This past week, the Hoyas had a thrilling overtime victory over Syracuse. The style of the play brought back memories of classic defensive battles from Big East games of the past. We thought this would be a fun question:

Who was your favorite Georgetown defender?

Lots of good choices, but we think Don Reid was our favorite. He was big and tough, blocked a lot of shots, and probably fouled out more times than not during his career. How about you?

Earlier this week, Tony talked about the lack of defense in Georgetown’s loss to Pitt. That made us think of this question:

What is your favorite defensive play in Georgetown History?

We can think of lots, but one personal favorite was a game against UCONN in Landover in the 1991-92 season. The score was tied at 58 with under 15 seconds left, and the Huskies with the ball. Joey Brown stole a pass, took it all the way down for a layup as time expired, and the Hoyas were victorious 60-58.

What are some of your favorites? Let us know in the comments.

In our pregame predictions for this Saturday’s game against Connecticut, we mentioned the challenge Roy Hibbert will have squaring off against Hasheem Thabeet. The center duel helped this question come about:

What is your favorite memory from a Hoya big man?

We can think of lots of great plays by Georgetown centers throughout the years, but our favorite has to be the Patrick Ewing dunk in the 1984 semifinal game against Kentucky. Yes, we know the basket was waved off since he technically traveled beforehand, but that thunderous one-handed slam can still get a boisterous reaction from any Hoya crowd. What do you think?

Tomorrow marks the start of the Big East season for the Hoyas. Since we already talked about some great Big East Openers in Hoya History, we thought it would be fun to look back at all of the Big East games from last season:

What was your favorite Big East regular season game from last year?

For us, we liked the final win against UCONN. It had been ten years since we last beat them, it gave us a claim of the regular season title (which Marquette gave us full-out by defeating Pitt), and it was a fitting end to a fine season. Not to mention it’s always fun to beat Calhoun.

What do you think? Let us know.

On Tuesday, we put out a list of Georgetown-related Christmas Carols. So for this week’s Game Time, we’re letting you join in on the fun.

What are your favorite Hoya Christmas Carols?

Any ideas?

As most of you know by now, this past Wednesday Alonzo Mourning suffered a career-threatening knee injury. To honor one of the all-time Hoya greats, we thought of this question for Game Time:

Which individual opponent from Alonzo’s Georgetown career did you dislike the most?

For us at Hoya Hoops, we would have to say Syracuse’s Billy Owens. Besides the obvious reasons, he also compared his game to that of Magic Johnson. (I think Magic had surpassed Owens’ skill set by the third grade). Who do you think? Let us know in the comments.

We just finished up our Ten Years in Ten Days tribute to the Hoyas’ tenure at the Verizon Center. This week, we talked about the important home games from the last five seasons. So like we did last Friday, we’re gonna ask you about your favorite Hoya moments away from Chinatown:

What was your favorite Hoya game NOT played at the Verizon Center from 2003 to 2007?

Now we know a lot of people are going to pick a certain game from last season, but we’re going to go with the game at Villanova in January of 2005. The Wildcats decided to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of their National Championship during a game against the Hoyas. On the day Villanova honored the players from their 1985 team, Georgetown defeated the Wildcats in the final second, as Darrel Owens’ two free throws put the Hoyas in front. The final score? 66-64.

We’ve talked at length about the Hoyas’ struggles against Villanova at the Verizon center, and we think this victory made up for that opening day loss ten years ago.

What are your favorites?

We are now halfway done our Ten Years in Ten Days tribute to the Verizon/MCI Center. This week, we chronicled the important home games for the first five seasons. But that means we have been neglecting half of the games those teams played. So here’s this week’s Game Time question:

What was your favorite Hoya game NOT played at the Verizon Center from 1998 to 2002?

We pick the triple OT win over Virginia in the NIT. It was a classic battle, and the Boys in Blue came out on top. What about you?

We have been talking a lot about avenging losses this week. That got us thinking about the losses we suffered last year, and we came up with this question.

Which of Georgetown’s six regular season losses last year do you wish never happened, and why?

For us, we are picking the loss at Syracuse because we should never lose to Syracuse and that stopped our unbeaten streak.

What loss you would exchange for a win? Remember: regular season, so no fair picking OSU.

For this week’s Game Time, we decided we’d keep it Thanksgiving related to allow Hoyas fans to count their blessings. So here’s the question:

What do Georgetown fans have the most to be thankful about this year?

We at Hoya Hoops are thankful that Big Roy came back for his senior season. While it would have been nice seeing Jeff and Roy making highlight reels in the pros, having a Georgetown big man staying for four years is reminiscent of the Glory Days of the program and is a harbinger for things to come.

Basically, we just wanted to use the word “harbinger” in our response. What do you think?