The bracket and schedule for the 2008 Old Spice Classic was released yesterday, and the Hoyas will be facing the Wichita State Shockers in the opening round. The game will take place on Thanksgiving Day at 2:00pm at the Wide World of Sports Complex in Walt Disney World.

Here is the GU official press release where you can find the entire bracket.

CBS Sports announced yesterday that long-time college basketball analyst Billy Packer would be replaced this season by Clark Kellogg. Packer had been the #1 color analyst for CBS for over 30 years; this past season he called his 34th consecutive Final Four. For basketball fans, there are two main questions for the CBS decision makers: 1) Why now? 2) What the hell took you guys so long?
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• Jonathan Wallace has earned himself a spot on the Washington Wizards’ summer roster. Wallace attended the Washington’s mini-camp held at the Verizon Center this past week, and he impressed the Wizards staff enough to keep him on the team heading to Las Vegas for the 2008 NBA Summer League presented by EA Sports. The Wizards play the Portland Trailblazers tonight at 8:00pm, and the game can be seen on NBA TV and Comcast SportsNet
• Kenner League continued this past weekend with guest appearance from Roy Hibbert. As the schedule is apt to change, check HoyaSaxa.com for the updated schedule

• The trials for the USA Basketball U-18 National Team took place this past week at the Verizon Center. Coach Thompson, one of the assistants on the team, watched as the USA hopefuls were narrowed down to a group of 14. The team will practice this week at the Verizon Center and at McDonough before heading to Argentina for the 2008 FIBA Americas U18 Championship scheduled for July 14-18. Hollis Thompson, a Georgetown commit from the high school class of 2009, did not make the final team.
• Sophomore Julian Vaughn, who transferred to Georgetown this spring from Florida State, will not have to sit out a year before playing for the Hoyas. The NCAA granted him a waiver from that rule after looking at his personal reasons for transferring, his academic standard, and Florida State’s approval.
• The Big East announced the conference matchups for the upcoming 2008-09 season, and the Hoyas are set to play Syracuse, Marquette, and Cininnati twice in the 18 game schedule. The dates of the games have not yet been scheduled, but the home and away pairings can be found at guhoyas.com
• The Kenner League began this past weekend with games at McDonough on Saturday and Sunday. Chris Wright, Nikita Mescheriakov and freshmen Henry Sims, Jason Clark, and Greg Monroe are on The Tombs, DaJuan Summers, Austin Freeman, and Julian Vaughn are playing for Clyde’s, and Jessie Sapp and Omar Wattad are with Myers & Alterman. All games are at McDonough Gymnasium and are free of charge. You can find the entire schedule and team rosters here.