The 1925–26 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University during the 1925–26 NCAAcollege basketball season. John O'Reilly coached it in his 10th season as head coach.[1] Georgetown was an independent and played its home games at Ryan Gymnasium on the Georgetown campus in Washington, D.C.[2] The team posted a record of 5-8.
During the mid-1920s, the Georgetown men's basketball program was struggling to survive.[3] Faculty members opposed players missing classes for road games.[3] Furthermore, on-campus Ryan Gymnasium, where the Hoyas had played their home games since the 1914-15 season, had no seating, accommodating fans on a standing-room only-basis on an indoor track above the court. This precluded the accommodation of significant crowds, providing the self-sustaining Basketball Association with little revenue with which to fund the team's travel expenses and limiting Georgetown to a very limited road schedule between the 1918-19 and 1926-27 seasons – often limited to an annual trip to Annapolis, Maryland, to play at Navy and sometimes a single trip to New York or Pennsylvania to play schools there – averaging no more than three road games a year in order to keep travel expenses and missed classes to a minimum. The 1925-26 squad, however, was among the more traveled Georgetown teams of the era, going on the road to play at Army and Penn State in addition to trips to Annapolis and New York City.[2][4] It nonetheless played only 13 games, and its 5-8 finish was only the second losing record in school history and the first since the 1909-10 team finished 5-7. It was the only losing season by an O'Reilly-coached team.
Sophomore forward Bob Nork had played only a single game as a reserve the previous year and gone scoreless, but this season he emerged as the team's leading scorer by a wide margin. While the rest of the team struggled in all aspects of the game, he averaged a career-high 10.4 points per game and scored a career-high 135 points, while the other four starters combined scored only 141 points. He scored 12 of the team's 20 points against Lafayette and 11 of its 20 points against Army[3]
Georgetown players did not wear numbers on their jerseys this season. The first numbered jerseys in Georgetown men's basketball history would not appear until the 1933-34 season.[7]
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, so the February 24, 1926, game against the Crescent Athletic Club counted as part of Georgetown's won-loss record for 1925-26. It was not until 1952, after the completion of the 1951-52 season, that the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) ruled that colleges and universities could no longer count games played against non-collegiate opponents in their annual won-loss records.[12]
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The 1925 26 Georgetown Hoyas men s basketball team represented Georgetown University during the 1925 26 NCAA college basketball season John O Reilly coached it in his 10th season as head coach 1 Georgetown was an independent and played its home games at Ryan Gymnasium on the Georgetown campus in Washington D C 2 The team posted a record of 5 8 1925 26 Georgetown Hoyas men s basketballConferenceIndependentRecord5 8Head coachJohn O Reilly 10th season CaptainWilliam Gitlitz 1st year Home arenaRyan GymnasiumSeasons 1924 251926 27 Contents 1 Season recap 2 Roster 3 1925 26 schedule and results 4 ReferencesSeason recap editDuring the mid 1920s the Georgetown men s basketball program was struggling to survive 3 Faculty members opposed players missing classes for road games 3 Furthermore on campus Ryan Gymnasium where the Hoyas had played their home games since the 1914 15 season had no seating accommodating fans on a standing room only basis on an indoor track above the court This precluded the accommodation of significant crowds providing the self sustaining Basketball Association with little revenue with which to fund the team s travel expenses and limiting Georgetown to a very limited road schedule between the 1918 19 and 1926 27 seasons often limited to an annual trip to Annapolis Maryland to play at Navy and sometimes a single trip to New York or Pennsylvania to play schools there averaging no more than three road games a year in order to keep travel expenses and missed classes to a minimum The 1925 26 squad