| 2025–26Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball | |
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| Conference | Big East |
| Record | 5–0 (0–0 Big East) |
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| Associate head coach | Jeff Battle (3rd season) |
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Seasons ← 2024–25 2026–27 → | |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seton Hall | 0 | – | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown | 0 | – | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Butler | 0 | – | 0 | – | 5 | – | 1 | .833 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5UConn | 0 | – | 0 | – | 5 | – | 1 | .833 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Villanova | 0 | – | 0 | – | 4 | – | 1 | .800 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DePaul | 0 | – | 0 | – | 4 | – | 2 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Providence | 0 | – | 0 | – | 4 | – | 2 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Creighton | 0 | – | 0 | – | 3 | – | 2 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 14St. John's | 0 | – | 0 | – | 3 | – | 2 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marquette | 0 | – | 0 | – | 4 | – | 3 | .571 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Xavier | 0 | – | 0 | – | 4 | – | 3 | .571 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| †2026 Big East tournament winner As of November 24, 2025 Rankings fromAP poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The2025–26 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team representsGeorgetown University in the2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hoyas, led by third-year head coachEd Cooley, are members of theBig East Conference. The Hoyas play their home games inWashington, D.C., atCapital One Arena andMcDonough Gymnasium.
The 2024–25 season wasEd Cooley's second as the head coach of the Hoyas. The team's performance was markedly better than in the previous several seasons. Georgetown finished the season with a record of 18-16 while going 8–12 inBig East play to finish the year in seventh place in conference play. This marked the Hoyas' first year with a winning record and highest finish in Big East play since the2018-19 season. In theBig East Tournament, they lost toDePaul in the first round.[1] At the conclusion of the season, Georgetown was selected to play in the inauguralCollege Basketball Crown tournament. The Hoyas defeatedWashington State for their first postseason victory since 2015 before ending their season with a loss toNebraska in the second round.[2] Following the seasonThomas Sorber andMicah Peavy were selected in theNBA Draft, marking the first time that two Hoyas players were selected in the same draft since2008.[3]
| Name | No. | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for Departure |
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| Micah Peavy | 5 | G/F | 6'8" | 220 | Graduate Student | Cibolo, TX | Completed eligibility; Drafted 40th overall in the2025 NBA Draft[3] |
| Drew McKenna | 7 | F | 6'8" | 220 | RS Freshman | Laurel, MD | Transferred toOld Dominion[4] |
| Jayden Epps | 10 | G | 6'2" | 190 | Junior | Norfolk, VA | Transferred toMississippi State[5] |
| Curtis Williams Jr. | 11 | G | 6'6" | 205 | Sophomore | Detroit, MI | Transferred toTulane[6] |
| Drew Fielder | 20 | C | 6'11" | 235 | Sophomore | Boise, ID | Transferred toBoise State[7] |
| Jordan Burks | 23 | F | 6'9" | 205 | Sophomore | Decatur, AL | Transferred toUCF[8] |
| Thomas Sorber | 35 | F/C | 6'10" | 255 | Freshman | Trenton, NJ | Drafted 15th overall in the2025 NBA Draft[9] |
| Name | No. | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous School |
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| DeShawn Harris-Smith | 1 | G | 6'5" | 224 | Junior | Woodbridge, VA | Maryland[10] |
| Vince Iwuchukwu | 3 | C | 7'1" | 257 | Senior | Imo State, Nigeria | St. John's[11] |
| KJ Lewis | 5 | G | 6'4" | 210 | Junior | El Paso, TX | Arizona[12] |
| Isaiah Abraham | 7 | F | 6'7" | 205 | Sophomore | Gainesville, VA | UConn[12] |
| Langston Love | 13 | G | 6'5" | 210 | Graduate Student | Universal City, TX | Baylor[12] |
