John Thompson, the imposing Hall of Famer who turned Georgetown into a “Hoya Paranoia” powerhouse and became the first Black coach to lead a team to the NCAA men’s basketball championship ...

New coach John Thompson III received a warm welcome from a small crowd at MCI Center, but Hoyas fell behind by 13 at the half.Keith Butler slams over Jeff Green, one of many young players to ...

WASHINGTON — John Thompson III was fired as Georgetown’s basketball coach Thursday after two consecutive losing seasons at the school his father led to a national championship. Thompson said in a ...

The Hoyas' top nine players each have at least 12 assists, and 64 percent of their field goals have come off assists. Freeman, who is averaging 9.3 points, has meshed well with that philosophy.

But John Thompson III is following in his father's footsteps. Just like John Thompson Jr. built the Hoyas into a national power during the 1970s and 1980s, the younger Thompson has returned the ...

The Georgetown men's 69-34 victory over the Citadel last night won't be remembered for much more than being the first victory of Coach John Thompson III's tenure at the university. The Hoyas ...

If Big John's Hoyas hammered their foes, his son's teams use a surgical scalpel. "You get to the same point that the old Georgetown teams had on defense," Thompson III said.

The answer, as Thompson sees it, will be with a contingent of big men led by Julian Vaughn and also includes Jerrelle Benimon, Henry Sims and touted freshmen Nate Lubick and Moses Ayegba.

The Georgetown Hoyas made three Final Four appearances in the 1980s, led by master motivator John Thompson, Jr. and the interior dominance of center Patrick Ewing. So it comes as no surprise that in ...

With that in mind, Thompson found 21 minutes of playing time for 6-10 freshman Henry Sims, who he alternately paired with his 6-11 and 6-8 starters Monroe and Summers.

Georgetown sophomore forward Vernon Macklin was used to putting up these kinds of numbers as a high school all-American in Virginia: Against St. John's on Wednesday night, he had 18 points on 8-of ...

Thompson was not happy with the way the Hoyas played, particularly on offense, in the first half. Georgetown missed nine of its first 10 shots and fell behind, 15-4, eight minutes into the game.