The 1981–82 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University in the 1981–82 NCAA Division I basketball season. John Thompson, Jr., coached them in his 10th season as head coach. It was the first season in which they played their home games at the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland, except for five games at McDonough Gymnasium on the Georgetown campus in Washington, D.C. They were members of the Big East Conference and finished the season with a record of 30-7 overall, 10-4 in Big East play. They won the 1982 Big East Tournament championship. In the 1982 NCAA Tournament they advanced to the national championship game, which they lost to North Carolina.