| Jeremiah Williams | 25 | G | 6'4" | 200 | Graduate Student | Chicago, IL | Rutgers[13] |
Georgetown did not initially sign anyhigh school recruits from the class of 2025, opting instead to fill out the roster with players from thetransfer portal.[14] Two players from the 2024 class (Seal Diouf and Jayden Fort)redshirted during the previous season and saw their first collegiate playing time as part of the 2025-26 team.[15]
On November 13, 2025, Georgetown announced the signing of Brazilianpoint guard Gabriel Landeira, who would be eligible to join the team in January 2026.[16]
| Name | Hometown | School | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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| Gabriel Landeira PG | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Club Athletico Paulistano | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | 185 lb (84 kg) | Nov 6, 2025 | |
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Georgetown announced its 2025–26 roster on July 29, 2025:[17]
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Georgetown announced on July 17, 2025, that the Hoyas would represent theUnited States in the 2025 GLOBL JAM, an under-23 tournament inToronto,Ontario, Canada, in August 2025. Georgetown played games against the national teams ofBrazil,Canada, andJapan betweenAugust 13 and 16, followed by the gold medal game on August 17.[18] Georgetown finished the tournament as the runner-up with a record of 2–2, following a defeat by Brazil in the gold medal game.[19]
Georgetown scheduled two exhibition games in October, visitingGeorge Washington andKentucky.[20][21] Georgetown won both games, defeating George Washington in the first meeting of the schools since1981,[22] and defeating Kentucky in the schools' first meeting since the Hoyas' victory in the1984 Final Four.[23]
The Hoyas are playing an 11-game non-conference schedule between November 3 and December 22, 2025. They played atMaryland and defeated the Terrapins in the first game of a four-year home-and-home series against them. They hostedClemson for the first time in school history, defeating the Tigers in the first year of a home-and-home series with them.[24] In late November they will participate along withBYU,Dayton, andMiami in the Magic Bracket of theESPN Events Invitational. They also will visitNorth Carolina for the first game of a two-year home-and-home series against the Tar Heels. However, they will not play their former Big East rivalSyracuse,[21][25] the first season that the two teams have not met since2014–2015.
The Big East Conference released its 2025-26 schedule on September 11, 2025. The Hoyas will play a 20-game conference schedule between December 17, 2025, and March 7, 2026, meeting each other Big East team twice in a home-and-home series.[26]
| Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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| August 13, 2025* 11:00 a.m., ESPN+ | vs. Japan GLOBL JAM | W 88–53 | — | 19 – Harris-Smith | 11 – Harris-Smith | 8 – Harris-Smith | Mattamy Athletic Centre at the Gardens, Toronto, Canada | ||||
| August 14, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | vs. Canada GLOBL JAM | L 62–65 | — | 14 – Mack | 8 – Harris-Smith | 11 – Mack | Mattamy Athletic Centre at the Gardens, Toronto, Canada | ||||
| August 16, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | vs. Brazil GLOBL JAM | W 76–74 | — | 16 – Iwuchukwu | 8 – C. Williams | 7 – Mack | Mattamy Athletic Centre at the Gardens, Toronto, Canada | ||||
| August 17, 2025* 8:00 p.m., ESPN+ | vs. Brazil GLOBL JAM Gold Medal Game | L 73–77 | — | 19 – Mack | 9 – Iwuchukwu | 7 – Mack | Mattamy Athletic Centre at the Gardens, Toronto, Canada | ||||
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| October 18, 2025* 6:00 p.m., Monumental Sports Network | at George Washington | W 73–64 | — | 20 – C. Williams | 6 – Tied | 4 – Tied | Charles E. Smith Center, (4,287) Washington, DC | ||||
| October 30, 2025* 7:00 p.m., SEC Network+ | at No. 9 Kentucky | W 84–70 | — | 22 – Mack | 5 – Tied | 3 – Tied | Rupp Arena (19,251) Lexington, KY | ||||
