Like we did with Vernon a couple weeks ago, we are going to take this week’s game time to honor Jeremiah Rivers who will be transferring this summer.

What is your favorite memory of Jeremiah Rivers?

For us, it was his stellar defense against Jonny Flynn in the overtime win over Syracuse this season. Rivers completely shut down the player who had scored 24 points in the first half hour, forcing Flynn to shoot 0-8 in the end of regulation and the overtime period.

What about you? What are your favorite memories?

As you now know, Vernon Macklin will not be returning to Georgetown for his junior season, electing instead to transfer. He certainly had a rocky career on the Hilltop, but all the same it will be sad to see him go. We decided to honor Vernon in this week’s Game Time.

What is your favorite memory of Vernon Macklin?

For us, it was Vernon’s game against Davidson. He showed flashes of the player he could be, making hustle plays, big dunks, even converting his free throws. Unfortunately, that will be the last time we see Vernon in the Blue and Gray. What is your favorite memory? Let us know in the comments.

At the Basketball Banquet on Wednesday, Coach Thompson announced that the team’s Most Outstanding Player was Roy Hibbert and its Most Valuable Player was Jonathan Wallace. It also came out at the banquet that Tyler Crawford was the team’s funniest player, so we thought it was only natural to ask this question.

What other individual honors should go out to the Hoyas?

You could say things like Most Intensity should go to Patrick or Best Defense to Jeremiah, but since these Game Times are supposed to be fun, we’re gonna say Most Diva goes to Roy. He had the most halftime wardrobe changes on the team, switching from undershirt, to cut-off, to no undershirt whenever he felt he wasn’t being Monster enough.

What do you think?

Well, the 2008 NCAA Tournament is finally over. It didn’t end the way that many Georgetown fans would have liked, but as it is in sports, there’s always next year. In the championship game, some poor free throw shooting from Memphis set the stage for Mario Chalmers’ game-tying, overtime-forcing three pointer, which made highlight reels around the country. So now that the tournament is done with, we decided to pose this question:

What was your favorite moment from this year’s NCAA Tournament?

We’d probably go with West Virginia beating Duke. The Hoyas didn’t get to play the Blue Devils this year, but it was nice to have another Big East team take them down on Georgetown’s home court.

What do you think?

The NCAA Final Four officially begins tomorrow night, but the festivities have already begun. In keeping with the laid back attitude of last night’s Dunk Contest, we started thinking about a slightly sillier competition that could precede the semifinal matchups - pit the mascots against each other. We wonder who would win in real life combat: a Jayhawk or a Ram? A Tiger or a Bear? So here’s our question:

Which teams’ mascots would make for the most interesting battle?

We would probably be most interested in seeing Michigan vs. Cincinnati. Wolverines are definitely savage, and we’d like to see what exactly a Bearcat is.

What about you? Post your answers in the comments.

We at Hoya Hoops didn’t feel up to watching the tournament games yesterday, so we played Scrabble instead. That made us think of this question:

What is an appropriate board game to play with this group of Hoya seniors?

We think we would like to play Jenga, since you need a steady hand and the ability to stay cool under pressure. What game would you play? Let us know in the comments.

With Senior Day tomorrow, we’ve been talking a lot about Georgetown’s four seniors this past week, both about their value to the team and about some of their most memorable moments. But now it’s time for us to dig a little deeper in the minds of the senior class. What do we really know about them? What makes them tick? And most importantly, what’s their favorite pizza topping?
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On Saturday, the Hoyas play Marquette in the team’s last road game of the season. This is the farthest west the Hoyas travel in the Big East season, as Milwaukee is a tad farther than Chicago. Circumstances being what they are, we thought this was an appropriate question:

What should the Big East Conference be renamed?

We say it should be called, the Beast Conference, it looks and sounds similar, but you don’t have “East” confusing the people watching DePaul take on Cincinnati. Think you have a good name? Leave a comment.

After Georgetown’s win over Providence, Tony had some glowing remarks about color commentator Doris Burke. That made us think of this question:

Who is your favorite announcer and why?

We will say Doris Burke for all the reasons Tony mentioned but will add one more: It is good to have an announcer from a Big East school other than Syracuse. Who is your favorite? Let us know in the comments.

This past week, the Hoyas were given a favorable call in the dying moments of the game against Villanova. We thought we would honor the referees in this Game Time, as a thank you:

Who is your favorite referee and why?

If you find that question a little hard to swallow, how about this one:

Who is your least hated referee and why?

For us, we have to say Mike Kitts. Sure, he doesn’t know how to count, but he has an extraordinary knack for slapstick comedy. If you ever see a ref get hit in the head with a basketball, trip over a crouched coach, or accidentally get in the way of a celebratory fist pump, you can bet it is Mike Kitts. Who are some of your favorites?