# 1966–67 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team

The 1966–67 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University during the 1966–67 NCAA University Division college basketball season. John Magee coached them in his first season as head coach. The team was an independent and played its home games at McDonough Gymnasium on the Georgetown campus in Washington, D.C.
After the departure of Georgetown head coach Tommy O'Keefe at the end of the previous season, no college head coach or assistant coach applied for the job. Boston College head coach Bob Cousy recommended Magee, the head coach of Catholic Memorial School in Boston, Massachusetts. Georgetown hired Magee, who would go on to coach the Hoyas for six seasons.

## Season recap

Junior guard Dennis Cesar, an expert in shooting free throws, shot 12-for-16 from the field at Canisius. In the two games of the Kodak Classic in late December 1966, he scored a combined 40 points against Purdue and Dartmouth. Shortly after that, he had a 28-point game against Saint Peter's. A shoulder injury reduced his performance later in the year but did not stop him from scoring in double figures in all but two games this season.
Senior forward Steve Sullivan played in all 23 games and scored in double figures in 21 of them, scoring 20 or more points ten times. In the season opener, he scored 33 points and pulled down 17 rebounds against American; later in the year he had 26 points and 23 rebounds against Syracuse, and in the last home game of the year, he had an 18-point, 16-rebound effort against Seton Hall. For the season, he averaged 12 rebounds per game, a school record at the time.
Senior center Frank Hollendoner frequently got into foul trouble, but he shot 69% from the field and averaged 11.1 points per game for the season. He scored 22 points against Purdue and scored 15 points and had 15 rebounds against Navy.
Sophomore forward Jim Supple joined the varsity team after a high-scoring season with the freshman team the previous year. He played in all 23 games and, although he often got in foul trouble, he scored in double figures in 15 of them. His season high was a 23-point performance against Boston College.
In the 1964-65 season, Georgetown had started strong, raising hopes for a post-season tournament berth, but lost seven of its final 10 games to drop out of consideration for the post-season. Two years later, the 1966-67 Hoyas followed a similar pattern, starting 9-3 but losing eight of their final 11 games to finish with a record of 12-11 and no post-season play. The team was not ranked in the Top 20 of the Associated Press Poll or Coaches' Poll at any time.

## Roster

From the 1958-59 season through the 1967-68 season, Georgetown players wore even-numbered jerseys for home games and odd-numbered ones for away games; for example, a player would wear No. 10 at home and No. 11 on the road. Players are listed below by the even numbers they wore at home.
Guard Bernard White joined the team this season as the first African-American recruit in Georgetown men's basketball history. He had played for George Mason University the previous season, but George Mason's men's basketball program did not receive National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) recognition until 1967, so White retained the then-maximum three years of NCAA varsity eligibility when he joined the Hoyas.
Source
| # | Name | Height | Weight (lbs.) | Position | Class | Hometown | Previous Team(s) |
| 10 | Pete Mitchell | 6"0" | N/A | G | Sr. | New Orleans, LA, U.S. | Jesuit HS |
| 12 | Bruce Stinebrickner | 6'1" | 180 | G | Jr. | West Hempstead, NY, U.S. | St. Agnes Boys HS |
| 14 | Dennis Cesar | 6'1" | 180 | G | Jr. | Clifton, NJ, U.S. | Clifton HS |
| 20 | Jim Lyddy | N/A | N/A | G | Sr. | Bridgeport, CT, U.S. | Fairfield College Preparatory School |
| 24 | Steve Sullivan | 6'8" | 200 | F | Sr. | East Orange, NJ, U.S. | Essex Catholic HS |
| 30 | Bernard White | 6'1" | N/A | G | So. | Ann Arbor, MI, U.S. | George Mason University |
| 32 | Frank Hollendoner | 6'11" | 245 | C | Sr. | Chicago, IL, U.S. | St. Patrick HS |
| 34 | Lou Fusz | N/A | N/A | G | Sr. | St. Louis, MO, U.S. | St. Louis University HS |
| 40 | Rick Cannon | 6'4" | N/A | F | Jr. | Elwood, IN, U.S. | Wendell Willkie HS |
| 50 | Bob Knuppel | 6'5" | N/A | F | So. | Wayne, NJ, U.S. | DePaul Catholic HS |
| 52 | Jim Supple | 6'4" | 185 | F | So. | Summit, NJ, U.S. | St. Peter's Preparatory School |
| 54 | Bob Holder | 6'4" | N/A | C | So. | Ridgewood, NJ, U.S. | Don Bosco Preparatory HS |

## Rankings

The team was not ranked in the Top 20 in the Associated Press Poll at any time.

