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The 1920–21 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University during the 1920-21 NCAA Division I college basketball season. John O'Reilly coached the team in his seventh season as head coach.〔(The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Head Coaches )〕 Georgetown was an independent and played its home games at Ryan Gymnasium on the Georgetown campus in Washington, D.C.〔(The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Home Courts )〕 and finished the season with a record of 10-4. ==Season recap== On-campus Ryan Gymnasium, where the Hoyas had played their home games since the 1914-15 season, had no seating, accommodating fans on a standing-room only-basis on an indoor track above the court. This precluded the accommodation of significant crowds, providing the self-sustaining Basketball Association with little revenue with which to fund the teams travel expenses, and Georgetown averaged no more than three road games a year from the 1918-19 season thrtough the 1926-27 season in order to keep travel to a minimum.〔(The Georgetown Basketball History Project: Home Courts )〕〔(The Georgetown Basketball History Project: The Ryan Gymnasium Years )〕 The 1920-21 teams only road trip outside of Washington was to play schools in Pennsylvania at the end of the season. The Hoyas home winning streak at Ryan Gymnasium reached 34 games at the end of this season, dating back to a victory against Bucknell on the last day of the 1916-17 season; it would reach 52 before finally coming to an end during the 1923-24 season. Highlights of the home season at Ryan included Georgetowns upsets of Georgia Tech and North Carolina, two of the most highly regarded teams in the United States at the time.〔〔(The Georgetown Basketball History Project: 1910s Seasons )〕〔(The Georgetown Basketball History Project: 1920s Seasons )〕 Georgetown also defeated crosstown rival George Washington twice this season, giving the Hoyas a 14-game winning streak against George Washington – 10 of the wins at Ryan Gymnasium – dating back to 1915.〔〔〔 Junior forward Jack Flavin was the teams highest scorer, scoring about a third of the teams points. An excellent shooter, he averaged 12.5 points per gane, and scored a total of 175 points.〔(The Georgetown Basketball History Project: The Top 100: 82. Jack Flavin )〕 Junior guard Andrew "Andy" Zazzali played in all 14 games, averaging 4.8 points per game and scoring a total of 65 points. He played an excellent defense during the season; over a stretch of five games that included games against nationally renowned St. John's, North Carolina, and Georgia Tech, his defense played a major role in holding opponents to an average of less than six points in the first half.〔(The Georgetown Basketball History Project: The Top 100: 84. Andrew Zazzali )〕 Sophomore forward Paul Florence was the only new player on the team, which had finished with a 13-1 record the previous season. He was a very accurate shooter, and despite being surrounded by veterans led the team in its season-opening 10-game winning streak. He finished second in scoring, appearing in 12 games, scoring 72 points, and averaging 6.0 points per game for the season.〔(The Georgetown Basketball History Project: The Top 100: 91. Paul Florence )〕 The team won its first 10 games, nine of them at home and one across town against George Washington. It then finished the season by losing all four games on its only road trip to end with a 10-4 record. O'Reilly fell ill after this season and was unable to coach the Hoyas for the next two seasons. He returned to the head coaching position in time for the 1923-24 season.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1920–21 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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