The Hoyas have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) thirteen times – turning down an invitation to the NIT on a fourteenth occasion – and twice have advanced to the NIT final, losing in 1993 to Minnesota and in 2003 to Big East rival St. John's.
The team was very successful in the original Big East Conference of 1979–2013: it won or tied for the regular-season conference title in 1980, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1992, 2007, and 2008, and won regular-season division titles in 1996 and 1997. The team was even more dominant in the Big East men's basketball tournament during the 1980s: it won in 1980, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, and 1989, and later won in 2007 as well.[2] Georgetown and six other Big East universities left the original Big East Conference to join a new Big East Conference in 2013, the old Big East conference then renaming itself the American Athletic Conference (marketed as "the American"). Georgetown won its first Big East tournament in the new Big East in 2021, its eight total tournament championships the most of any team in the combined history of the two Big East Conferences.
Georgetown was a founding member of the Eastern Intercollegiate Conference (EIC) in 1932 and remained a member until the conference disbanded in 1939. Georgetown was the EIC's regular-season co-champion in 1939.
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
Conference regular season champion
Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
Division regular season champion
Division regular season and conference tournament champion
Conference tournament champion
Season notes
^A. An elected student manager, Lou Murray, led the team during the 1906–07 season.
^B. The Eastern Intercollegiate Conference had no postseason tournament, but in previous seasons it had held a single-game playoff to determine the conference champion in the event of a first-place tie at the end of the regular season. At the end of the 1938–39 season, Georgetown and Carnegie Tech finished tied for first with identical 6–4 conference records, but no playoff game took place. Instead, the teams were declared conference co-champions.
^C. Although an independent, Georgetown participated from 1975 to 1979 in one of the regional end-of-season ECAC tournaments organized by the Eastern College Athletic Conference – a loosely organized sports federation of Eastern colleges and universities – for ECAC members which played as independents during the regular season. Each of these regional tournaments gave its winner an automatic bid to that year's NCAA tournament in the same manner as conference tournaments of conventional conferences. Georgetown played in the ECAC South Region Tournament from 1975 to 1977, winning it in 1975 and 1976, and in the ECAC South-Upstate Region Tournament in 1978 and 1979, winning it in 1979.
^E. From the 1995–96 through 1997–98 seasons, the original Big East Conference was divided into the Big East 6 and Big East 7 divisions. Georgetown played in the Big East 7 Division during all three seasons.
^F. Thompson resigned at midseason on January 8, 1999 after going 7–6 overall and 0–4 in conference play. Craig Esherick immediately succeeded him as head coach, going 8–10 overall and 6–8 in conference play. Esherick led the team to a 10th-place conference finish, a first-round loss in the 1999 National Invitation Tournament, and an overall record of 15–16.
^G. From the 2000–01 through 2002–03 seasons, the original Big East Conference was divided into the East and West divisions. Georgetown played in the West Division during all three seasons.
03.0Fourth Place Won First Round vs. Virginia, 80–78 OT Won Second Round vs. Dayton, 71–62 Lost Semifinal vs. North Carolina State, 85–86 OT Lost Third-Place Game vs. Rutgers, 72–85
8.0East Region Semifinal Bye in First Round Won Second Round vs. Iona, 74–71 Won East Region Semifinal vs. #8 Maryland, 74–68 Lost East Region Final vs. Iowa, 80–81
9.0National Runner-Up Bye in First Round Won Second Round vs. Wyoming, 51–43 Won West Region Semifinal vs. #11 Fresno State, 58–40 Won West Region Final vs. #4 Oregon State, 69–45 Won National Semifinal vs. #20 Louisville, 50–46 Lost National Final vs. #1 North Carolina, 62–63
5.0National Champions Bye in First Round Won Second Round vs. Southern Methodist, 37–36 Won West Region Semifinal vs. #13 Nevada-Las Vegas, 62–48 Won West Region Final vs. Dayton, 61–49 Won National Semifinal vs. #3 Kentucky, 53–40 Won National Final vs. #5 Houston, 84–75
7.0National Runner-Up Won First Round vs. Lehigh, 68–43 Won Second Round vs. Temple, 68–46 Won East Region Semifinal vs. #14 Loyola, 65–53 Won East Region Final vs. #6 Georgia Tech, 60–54 Won National Semifinal vs. #2 St. John's, 77–59 Lost National Final vs. Villanova, 64–66
7.0Southeast Region Runner-Up Won First Round vs. Bucknell, 75–53 Won Second Round vs. Ohio State, 62–79 Won Southeast Region Semifinal vs. #20 Kansas, 70–57 Lost Southeast Region Final vs. Providence, 73–88
6.0East Region Runner-Up Won First Round vs. Princeton, 50–49 Won Second Round vs. Notre Dame, 81–74 Won East Region Semifinal vs. #19 North Carolina State, 69–61 Lost East Region Final vs. #9 Duke, 77–85
5.0Southeast Region Semifinal Won First Round vs. Xavier, 68–63 Won Second Round vs. Weber State, 53–51 Lost Southeast Region Semifinal vs. North Carolina, 64–74
6.0Minneapolis Region Semifinal Won First Round vs. Northern Iowa, 54–49 Won Second Round vs. #6 Ohio State, 70–52 Lost Minneapolis Region Semifinal vs. #11 Florida, 53–57
03.0Final Four Won First Round vs. Belmont, 80–55 Won Second Round vs. Boston College, 62–55 Won East Region Semifinal vs. #23 Vanderbilt, 66–65 Won East Region Final vs. #4 North Carolina, 96–84 OT Lost National Semifinal vs. #1 Ohio State, 60–67