Hoyas likely have three games under the Friday night lights

The full 2024-25 schedule for your Georgetown Hoyas and their BIG EAST foes has been released. Earlier this week, John Rothstein reported the Hoyas’ conference opener to be December 18th, hosting Creighton. We’ve since learned that Georgetown will visit Seton Hall on Sunday, Dec. 22 and Providence on January 25, 2025. Now fans have the complete picture. Conference play starts on December 12th but Hoyas fans will have to wait until the 18th to see the Hoyas suit up.

As usual, there are some mixed feelings about the BIG EAST schedule so far, especially as we wait for time assignments and worry about the dreaded 9 PM start times.

However, fans will see an interesting breakdown including:

• 3 home Friday BIG EAST games
• 3 Saturday home games
• 4 Midweek Home games
• 3 Saturday Away games
• 2 Sunday Away games
• 5 Midweek Away games

Moreover, there is at least 3 days rest for all games, with 7 games having only 3 days and four games with 5+ days of rest. The Monday Villanova game is almost definitely at the DuPont Finneran Pavilion. More discussion will come with the tip times, but it looks rather balanced.

Here is the “back half” of the schedule (with the conference games):

1. Dec 18, 2024 Wednesday Home Creighton
2. Dec 22, 2024 Sunday Away Seton Hall
3. **Dec 28, 2024 Saturday Home Coppin State**
4. Jan 03, 2025 Friday Home Xavier
5. Jan 07, 2025 Tuesday Away Marquette
6. Jan 11, 2025 Saturday Home UConn
7. Jan 14, 2025 Tuesday Away St. John’s
8. Jan 17, 2025 Friday Home DePaul
9. Jan 20, 2025 Monday Away Villanova
10. Jan 25, 2025 Saturday Away Providence
11. Jan 28, 2025 Tuesday Home St. John’s
12. Jan 31, 2025 Friday Home Butler
13. Feb 04, 2025 Tuesday Away Xavier
14. Feb 08, 2025 Saturday Home Seton Hall
15. Feb 15, 2025 Saturday Away Butler
16. Feb 19, 2025 Wednesday Home Providence
17. Feb 23, 2025 Sunday Away Creighton
18. Feb 26, 2025 Wednesday Away UConn
19. Mar 01, 2025 Saturday Home Marquette
20. Mar 04, 2025 Tuesday Home Villanova
21. Mar 08, 2025 Saturday Away DePaul

You can check the full schedule on GUHoyas. Importantly, the opener against Lehigh (at McDonough) is Wednesday, November 6th, followed by Saturday games at Capital One Arena against Fairfield (Nov 9) and Notre Dame (Nov 16).

One other quickly approaching date is October 23rd—BIG EAST Media Day.

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Press Release from GUHoyas.com

GU Announces 2024-25 BIG EAST Men’s Basketball Schedule Presented by MedStar Health

WASHINGTON – Georgetown University’s men’s basketball team, in conjunction with the BIG EAST Conference, announced its conference portion of the 2024-25 schedule, presented by MedStar Health. The Hoyas add the standard 20 league matchups to its 11-game nonconference schedule. GU will play a total of 31 regular season games during the 2024-25 season.

Tip times and broadcast information will be released at a later time.

2024-25 BIG EAST CONFERENCE SCHEDULE PRESENTED BY MEDSTAR HEALTH

• The Hoyas will open the 2024-25 BIG EAST season in the District as the Blue & Gray will welcome the Creighton Bluejays to town on December 18 marking the first conference matchup of the season. GU will then head to South Orange, New Jersey for a weekend matchup with Seton Hall on December 22.
• The Blue & Gray will ring in the new year on January 3, hosting the Xavier Musketeers, marking Georgetown’s first game of 2025. GU will have a quick turnaround heading to Milwaukee for a midweek contest against Marquette on Tuesday, January 7. The Hoyas will then welcome back-to-back national champions UConn to the District on January 11, before once again hitting the road for a Tuesday matchup with St. John’s (January 14) in the Big Apple.
• The District’s team will return home on January 17, welcoming DePaul and newly appointed Head Coach Chris Holtmann to the nation’s capital. This will be Head Coach Ed Cooley’s eighth-career matchup with Holtmann. Cooley boasts a 5-2 all-time record against Holtmann dating back to 2015 when he served as the head coach of Butler.
• A two-game road trip will see GU travel to Villanova (January 20) and Providence (January 25) before closing out the month of January with a two-game homestand. Rick Pitino and the St. John’s Red Storm will visit D.C. on Tuesday, January 28 before Georgetown closes out the month with a contest against Thad Matta and the Butler Bulldogs on Friday, January 31.
• The Blue & Gray will head to Cincinnati, Ohio on February 4 marking GU’s second matchup with the Musketeers and the Hoyas’ first contest of February. Georgetown will then return home to host Seton Hall on February 8.
• Georgetown will hit the road to square off with Butler on Saturday, February 15. GU will then return home for a midweek matchup with the Providence College Friars on Wednesday, February 19.
• Another two-game road trip will conclude the month of February as GU travels to both Omaha, Nebraska and Hartford, Connecticut to face Creighton (February 23) and UConn (February 26).
• The Blue & Gray will host Marquette and Villanova to open the month of March. Games will be played on Tuesday, March 1 against the Golden Eagles and Tuesday, March 4 hosting the Wildcats.
• The Hoyas will close out the 2024-25 conference slate on the road at DePaul on Saturday, March 8. GU will then prepare for the 2025 BIG EAST Tournament which is set to be hosted at Madison Square Garden. The BIG EAST Conference announced last season that the event will be hosted at MSG until at least 2032, marking 50-straight years of BIG EAST Basketball at the world’s most famous arena.

