What this quiz does is test your knowledge of key persons and events in Hoya basketball history that are worth remembering or learning more about. There are no gimme questions ("What is the name of the Georgetown coach??"), but a multiple choice format allows a good guess even if you're stumped.

Answers follow at the bottom--good luck!

Questions 1-5: Hoya "Firsts"

A) Gallaudet
B) George Washington
C) Maryland
D) Virginia
E) Virginia Tech

A) 1943
B) 1953
C) 1970
D) 1975
E) 1980

A) 1943
B) 1953
C) 1970
D) 1975
E) 1980

A) John Duren
B) Patrick Ewing
C) Ed Hargaden
D) Jim Kiernan
E) Paul Tagliabue

A) Jim Barry
B) Eric Floyd
C) Patrick Ewing
D) Reggie Williams
E) Alonzo Mourning

A) Navy
B) Bowie State
C) Loyola
D) Johns Hopkins
E) Coppin State

A) Indiana
B) Purdue
C) Marquette
D) Michigan
E) Texas

A) Dartmouth
B) Fordham
C) Maryland
D) NYU
E) Syracuse

A) DePaul
B) Memphis
C) Morgan State
D) Bethune Cookman
E) Southern

A) Virginia
B) Maryland
C) Seton Hall
D) Syracuse
E) Providence

A) Fordham
B) Holy Cross
C) Massachusetts
D) Navy
E) Penn State

A) Boston College
B) Connecticut
C) St. John's
D) Syracuse
E) Villanova

A) Boston College
B) Seton Hall
C) St. John's
D) Syracuse
E) Villanova

A) Connecticut
B) Seton Hall
C) St. John's
D) Boston College
E) Villanova

A) Three
B) Four
C) Six
D) Seven
E) Nine

A) Holy Cross
B) Maryland
C) Morgan State
D) Providence
E) St. Leo

A) Ed Hockenbury
B) Tom O'Keefe
C) John Magee
D) Bob Reese
E) Tom Nolan

A) None
B) One
C) Two
D) Four
E) Six

A) 1968
B) 1972
C) 1976
D) 1980
E) 1984

A) Denver Nuggets
B) Los Angeles Clippers
C) New York Knicks
D) Orlando Magic
E) Washington Bullets

A) Perry Clark
B) Bob Huggins
C) Jeff Jones
D) Rick Pitino
E) Kelvin Sampson

A) Eric Floyd vs. Maryland, 1980
B) Ralph Dalton vs. Georgia Tech, 1985
C) Charles Smith vs. Ohio State, 1987
D) Charles Smith vs. LSU, 1988
E) Alonzo Mourning vs. Princeton, 1989

A) Jim Boeheim
B) Al McGuire
C) Brent Musburger
D) Billy Packer
E) Dick Vitale

A) Louisiana Superdome
B) The Kingdome
C) Spectrum
D) Madison Square Garden
E) Kemper Arena

A) 63-62
B) 66-64
C) 71-69
D) 84-75
E) 91-87

A) Byrd Stadium, Univ. of Maryland
B) Scott Stadium, Univ. of Virginia
C) Smith Center, George Washington University
D) Shea Stadium, New York
E) Sullivan Stadium, Foxboro, Mass.

1. Georgetown's first intercollegiate opponent was D) Virginia, a 22-11 win on Feb. 9, 1907.
2. The Hoyas' first appearance in the NCAA's came in A) 1943.
3. The Hoyas' first NIT appearance came in B) 1953.
4. Georgetown's first All-America selection in basketball was C)Ed Hargaden, an honorable mention All-American 1934 and 1935.
5. The Hoyas all-time career scoring leader is B) Eric Floyd, with 2,384 points from 1978 to 1982.

6. Georgetown has played each of these schools except E) Coppin State.
7. Of these five schools, the Hoyas have never played D)Michigan.
8. The team's first-ever televised game was against D)NYU, as part of a 1940 Madison Square Garden doubleheader--the first college basketball game ever broadcast on television.
9. A) DePaul has met Georgetown 17 times, most among recent non-conference games.
10. The last opponent to score 100 points against the Hoyas was E) Providence.

11. It seems strange that a school would have turned down an opportunity to join the Big East, but two schools actually did--Rutgers and B) Holy Cross.
12. This one was fairly easy. Georgetown's first Big East championship was a victory over D) Syracuse.
13. The longest rivalry with Georgetown is C) St. John's. The two teams first met in 1909.
14. The only Big East team in which Georgetown has an overall losing record is C)St. John's.
15. This was not a trick question--we'll take either C (Six) or E) (Nine). Six schools have made the Final Four while playing in the Big East--Georgetown, Seton Hall, St. John's, Syracuse, Providence, and Villanova. Three others played in the Final Four before joining the Big East--Notre Dame (1978), Rutgers (1976), and West Virginia (1960). BC, Miami, Pitt, and U.Conn have never been to the Final Four.

16. John Thompson is an alumnus of D) Providence College.
17. The head coach at Georgetown before John Thompson was B)John Magee, from 1966-1972.
18. Coach Thompson has won Coach of the Year honors E) six times.
19. Coach Thompson had previously been an assistant coach for Dean Smith in the C) 1976 Olympic team.
20. In 1990, Coach Thompson turned down an offer to coach at A) Denver.

21. In 1975, a last-second jumper by Derrick Jackson propelled Georgetown to an NCAA tournament bid. B)Bob Huggins played in the game for West Virginia.
22. There have only been three occasions in Georgetown's post-season history when a last second shot won the game for the Hoyas. The third was D) Charles Smith vs. LSU in 1988, notable for the famous call by WWDC's Rich Chvotkin broadcasting back to Washington that night.
23.On the eve of the 1982 NCAA's, C) Brent Musburger looked at Georgetown's seeding in the tournament and said "This could be the most dangerous team in the tournament."
24. Georgetown played its first Final Four game in D)Madison Square Garden against NYU in 1943.
25. The final score of the 1984 NCAA championship game? D)Georgetown 84, Houston 75.

Bonus Question: The sports facility is named after a former basketball player from Georgetown is D)Shea Stadium, named for William Shea, Class of 1931 and two year Hoya basketball letterman.

So how did you do? We said it wouldn't be easy...

0 Points--Ouch! You'd better study this web site more closely.
1-3 Points--It's a start, but there's plenty of room to grow.
4-8 Points -A basic knowledge of Hoya hoop trivia.
9-13 Points- Very impressive--Georgetown needs more fans like you.
14-17 Points-Outstanding score--a major Hoya fan.
18-21 Points-If you're not in the Hoop Club's inner circle, you should be.
22+ Points-You spend way too much time on basketball...

By The Way....Dikembe's full name is Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean Jacque Wamutombo, a name befitting a man who speaks English, French, Spanish, Portugese and five additional African dialects. And Kentucky shot 9% (3 for 33) in the second half of the 1984 national semifinal. Georgetown prevailed over the Twin Towers of Sam Bowie and Mel Turpin by a score of 53-40. But, of course, you already knew that...