2000 – 01 Georgetown Hoyas men 's basketball team represented Georgetown University in the 2000 – 2001 NCAA Division I basketball season . The Hoyas were coached by Craig Esherick and played most of their home games at the MCI Center in Washington , DC , although they played some home games early in the season at McDonough Gymnasium on the Georgetown campus . The Hoyas were members of the West Division of the Big East Conference . They finished the season 25-8 , 10-6 in Big East play . Their record earned them a bye in the first round of the 2001 Big East Men 's Basketball Tournament , but they lost to Seton Hall in the quarterfinals . The first Georgetown men 's basketball team to appear in the NCAA Men 's Division I Basketball Tournament since the 1996-97 season and the last one to do so until the 2005-06 season , they reached the West Region semifinals of the 2001 NCAA Tournament before losing to Maryland . Beginning this season , the Big East organized its teams into divisions for the second time in its history ; this time , the two divisions were the East and West divisions . Georgetown would play as a member of the West Division for three seasons before the conference again scrapped its divisional structure after the end of the 2002 – 03 season
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2000–01 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team