The Hoyas won the 1985 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, their second straight Big East Tournament championship and the fourth in Georgetown men's basketball history, defeating Connecticut in the quarterfinal, No. He also averaged 14.6 points and 9.2 rebounds per game for the year. Senior center Patrick Ewing averaged fewer than 10 shots per game for the season, but nonetheless scored in double figures in 12 of the 16 regular-season Big East games. John's on January 26 and a two-point loss to Syracuse two days later, Georgetown won every game during the regular season, dominating many of its opponents. John 's in what went down in Georgetown and St. Reggie Williams scored a season-high 25 points, and Georgetown went on to defeat St. When Carnesecca – wearing his sweater – and Thompson met courtside for a pregame handshake, Thompson opened his coat to reveal that he was wearing a replica T-shirt of Carnesecca 's sweater, drawing a roar of laughter from the crowd. 2, and the rivalry between the two schools was at its peak.

John's next met on February 26, 1985, in a game at Madison Square Garden nationally televised by ESPN, St. The New York City media dubbed it Carnesecca 's lucky sweater, and Carnesecca wore it in every game after that as St. John's wins to combat the effects of a common cold, and his team was elevated to No. John's head coach Lou Carnesecca attired in an old sweater he had worn in five straight St. John 's had defeated Georgetown at the Capital Centre on February 21, 1984. 1 Georgetown had a 29-game winning streak that dated back to the previous season, when St. John's at the Capital Centre on January 26, 1985, No. Junior guard Horace Broadnax completed his third season in a valuable reserve role, averaging 5.2 points per game by the end of the season he had scored in double figures 18 times in his three years at Georgetown and was averaging 5.3 points per game for his career. He led the team in scoring in eight games, shot 54% from the field, and was second on the team in rebounding for the third straight year. Īfter spending most of the previous season playing off the bench, senior forward Bill Martin returned to the starting lineup. During the six NCAA Tournament games Georgetown played this season, Jackson averaged nine assists per game. Junior guard Michael Jackson, meanwhile, averaged 7.3 points per game, but made his greatest contribution to the Hoyas ' offense with 242 assists, far and away a new school record. He averaged 12.4 points and 6.6 rebounds per game for the year. Sophomore guard-forward David Wingate shot over 50% from the field during Big East play and scored the 1,000th point of his collegiate career halfway through the season. During the season, he shot 50.6% from the field, led the team in scoring eight times, and averaged 11.9 points per game. Sophomore forward Reggie Williams missed the first three games of the season with an injury and played off the bench in the fourth game, but he became a starter in the fifth game and remained one for the next 100 games of his collegiate career. Most of his minutes came early in the season, and he had a season-high 15 points against Tennessee State. Although he did not start this season, he played in all 38 games off the bench, averaging 4.1 points per game. However, freshman guard Perry McDonald joined the team this season, and he was destined to become one of Georgetown 's great players. Sophomore forward Michael Graham had angered Thompson with his inattention to final examinations at the end of the previous academic year, and Thompson left him off the team this year he stayed out of basketball this season and waited for Thompson to return him to the team until the fall of 1985, when he transferred to the University of the District of Columbia to resume his basketball career. 1 in the season 's final Associated Press Poll and Coaches' Poll. They won the 1985 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament and advanced to the final of the 1985 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, which they lost to Big East rival Villanova in what is widely regarded as one of the greatest upsets in college basketball history. They were members of the Big East Conference and finished the season with a record of 35-3, 14-2 in Big East play. They played their home games at the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland. John Thompson, coached them in his 13th season as head coach. The 1984–85 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University in the 1984–85 NCAA Division I college basketball season.

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