the 2000-01 teams 25–8 finish was the best season for an esherick-coached team and it was the only time during eshericks five-and-a-half-year tenure that georgetown appeared in the ncaa tournament. although during the next four years georgetown would appear in the national invitation tournament (nit) twice and turn down an nit invitation on a third occasion, the hoyas would not return to the ncaa tournament until 2006.