Dec. 21, 1968
no, no
Seton Hall W 69–57  6-2
McDonough Gymnasium 
Washington, DC
Sat., Jan. 4, 1969
no, no
at Penn State L 50–52 OT 6-3
Recreation Hall 
State College, PA
Thu., Jan. 9, 1969
no, no
at Holy Cross L 67–73  6-4
Worcester Memorial Auditorium 
Worcester, MA
Tue., Jan. 14, 1969
no, no
at Columbia L 62–103  6-5
Alumni Gymnasium 
New York, NY
Sun., Jan. 19, 1969
no, no
Fordham W 59–58  7-5
McDonough Gymnasium 
Washington, DC
Thu., Jan. 30, 1969
no, no
at Fairleigh Dickinson W 62–60  8-5
Campus Gymnasium 
Rutherford, NJ
Sat., Feb. 1, 1969
no, no
at Fairfield W 76–72  9-5
New Haven Arena 
New Haven, CT
Thu., Feb. 6, 1969
no, no
at Catholic W 62–59  10-5
Brookland Gymnasium 
Washington, DC
Sat., Feb. 8, 1969
no, no
vs. William & Mary L 84–90 2OT 10-6
Fort Eustis Gymnasium 
Newport News, VA
Mon., Feb. 10, 1969
no, no
Xavier W 77–63  11-6
McDonough Gymnasium 
Washington, DC
Thu., Feb. 13, 1969
no, no
at New York University L 67–87  11-7
Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
Sat., Feb. 15, 1969
no, no
at Rutgers L 72–85  11-8
College Avenue Gymnasium 
New Brunswick, NJ
Tue., Feb. 18, 1969
no, no
Boston College L 66–72 OT 11-9
McDonough Gymnasium 
Washington, DC
Thu., Feb. 20, 1969
no, no
Saint Anselm W 57–56  12-9
McDonough Gymnasium 
Washington, DC
Sat., Feb. 22, 1969
no, no
at George Washington L 74–112  12-10
Fort Myer Gymnasium 
Fort Myer, VA
Tue., Feb. 25, 1969
no, no
St. Joseph's L 45–54  12-11
McDonough Gymnasium 
Washington, DC
Sat., Mar. 1, 1969
no, no
Maryland L 78–83  12-12
McDonough Gymnasium 
Washington, DC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

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  1. ^ a b "The Georgetown Basketball History Project: The Top 100: 89. Don Weber". Archived from the original on March 29, 2015. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "The Georgetown Basketball History Project: The Top 100: 24. Charlie Adrion". Archived from the original on January 16, 2015. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
  3. ^ a b c "The Georgetown Basketball History Project: The Top 100: 57. Jim Supple". Archived from the original on February 1, 2015. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
  4. ^ "The Georgetown Basketball History Project: A Glimpse Into the Future". Archived from the original on December 17, 2013. Retrieved December 17, 2013.
  5. ^ sports-reference.com 1968-69 Independent Season Summary
  6. ^ sports-reference.com 1968-69 Polls
  7. ^ "The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Rosters 1960-61 to 1969-1970". Archived from the original on January 9, 2013. Retrieved December 15, 2013.
  8. ^ The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Player Directory: Jersey Numbers
  9. ^ The Georgetown Basketball History Project: 1960s Seasons
  10. ^ "The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Records vs. All Opponents". Archived from the original on November 3, 2013. Retrieved December 15, 2013.
  11. ^ sports-reference.com 1968-69 Georgetown Hoyas Schedule and Results
  12. ^ 2012-2013 Georgetown Men's Basketball Media Guide, p. 62.