[1][2] The team was an independent and played its home games at McDonough Gymnasium on the Georgetown campus in Washington, D.C.

He started the season opener, in which his fast-break style of offense helped the Hoyas to beat Maryland by 21 points.

[6] Fifteen days later, Georgetown began play in the Quaker City Classic at the Palestra in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Led by John Egan, Loyola was the defending champion from the 1963 NCAA Tournament, entered the game with a 22-game winning streak, and was a 28-point favorite.

[5] In the Hoyas' next game, eleven days later against La Salle, Jim Christy scored on eight consecutive field goals.

[7] Owen Gillen had a season-high 23 points against Canisius and also had strong performances against Fordham, Boston College, Holy Cross, and Rutgers, finishing the season as the team's leading rebounder.

[6] During a 107–92 Georgetown loss to Boston College at the Roberts Center in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, on February 21, 1964, Boston College guard John Austin — a Washington, D.C., native and DeMatha Catholic High School graduate who was the first African American basketball player in Boston College history[8] — scored 49 points, setting a single-game school scoring record for the Eagles as well as the record for points scored against Georgetown by an opponent in a single game.