Georgetown–St. John's men's basketball rivalry

Georgetown–St. John's men's basketball rivalry
	Georgetown Hoyas St. John's Red Storm
Sport	Basketball
First meeting	December 8, 1909; St. John's 41, Georgetown 26
Latest meeting	January 28, 2025; St. John's 66, Georgetown 41
Next meeting	December 31, 2025
Trophy	none
Statistics
Meetings total	126
All-time series	St. John's leads, 69–57
Longest win streak	St. John's, 10 (1949–1972)
Current win streak	St. John's, 9 (2020–present)

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Georgetown

St. John's

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Locations of Georgetown and St. John's

The Georgetown–St. John's men's basketball rivalry is a college basketball rivalry between the Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team of Georgetown University and St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team of St. John's University. The first meeting between the two schools was on December 8, 1909 which was won by St. John's 41–26. The two teams played off and on since that first matchup until 1965, when they began annually scheduled games, and the rivalry intensified when both programs became founding members of the original Big East Conference in 1979. The rivalry was brought to national attention during the 1984–85 NCAA Division I men's basketball season when both programs were ranked #1 and #2 throughout the season and met on four occasions, including during the 1985 Big East Championship and the 1985 Final Four.

The college basketball rivalry gained renewed interest in 2013 when both schools moved to the new Big East Conference during the 2010–2014 NCAA conference realignment. Both programs were formerly coached by their school's Hall of Fame players, Chris Mullin and Patrick Ewing from the 1984–85 season. Their tenures overlapped: Mullin coached St. John's from 2015 to 2019, and Ewing coached Georgetown from 2017 to 2023.

Game results

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Georgetown victories	St. John's victories	Tie games