TICKET INFO

• The full 2024-25 men’s basketball schedule, presented by MedStar Health, can be found on GUHoyas.com.
• The crowd on Nov. 6 will be comprised almost entirely of Georgetown students. Students who purchase a student season ticket will receive priority access.
• Student season tickets can be purchased via guhoyas.com/studenttix
• All season ticket holders will have the opportunity for tickets to the Nov. 26 game at McDonough Arena.
• Additional ticketing information including season ticket renewals will be sent early next week.

Press Release from BIGEAST.com

BIG EAST ANNOUNCES 2024-25 MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE

BIG EAST Tournament Returns to MSG For The 43rd Straight Year

BIG EAST Schedule | Championship Central

NEW YORK (September 12, 2024) – The 2024-25 BIG EAST Conference men’s basketball schedule has been announced. For the fifth straight season, the slate includes 110 games in a double round-robin format. Dates and matchups are being released today. Game times, arena designations and television information will be announced at a later date.

BIG EAST games will continue to be televised by FOX Sports, the conference’s television partner for the past 11 years. CBS Sports will present a select number of games on CBS and Paramount+ as well as on CBS Sports Network. This season, the BIG EAST begins a new relationship with Peacock, which will carry some regular season games, the BIG EAST Tournament First Round tripleheader and two games in the quarterfinal round.

The BIG EAST Tournament at Madison Square Garden will be played March 12-15. It is college basketball’s longest running conference postseason tournament played at the same venue. FOX and FS1 will televise the BIG EAST Tournament beginning with Thursday’s evening quarterfinals through the championship game on Saturday.

Conference play begins December 10 when DePaul, with new head coach Chris Holtmann, hosts Providence. Connecticut, the reigning two-time national champion, begins at home against Xavier on December 18. UConn won the league regular season and tourney crowns last year.

The December schedule includes 14 games. The month ends with three contests slated for New Year’s Eve: St. John’s at Creighton, Marquette at Providence and Seton Hall at Xavier.

January begins with two games on New Year’s Day: UConn at DePaul and Villanova at Butler. Georgetown will play at Villanova on January 20 on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Five BIG EAST games will be played on January 11, March 1 and March 8, the final day of the regular season. FOX or FS1 will televise all five games on March 8.

The BIG EAST is coming off another stellar postseason. UConn won its NCAA Tournament crown by defeating all six opponents by double digits. The Huskies were the No. 1 overall seed in the tourney. Marquette was the No. 7 overall seed and Creighton was No. 10. The Golden Eagles and Bluejays each advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16.

The BIG EAST had five NIT teams, led by Seton Hall, which won the NIT championship. The other NIT teams were Butler, Providence, Villanova and Xavier.

The BIG EAST has averaged 5.2 NCAA bids over the past 11 seasons. The league has compiled a 22-6 (.786) NCAA record over the last two years, the best mark among all D-I conferences.

BIG EAST basketball in 2024-25 will also be covered on the BIG EAST Digital Network Presented by Invesco QQQ. Shootaround, the BIG EAST’s live online show that captures interviews and highlights of league action, is in its eighth year. The award-winning program will air on the league’s social media platforms prior to some of the top games. Fans can follow @BIGEASTMBB on Twitter/X, @BIGEAST on Instagram, and BIGEASTConference on Facebook and YouTube.

Each of the BIG EAST’s 11 schools will announce their full individual schedules separately.

HOYA SAXA!