2006-07 BIG EAST Men's Basketball Opponents Matrix

Washington, D.C. - The Georgetown University men's basketball team will play a 16-game BIG EAST Conference schedule during the 2006-07 season, highlighted by two contests each with Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and Villanova.

The BIG EAST Conference announced the slate of home and away games for the 2006-07 season on Friday afternoon. Like last year, the league will consist of one 16-team division. Conference members will play three schools home and away, five schools at home only, five schools away only and will not play two schools.

In addition to home-and-away contests with the Bearcats, Panthers and Wildcats, Georgetown will host Connecticut, DePaul, Marquette, Notre Dame and West Virginia at the Verizon Center.

Other road games for the 2006-07 season include games at Louisville, Rutgers, St. John's, Seton Hall and Syracuse.

The Hoyas will not play Providence or South Florida this season.

The 2006-07 BIG EAST schedule features games against 11 teams that reached the postseason, including seven versus NCAA Tournament teams. Seven of Georgetown's eight games at the Verizon Center - where the team posted an 11-2 record last season - will be against teams that reached the postseason during the 2005-06 season, including six NCAA Tournament teams.

Last year, his second year at the helm, Georgetown Head Coach John Thompson III led the Hoyas to one of its most successful seasons in recent memory. He guided the team to a 23-10 overall record as GU reached the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament. Georgetown beat three top-10 teams during the regular season, posted a 10-6 record in the BIG EAST and advanced to the semifinals of the league tournament in March. The Hoyas, who toppled then No. 1-ranked Duke at the Verizon Center in January, were ranked among the top-25 teams in the country for the final eight weeks of the season.

Thompson's record since taking over the Georgetown program is 42-23, including a 19-13 mark during the 2004-05 season, when the team advanced to the NIT quarterfinals. In six years at the collegiate level, he has a career record of 110-65, including a 68-42 mark at Princeton, and has led teams to the NCAA Tournament three times and to the NIT twice.

If you are interested in season tickets to this year's Hoyas, please contact:

Steve Alleva
Assistant Director of Ticket Sales
202-784-4979
sfa3@georgetown.edu

Dates and times of all conference games, as well as the remainder of the Hoya schedule, will be announced at a later date.