Entries from September 2009

September 18, 2009

Hoyas v. Owls part of 24 hours of hoops

Make your plans to play hookey for the Hoyas’ second game of the season, against Temple, which has been slated for 2 p.m. on Nov. 17, as part of ESPN’s 24 hours of hoops.  (Insert joke here about Owls being nocturnal animals.)   Other, more favorably scheduled highlights of the same day include TBD v. Duke [...]

September 11, 2009

Jersey Time

In addition to scheduling, Georgetown released the players’ jersey numbers on Thursday.   Hollis Thompson takes up the somewhat ignominious mantle of Vernon Macklin, Brandon Bowman, and Demetrius Hunter before him, donning the #1.  Vee Sanford will be bombing from deep in the #11 jersey, while Jerrelle Benimon takes over #20 from Jason Clark, and Clark [...]

September 10, 2009

Georgetown Releases Men’s Basketball Schedule

Georgetown announced the release of its men’s basketball schedule today.  There appear to be two particularly tough stretches for this year’s Hoyas.  As was known before today, the Hoyas will have a tough second week in December, playing consecutive likely-to-be-ranked foes Butler and Washington on opposite coasts (right around the time of finals, no less).  [...]

September 10, 2009

Hoyas on Big Monday Twice

ESPN announced its Big Monday schedule on Wednesday.  Georgetown will be gracing the World Wide Leader twice, on that day anyway:  January 25, at Syracuse, and March 1, at West Virginia.  Both figure to be good match-ups of conference import.  No confirmation of the rumor that the Hoyas were passed over for a home game [...]

September 6, 2009

Cupcake City?

…Well, not exactly, but an initial  glance at the schedule reveals a bit lighter load than last season’s gauntlet.  Based on Andy Katz’s preseason top 25, Georgetown is scheduled to play seven games against ranked teams in the upcoming season, down from 12 last year.  This apparently has more to do with the diminished dominance [...]

September 5, 2009

Georgetown to play in Wooden Classic

The Hoyas will head west December 12th to play in the 16th Annual John Wooden Classic at the Honda Center in Anaheim. This is the Hoyas first trip to California since we lost to UCLA at Pauley Pavillion in 2001 (I was there… painful). The field consists of Georgetown, UCLA, Washington and Mississippi State. The [...]

September 5, 2009

You ask me if I have a god complex?

“Let me tell you something, I am god.” That’s a quote from Alec Baldwin’s tour de force performance in the underrated thriller Malice, but it sounds like it could have come from the mouth of Coach Rick Pitino. I’m actually a fan of the guy. It’s hard for me to like the coaches of opposing [...]

September 5, 2009

2009-10 Big EAST Match-ups

While the full schedule hasn’t been released yet, we know that the Hoyas will be playing the following teams twice (home/away): Syracuse, Villanova and Rutgers. We get UConn, Notre Dame and Cincinnati at home, but have to play Pitt, Marquette, West Virginia and Louisville on the road. That means Gtown fans will not be able [...]

September 5, 2009

All Things Georgetown Basketball

Ladies and Gentlemen… it’s a pleasure to welcome you to “HoyaHoops,” a new blog that will focus on Georgetown Men’s Basketball’s return to glory. We are ironing out the design/architecture as well as our list of contributors, so please remain patient and keep checking back for more. We’re fired up for the 2009-10 season and [...]