2007-08 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team
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The 2007–08 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team were an NCAA Division I college basketball
team competing in the Big East Conference
representing Georgetown University
. The team finished with a regular season record of 27–5, and again won the conference regular season title on March 8, 2008. They lost to the University of Pittsburgh
in the conference championship game. This placed them as a number two seed in the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
, where they lost their second round game.
College basketball
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team competing in the Big East Conference
Big East Conference
The Big East Conference is a collegiate athletics conference consisting of sixteen universities in the eastern half of the United States. The conference's 17 members participate in 24 NCAA sports...
representing Georgetown University
Georgetown University
Georgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States...
. The team finished with a regular season record of 27–5, and again won the conference regular season title on March 8, 2008. They lost to the University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball
Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball is the NCAA Division I intercollegiate men's basketball program of the University of Pittsburgh, often referred to as "Pitt", located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Pitt men's basketball team competes in the Big East Conference and plays their home games in...
in the conference championship game. This placed them as a number two seed in the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
The 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 65 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball as a culmination of the 2007–08 basketball season...
, where they lost their second round game.
Schedule and results
Standings
| 2007–08 Big East Conference Standings | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Conference Record | Overall | |||||
| W | |L | GB | W | L | |||
| #10 Georgetown | 15 | 3 | |||||
| 25 | 4 | ||||||
| #13 Louisville | 14 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 7 | ||
| #19 Notre Dame | 14 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 6 | ||
| #14 Connecticut | 13 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 7 | ||
| #20 Marquette | 11 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 8 | ||
| West Virginia | 11 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 9 | ||
| Pittsburgh | 10 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 9 | ||
| Villanova | 9 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 11 | ||
| Syracuse | 9 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 12 | ||
| Cincinnati | 8 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 17 | ||
| Seton Hall | 7 | 10 | 7.5 | 17 | 13 | ||
| Providence | 6 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 15 | ||
| DePaul | 6 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 19 | ||
| St. John's | 5 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 19 | ||
| South Florida | 3 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 19 | ||
| Rutgers | 3 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 20 | ||
- Rankings reflect Coaches Poll as of March 3, 2008