## 1966–67 schedule and results

Sources
| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site city, state |
| Regular Season ||||||
| Thu., Dec. 1, 1966 no, no | at American | W 82–80 | 1-0 | Fort Myer Gymnasium Fort Myer, VA |
| Sat., Dec. 3, 1966 no, no | at St. John's | L 62–70 | 1-1 | Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
| Tue., Dec. 6, 1966 no, no | St. Joseph's | L 82–86 | 1-2 | McDonough Gymnasium Washington, DC |
| Sat., Dec. 10, 1966 no, no | Catholic | W 91–78 | 2-2 | McDonough Gymnasium Washington, DC |
| Wed., Dec. 14, 1966 no, no | George Washington | W 52–51 | 3-2 | McDonough Gymnasium Washington, DC |
| Sat., Dec. 17, 1966 no, no | at Canisius | L 77–80 | 3-3 | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium Buffalo, NY |
| Mon., Dec. 19, 1966 no, no | at Rutgers | W 90–87 | 4-3 | College Avenue Gymnasium New Brunswick, NJ |
| Wed., Dec. 28, 1966 no, no | vs. Purdue Kodak/Rochester Classic | W 104–82 | 5-3 | Rochester Community War Memorial Rochester, NY |
| Thu., Dec. 29, 1966 no, no | vs. Dartmouth Kodak/Rochester Classic | W 101–69 | 6-3 | Rochester Community War Memorial Rochester, NY |
| Wed., Jan. 4, 1967 no, no | Fairleigh Dickinson | W 76–54 | 7-3 | McDonough Gymnasium Washington, DC |
| Sat., Jan. 7, 1967 no, no | St. Peter's | W 72–70 | 8-3 | McDonough Gymnasium Washington, DC |
| Wed., Jan. 11, 1967 no, no | Navy | W 97–68 | 9-3 | McDonough Gymnasium Washington, DC |
| Sat., Jan. 14, 1967 no, no | Manhattan | L 70–76 | 9-4 | McDonough Gymnasium Washington, DC |
| Sat., Jan. 28, 1967 no, no | Fordham | L 82–85 | 9-5 | McDonough Gymnasium Washington, DC |
| Thu., Feb. 2, 1967 no, no | at Loyola Maryland | W 86–75 | 10-5 | Alumni Gymnasium Baltimore, MD |
| Sat., Feb. 4, 1967 no, no | at Fairfield | L 82–93 | 10-6 | New Haven Arena New Haven, CT |
| Thu., Feb. 9, 1967 no, no | at New York University | L 77–83 | 10-7 | Madison Square Garden New York, NY |
| Sat., Feb. 11, 1967 no, no | Maryland | W 80–49 | 11-7 | McDonough Gymnasium Washington, DC |
| Sat., Feb. 18, 1967 no, no | at Syracuse | L 95–108 | 11-8 | Manley Field House Syracuse, NY |
| Wed., Feb. 22, 1967 no, no | at George Washington | L 75–81 | 11-9 | Fort Myer Gymnasium Fort Myer, VA |
| Fri., Feb. 24, 1967 no, no | Boston College | L 91–103 | 11-10 | McDonough Gymnasium Washington, DC |
| Sun., Feb. 26, 1967 no, no | Seton Hall | W 81–62 | 12-10 | McDonough Gymnasium Washington, DC |
| Wed., Mar. 1, 1967 no, no | at Columbia | L 71–82 | 12-11 | Alumni Gymnasium New York, NY |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. ||||||