Beginning with the regular-season-finale loss at Syracuse , the Hoyas stumbled in their final five games , losing three , each of them by five or fewer points . After a bye in the first round of the 1989 Big East Tournament , Georgetown defeated Providence in the quarterfinals but lost to Connecticut in the semifinals . The Hoyas were the No. 3 seed in the Midwest Region of the 1990 NCAA Men 's Division I Basketball Tournament &ndash; the 12th of 14 consecutive Georgetown NCAA Tournament appearances &ndash; and defeated Texas Southern in the first round before the Midwest Region No. 6 seed , 25th-ranked Xavier , upset them in the second round . In the final seven games of the year , Mourning had been limited to an average of just over six shots per game , and that had hurt the Georgetown offense
1989 Big East Tournament
1989 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
1989–90 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team