There hasn’t been a Georgetown-Syracuse game played in the Carrier Dome with the stakes this high for a long time. It is possible that this meeting has the most riding on it of all the regular season games ever played at the Carrier Dome in this rivalry. A loss for either team could easily result in an NIT appearance. Both teams will be desperate to avoid such a fate. With that in mind, let’s take a look back at some of the more memorable Georgetown-Syracuse games played at Syracuse. If you have any memories of games that didn’t make our list, feel free to leave us a comment.
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In the midst of all the recent Georgetown Basketball turmoil, there is one bit if good news which went pretty much unnoticed. In the loss at Marquette, DaJuan Summers scored his 1,000th point, becoming the 40th player in Georgetown Basketball history to accomplish that feat. The accomplishment is far less significant than the current state of the Hoyas, but it is a nice accomplishment, especially for a junior. We caught up with DaJuan and Coach Thompson last week to get their thoughts on this milestone.

We’ve been talking a lot lately about the Hoyas’ home winning streak, and how at last the Hoyas have a real home court advantage. After the impressive win against UCONN on Monday, it’s time to turn our attention back home, as the Hoyas face Pitt on Saturday at the Verizon Center. We’re hoping Georgetown can keep the streak alive against the Panthers, and we’ve also put together a small list of the best moments so far.
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It’s official. With last night’s victory against FIU, Georgetown’s consecutive home win streak is 29 wins, the longest in the modern era.

Now that you know how well the Hoyas have done recently at the Verizon Center, it’s probably a good time to look back on how poorly they had done prior to this stretch. Up until the start of this streak, the Verizon Center did not provide much of a home court advantage. Whether the Hoyas had good teams or bad teams, the results at home were never anything to be proud of. Here are some facts and figures about life in the MCI/Verizon Center since the Hoyas played their first game there on December 3, 1997.
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Today is a day that will live in infamy. Probably. If the Georgetown Hoyas defeat the Florida International Golden Panthers this evening at the Verizon Center, the team will break a school record for most consecutive home wins. Sort of. First, there are some specifics that need to be addressed.
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I’ve been talking about senior leaders lately, and another player who was alone in his leadership role – like Reggie Williams before him and soon to be Jessie Sapp after him – was Kevin Braswell.

Kevin Braswell was the last class that came to Georgetown to play for John Thompson. Braswell had barely started his freshman season when Coach Thompson resigned in January of 1999. His career was in some ways overshadowed by the team’s struggles during his time as a Hoya, but Braswell remains one of the all-time Hoya greats. Because of the circumstances when he played for Georgetown, he didn’t have the luxury of learning to be a point guard from other older great point guard teammates. Braswell was forced to learn on the job. But even with the important role he played throughout his career from day one, his senior season was far and away his best.
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“I played with Alonzo and Dikembe, but I never saw anybody do the things that Reggie did.” – Mark Tillmon (GU Class of 1990)

Last week, I talked about Jessie Sapp being the only senior leader on the current Georgetown roster. Twenty-two years ago, one of the greatest Hoyas of all time was in a similar position.
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The 2008 NBA Draft takes place tonight, and once again a Georgetown Hoya is poised to be taken in the first round. Roy Hibbert is set to join a long list of Hoyas drafted to play in the NBA. Here is that list:

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In the fall of 1986, four freshmen basketball players began their careers at Georgetown University. That was an important time in Georgetown Basketball history. The previous March, four long-time Hoyas had ended their historic careers: Ralph Dalton, David Wingate, Michael Jackson, and Horace Broadnax had all been major contributors on the NCAA National Championship team two years earlier. Two of those players left school among the all-time greats – Wingate ended his career as the third all-time leading scorer, and Jackson was Georgetown’s all-time leader in assists after his four seasons. There was a cloud of doubt at the start of the 1986-87 season, and in many ways the future of Georgetown Basketball depended on those four freshmen.
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Let’s admit it, the Hoyas got a little lucky against West Virginia. Patrick Ewing, Jr. made a phenomenal play to block the shot at the buzzer, but it was very close to being a goal tend, and at home the call could have very easily favored the Mountaineers. Fortune follows the bold, and Ewing’s play was most definitely BOLD. So, the Hoyas got a fortuitous break. It’s about time! Think back on all of the bad bounces, wrong calls, and tough breaks that have gone against Georgetown in the past seasons. It’s not pleasant, but since the refs might have let the Hoyas get away with one, let’s re-visit some of the worst calls that ever went against the Hoyas (last 10 seasons only). I think you’ll see that even after the West Virginia game things aren’t exactly evening out. Kind of odd how so many games include Notre Dame or Jim Burr, or both, huh?
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