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| November 3, 2025* 6:35 p.m., ESPN+ | Morgan State | W 87–70 | 1–0 | 14 – Lewis | 8 – Halaifonua | 4 – Mack | Capital One Arena (4,208) Washington, DC | ||||
| November 7, 2025* 6:00 p.m., FS1 | at Maryland | W 70–60 | 2–0 | 19 – Mack | 10 – C. Williams | 4 – Halaifonua | Xfinity Center (16,594) College Park, MD | ||||
| November 12, 2025* 6:35 p.m., ESPN+ | Binghamton | W 83–70 | 3–0 | 20 – Lewis | 10 – Lewis | 5 – J. Williams | Capital One Arena (3,391) Washington, DC | ||||
| November 15, 2025* 12:00 p.m., Peacock | Clemson | W 79–74 | 4–0 | 26 – Lewis | 6 – Tied | 7 – Mack | Capital One Arena (8,562) Washington, DC | ||||
| November 22, 2025* 12:05 p.m., ESPN+ | Wagner | W 92–75 | 5–0 | 18 – Mack | 9 – Halaifonua | 5 – Tied | Capital One Arena (4,184) Washington, DC | ||||
| November 27, 2025* 7:30 p.m., ESPN2 | vs. Dayton ESPN Events Invitational Magic Bracket Semifinal | State Farm Field House Kissimmee, FL | |||||||||
| November 28, 2025* TBD, ESPN/ESPN2 | vs. No. 9BYU/Miami ESPN Events Invitational Magic Bracket Final/Third Place Game | State Farm Field House Kissimmee, FL | |||||||||
| December 3, 2025* 8:00 p.m., TruTV | UMBC | Capital One Arena Washington, DC | |||||||||
| December 7, 2025* 5:00 p.m., ESPN | at North Carolina | Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC | |||||||||
| December 13, 2025* 2:30 p.m., ESPN+ | Saint Peter's | McDonough Gymnasium Washington, DC | |||||||||
| December 17, 2025 8:30 p.m., FS1 | at Marquette | Fiserv Forum Milwaukee, WI | |||||||||
| December 20, 2025 8:00 p.m., FS1 | Xavier | Capital One Arena Washington, DC | |||||||||
| December 22, 2025* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ | Coppin State | McDonough Gymnasium Washington, DC | |||||||||
| December 31, 2025 8:00 p.m., FS1 | St. John's Rivalry | Capital One Arena Washington, DC | |||||||||
| January 6, 2026 8:00 p.m., TruTV | at DePaul | Wintrust Arena Chicago, IL | |||||||||
| January 10, 2026 6:00 p.m., FS1 | Seton Hall | Capital One Arena Washington, DC | |||||||||
| January 13, 2026 9:00 p.m., Peacock | at Creighton | CHI Health Center Omaha Omaha, NE | |||||||||
| January 17, 2026 12:00 p.m., FOX | UConn Rivalry | Capital One Arena Washington, DC | |||||||||
| January 21, 2026 7:00 p.m., Peacock | at Villanova | Finneran Pavilion Villanova, PA | |||||||||
| January 24, 2026 12:30 p.m., TNT/TruTV | at Providence | Amica Mutual Pavilion Providence, RI | |||||||||
| January 28, 2026 8:30 p.m., FS1 | DePaul | Capital One Arena Washington, DC | |||||||||
| January 31, 2026 12:00 p.m., TNT/TruTV | at Butler | Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN | |||||||||
| February 4, 2026 7:30 p.m., Peacock | Creighton | Capital One Arena Washington, DC | |||||||||
| February 7, 2026 12:00 p.m., TNT/TruTV | Villanova | Capital One Arena Washington, DC | |||||||||
| February 14, 2026 8:00 p.m., Peacock | at UConn Rivalry | Gampel Pavilion Storrs, CT | |||||||||
| February 18, 2026 6:30 p.m., FS1 | Butler | Capital One Arena Washington, DC | |||||||||
| February 21, 2026 6:00 p.m., FS1 | at Seton Hall | Prudential Center Newark, NJ | |||||||||
| February 24, 2026 7:00 p.m., Peacock | Marquette | Capital One Arena Washington, DC | |||||||||
| February 28, 2026 1:30 p.m., TNT/TruTV | at Xavier | Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH | |||||||||
| March 3, 2026 7:00 p.m., Peacock | at St. John's Rivalry | Madison Square Garden New York, NY | |||||||||
| March 7, 2026 8:00 p.m., TruTV | Providence | Capital One Arena Washington, DC | |||||||||
| Big East Tournament | |||||||||||
| March 11–14, 2026 TBD, TBD | vs. TBD First round | Madison Square Garden New York, NY | |||||||||
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Final |
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| Honor | Player |
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| Preseason All-Big East Conference Second Team | KJ Lewis[28] |
| Preseason All-Big East Conference Third Team | Malik Mack[28] |
| Date | Honor | Player |
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| November 10, 2025 | Big East Conference Men's Basketball Weekly Honor Roll | KJ Lewis[29][30] |
| November 17, 2025 |
