• With the new polls released yesterday, the Big East only has five teams in the Top 25. But according to the AP Poll, those five teams – #1 Pittsburgh, #2 Connecticut, #6 Louisville, #8 Marquette, and #10 Villanova – are all ranked in the top ten in the nation.
• Newly ranked #1 Pittsburgh’s center DeJuan Blair was named Big East Player of the Week after getting 20+ points and rebounds against UCONN last Monday. West Virginia’s Ebanks was named Big East Rookie of the Week.
• Georgetown lost at home to Louisville on Big Monday 76-58 during what ESPN is calling Judgment week.

Georgetown: 58, Louisville: 76

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Georgetown’s NCAA tournament hopes took a severe blow tonight, as the Hoyas dropped their second straight home game and fourth of five overall conference games, this time at the hands of the Louisville Cardinals, 76-58.

The Hoyas fell behind early, trailing by as many as 17 in the first half, before chipping away at the lead. Jessie Sapp’s three point bank shot at the first half buzzer capped a 7-0 run which left the Hoyas down only 10, 31-41, despite the Cardinals shooting 70% from the field, including a perfect 6-6 from beyond the arc.
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Hey everybody, Johnny here at the Verizon Center 45 minutes away from Game 6 for the Hoyas in a do-or-die situation as they face the #6 Louisville Cardinals.

Tonight marks the first time that the two most talked about freshmen in the Big East, and possibly in the entire NCAA, face off as Georgetown’s Greg Monroe is set to meet Samardo Samuels. We’ll have to wait and see who wins that individual matchup, but the more important question is if Georgetown can sneak away with a victory. They’ve been playing much better in recent games, but execution down the stretch and closing games is something that has still been missing.

We’ll find out in about three hours when this one’s done, but until then, we’ll just have to wait and see.

You know what to do. I’ll post back with lineups and refs in just a bit.

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Things are not as bad as they seem for the Hoyas. This will not be a feel good piece about the future of the Hoyas, or an unrealistic assessment of the underachieving team. In all seriousness, things could be worse. Here’s what the Hoyas face right now. They need to do some convincing – specifically they need to convince the selection committee that they deserve an at-large bid. The only way to really make a strong case for that bid is to win out. Period. That will not be easy, but it is a workable task, and it is a pretty reasonable undertaking if you put it in the right context. It’s an analogy that all hoops fans can understand.
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Teams

Georgetown:
The Hoyas lost their fourth home game of the season, but their performance was much improved. They played hard and fought the whole time. After a high scoring first half, the Hoyas stepped up the intensity defensively in the second. Unfortunately, they didn’t get the scores they needed in crunch time. Georgetown has looked much better in the past three games, but the team has nothing to show for it other than a win over South Florida and two more tough losses.
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• The Georgetown Hoyas lost to the Marquette Golden Eagles 78-72 at home on Saturday. With that loss, the Hoyas drop to 5-9 in the conference and are in big trouble. They are in desperate need for a win, again, when they face the Louisville Cardinals tonight at 7:00.
• The top three ranked teams all lost a game this past week, starting with #1 Connecticut losing to #4 Pittsburgh last Monday. On Saturday, Texas upset #2 Oklahoma 73-68, and Maryland defeated #3 North Carolina in overtime 88-85.
• Dikembe Mutombo saw some action on the court this weekend, marking his first appearance in two weeks and only his fourth since re-signing with the Rockets in January. He played for four minutes and picked up a rebound and a block.

Georgetown: 72, Marquette: 78

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The Georgetown Hoyas lost their fourth home game of the season, falling to the Marquette Golden Eagles 78-72. The game was a Big East classic with maximum intensity; neither team led by more than seven points until the final minute of the game. Marquette’s Wesley Matthews led all scorers with 23 Points on 9-16 shooting. For the Hoyas, four players scored in double figures, led by Chris Wright’s 17 Points. The first half was an offensive clinic by both teams. Georgetown shot 53.1% from the field, and the Golden Eagles were even hotter connecting on 60.0%. Matthews poured in 18 points for Marquette in the first 20 minutes alone. At halftime, the score was tied at 44.
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