Georgetown finished the regular season as the first-ever Big East 7 Division champion , earning the Hoyas a No. 2 seed in the 1996 Big East Men 's Basketball Tournament and a bye in its first round . The Hoyas beat Miami in the quarterfinals . In the semifinals , they faced ninth-ranked Villanova . The Wildcats got Iverson into foul trouble and held Harrington , Williams , and Aw to a combined 1-for-8 ( 12.5 % ) shooting from the field . Page responded by putting the Hoyas into a slowdown offense , focusing on quick scoring attempts as the shot clock ran down , grabbing nine rebounds , and shooting 12-for-19 ( 63.2 % ) from the field to score a career-high 34 points . Georgetown won 84-76 to advance to the tournament final the next evening
1996 Big East Men 's Basketball Tournament
1996 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
1995–96 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team