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Jason Named to First Team All-Big East, Tournament Set

Hoya Hoops — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 16:12:01 +0000

The Big East Conference announced their end of the season honors, and Georgetown’s Jason Clark was named to the First Team All-Big East. Fellow senior Henry Sims was named to All-Big East Third Team, and Hollis Thompson received an Honorable Mention. Unfortunately, Otto Porter was not recognized as one of the conference’s top rookies.
With all the regular season games ending on Saturday, the field for the Big East Tournament is set. Georgetown finished in a three-way tie for 4th place, and due to tiebreakers ended up as the #5 seed of the tournament. The Hoyas will play the winner of the #12 – #13 game on Wednesday at 2:00pm. St. John’s will face Pittsburgh tomorrow at 2:00 to see who the Hoyas’ opponent will be.

Hoyas Keep Moving Up, Keep Getting Honored

Hoya Hoops — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:42:33 +0000

It was just a one-game week for the Hoyas, who defeated Providence on Saturday, moving them up one spot in both polls “>to #9 in the AP Top 25 and #8 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches’ Poll. In both sets of rankings, there are still five Big East teams in the top 25 in the country – Syracuse, Georgetown, Marquette, Louisville, and Notre Dame.
Hollis Thompson made it on this week’s Big East Honor Roll for his double-double against the Friars. This is the third straight week a Hoya has been named to the Weekly Honor Roll. Last week, Otto Porter made it, and the week before that, it was Henry Sims. This week, it was Marquette’s Jae Crowder and USF’s Anthony Collins who took home the Big East Player of the Week and Rookie of the Week awards, respectively.

Porter Honored, Hoyas Move Up

Hoya Hoops — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:41:13 +0000

Otto Porter was named to the Big East Weekly Honor Roll for his performances against Syracuse and St. John’s this week. Porter averaged a double-double, scoring 25 points and grabbing 21 rebounds over the two games. Notre Dame’s Jack Cooley was named Big East Player of the Week, and Villanova’s JayVaughn Pinkston was named Big East Rookie of the Week.
Georgetown moved up in the polls despite splitting its games last week, and the Hoyas are now sitting at #10 in the AP Top 25 and #9 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches’ Poll. With Notre Dame getting ranked for the first time this season, there are now five Big East teams in the top 25.
In Big Monday action last night, Syracuse topped Louisville 52-51 in Kentucky. Syracuse still remains on the top of the league with only one loss drops to 6th place with five conference losses.

Henry Honored, Team Moves Up

Hoya Hoops — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:01:33 +0000

Yesterday, the Big East released its weekly honors, and while Pittsburgh’s Tray Woodall was named the Big East Player of the Week, Henry Sims made the Weekly Honor Roll for his efforts against Connecticut and USF. In the two home wins, Henry averaged 13 points, 6.5 rebounds, 4 assists, and 1 steal. Louisville’s Chane Behanan and Notre Dame’s Pat Connaughton took home co-Rookie of the Week honors.
Also announced yesterday were the new sets of rankings. In both polls the Hoyas moved up two spots. Georgetown moved to #12 in the AP Top 25 and to #11 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches’ Poll. Georgetown’s opponent on Wednesday, Syracuse stayed at #2 in both polls. Marquette and Louisville were the only other Big East teams ranked, as Notre Dame has yet to break the top 25
In action last night, Louisville ran away with it against Connecticut, beating them 80-59. It was the Huskies’ first loss since Coach Jim Calhoun began his indefinite leave of absence due to spinal stenosis.
Also, Marquette came back from down 12 in the first half to defeat DePaul 89-76 Marquette moves to 9-3 in the conference, half a game ahead of the Hoyas.

Hoyas Move Up, Syracuse Moves Down

Hoya Hoops — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:22:46 +0000

The new rankings were released yesterday, and Georgetown (with wins over DePaul and Rutgers this week) moved up to #9 in the AP Top 25 and #10 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches’ Poll.
Syracuse had a two-game road trip this weekend, and sophomore Fab Melo did not make the trip with the team, supposedly for academic reasons. The Orange lost their first game of the season on Saturday, falling to Notre Dame, 58-67. As a result, Syracuse dropped out of the #1 spot and fell to #3 according to the AP and #4 according to the coaches. They’ve already gotten back in the win column with a victory over Cincinnati last night.
The Big East announced its weekly honors yesterday, and Jason Clark was named to the Big East Honor Roll for his performances against DePaul and Rutgers. He had a career-high 31 points against DePaul, and averaged 21 points, 5 rebounds, 3 steals, and 1.5 assists over the two games. Villanova took home the two big awards this week with Maalik Wayns named Big East Player of the Week and Jayvaughn Pinkston Big East Rookie of the Week.

