Georgetown Men’s Basketball 2009-10 summer prospectus 25 NCAA Tournament Appearances • 1984 NCAA National Champions 11 Sweet 16 Appearances • 15 BIG EAST Championships 2008-09 GEORGETOWN RESULTS 2009-10 GEORGETOWN QUICK FACTS University Information Day Date Opponent Result Record Location .................................................... Washington, D.C., 20057 Mon. Nov. 17 JACKSONVILLE W, 71-62 1-0 Founded .................................................................................... 1789 Sat. Nov. 22 DREXEL W, 81-53 2-0 President ...................................................................John J. DeGioia Thurs. Nov. 27 Old Spice Classic W, 58-50 3-0 Interim Athletics Director........................... Daniel R. Porterfield, Ph.D. vs. Wichita State Enrollment .........................................................................15,318 total Fri. Nov. 28 Old Spice Classic L, 90-78 3-1 ...........................................................6,806 undergraduate vs. #12 Tennessee Nickname .................................................................................. Hoyas Sun. Nov. 30 Old Spice Classic W, 75-48 4-1 Colors .........................................................................Blue & Gray vs. Maryland Conference ..........................................................................BIG EAST Sat. Dec. 6 AMERICAN W, 73-49 5-1 Home Court (Capacity) ................................. Verizon Center (20,600); Mon. Dec. 8 SAVANNAH STATE W, 100-38 6-1 .................................................. McDonough Arena (2,400) Sat. Dec. 13 MEMPHIS W, 79-70 OT 7-1 Sat. Dec. 20 MT. ST. MARY’S W, 69-58 8-1 Basketball History Tues. Dec. 23 FIU W, 76-38 9-1 First Year of Basketball ........................................................... 1906-07 Mon. Dec. 29 at Connecticut * W, 74-63 10-1/1-0 Overall All-Time Record .............................................1,477-925 (.615) Sat. Jan. 3 PITTSBURGH * L, 70-54 10-2/1-1 Years in NCAA Tournament ............................................................. 25 Mon. Jan. 5 at Notre Dame * L, 73-67 10-3/1-2 Years in NIT ......................................................................................11 Sat. Jan. 10 PROVIDENCE * W, 82-75 11-3//2-2 Last Postseason Opponent ....................................................... Baylor ........................................ (2009 NIT First Round, L, 74-72) Wed. Jan. 14 SYRACUSE * W, 88-74 12-3/3-2 Sat. Jan. 17 at Duke L, 76-67 12-4 Thurs. Jan. 22 WEST VIRGINIA * L, 75-58 12-5/3-3 Coaching Staff Sun. Jan. 25 at Seton Hall * L, 65-60 12-6/3-4 Head Coach............................................................John Thompson III Wed. Jan. 28 at Cincinnati * L, 65-57 12-7/3-5 Alma Mater ..................................................................... Princeton ’88 Sat. Jan. 31 at Marquette * L, 94-82 12-8/3-6 Record at School (Years) ...........................................116-51, .695 (5) Career Record (Years) ...............................................184-93, .664 (9) Tues. Feb. 3 RUTGERS * W, 57-47 13-8/4-6 Assistant Coaches .................................Mike Brennan (Princeton ‘94) Sat. Feb. 7 CINCINNATI * L, 64-62ot 13-9/4-7 ...........................................David Cox (William & Mary ‘95) Sat. Feb. 14 at Syracuse * L, 98-94ot 13-10/4-8 .............................................Kenya Hunter (Duquesne ‘96) Wed. Feb. 18 at South Florida * W, 65-40 14-10/5-8 Director of Basketball Operations ....................Matt Henry (Trinity ‘01) Sat. Feb. 21 MARQUETTE * L, 78-72 14-11/5-9 Men’s Basketball Trainer ..................................................Lorry Michel Mon. Feb. 23 LOUISVILLE * L, 76-58 14-12/5-10 Sat. Feb. 28 at Villanova * W, 56-54 15-12/6-10 Tues. March 3 at St. John’s * L, 59-56ot 15-13/6-11 Team Information 2008-09 Record .......................................................................... 16-15 Sat. March 7 DePAUL * W, 48-40 16-13/7-11 Home ............................................................................ 11-5 Tues. March 10 BIG EAST TOURNAMENT Away ............................................................................... 3-8 vs. St. John’s L, 64-59 16-14 Neutral ............................................................................ 2-2 Wed. March 18 NATIONAL INVITATION TOURNAMENT 2008-09 Conference Record ............................................... 7-11, 12th at Baylor L, 74-72 16-15 Starters Returning/Lost................................................................... 3/2 Letterwinners Returning/Lost.......................................................... 7/4 BOLD CAPS indicate home game played at Verizon Center * Indicates BIG EAST Conference game Media Information Men’s Basketball Contact ............................................... Bill Shapland Office Phone ................................................................