One day short of his 23rd birthday, 6-8 forward Ismael Massoud announced a commitment to join the Georgetown Hoyas in the 2023-24 season. Born in Spain and raised in New York, Massoud attended Berkeley-Carroll School and Cardinal Hayes HS before graduating from the McDuffie School in Granby, MA, earning all-NEPSAC honors in 2019.

Like many contemporary basketball prospects, Massoud's road is a winding one. In 2019, he chose Wake Forest over offers from Harvard, Georgia Tech, Auburn and Rutgers. He played in 53 games in two seasons at Wake Forest, averaging 6.2 points per game with a career high 31 versus Pitt in January 2021. He transferred to Kansas State after that season, starting 18 of 31 games as a junior and coming off the bench in all 32 games for the Wildcats last season, averaging 5.4 points and 1.7 rebounds.

"I chose Georgetown because I loved the chance to play for a coach like Ed Cooley," he told 247Sports.com. "Coach is a proven winner and he's done great with people in my position, and my skill set of being able to shoot the ball. He really values what I do so I'm grateful to go to such a prestigious university like Georgetown, play in the Big East, and be close to home. This decision checked so many boxes for me."

"Fans can expect a good student, person, someone who's going to be involved in the community and someone who's always going to walk around with a smile on his face," he added. "I'm looking to be a warming and welcoming leader on the court and represent the University in the best way possible."

A hand injury in the off-season sidelined Massoud for the first thee weeks of the 2023-24 season, where he debuted on November 29, 023 with nine points  versus Merrimack and followed up three days later with 16 versus TCU. Massoud's outside shooting, which was prominently featured during Kansas State's 2023 NCAA tournament run, was seen by Georgetown fans as a step forward from the streaky shooting and defensive lapses of the previous season's grad student at the position, Bryson Mozone. In many ways, however, Massoud's season at Georgetown followed the course set by Mozone.

After a promising start in the non-conference, Massoud's numbers dipped in Big East play, as opponents  began to limit his shot attempts and forced him to remain a perimeter player that was often out of position as opponents drove inside. Over his final 11 games Massoud was held to 5 for 31 from the field  (.161) and did not score more than one field goal in any game after Feb. 3. Despite this run of poor shooting, Massoud was an able shooter at the foul line, where his 92 percent accuracy was second in school history for a single season.