The 2025–26 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University in the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hoyas, led by third-year head coach Ed Cooley, were members of the Big East Conference. The Hoyas played their home games in Washington, D.C., at Capital One Arena and McDonough Gymnasium.
Despite a strong 5–0 start, the team's best since the 2017-18 season, the Hoyas struggled for the remainder of the year. They ultimately finished in last place in the Big East for the third time in the previous six seasons. Playing as the 11th seed in the Big East tournament, Georgetown concluded its season with upset victories over DePaul and Villanova before being defeated in the semifinals by UConn.
Previous season
The 2024–25 season was Ed Cooley's second as the head coach of the Hoyas. The team's performance was markedly better than in the previous several seasons. Georgetown finished the season with a record of 18–16 while going 8–12 in Big East play to finish the year in seventh place in conference play. This marked the Hoyas' first year with a winning record and highest finish in Big East play since the 2018–19 season. In the Big East Tournament, they lost to DePaul in the first round. At the conclusion of the season, Georgetown was selected to play in the inaugural College Basketball Crown tournament. The Hoyas defeated Washington State for their first postseason victory since 2015 before ending their season with a loss to Nebraska in the second round. Following the season Thomas Sorber and Micah Peavy were selected in the NBA Draft, marking the first time that two Hoyas players were selected in the same draft since 2008.
Offseason Departures DeparturesNameNo.Pos.HeightWeightYearHometown Reason for departure Micah Peavy 5 G/F 6'8" 220 Graduate Student Cibolo, TX Completed eligibility;Drafted 40th overall in the 2025 NBA Draft Drew McKenna 7 F 6'8" 220 RS Freshman Laurel, MD Transferred to Old Dominion Jayden Epps 10 G 6'2" 190 Junior Norfolk, VA Transferred to Mississippi State Curtis Williams Jr. 11 G 6'6" 205 Sophomore Detroit, MI Transferred to Tulane Drew Fielder 20 C 6'11" 235 Sophomore Boise, ID Transferred to Boise State Jordan Burks 23 F 6'9" 205 Sophomore Decatur, AL Transferred to UCF Thomas Sorber 35 F/C 6'10" 255 Freshman Trenton, NJ Drafted 15th overall in the 2025 NBA Draft
Incoming transfers Incoming transfersNameNo.Pos.HeightWeightYearHometownPrevious School 1 G 6'5" 224 Junior Woodbridge, VA Maryland 3 C 7'1" 257 Senior Imo State, Nigeria St. John's 5 G 6'4" 210 Junior El Paso, TX Arizona 7 F 6'7" 205 Sophomore Gainesville, VA UConn 13 G 6'5" 210 Graduate Student Universal City, TX Baylor 25 G 6'4" 200 Graduate Student Chicago, IL Rutgers
Recruiting class Georgetown did not initially sign any high school recruits from the class of 2025, opting instead to fill out the roster with players from the transfer portal. Two players from the 2024 class (Seal Diouf and Jayden Fort) redshirted during the previous season and saw their first collegiate playing time as part of the 2025–26 team.
On November 6, 2025, Georgetown announced the signing of Brazilian point guard Gabriel Landeira, who joined the team in January 2026.
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Roster Georgetown initially announced its 2025–26 roster on July 29, 2025. The published roster was later updated on December 29, 2025, to reflect the addition of Landeira.
NOTES: After playing in six games for Georgetown, last appearing in a game on November 28, DeShawn Harris-Smith left the team for "personal reasons" in mid-December. Georgetown announced Gabriel Landeira's addition to the roster on November 6, with eligibility to play beginning in January 2026.
Season recap GLOBL JAM Georgetown announced on July 17, 2025, that the Hoyas would represent the United States in the 2025 GLOBL JAM, an under-23 tournament in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in August 2025. Georgetown played games against the national teams of Brazil, Canada, and Japan between , followed by the gold medal game on August 17. Georgetown finished the tournament as the runner-up with a record of 2–2, following a defeat by Brazil in the gold medal game.
After competing against Georgetown as Brazil's point guard in the 2025 GLOBL JAM and being named the tournament's most valuable player, Gabriel Landeira announced his commitment to Georgetown on November 6, 2025, with eligibility to play in January 2026. On November 6, Landeira told the press "I chose Georgetown because from the first time we played against them, I liked their style and how they competed" and so that he could "be a part of a program that is growing and study at one of the best universities in the United States."
Exhibitions Georgetown scheduled two exhibition games in October, visiting George Washington and Kentucky. Georgetown won both games, defeating George Washington in the first meeting of the schools since 1981, and defeating No. 9 Kentucky in the schools' first meeting since the Hoyas' victory in the 1984 Final Four.
Non-conference season The Hoyas played an 11-game non-conference schedule between November 3 and December 22, 2025. They played at Maryland and defeated the Terrapins in the first game of a four-year home-and-home series against them. They hosted Clemson for the first time in school history, defeating the Tigers in the first year of a two-year home-and-home series with them. In late November, they participated along with BYU, Dayton, and Miami in the Magic Bracket of the ESPN Events Invitational; they lost both games, first to Dayton in the semifinal in overtime on Thanksgiving Day and then to Miami in the third-place game the next day. They also lost to No. 16 North Carolina in the first game of a two-year home-and-home series against the Tar Heels. They did not play their former Big East rival Syracuse, the first season that the two teams did not meet since 2014–2015. The Hoyas went 8–3 in non-conference play.
Conference season The Big East Conference released its 2025–26 schedule on September 11, 2025. The Hoyas played a 20-game conference schedule between December 17, 2025, and March 7, 2026, meeting each other Big East team twice in a home-and-home series.
Following the team's second game of Big East play, a home loss against Xavier on December 20, head coach Ed Cooley threw a water bottle into the stands. The bottle struck a child. Cooley received a one-game suspension for the incident, which he served in the subsequent game, a victory over Coppin State on December 22.
Two long losing streaks during Big East play left the Hoyas with a final conference record of 6–14, tied for 10th place and seeded 11th and last in the 2026 Big East Tournament. Although the team's final record of 16–18 was a disappointment, the season ended on a positive note, with Georgetown scoring two upset wins in the tournament and advancing beyond the first round for the first time since 2021 before losing to the second seed, No. 6 UConn, in the Hoyas' first semifinal appearance since 2021.
Schedule and results
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Awards and honors Preseason honors Preseason All-Big East Second TeamPlayerPositionAward Date KJ Lewis G October 21, 2025
Preseason All-Big East Third TeamPlayerPositionAward Date Malik Mack G October 21, 2025
Weekly honors Big East Weekly Honor RollPlayerPositionAward Date Julius Halaifonua C December 29, 2025KJ Lewis G November 10, 2025 November 17, 2025 December 29, 2025 January 5, 2026 January 26, 2026Malik Mack February 2, 2026 February 9, 2026 Kayvaun Mulready March 8, 2026
Postseason honors All-Big East Third TeamPlayerPositionAward Date KJ Lewis G March 8, 2026
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