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Georgetown men's basketball narrowly avoided NCAA penalties for multi-year graduation rates, according to NCAA data released Tuesday.
The Academic Performance Rate (APR) is a ratio of the number of players eligible and enrolled in a program over a four year period. Each player on a given roster earns a maximum of two points per term, one for being academically eligible (at least 1.8 as a freshman, 1.9 as a sophomore, and 2.0 as an upperclassman) and one for staying with the institution. (A transfer with a 2.6 GPA or higher allows the school to discount the lost retention point in those cases.)
A team's APR is the total points of a team's roster at a given time divided by the total points. A perfect score is 1000, met by 13 Georgetown teams this past year, but men's basketball scored a four year average of 931, one point above the NCAA cut-off.
Four years of Georgetown single-year results among all sports are below. Note that men's rowing, squash, and sailing are not included in that they are not recognized NCAA sports.
|
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
Multi-Year |
| Baseball |
931 |
1000 |
985 |
1000 |
982 |
| Basketball (Men's) |
860 |
1000 |
957 |
911 |
931 |
| Basketball (Women's) |
957 |
1000 |
1000 |
990 |
990 |
| Cross Country (Men's) |
979 |
982 |
951 |
954 |
964 |
| Cross Country (Women's) |
972 |
986 |
1000 |
1000 |
988 |
| Field Hockey |
973 |
1000 |
1000 |
1000 |
993 |
| Football |
977 |
983 |
1000 |
990 |
987 |
| Golf (Men's) |
962 |
944 |
1000 |
1000 |
978 |
| Golf (Women's) |
1000 |
1000 |
1000 |
1000 |
1000 |
| Lacrosse (Men's) |
1000 |
1000 |
1000 |
1000 |
1000 |
| Lacrosse (Women's) |
1000 |
1000 |
993 |
1000 |
998 |
| Rowing (Women's) |
1000 |
1000 |
1000 |
1000 |
1000 |
| Soccer (Men's) |
1000 |
1000 |
1000 |
1000 |
1000 |
| Soccer (Women's) |
988 |
1000 |
1000 |
1000 |
997 |
| Softball |
1000 |
1000 |
1000 |
986 |
997 |
| Swimming (Men's) |
987 |
984 |
* |
* |
986 |
| Swimming (Women's) |
* |
* |
* |
* |
1000 |
| Tennis (Men's) |
* |
1000 |
* |
* |
1000 |
| Tennis (Women's) |
1000 |
1000 |
1000 |
1000 |
1000 |
| Track (Men's Indoor) |
982 |
986 |
959 |
957 |
969 |
| Track (Women's Indoor) |
979 |
1000 |
1000 |
1000 |
994 |
| Track (Men's Outdoor) |
982 |
986 |
959 |
957 |
969 |
| Track (Women's Outdoor) |
979 |
1000 |
1000 |
1000 |
994 |
| Volleyball |
1000 |
1000 |
1000 |
1000 |
1000 |
[x]: Did not report; fewer than three student athletes in recruiting class.
For the 2023-24 season, Ed Cooley's first as head coach, Georgetown's single season mark of 911 ranked 347th of 362 NCAA schools among 11 scholarship players last season, five of whom graduated (Bacote, Bristol, Heath, Massoud, Mutombo), three that stayed (Epps, Fielder, McKenna), and three that transferred (Brumbaugh, Cook, Styles). The men's basketball totals on a per year basis are as follows:
- 2020-21: 860
- 2021-22: 1000
- 2022-23: 957
- 2023-24: 911
- Four year average: 931
Georgetown avoided APR penalties during a suspension of APR enforcement after COVID-19, but the penalties are back in force for 2024-25. Had Georgetown finished below 930 this past season, first level penalties would have included public notice and a reduction in practice time.
The lowest score of any team playing in a major basketball conference? This appears to be DePaul, who posted back to back seasons under 930 following a crushing APR scored last season under former coach Tony Stubblefield. As a result, it is listed as subject for post-season ineligibility, pending appeal.
The Big East multi-year results among men's basketball are below:
|
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
| Connecticut |
1000 |
995 |
995 |
990 |
985 |
985 |
995 |
1000 |
| Marquette |
966 |
950 |
955 |
968 |
990 |
995 |
989 |
989 |
| Creighton |
981 |
971 |
971 |
967 |
990 |
984 |
995 |
994 |
| Xavier |
969 |
964 |
967 |
966 |
967 |
984 |
983 |
983 |
| St. John's |
974 |
964 |
947 |
954 |
963 |
957 |
983 |
982 |
| Villanova |
1000 |
1000 |
1000 |
1000 |
1000 |
1000 |
1000 |
982 |
| Seton Hall |
1000 |
990 |
990 |
985 |
990 |
989 |
989 |
977 |
| Providence |
984 |
979 |
984 |
984 |
984 |
989 |
982 |
969 |
| Butler |
968 |
984 |
984 |
980 |
964 |
945 |
935 |
931 |
| Georgetown |
957 |
950 |
957 |
950 |
917 |
927 |
939 |
931 |
| DePaul |
943 |
961 |
959 |
968 |
951 |
946 |
917 |
924 |
Final exams conclude this week on the Hilltop, but the days of an undergraduate class of basketball players preparing for graduation have gone the way of the Hoop Club Banquet and the Kenner League.
Aside from Ryan Mutombo (C'24), who graduated a year early, none of the players that entered as freshmen in 2021 remained at Georgetown to graduate in 2025:
- Tyler Beard (2021-22) was originally a leading 2020 recruit who opted for a prep year during COVID. He arrived at Georgetown in 2021 but was now a reserve behind Dante Harris, playing sparingly. He transferred to Pacific and later to Cal-Northridge, averaging 6.0 points per game as a senior.
- Jalin Billingsley (2021-22) was a recruiting miss for former coach Patrick Ewing--a 6-8 forward who shot poorly and averaged just 2.1 points a game. Better results followed Billingsley at Eastern Michigan, where he graduated last weekend after a three year career averaging 10.5 points as a senior.
- Aminu Mohammed (2021-22), the only five star recruit of the Ewing era, averaged 13.7 points and 8.2 rebounds as a freshman. In a moment of bad timing, Mohammed left college after one season for the NBA draft, but was left undrafted and has spent three years as a reserve in the G-League, where the average salary is $40,000. Six months after Mohammed left Georgetown, the U.S. Supreme Court initiated the NIL era.
- Jordan Riley (2021-23), the New York State Player of The Year, never found a home in Ewing's offense and transferred to Temple after his sophomore season. Riley averaged 14.5 points this past season as a senior at East Carolina.
No scholarship recruits remain from the original recruiting classes of 2021, 2022, and 2023.
A report from journalist Jeff Goodman indicates that veteran Virginia assistant Jason Williford is joining the Georgetown staff.
Williford, 51, played at Virginia from 1991 through 1995 before assistant coaching stops at Boston University (2000-05) and American (2005-09). He served 16 seasons in Charlottesville as an assistant coach under Tony Bennett from 2009 through 2025, and was not retained with the arrival of new head coach Ryan Odom. Williford helped recruit the Washington DC area for Bennett and interim coach Ron Sanchez (2024-25) during his tenure there.
Williford succeeds former coach Kenny Johnson, who left April 11 for a position last month at Indiana.
The basketball office has not commented on the matter.
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