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score	Notes
1	December 8, 1909	St. John's Gym, Queens, NY	St. John's	41–26
2	December 8, 1910	St. John's Gym, Queens, NY	St. John's	66–35
3	January 15, 1912	Arcade Rink, Washington, DC	St. John's	34–17
4	January 20, 1913	Arcade Rink, Washington, DC	Georgetown	29–16
5	December 20, 1913	St. John's Gym, Queens, NY	St. John's	26–24
6	December 22, 1915	St. John's Gym, Queens, NY	St. John's	26–16
7	January 26, 1917	Ryan Gymnasium, Washington, DC	Georgetown	44–26
8	February 1, 1917	St. John's Gym, Queens, NY	St. John's	38–24
9	February 20, 1920	Ryan Gymnasium, Washington, DC	Georgetown	41–33
10	February 25, 1920	St. John's Gym, Queens, NY	Georgetown	50–23
11	February 11, 1921	Ryan Gymnasium, Washington, DC	Georgetown	51–15
12	December 30, 1930	106th Regiment Armory, New York, NY	St. John's	26–19
13	January 15, 1932	Tech Gymnasium, Washington, DC	St. John's	27–26
14	January 20, 1933	Tech Gymnasium, Washington, DC	St. John's	31–24
15	February 9, 1934	Tech Gymnasium, Washington, DC	St. John's	42–39
16	January 9, 1936	DeGray Gymnasium, Queens, NY	St. John's	41–27
17	February 22, 1943	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	St. John's	65–43	At Madison Square Garden of 1925–1968
18	December 13, 1947	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	Georgetown	61–58	At Madison Square Garden of 1925–1968
19	February 5, 1949	D.C. Armory, Washington, DC	St. John's	63–54
20	January 13, 1950	69th Regiment Armory, New York, NY	St. John's	67–66
21	December 4, 1965	McDonough Gymnasium, Washington, DC	St. John's	64–62
22	December 3, 1966	Alumni Hall, Queens, NY	St. John's	70–62
23	January 10, 1968	McDonough Gymnasium, Washington, DC	St. John's	65–61
24	December 14, 1968	Alumni Hall, Queens, NY	St. John's	74–61
25	December 15, 1969	McDonough Gymnasium, Washington, DC	St. John's	71–64
26	December 12, 1970	Alumni Hall, Queens, NY	St. John's	80–74
27	December 7, 1971	McDonough Gymnasium, Washington, DC	St. John's	107–67
28	December 9, 1972	Alumni Hall, Queens, NY	St. John's	108–69
29	December 8, 1973	McDonough Gymnasium, Washington, DC	Georgetown	85–82
30	January 4, 1975	Alumni Hall, Queens, NY	Georgetown	67–63
31	February 4, 1976	McDonough Gymnasium, Washington, DC	Georgetown	74–73
32	February 2, 1977	Alumni Hall, Queens, NY	St. John's	82–66
33	January 7, 1978	McDonough Gymnasium, Washington, DC	Georgetown	72–61
34	December 9, 1978	Alumni Hall, Queens, NY	Georgetown	77–71	Last non-conference meeting
35	January 19, 1980	McDonough Gymnasium, Washington, DC	St. John's	71–69	First meeting in original Big East Conference
36	February 29, 1980	Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI	Georgetown	76–66	1980 Big East Tournament
37	January 7, 1981	Alumni Hall, Queens, NY	St. John's	68–60
38	February 7, 1981	McDonough Gymnasium, Washington, DC	Georgetown	75–68
39	January 6, 1982	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	Georgetown	72–42
40	January 31, 1982	Capital Centre, Landover, MD	Georgetown	63–46
41	March 5, 1982	Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT	Georgetown	57–42	1982 Big East Tournament
42	January 8, 1983	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	St. John's	76–67
43	February 9, 1983	Capital Centre, Landover, MD	St. John's	75–69
44	January 21, 1984	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	Georgetown	83–61
45	February 21, 1984	Capital Centre, Landover, MD	St. John's	75–71
46	March 9, 1984	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	Georgetown	79–68	1984 Big East Tournament
47	January 26, 1985	Capital Centre, Landover, MD	St. John's	66–65
48	February 27, 1985	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	Georgetown	85–69
49	March 9, 1985	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	Georgetown	92–80	1985 Big East Tournament
50	March 30, 1985	Rupp Arena, Lexington, KY	Georgetown	77–59	1985 NCAA National Semifinal
51	January 11, 1986	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	St. John's	79–74
52	February 10, 1986	Capital Centre, Landover, MD	St. John's	60–58
53	January 7, 1987	Capital Centre, Landover, MD	Georgetown	60–46
54	February 2, 1987	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	St. John's	67–65
55	January 20, 1988	Capital Centre, Landover, MD	St. John's	65–58
56	February 23, 1988	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	St. John's	69–66
57	January 23, 1989	Capital Centre, Landover, MD	Georgetown	75–64
58	February 25, 1989	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	Georgetown	63–55
59	February 3, 1990	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	Georgetown	74–67
60	February 21, 1990	Capital Centre, Landover, MD	St. John's	63–62
61	January 30, 1991	Capital Centre, Landover, MD	Georgetown	59–53
62	February 25, 1991	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	St. John's	68–58
63	January 29, 1992	Capital Centre, Landover, MD	Georgetown	61–48
64	March 2, 1992	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	St. John's	65–49
65	March 14, 1992	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	Georgetown	68–64	1992 Big East tournament
66	February 1, 1993	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	St. John's	79–61
67	February 23, 1993	Capital Centre, Landover, MD	St. John's	61–56
68	January 12, 1994	USAir Arena, Landover, MD	Georgetown	60–49
69	February 19, 1994	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	Georgetown	74–61
70	January 24, 1995	USAir Arena, Landover, MD	Georgetown	88–71
71	March 5, 1995	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	St. John's	86–77
72	January 27, 1996	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	St. John's	83–72
73	January 21, 1997	USAir Arena, Landover, MD	Georgetown	62–57
74	February 1, 1997	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	Georgetown	71–68
75	January 10, 1998	MCI Center, Washington, DC	St. John's	64–60
76	January 11, 1999	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	St. John's	71–69
77	February 20, 1999	MCI Center, Washington, DC	St. John's	74–66
78	January 10, 2000	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	St. John's	75–66
79	February 21, 2001	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	St. John's	73–70
80	January 18, 2003	MCI Center, Washington, DC	St. John's	77–72
81	April 3, 2003	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	St. John's	70–67	2003 National Invitation Tournament final; St. John's later vacated the win
82	January 20, 2004	MCI Center, Washington, DC	Georgetown	71–69
83	February 18, 2004	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	St. John's	65–58
84	January 25, 2005	MCI Center, Washington, DC	Georgetown	66–57
85	February 20, 2005	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	St. John's	76–67
86	January 8, 2006	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	Georgetown	79–65
87	February 9, 2006	Verizon Center, Washington, DC	Georgetown	64–41
88	February 1, 2007	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	Georgetown	72–48
89	January 30, 2008	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	Georgetown	74–42
90	February 27, 2008	Verizon Center, Washington, DC	Georgetown	64–52
91	March 3, 2009	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	St. John's	59–56
92	March 10, 2009	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	St. John's	64–59	2009 Big East tournament
93	December 31, 2009	Verizon Center, Washington, DC	Georgetown	66–59
94	January 3, 2011	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	St. John's	61–58
95	January 26, 2011	Verizon Center, Washington, DC	Georgetown	77–52
96	January 15, 2012	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	Georgetown	69–49
97	February 12, 2012	Verizon Center, Washington, DC	Georgetown	71–61
98	January 12, 2013	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	Georgetown	67–51
99	February 2, 2013	Verizon Center, Washington, DC	Georgetown	68–56	Last meeting in original Big East Conference
100	January 4, 2014	Verizon Center, Washington, DC	Georgetown	77–60	First meeting in new Big East Conference
101	February 16, 2014	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	St. John's	82–60
102	February 17, 2015	Verizon Center, Washington, DC	Georgetown	79–57
103	February 28, 2015	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	St. John's	81–70
104	January 13, 2016	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	Georgetown	93–73
105	February 8, 2016	Verizon Center, Washington, DC	Georgetown	92–67
106	January 9, 2017	Verizon Center, Washington, DC	Georgetown	83–55
107	February 25, 2017	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	St. John's	86–80
108	March 8, 2017	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	St. John's	74–73	2017 Big East tournament
109	January 9, 2018	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	Georgetown	69–66
110	January 20, 2018	Capital One Arena, Washington, DC	Georgetown	93–89
111	March 7, 2018	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	St. John's	88–77	2018 Big East tournament
112	January 5, 2019	Capital One Arena, Washington, DC	St. John's	97–94
113	January 27, 2019	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	Georgetown	89–78
114	January 8, 2020	Capital One Arena, Washington, DC	Georgetown	87–66
115	February 2, 2020	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	Georgetown	73–72
116	March 11, 2020	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	St. John's	75–62	2020 Big East tournament
117	December 13, 2020	McDonough Gymnasium, Washington, DC	Georgetown	97–94
118	December 20, 2020	Carnesecca Arena, Queens, NY	St. John's	94–83
119	January 16, 2022	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	St. John's	88–69
120	February 3, 2022	McDonough Gymnasium, Washington, DC	St. John's	90–77
121	January 29, 2023	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	St. John's	75–73
122	February 22, 2023	Capital One Arena, Washington, DC	St. John's	79–70
123	February 21, 2024	Capital One Arena, Washington, DC	St. John's	90–85
124	March 9, 2024	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	St. John's	86–78
125	January 14, 2025	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	St. John's	63–58
126	January 28, 2025	Capital One Arena, Washington, DC	St. John's	66–41
Series: St. John's leads 69–57

