Prior to the 1979 – 80 season , Georgetown joined with six other schools , Providence , St. John 's , Syracuse , Seton Hall , Connecticut , and Boston College to found a conference focused primarily on basketball . The Big East Conference provided Georgetown increased competition , and several of its longest rivalries . On February 13 , 1980 , in the final game at Manley Field House , Georgetown star Sleepy Floyd scored two last-second free-throws to snap No. 3 Syracuse 's 57 game home winning streak , leading Coach Thompson to declare " Manley Field House is officially closed . " They faced Syracuse again three weeks later in the first Big East Tournament Finals , winning 87 – 81 . In the 1980 NCAA Tournament , the team advanced to the Elite Eight , where they fell on a last second foul call to the Iowa Hawkeyes
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