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

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 they only intensified when both programs became founding members of the 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.

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	TBD
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)

110km
68miles

Georgetown

St. John's

   

Locations of Georgetown and St. John's

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