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When Georgetown University won the NCAA men's basketball championship in 1984, head coach John Thompson made history. Thompson, though, had mixed feelings about becoming the first African American ...
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pays tribute to Georgetown University’s basketball team of the ’80s. Those unapologetically Black teams were coached by John Thompson Jr., the first Black coach to win an NCAA championship.
John Thompson spent 27 years at Georgetown, going to 20 NCAA Tournaments, playing in three Final Fours and winning the 1984 national title. After a decline following his retirement, Georgetown ...
The Univesity of Georgetown had always been notorious for molding great young big men who would build Hall-of-Fame-worthy NBA ...