however was among the more traveled Georgetown teams of the era going on the road to play at Army and Penn State in addition to trips to Annapolis and New York City 2 4 It nonetheless played only 13 games and its 5 8 finish was only the second losing record in school history and the first since the 1909 10 team finished 5 7 It was the only losing season by an O Reilly coached team Sophomore forward Bob Nork had played only a single game as a reserve the previous year and gone scoreless but this season he emerged as the team s leading scorer by a wide margin While the rest of the team struggled in all aspects of the game he averaged a career high 10 4 points per game and scored a career high 135 points while the other four starters combined scored only 141 points He scored 12 of the team s 20 points against Lafayette and 11 of its 20 points against Army 3 Roster editSources 3 5 6 Georgetown players did not wear numbers on their jerseys this season The first numbered jerseys in Georgetown men s basketball history would not appear until the 1933 34 season 7 Name Height Weight lbs Position Class Hometown Previous Team s George Donovan N A N A G So Springfield MA U S Dean HSDon Flavin N A N A F Jr Portland ME U S Portland HSWilliam Pete Gitlitz N A N A G Sr N A N AWalter Hickey N A N A G Jr Rochester NY U S Aquinas InstituteAl Johannes or Johannis N A N A C Sr N A N ADon McCann N A N A G So or Sr South Portland ME U S Portland HSBob Nork 5 6 N A F So Shenandoah PA U S Shenandoah HSTom O Leary N A N A G N A N A N ARichie Ryan N A N A F Sr Boston MA U S Boston College HSJohn Shea N A N A C N A N A N AJohn Tomaini N A N A C Jr N A N AGeorge Vukmanic N A N A G So N A N A1925 26 schedule and results editSources 8 9 10 11 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 so the February 24 1926 game against the Crescent Athletic Club counted as part of Georgetown s won loss record for 1925 26 It was not until 1952 after the completion of the 1951 52 season that the National Collegiate Athletic Association NCAA ruled that colleges and universities could no longer count games played against non collegiate opponents in their annual won loss records 12 Datetime TV Opponent Result Record Site city stateRegular SeasonMon Jan 11 1926 no no Mount St Mary s W 32 31 1 0 Ryan Gymnasium Washington DCTue Jan 12 1926 no no Lafayette L 20 21 OT 1 1 Ryan Gymnasium Washington DCSat Jan 16 1926 no no Bucknell L 18 23 1 2 Ryan Gymnasium Washington DCSat Jan 23 1926 no no at Army L 20 47 1 3 Hayes Gymnasium West Point NYTue Jan 26 1926 no no Lebanon Valley W 26 22 2 3 Ryan Gymnasium Washington DCSat Jan 30 1926 no no Washington Md W 27 23 3 3 Ryan Gymnasium Washington DCFri Feb 5 1926 no no Navy L 29 42 3 4 Dahlgren Hall Annapolis MDWed Feb 10 1926 no no Dickinson W 24 15 4 4 Ryan Gymnasium Washington DCFri Feb 12 1926 no no at Penn State L 19 30 4 5 Armory State College PAFri Feb 19 1926 no no William amp Mary L 23 25 4 6 Ryan Gymnasium Washington DCWed Feb 24 1926 no no at Crescent Athletic Club L 35 44 4 7 Crescent Gymnasium New York NYThu Feb 25 1926 no no at Fordham L 18 35 4 8 Rose Hill Gymnasium Bronx NYFri Feb 26 1926 no no Pennsylvania Military W 43 34 5 8 Ryan Gymnasium Washington DC Non conference game Tournament seedings in parentheses References edit The Georgetown Basketball History Project Head Coaches Archived from the original on May 27 2017 Retrieved January 15 2014 a b The Georgetown Basketball History Project Home Courts a b c d The Georgetown Basketball History Project The Top 100 76 Bob Nork The Georgetown Basketball History Project The Ryan Gymnasium Years Archived from the original on November 5 2013 Retrieved January 15 2014 The Georgetown Basketball History Project Rosters 1920 21 to 1929 1930 Archived from the original on January 13 2014 Retrieved January 15 2014 The Georgetown Basketball History Project All Time Player Directory Georgetown University Archived from the original on March 28 2022 Retrieved April 10 2022 The Georgetown Basketball History Project Rosters 1930 31 to 1939 1940 Archived from the original on February 12 2017 Retrieved January 15 2014 The Georgetown Basketball History Project 1920s Seasons The Georgetown Basketball History Project Records vs All Opponents Archived from the original on November 3 2013 Retrieved January 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