This was Georgetowns 38th and final season of play as an independent after the dissolution of the Eastern Intercollegiate Conference at the end of the 1938-39 season , and it also saw Georgetowns final appearance in an ECAC tournament . In the following season , the Hoyas would play as one of the seven founding members of the new Big East Conference , which held its own end-of-season tournament
Big East Conference
Big East Conference (1979–2013)
1978–79 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team