2026–27 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team
American college basketball season
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The 2026–27 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team will represent Georgetown University in the 2026–27 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hoyas, led by fourth-year head coach Ed Cooley, are members of the Big East Conference. The Hoyas will play their home games in Washington, D.C., at Capital One Arena and McDonough Gymnasium.
- Ed Cooley (4th season)
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| Conference | Big East |
| Record | 0–0 (0–0 Big East) |
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| Associate head coach | Jeff Battle (4th season) |
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| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Butler | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UConn | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Creighton | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DePaul | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marquette | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Providence | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. John's | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seton Hall | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Villanova | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Xavier | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2027 Big East tournament winner Rankings from AP poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Previous season
Although the team's performance had been markedly better in the 2024–25 season than in the previous several seasons, the Hoyas had a disappointing season in 2025–26 — Ed Cooley's third as head coach — finishing with a record of 16–18 and going 6–14 in Big East play to end the year tied for tenth place in the conference. With an eleventh seed in the Big East Tournament, however, they advanced beyond the first round for the first time since their tournament championship in 2021, upsetting seventh-seeded DePaul in the first round and third-seeded Villanova in the quarterfinals before falling to second-seeded UConn — ranked sixth nationally — in a semifinal game, bringing their season to an end.
Offseason
Departures
| Name | No. | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure |
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| Jayden Fort | 0 | F | 6'9" | 216 | Sophomore | Washington, DC | Transferred to Charlotte[1] |
| DeShawn Harris-Smith | 1 | G | 6'5" | 224 | Junior | Woodbridge, VA | Left team in December 2025; transferred to Delaware[2] |
| Malik Mack | 2 | G | 6'2" | 175 | RS Freshman | Oxon Hill, MD | Transferred to Providence[3] |
| KJ Lewis | 5 | G | 6'4" | 210 | Junior | El Paso, TX | Transferred to USC[4] |
| Isaiah Abraham | 7 | F | 6'7" | 205 | Sophomore | Gainesville, VA | Transferred to Kansas State[5] |
| Julius Halaifonua | 11 | C | 7'0" | 259 | Sophomore | Auckland, NZ | Transferred to Oklahoma State[6] |
| Austin Montgomery | 12 | F | 6'6" | 205 | Junior | New Orleans, LA | Transferred to Hampton[7] |
| Langston Love | 13 | G | 6'5" | 210 | Graduate student | Universal City, TX | Completed eligibility |
| Hashem Asadallah | 15 | G | 6'2" | 189 | Junior | Jabriya, Kuwait | Transferred to Salisbury[8] |
| Jeremiah Williams | 25 | G | 6'4" | 200 | Senior | Chicago, IL | Completed eligibility |
Incoming transfers
| Name | No. | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous school |
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| NJ Benson | F | 6'8" | 235 | Graduate Student | Mount Vernon, IL | DePaul[9] | |
| Elmarko Jackson | G | 6'3" | 195 | RS Junior | Marlton, NJ | Kansas[10] | |
| Jaland Lowe | G | 6'1" | 170 | Junior | Missouri City, TX | Kentucky[11] | |
| Chol Machot | C | 7'0" | 190 | Junior | Melbourne, Australia | Charleston[12] | |
| Vyctorius Miller | G | 6'5" | 190 | Junior | Los Angeles, CA | Oklahoma State[13] | |
| Josiah Parker | F | 6'7" | 225 | Sophomore | Huber Heights, OH | Florida Atlantic[14] |
Recruiting class
| Name | Hometown | School | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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| Justin Caldwell PF |
Fayetteville, NC | The Fayetteville Academy | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | 235 lb (107 kg) | Nov 18, 2025 | |
Recruit ratings: Rivals:  247Sports:  ESPN: (81) | ||||||
| AJ Olivier PG |
Baton Rouge, LA | The Dunham School | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | 170 lb (77 kg) | May 19, 2026 | |
| Recruit ratings: No ratings found | ||||||
| Pedro Pastre SF |
São Paolo, Brazil | Esporte Clube Pinheiros | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | 185 lb (84 kg) | Jun 8, 2026 | |
| Recruit ratings: No ratings found | ||||||
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In addition to the incoming freshmen Caldwell, Olivier, and Pastre, point guard Gabriel Landeira committed to Georgetown in November 2025 and joined the team in January 2026, but redshirted during the 2025–26 season. He was a part of the 2025 recruiting class, but will see his first collegiate playing time during the 2026-27 season.
Georgetown's 2026 recruiting class initially included forward Alex Constanza, who signed with the team in November 2025 but de-committed in April 2026. In June 2026 he committed to Pepperdine.[15]
Roster
Georgetown's probable 2026–27 roster as of June 30, 2026:
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Season recap
Exhibition
Georgetown will play two exhibition games in October 2026, meeting both Wake Forest and George Washington on the road.
Non-conference season
The Hoyas will play a 12-game non-conference schedule between November 2 and December 16, 2026. They will meet Maryland in the second game of a four-year home-and-home series against the Terrapins. They will visit Clemson, meeting the Tigers in the second year of a two-year home-and-home series with them. In late November, they will participate along with St. Mary's, Texas, and UCLA in the Rady Children's Invitational in San Diego, California. They will host North Carolina in the second game of a two-year home-and-home series against the Tar Heels.[16] For the second straight season, they will not play their former Big East rival Syracuse.
