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After grading all of your exams, we found that everybody who participated would have made the Dean’s List. But one of you, the winner of this year’s Exam Week Challenge, graduated Summa Cum Laude. Hoya Hoops reader DBeck got 100% on all of the exams, and earned himself a Hoya Hoops T-Shirt. Congratulations!
And for those of you who want to know the correct answers, we thought it fitting to give you DBeck’s thorough responses. Here they are:
Today’s the last day of Exam Week, and we’re ending on a more current subject, focusing on this year’s seniors.
Three questions today, all about Jason Clark and Henry Sims.
1. What jersey numbers did Henry Sims and Jason Clark wear their freshman season?
2. What is Jason Clark’s career-high in scoring, and who was the opponent?
3 What is Henry Sims’ career-high in scoring, and who was the opponent?
Finals are ending, so make sure to email all of your answers to hoyahoops@hoyahoops.comby the end of today. We’ll be giving out grades / announcing the winner on Monday.
Today is Hoya great David Wingate’s birthday, and to celebrate, today’s exam is all about #40.
Before his time on the hilltop, David Wingate was a part of one of the greatest high school basketball teams in history. Speculated to go to Maryland, his decision to attend Georgetown was a huge pickup for the Hoyas who would soon win the 1984 National Championship.
1. Where did he go to high school?
In each of his four years at Georgetown, Wingate was the second-highest scorer on the team, his first three years trailing Patrick Ewing, and his senior year behind Reggie Williams. Nevertheless, upon his graduation, he was Georgetown’s 3rd all-time leading scorer.
2. In the 26 years since his departure, who are the only 3 players to surpass David Wingate’s total?
Be sure to email us your answers soon. Exam Week ends tomorrow.
It’s Exam Day 3 here at Hoya Hoops. If you haven’t taken our American Studes or Justice and Peace Studies exams, be sure to get your answers in by the end of the week.
Here’s today’s Statistics exam:
There are 42 players in the Georgetown Basketball 1,000 point club. The first player reached the 1,000 point mark in 1950, and the most recent player did so last month. Today we have two questions about the Hoya 1,000 Point club.
1. Of the 42 players in the 1,000 point club, nine of them played under current coach John Thompson III. Name those nine players.
The second question concerns only the Top 25 members of the 1,000 Point Club. All of the players in Georgetown’s Top 25 in scoring come from the modern era of Georgetown Basketball (since John Thompson Jr. became head coach in 1972). Of those 25 players, there are four recurring jersey numbers – #22, #32, #33, and #34 (we’re not including Kevin Braswell’s brief stint at #3).
2. Name all of the players from the Top 25 of the 1,000 Point Club who share jersey numbers #22, #32, #33, and #34.
Be sure to send your answers to hoyahoops@hoyahoops.com if you want a chance at that Hoya Hoops T-Shirt.
With the new rankings announced yesterday, the Syracuse Orange found themselves ranked as the #1 team in the country. In our attempts to rain on their parade, today’s exam is all about Georgetown vs Syracuse.
In the 1986-87 and 1987-88 seasons, Georgetown defeated Syracuse five times. The four Big East season matchups were so close that the Hoyas won by a combined total of six points. The 1987 game at the Capital Centre went to overtime, and Georgetown was victorious 83-81 thanks to a Hoya buzzer beater. The following season, at the Carrier Dome, Georgetown won 69-68 by some more last-second heroics.
1. Who were the two players who hit last-second shots to defeat Syracuse in the late 1980s?
In the history of the conference, Georgetown has played a top-seeded Syracuse four times in the Big East Tournament. In 2003, the Orange came out on top, defeating the 5th seeded Hoyas, but in the other three matchups, the underdog Hoyas were victorious.
2. In what three years did Georgetown defeat a #1-seeded Syracuse in the Big East Tournament?
Remember to email us your answers, and we’ll give you your next exam tomorrow.
Georgetown’s next opponent is American University, with tipoff scheduled for Saturday at noon. With that in mind, we decided to start off exam week with some American Studies:
In 2007, Georgetown and American played each other for the first time since the 1986-87 season. In the three recent meetings, the Hoyas have defeated the Eagles pretty handily, winning those games by an average score 26 points. In the old days, Georgetown and American used to play each other all the time. In fact, the two teams played each other every year from 1953 – 1986.
1. What happened in the 1986-87 meeting that convinced Hoya Coach John Thompson to stop playing American University?
Before the 2009-10 season, assistant coach Mike Brennan left the Eagles sideline to reunite with John Thompson III with whom he had worked at Princeton. Meanwhile longtime assistant coach Robert Burke parted ways with the Hoyas and joined coach Jeff Jones at American.
2. Where is Robert Burke now?
Remember to email your answers to hoyahoops@hoyahoops.com to be eligible for the 2011 Exam Week prize.
It has been a tough week, but exams are finally over. And after grading the five Hoya Hoops exams, we have a winner. Hoya Gray had the highest score of all entrants, so he wins the gift certificate to the Tombs. Congratulations, Hoya Gray!
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There are few intangibles in basketball more important than chemistry. College basketball is one of the few sports left in which teamwork and togetherness can consistently defeat talent and explosiveness. With that in mind, try and determine the following pairs of Georgetown teammates in our final exam of the semester. All of the following pairs played together at Georgetown for at least three seasons.
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Over the years Georgetown Basketball has had its share of colorful personalities and colorful names – literally. As you try to answer the following questions about Hoyas of the past, each of the correct answers will have a color in their name.
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This is a very straightforward exam, if you know all of the right numbers, you’ll pass with flying colors. You won’t even need a calculator.
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