References

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Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball
Venues	Washington Light Infantry Armory (1906–1907) Convention Hall (1907–1908) Odd Fellows Hall (1908–1911) Arcade Rink (1911–1914, 1927–1928) Ryan Gymnasium (1914–1927) Clendenen Gymnasium (1928–1929) Tech Gymnasium (1929–1940, 1942–1943) Riverside Stadium (1940–1942) Brookland Gymnasium (1945–1946) Uline Arena (1946–1947, 1949–1951) D.C. Armory (1947–1949) McDonough Gymnasium (1951–present) Capital Centre (1981–1997) Capital One Arena (1997–present)
Rivalries	St. John's UConn
Culture & lore	History Hoya Saxa Jack the Bulldog There Goes Old Georgetown 1989 Princeton game Above the Rim
People	Head coaches NBA draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

St. John's Red Storm men's basketball
Venues	Old Madison Square Garden (193?–1969) Madison Square Garden (1969–present) Carnesecca Arena (alternate; 1961–present)
Rivalries	Fordham Georgetown
Culture & lore	Gambling scandal Johnny Thunderbird
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
Helms national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

Big East Conference men’s basketball rivalries
Conference	Georgetown–St. John's Georgetown–UConn
Non-conference	City 6 Creighton–Nebraska Cincinnati–Xavier Dayton–Xavier Fordham–St. John's Marquette–Wisconsin Philadelphia Big 5 Providence–Rhode Island Rutgers–Seton Hall Saint Joseph's–Villanova Syracuse–UConn UConn–UMass