Hey everyone. After getting snowed out of the Old Dominion game, the snow also caused me to show up to this game only five minutes prior to tip-off. This area is not prepared for over 12 inches of snow.
Verizon Center is surprisingly crowded for there being no students and for this game taking place at noon on a workday.
Anyway, I’ll just cut to the chase:
Hoyas are starting the same five: Wright, Clark, Freeman, Vaughn, and Monroe.
Harvard is starting Webster, Lin, McNally, Miller, and Wright.
Refs are going to be Brian O’Connell, Tony Greene, and Gene Steratore.
The Georgetown Hoyas suffered their first loss of the season Saturday against Old Dominion. In our Pregame Predictions, we asked if the Hoyas would win. Everyone said yes, so everyone loses. Not a good day for Georgetown fans.
The Hoyas look to put the past behind them as they take on Harvard on Wednesday at noon. One of the reasons for the Hoyas’ defeat was the extra possessions they allowed their opponent to have. The Monarchs had 13 more shot attempts than the Hoyas, and in a four point game, those extra shots made all the difference.
Who will get more shot attempts, and how many more?
We think the Hoyas will be outshot by four but still be able to get the win.
WASHINGTON – Georgetown University Head Men’s Basketball Coach John Thompson III announced on Tuesday morning that junior Nikita Mescheriakov (Minsk, Belarus/St. John’s Prospect Hall [Md.]) will transfer to another institution at the conclusion of the semester.
“Nikita expressed the interest to transfer to a school where he knows he will get more playing time than he feels he will get here,” Thompson said. “We wish him the best in his future endeavors and appreciate his hard work.”
Mescheriakov appeared in seven games this season, averaging 0.9 points and 0.3 rebounds.
A 6-7 forward, Mescheriakov appeared in 23 games during the 2008-09 season, starting the final nine games. He averaged 2.7 points and 1.5 rebounds per game, scoring a career-high 11 points in a win at Villanova.
In 30 career games, he averaged 2.3 points and 1.2 rebounds, connecting on 33.3 percent of his shots.
We had to dig deep in the archives for this one, but eight years ago, Kevin Braswell, Mike Sweetney, and Wesley Wilson serenaded us with some holiday tunes. Here’s “Jingle Bells”:
Georgetown:
The Hoyas lost their first game of the season, and their second game at McDonough in 27 years – or their second game against Old Dominion at McDonough in 3 years. I don’t know what caused the less-than-stellar performance, but Georgetown did not seem ready to play on Saturday night. The team looked like it was just going through the motions until the end of the second half, when it was just too little too late.
For the second time in three years, the Old Dominion Monarchs walked off the floor of McDonough Gymnasium victorious, handing the Hoyas their first defeat of the season. The game was played despite a snow storm that blew through the East Coast, blanketing the DC Metro area in over a foot of snow.
Today is Friday, which means that the Hoyas return to action tomorrow and that the most boring week of college basketball is over. Exam time means that there are few (if any) noteworthy games, and even when important teams are in action, they are playing teams that have as much chance to win as the Washington Generals do against the Harlem Globetrotters.
At any rate, exam week gave me some extra time to review the Hoyas’ season stats so far. So here are some things that may interest you. Even if you don’t find them interesting, keep in mind that yesterday there were ZERO Top 25 teams in action.
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Exam time means that there are few (if any) noteworthy games, and even when important teams are in action, they are playing teams that have as much chance to win as the Washington Generals do against the Harlem Globetrotters.