Georgetown 1984 | When the Hoyas became heroes and the champs

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In the early 1980s, an unlikely program commanded the nation’s
college basketball
consciousness. An elite, exclusive Catholic institution in the
nation’s capital better known for
churning out attorneys and politicians and with nary a trace of
hardwood pedigree was suddenly at the center of the college
basketball universe. The Georgetown Hoyas’ relentless and
assertive brand of basketball, carefully choreographed by a Black
coach in John Thompson and an all-Black roster, made them heroes
in inner cities around the country and a target for a mostly
white media. And unapologetically, Thompson did it his way and
became the first Black basketball coach to win an NCAA title when
his Hoyas defeated Houston 84-75 in Seattle’s Kingdome on April
2, 1984.

“I know I’m going to upset some people, but I can live with
that,” Thompson said in a 1984
interview.

Check back on Friday for our full interview with John covering
the entire scope of Georgetown Basketball History. 




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