(202) 687-2492 Fax ....................................................................(202) 687-2491 Home Phone................................................................(703) 521-5535 e-mail ................................................shaplanw@georgetown.edu Men’s Basketball Contact ........................................Mike “Mex” Carey Office Phone ................................................................(202) 687-2475 Cell Phone ...................................................................(917) 576-7445 e-mail .................................................... [email protected] Press Row ........................................(202) 628-3200 (Verizon Center) .................................. (202) 687-1581 (McDonough Arena) STARTERS RETURNING Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. GP/GS PPG RPG Other Austin Freeman G Jr. 6-4 236 30/29 11.4 4.2 All-BIG EAST Rookie selection 08-09 Ninth in BIG EAST in FG% (51.3%) Greg Monroe C So. 6-11 247 31/30 12.7 6.5 BIG EAST Rookie of the Year; 19th in BIG EAST in rebounding; 9th in BIG EAST in FG% (57.2%); 5th in BIG EAST in steals (1.9) Chris Wright G Jr. 6-1 205 31/30 12.5 3.0 Team-best 3.7 assists 13th in BIG EAST in assist/TO ratio OTHER KEY RETURNEES Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. GP/GS PPG RPG Other Nikita Mescheriakov F Jr. 6-8 212 23/8 2.7 1.5 Jason Clark G So. 6-2 168 31/0 5.4 2.6 Henry Sims C So. 6-10 220 28/0 1.9 1.7 Julian Vaughn F Jr. 6-9 249 30/0 1.8 1.7 STARTERS LOST Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. GP/GS PPG RPG Other Jessie Sapp G Sr. 6-3 212 31/22 6.5 3.6 Second on team, 37 three-pointers DaJuan Summers F Jr. 6-8 236 31/31 13.6 4.1 Team’s leading scorer Team-high 52 three-pointers Second Round pick, Detroit Pistons OTHER KEY LOSSES Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. GP/GS PPG RPG Other Omar Wattad G/F So. 6-4 225 25/1 2.6 1.4 Bryon Jansen F Sr. 6-6 211 5/0 0.8 0.2 KEY NEWCOMERS Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School Jerrelle Benimon F Fr. 6-7 242 Warrenton, Va./Fauquier Notes: Averaged 21 points, 17 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 blocks and 1.6 steals per game during his senior season, leading Fauquier to a 21-4 record and the district title ... A two-time selection as Cedar Run District Player of the Year, sharing the award as a junior ... Aver- aged 19.5 points, 12.5 rebounds, 3.4 blocks and 3.5 assists as a junior in 2007-08. Ryan Dougherty G Jr. 6-0 192 Washington, D.C./St. Alban’s Notes: A transfer from the University of Rochester ... Walked on to the team prior to the 2008-09 season ... Appeared in seven games for Rochester in 2007-08, averaging 0.9 points per game ... As a senior at St. Alban’s, averaged 20.0 points per game and was named the IAC Player of the Year. Vee Sanford G Fr. 6-3 180 Lexington, Ky./Lexington Catholic Notes: Averaged 22.4 points, 4.8 rebounds, 2.5 steals and 2.4 assists a game this past season ... Selected to The Courier-Journal First Team All-State ... Played in the Kentucky/Indiana All-Stars Basketball Classic. Hollis Thompson F Fr. 6-8 197 Concord, Calif./De La Salle Notes: Ernolled at Georgetown in January 2009 and practiced with the team during the second semester ... Averaged 14.0 ppg at DeLaSalle and chose Georgetown over Duke, UCLA, USC and Arizona. 2009-10 GEORGETOWN Roster Breakdown PRONUNCATION MEN’S BASKETBALL ROSTER GUIDE Nikita Mescheriakov ALPHABETICAL Nih-kee-tuh Muh-SHARE-uh-kov No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown/High School 20 Jerrelle Benimon F 6-7 242 Fr. Warrenton, Va. / Fauquier Jerelle Bennimon 21 Jason Clark G 6-2 168 So. Arlington, Va. / Bishop O’Connell GER-el BEN-ih-mon 12 Ryan Dougherty G 6-0 192 Jr. Kensington, Md. / St. Alban’s 15 Austin Freeman G 6-4 236 Jr. Mitchellville, Md. / DeMatha 5 Nikita Mescheriakov G/F 6-8 212 Jr. Minsk, Belarus / St. John’s Prospect Hall (Md.) CLASS 10 Greg Monroe F 6-11 247 So. New Orleans, La. / Helen Cox BREAKDOWN 11 Vee Sanford G 6-3 180 Fr. Lexington, Ky. / Lexington Catholic 30 Henry Sims C 6-11 220 So. Baltimore, Md. / Mount St. Joseph 11 25 Stephen Stepka G 6-6 190 Fr. Fairfax, Va./W.T. Woodson Total Players: 1 Hollis Thompson F 6-8 197 Fr. Los Angeles, Calif. / Loyola Juniors (5): Ryan Dougherty, Aus- 22 Julian Vaughn F 6-9 249 Jr. Vienna, Va. / Oak Hill Academy/South Lakes tin Freeman, Nikita Mescheriakov, 4 Chris Wright G 6-1 205 Jr. Bowie, Md. / St. John’s College HS (D.C.) Julian Vaughn, Chris Wright Sophomores (3): Jason Clark, NUMERICAL Greg Monroe, Henry Sims No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown/High School Freshmen (3): Jerrelle Benimon, 1 Hollis Thompson F 6-8 197 Fr. Los Angeles, Calif. / Loyola Vee Sanford, Hollis Thompson 4 Chris Wright G 6-1 205 Jr. Bowie, Md. / St. John’s College HS (D.C.) 5 Nikita Mescheriakov F 6-8 212 Jr. Minsk, Belarus