The 1931–32 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented

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during the 1931–32 NCAA

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season.

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coached it in his first season as head coach. Georgetown was an independent and played its home games at Tech Gymnasium on the campus of McKinley Technical High School in

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on Georgetowns 1927–28, 1928–29, and 1929–30 teams before graduating in 1930. Less than two years after graduation, he was hired at the age of 23 as the Hoyas head coach. A popular sports figure on campus, he would coach Georgetown for seven seasons, leaving after the end of the 1937–38 season with an overall record of 53–76. Although his teams would go 36–20 (.643) at home, they would manage only a 17–56 (.233) record on the road, and he would have only two winning seasons – 1933–34 and 1936–37 – during his tenure. This was Georgetowns last season as an independent before beginning a seven-season stint the following year as a member of the Eastern Intercollegiate Conference.

Roster

Sources 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.

1931–32 schedule and results

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and the Brooklyn Knights of Columbus therefore counted as part of Georgetowns won-loss record for 1931–32. It was not until 1952, after the completion of the 1951–52 season, that the

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(NCAA) ruled that colleges and universities could no longer count games played against non-collegiate opponents in their annual won-loss records. , - !colspan=9 style="background:#002147; color:#8D817B;", Regular Season

References

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