Conference season
The Hoyas will play a 20-game Big East Conference schedule from December 19, 2026, through March 6, 2027, meeting each conference opponent twice in a home-and-home series. Times for the conference schedule have not yet been announced.
Schedule and results
| Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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| Exhibition | |||||||||||
| October 4, 2026* 12:30 p.m., TBA |
at Wake Forest | Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum (TBA) Winston-Salem, NC | |||||||||
| October 16, 2026* 6:00 p.m., TBA |
at George Washington | Charles E. Smith Center (TBA) Washington, DC | |||||||||
| Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
| November 2, 2026* TBA, TBA |
Loyola Maryland | Capital One Arena (TBA) Washington, DC | |||||||||
| November 7, 2026* TBA, TBA |
Maryland | Capital One Area (TBA) Washington, DC | |||||||||
| November 10, 2026* TBA, TBA |
Delaware State | McDonough Gymnasium (TBA) Washington, DC | |||||||||
| November 13, 2026* TBA, TBA |
at Clemson | Littlejohn Coliseum (TBA) Clemson, SC | |||||||||
| November 18, 2026* TBA, TBA |
Navy | Capital One Arena (TBA) Washington, DC | |||||||||
| November 21, 2026* TBA, TBA |
Coppin State | McDonough Gymnasium (TBA) Washington, DC | |||||||||
| November 26, 2026* 2:30 p.m., FS1 |
vs. Texas Rady Children's Invitational Semifinal |
Jenny Craig Pavilion (TBA) San Diego, CA | |||||||||
| November 27, 2026* 2:30 or 5:00 p.m., FOX |
vs. UCLA/Saint Mary's Rady Children's Invitational Third Place/Final |
Jenny Craig Pavilion (TBA) San Diego, CA | |||||||||
| December 2, 2026* TBA, TBA |
UMass Lowell | Capital One Arena (TBA) Washington, DC | |||||||||
| December 9, 2026* TBA, TBA |
Rider | Capital One Arena (TBA) Washington, DC | |||||||||
| December 12, 2026* TBA, TBA |
North Carolina | Capital One Arena (TBA) Washington, DC | |||||||||
| December 16, 2026* TBA, TBA |
Sacred Heart | Capital One Arena (TBA) Washington, DC | |||||||||
| Big East regular season | |||||||||||
| December 19, 2026 TBA, TBA |
Seton Hall | Capital One Arena (TBA) Washington, DC | |||||||||
| December 23, 2026 TBA, TBA |
at UConn Rivalry |
TBA (TBA) TBA | |||||||||
| December 30, 2026 TBA, TBA |
Xavier | Capital One Arena (TBA) Washington, DC | |||||||||
| January 3, 2027 TBA, TBA |
Villanova | Capital One Arena (TBA) Washington, DC | |||||||||
| January 6, 2027 TBA, TBA |
at St. John's Rivalry |
Madison Square Garden (TBA) New York, NY | |||||||||
| January 9, 2027 TBA, TBA |
Creighton | Capital One Arena (TBA) Washington, DC | |||||||||
| January 15, 2027 TBA, TBA |
at Seton Hall | Prudential Center (TBA) Newark, NJ | |||||||||
| January 18, 2027 TBA, TBA |
at Butler | Hinkle Fieldhouse (TBA) Indianapolis, IN | |||||||||
| January 23, 2027 TBA, TBA |
Providence | Capital One Arena (TBA) Washington, DC | |||||||||
| January 26, 2027 TBA, TBA |
UConn Rivalry |
Capital One Arena (TBA) Washington, DC | |||||||||
| January 30, 2027 TBA, TBA |
at Creighton | CHI Health Center Omaha (TBA) Omaha, NE | |||||||||
| February 3, 2027 TBA, TBA |
DePaul | Capital One Arena (TBA) Washington, DC | |||||||||
| February 6, 2027 TBA, TBA |
at Marquette | Fiserv Forum (TBA) Milwaukee, WI | |||||||||
| February 9, 2027 TBA, TBA |
at Xavier | Cintas Center (TBA) Cincinnati, OH | |||||||||
| February 13, 2027 TBA, TBA |
Butler | Capital One Arena (TBA) Washington, DC | |||||||||
| February 16, 2027 TBA, TBA |
at DePaul | Wintrust Arena (TBA) Chicago, IL | |||||||||
| February 20, 2027 TBA, TBA |
St. John's Rivalry |
Capital One Arena (TBA) Washington, DC | |||||||||
| February 23, 2027 TBA, TBA |
at Providence | Amica Mutual Pavilion (TBA) Providence, RI | |||||||||
| March 2, 2027 TBA, TBA |
Marquette | Capital One Arena (TBA) Washington, DC | |||||||||
| March 6, 2027 TBA, TBA |
at Villanova | Finneran Pavilion (TBA) Villanova, PA | |||||||||
| Big East Tournament | |||||||||||
| March 10–13, 2027 TBA, TBA |
(TBA) | vs. TBA | Madison Square Garden (TBA) New York, NY | ||||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. | |||||||||||