The 1932–33 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented

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during the 1932–33 NCAA

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season.

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coached it in his second season as head coach. For the first time in its history, Georgetown was a member of an

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for basketball competition, joining

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, and

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as founding members of the Eastern Intercollegiate Conference (EIC), which began play this season; Georgetown would remain a member of the EIC until it disbanded after the end of the 1938-39 season. The team played its home games at Tech Gymnasium on the campus of McKinley Technical High School in

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/ref> – except for one home game it played at Central High School Gymnasium on the campus of Washington, D.C.s Central High School – and finished with a record of 6–11 overall, 3–5 in the EIC.

Season recap

Sophomore

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Ed Hargaden joined the varsity team this season and quickly emerged as a high scorer. In the first game of the season, on December 12, 1932, at

in Georgetowns first-ever EIC game, he scored 12 of the Hoyas 18 points. In a conference game against

on February 6, 1933, he scored a season-high 18 points, and he finished the season with an average of 9.1 points per game – a considerable achievement in a low-scoring era – and was Georgetowns leading scorer for the year, as he would be in all three seasons of his varsity career.The Georgetown Basketball History Project: The Top 100: 41. Ed Hargaden
/ref> The team won only three of its first 11 games, also going 1-5 in its new conference during this stretch. It finished the year with a three-game winning streak, including two EIC games, giving it a final record of 6–11 overall and 3–5 in the EIC. It was the Hoyas second 6–11 finish in a row and third straight losing record. Hargadens son,

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Ed Hargaden Jr., would become the first second-generation Georgetown mens basketball player, playing for Georgetown on the 1957–58, 1958–59, and 1959–60 teams. The Hargadens would be the only father and son to play for the Hoyas until

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s son,

Patrick Ewing Jr., joined the team in the 2006–07 season.

Roster

Sources This was the last season in which Georgetown players did not wear numbers on their jerseys. The first numbered jerseys in Georgetown mens basketball history would appear the following season.

1932–33 schedule and results

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/ref> 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, and the January 13, 1933, game played against the Brooklyn Knights of Columbus therefore counted as part of Georgetowns won-loss record for 1932–33. 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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