2016–17 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team

The 2016–17 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hoyas, led by 13th-year head coach John Thompson III, played their home games at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C., and were members of the Big East Conference.

2016–17 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball
ConferenceBig East
Record14–18 (5–13 Big East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
CaptainBradley Hayes (2nd year)
Home arenaVerizon Center
2016–17 Big East men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 1 Villanova153 .833324  .889
No. 21 Butler126 .667259  .735
Creighton108 .5562510  .714
Seton Hall108 .5562112  .636
Providence108 .5562013  .606
Marquette108 .5561913  .594
Xavier99 .5002414  .632
Saint John's711 .3891419  .424
Georgetown513 .2781418  .438
DePaul216 .111923  .281
2017 Big East tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The season saw the return of Jonathan Wallace, the Hoyas′ standout point guard from 2004 to 2008, to the basketball program as a special assistant after eight seasons playing professional basketball in the NBA Summer League, the National Basketball Association Developmental League, Belgium, Germany, and Angola.

The Hoyas finished the season at 14–18, 5–13 in Big East play, to finish in ninth place in the conference. As the No. 9 seed in the Big East tournament, they lost in the first round to St. John's. Georgetown finished the season with a losing record for the second straight year, the first time that had happened since the 1972 and 1973 seasons, and without an invitation to a postseason tournament in consecutive years for the first time since 1972 and 1973.

On March 23, 2017, Georgetown officials announced that John Thompson III had been fired. On April 2, it was reported that Basketball Hall of Famer and Georgetown alumnus Patrick Ewing would replace Thompson as head coach.

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