Editing Allen Iverson (section)

==College career==
In his first season at Georgetown in [[1994–95 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team|1994–95]], Iverson won the [[Big East Conference|Big East]] [[Big East Conference Men's Basketball Rookie of the Year|Rookie of the Year]] award and was named to the All Rookie Tournament First Team.<ref>{{cite web|author =Check Out These Stories from Our Partners |url=http://thehoopdoctors.com/online2/2009/12/allen-iverson-rewind-georgetown-university/ |title=Allen Iverson Rewind: Georgetown University |publisher=The Hoop Doctors |date=December 10, 2009 |access-date=December 29, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101230214640/http://thehoopdoctors.com/online2/2009/12/allen-iverson-rewind-georgetown-university/| archive-date= December 30, 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> That season, Iverson averaged 20.4 points and led the Hoyas to the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA tournament, where they lost to [[1994–95 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team|the North Carolina Tar Heels]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/georgetown/1995.html |title=1994–95 Georgetown Hoyas Roster and Statistics &#124; College Basketball at |publisher=Sports-reference.com |access-date=August 4, 2012 |archive-date=November 1, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121101222022/http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/georgetown/1995.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In his second and final season at Georgetown in [[1995–96 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team|1995–96]], Iverson led the team to a Big East championship and all the way to the Elite Eight round of the [[1996 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|NCAA tournament]], where they lost to the [[UMass Minutemen basketball|Massachusetts Minutemen]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/georgetown/1996.html |title=1995–96 Georgetown Hoyas Roster and Statistics &#124; College Basketball at |publisher=Sports-reference.com |access-date=August 4, 2012 |archive-date=August 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120826040102/http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/georgetown/1996.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He ended his college career as the Hoyas' all-time leader in career scoring average, at 22.9 [[points per game]].<ref name="Allen Iverson"/> Iverson was named as a first-team All-American.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/32049504/the_sentinel/|title=Iverson looks at Philly|agency=Associated Press|newspaper=The Sentinel|location=Carlisle, Pennsylvania|page=C4|date=June 13, 1996|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=May 29, 2019|archive-date=June 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607011847/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/32049504/the_sentinel/|url-status=live}}</ref> Iverson was also named the [[Big East Conference Men's Basketball Defensive Player of the Year|Big East Defensive Player of the Year]] in each of his two seasons at Georgetown.<ref>{{Cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021117121820/http://www.bigeast.org/reference/records/mbball/awards.asp|url=http://www.bigeast.org/reference/records/mbball/awards.asp|title=MEN'S BASKETBALL RECORDS – ALL-BIG EAST TEAMS|website=bigeast.org|archive-date=November 17, 2002|access-date=May 29, 2020}}</ref>

Following his sophomore year, Iverson declared for the 1996 NBA draft. He was the first player under Coach Thompson to leave Georgetown early for the NBA.<ref name="espn" />