For those of you who don’t know, I am the radio play-by-play announcer for DC United of Major League Soccer. I’m the closest thing that franchise has to Rich Chvotkin. The team played in New England yesterday, and this morning I was returning to BWI from Providence, RI. As I approached the front of the security line I saw a major celebrity a few people in front of me. She’s not only carries superstar status in Providence but also on HoyaHoops.com - Doris Burke!
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Wow. Looks like we haven’t posted anything here in over a week. Well, I guess that’s because there hasn’t been too much going on recently in the Hoyaverse.
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Last night, Georgetown honored the 2007-08 Men’s Basketball Team at the Hoya Hoop Club Basketball Banquet. We know that a lot of you were unable to make it, so we had decided to send a Hoya Hoops representative to the Leavey Center to provide some details to those who missed out. I was that representative, and while I am not going to give you a full recount of what took place, I’ll do my best to talk about the highlights.
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With the NCAA Championship game ending on Monday, it’s now time to come up with the all-tournament team. There are probably hundreds of such lists already out there, so we at Hoya Hoops decided to do it a little differently. We are picking the people who made the tournament especially memorable for us, but not due to their play. Due to their names. So, here are our All-Tournament names:
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CBS hails itself as “America’s Most Watched Network,” and part of that is no doubt due to the huge ratings they get from the second week in March until the first weekend in April. CBS has had the rights to the NCAA Tournament for as long as I can remember. And, for as long as I can remember, the coverage of the tournament has been atrocious. This year is no exception.
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Sunday morning, as I was packing my bags and preparing to check out of my hotel room just outside of Raleigh, North Carolina, I was planning out my upcoming week with my fiancee, Emily. “If we win today, then the next round is on Friday and Sunday in Detroit,” I was saying. “I’d have to miss work on Friday and then we’d have to see about flights for Sunday night or Monday.” Since Emily is a teacher at a Catholic elementary school, she had the week off for Easter and said, “Well if it works out, I’ll be able to come since I don’t have school until the following Tuesday.” I would still have to worry about making up the hours at work and about finding a hotel, a flight, and some means of transport to get to the games. But that was all still very far away.
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When Georgetown played Notre Dame at the MCI Center in January of 2005, I was in Florence, Italy. I was listening to Rich Chvotkin over the internet. When Colin Falls hit a double-clutch three pointer to put the Irish up by one with five seconds left, I was resigned to defeat. The Hoyas had just suffered a heart-breaker to Syracuse, and another sour end for the Hoyas seemed certain. For Roy Hibbert, it was just the beginning.
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Jonathan Wallace is one of the best free throw shooters in the history of Georgetown basketball. And on more than one occasion, he has gone to the stripe with the outcome of the game hanging in the balance. We all know how clutch he is and are all very thankful to have such a great free throw shooter on the line in close games. But, personally, there is something that impresses me more than his free throw makes.
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Patrick Ewing Jr. has made some critical plays during his career. We all remember his last-second heroics in Morgantown, and his defensive efforts against Syracuse. Even his role in the Marquette game was essential to victory. But the play that sticks out to me as the quintessential Pat Jr. play happened during last year’s Final Four run.
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Tyler Crawford started his first and only game as a Hoya in the 2006-07 season opener against Hartford. What many people remember about that game, if anything, is that Tyler went 1-8 from three point land. But, look a little closer and you will see the real Tyler Crawford. The first five minutes or so of that game, for me at least, summarizes his career. Tyler had 2 steals, 4 rebounds - one of them offensive - and a foul. That is the essence of Tyler Crawford.
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