Monthly Archives: December 2011
Game Preview: Providence at #12 Georgetown
Georgetown hopes to stay on course while ringing out the old year Saturday afternoon, as the Hoyas play their Big East home opener against Providence. Here’s what you need to get ready. When & Where. Saturday, Dec. 28, 2 p.m. EST, Verizon … Continue reading
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Heavy Mettle: #12 Georgetown 71, #4 Louisville 68
Georgetown escaped from Louisville Wednesday night with a win over a top-5 squad. It was another victory for a team that’s learning, and winning, on the job. Make no mistake: this win wasn’t easy. The Hoyas were frequently sloppy on offense, yielding to the Louisville pressure … Continue reading
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Game Preview: #12 Georgetown at #4 Louisville
Georgetown opens Big East play Wednedsay night on the road against its toughest opponent to date, #4 Louisville. The beginning of conference play, a likely Big East contender, a national television broadcast, a rowdy opposing crowd, and the manic broadcasting of Dick Vitale figure to make … Continue reading
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Big East Preview 2011-2012
As the calendar turns the bend around Christmas, the big boys of college basketball are done with early season tournaments. They still occasionally beat each other up, but hoops powerhouses prefer to spend their pre-holiday weeks stuffing themselves on cupcakes, … Continue reading
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Double Up: Georgetown 70, Memphis 59
Georgetown put a bow on its nearly perfect non-conference slate Thursday night, building a twenty-point lead before withstanding a late Memphis run to prevail 70-59. Jason Clark scored 18 points to lead four Hoyas in double figures, while also grabbing … Continue reading
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Game Preview: Memphis v. #16 Georgetown
Georgetown plays its fourth high-profile game of the early season Thursday night when it hosts a revenge-hungry Memphis squad. Thursday will be a pre-Holiday rematch of a pre-Thanksgiving Maui showdown in which the Hoyas pulled off a thrilling 91-88 overtime … Continue reading
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Monday Bullets: Recap, Rankings, and Jeff Green
Three bullets while you count down the days until the Memphis rematch: In case you missed it, Georgetown beat American 81-55, using a second-half surge to put away a pesky Eagle squad. Read more about it here. Monday means new … Continue reading
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Half-Decent: Georgetown 81, American 55
Georgetown scuffled through the first twenty-plus minutes against an undermanned American squad Saturday. But then two adjustments, one at each end of the floor, led to a series of easy buckets that blew open a tight game. On offense, Henry … Continue reading
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Game Preview: American at #16/#17 Georgetown
After playing six games in thirteen days dating back to Maui, the Georgetown Hoyas played just one in their next thirteen, affording them plenty of rest. While they have risen up the rankings and have been projected as a tournament … Continue reading
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Bad Beats Worse: Georgetown 49, Providence 40
Georgetown endured its worst shooting day of the season Saturday. Fortunately, So did its opponent, Providence. More fortunately, the Friars’ worst (24.5 percent from the field) was worse than the Hoyas’ (30 percent), and Georgetown escaped from a brutal brick-fest … Continue reading →
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