WASHINGTON – Georgetown University's men's basketball team has inked a four-year deal with local foe, the University of Maryland Terrapins, starting in the 2025-26 season as announced by both teams on Tuesday. The first game will be during the 2025-26 season with the Terps hosting at Xfinity Center on Maryland's campus and they will return as hosts in 2027-28 season. The Hoyas welcome the Terps to Capital One Arena during the 2026-27 and 2028-29 matchups.
 
ABOUT THE HOYAS

• Georgetown went 9-23 in the 2023-24 season with a 2-18 mark in BIG EAST play.
• Head Coach Ed Cooley has been on the short end of the stick in two matchups against UMD - once during his time at Fairfield (71-42) and again in his earlier seasons at Providence (58-52).
• For the upcoming season, the Hoyas return leading scorer Jayden Epps (18.5 ppg; 4.2 apg; 34.9 mpg), now in his junior season, and key reserve Drew Fielder (5.2 ppg; 3.1 rpg; 14.5 mpg) now in his sophomore year, from its rotation a season ago.
• The Blue & Gray added a wealth of talent in its freshman and transfer class combined as 247Sports.com ranks GU at No. 20 in its overall recruiting rankings.

 
ABOUT THE TERRAPINS

• Maryland went 16-17 during the 2023-24 season with a 7-13 mark in Big Ten action.
• The Terrapins are led by Head Coach Kevin Willard who will be in his third season at the helm in College Park during the 2024-25 season. He was previously the head coach at BIG EAST Conference foe Seton Hall from 2010-22.
• Associate Head Coach David Cox is formerly an assistant coach with the Hoyas from 2007-10.

 
ABOUT THE SERIES

• This will be the 68th meeting all-time between the two programs, dating back to the 1907-08 season, just the second year of Georgetown men's basketball.
• The last two meetings were part of the Gavitt Tipoff Games during the 2015-16 and 2016-17 seasons.
• The last matchup was a one-point affair with the Terps on the winning end at GU's downtown home, now Capital One Arena. L.J. Peak led a quartet of Hoyas in double figures with 21 points followed up by Rodney Pryor (14), Isaac Copeland (13) and Jessie Govan (12). Late free throws in the waning minutes proved to be the difference as Maryland mounted a late comeback with eight free throws in the finals two minutes to seal the 76-75 win.
• The last Georgetown win was during the 2008-09 season at the Old Spice Classic in Orlando, Florida. The No. 21 Hoyas put four in double figures in Austin Freeman (18), DaJuan Summers (14), Greg Monroe (12) and Jessie Sapp (10) to seal the 75-48 win.
• This will be the first ever meeting between Cooley and Willard at their respective institutions. Cooley owns an 11-9 record against Willard going back to his time at Fairfield facing Willard's Iona squads and through their previous stints at Providence and Seton Hall, respectively.