Georgetown Enters Top Ten

Hoya Hoops — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:01:43 +0000

The new rankings were announced yesterday, and five Big East teams were ranked in both polls. With wins against Louisville and Providence, Georgetown moved up to #9 in both the AP Top 25 and the ESPN/USA Today Coaches’ Poll.
No Hoya was named in the Big East Weekly Honors, as Cincinnati guard Sean Kilpatrick took home Player of the Week and Rutgers guard Eli Carter Rookie of the Week.
While no player from the Men’s team picked up any Big East honor this week, Sugar Rodgers from the Lady Hoyas was named the Big East Women’s Basketball Player of the Week. She scored a career-tying 34 points against Vermont, and then beat her personal best with 39 at Dartmouth. She was named the Blue Sky Classic MVP after breaking the tournament’s records for points in a game, points in the tournament, and 3-pointers in the tournament with 11.

Hoyas Move Up, Bearcats Brawl

Hoya Hoops — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:54:55 +0000

The new rankings were announced yesterday, and according to both polls, there were six Big East teams in the Top 25 of the country. Syracuse earned the #1 spot and Louisville the #4 in both sets of rankings. Georgetown moved up to #16 in the AP Top 25 and #17 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches’ Poll.
In the Cincinnati-Xavier game on Saturday, a brawl broke out with 9 seconds left in the game, during which senior Yancy Gates punched Xavier center Kenny Frease in the face. Cincinnati doled out six-game suspensions Yates, Cheikh Mbodj, and Octavius Ellis. Freshman Ge’Lawn Guyn was also suspended for one game. If no additional suspensions are piled on, all Bearcat players should be back by the January 9th game against the Hoyas.
West Virginia’s Darryl Bryant was named this week’s Big East Player of the Week while LaDontae Henton of Providence took home Rookie of the Week honors. There was no Hoya a part of the Big East Honor Roll for this past week.
The only Big East team in action last night, Rutgers beat Monmouth 81-66.

Hollis Big East Player of the Week, Hoyas Ranked

Hoya Hoops — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:21:31 +0000

Yesterday, they announced the Big East Weekly Awards, and Hollis Thompson was named Big East Player of the Week for his game winning three-pointer against Alabama and his career-high six threes against NJIT. Providence’s LaDontae Henton took home Big East Rookie of the Week honors.
The new rankings were released yesterday, and Georgetown made their first appearance in the polls. The Hoyas came in at #18 in the AP Top 25 and #21 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches’ Poll. Including the Hoyas, there are six Big East teams ranked in each of the polls, including two in the top five.
The Big East/SEC Challenge took place over the past week, and the Big East was victorious, winning 8 of the 12 games.
In action last night, St. John’s fell 63-69 to Detroit, Providence dismantled Brown 80-49, and DePaul fell to Milwaukee 76-87.

First Round Complete, Individual Awards Announced

Hoya Hoops — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 13:52:45 +0000

In the first game of the Big East Tournament, Connecticut defeated DePaul 97-71. The Huskies will play their second round game against the Hoyas today at noon.
It took Rutgers an extra five minutes to beat Seton Hall yesterday, overtaking the Pirates 76-70 in overtime. The Scarlet Knights play St. John’s today at 2:00.
In the evening session, South Florida came back from a 16 point deficit at the half to beat Villanova 70-69. The Bulls move on to the second round to face Cincinnati tonight.
In the final game of the opening round, Marquette had no trouble with Providence, beating the Friars 87-66. Marquette plays in the final game of the second round tonight, taking on West Virginia.
On Monday, the Big East announced the first batch of individual awards, naming Syracuse’s Rick Jackson the Defensive Player of the Year and Dwight Hardy of St. John’s the Most Improved Player. The Red Storm’s Justin Burrell earned the Sixth Man Award, and Pittsburgh’s Brad Wanamaker took home the Big East Sportsmanship Award.
Yesterday, in between the two rounds of games, the conference named Notre Dame’s Ben Hansbrough as the Big East Player of the Year, DePaul’s Cleveland Melvin Big East Rookie of the Year, and Notre Dame Head Coach Mike Brey as Oppenheimer Funds Coach of the Year. It was a Notre Dame love-fest as Tim Abromaitis was also named the Big East Scholar-Athlete of the Year as well.

Three Straight Weeks

Hoya Hoops — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 16:07:50 +0000

The new rankings were released yesterday, and according to both polls, the Hoyas dropped out of the top 10 to #11. There are eight Big East teams ranked, according to both sets of rankings, and St. John’s has entered the Top 25 for the first time in 11 years.
For the third straight week, Chris Wright has been named to the Big East Weekly Honor Roll. St. John’s Dwight Hardy was named Player of the Week and DePaul’s Cleveland Melvin Rookie of the Week.
In Big Monday action, Syracuse beat Villanova 69-64 on the Wildcats’ senior night. It wasn’t Villanova’s last home game; they’re just weird like that.