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The 1978–79 Georgetown Hoyas men’s basketball team represented Georgetown University during the NCAA Division I 1978-79 college basketball season. John Thompson Jr. coached them in his seventh season as head coach. An independent Georgetown played its home games at McDonough Gymnasium on the Georgetown campus in Washington D.C. and finished the season with a record of 24-5. The team won the ECAC South-Upstate Region Tournament championship earning its first NCAA Tournament bid since 1976.
