By Hoya Hoops
High school recruit Latavious Williams has chosen to attend the University of Memphis instead of Georgetown and a few other options, according to Barker Davis of the Washington Times. After the departures of Jessie Sapp, DaJuan Summers, and Omar Wattad, Georgetown fans were desperate for Williams’ signing, but after many delays, he has opted for the Tigers. The Hoyas will have two new recruits along with red-shirted Hollis Thompson next season.
[Via Washington Times]
Topics: In Brief
May 27th, 2009, 9:02 am Comments Off
By Hoya Hoops
- Duke forward Gerald Henderson signed with an agent, making him ineligible to return to Duke for his senior season. Henderson led the Blue Devils in scoring last year.
- The Los Angeles Clippers jumped up two spots to claim the number one pick in the NBA Draft. Sacramento and Washington, who were the two most likely teams to win the lottery, dropped to fourth and fifth respectively, as the Memphis Grizzlies and Oklahoma City Thunder improved their status as well, getting the second and third picks. This is fifth consecutive year that the worst team in basketball does not get the top pick in the draft.
- With the first pick, speculation is for the Clippers to take National Player of the Year Blake Griffin from the Oklahoma Sooners.
Topics: In Brief
May 20th, 2009, 9:48 am Comments Off
By Hoya Hoops
- This past week was Senior Week at Georgetown, and on Saturday was Georgetown’s Commencement. With seniors Jessie Sapp, Bryon Jansen, and manager Chris Golski all graduating from the College, there were plenty of Hoyas in attendance. Coach Thompson was watching along with Jason Clark, Julian Vaughn, Nikita Mescheriakov, and recent graduate Tyler Crawford.
- While no HoyaHoops team members were present at Senior Ball on Friday, Roy Hibbert was in attendance and kinda hard to miss.
- In the NBA Playoffs, there were two Game 7s yesterday and both had Hoya implications. In the first game, the Houston Rockets lost to the L.A. Lakers 89-70. With Dikembe announcing his retirement last month, he has lost his final chance at an NBA ring.
- In the second Game 7, the Orlando Magic defeated the reigning Boston Celtics 101-82 to advance to the Eastern Conference finals. Before the game, Magic Assistant Patrick Ewing had guaranteed victory for Orlando.
- Early last week, Georgetown’s Athletic Director Bernard Muir accepted the position of Director of Athletics and Recreation Services at the University of Delaware. There’s been no word on Muir’s replacement at Georgetown.
Topics: Weekend Report
May 18th, 2009, 9:03 am Comments Off