In the 1983-84 season Georgetown again won the Big East conference regular season title , and faced Syracuse for the Big East Tournament championship . In a physical and tightly contested contest , Georgetown won 82-71 in overtime , securing their third tournament title in the first five years of the newly formed conference . In the NCAA Tournament , the No. 1 seeded Hoyas ultimately advanced to the Final Four for the third time in school history to face Kentucky , a team which had never lost a national semifinal game and was led by the " Twin Towers , " Sam Bowie and Melvin Turpin . Georgetown was able to turn an early 12 point deficit into a 53-40 win to advance to the National Championship game . In the final , the Hoyas faced the University of Houston and future Hall of Fame center Hakeem Olajuwon , who were making their second straight National Championship game appearance . Georgetown led comfortably throughout the final , and went on to an 84 – 75 victory , giving the school its first NCAA Championship in school history . Ewing was named the tournament 's Most Outstanding Player , while Thompson became the first African American coach to win an NCAA Division I title . Freddy Brown , who made the key turnover in the title game two years prior , was given the chance to raise the trophy first
Big East Tournament
1984 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball