The 1939–40 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University during the 1939–40 NCAA college basketball season. Elmer Ripley coached it in his fourth of ten seasons as head coach; it was also the second season of his second of three stints at the helm. The team played its home games at on the campus of McKinley Technical High School in Washington, D.C. The team finished with a record of 8-10 and had no postseason play.