Hey everybody, we’re about half an hour away from the biggest game of the Old Spice Classic. No, I’m not talking about the Championship. That’s later on between Tennessee and Gonzaga. First up is the third place game between Georgetown and Maryland, a local rivalry that is plagued by the lack of competitions. The last game was eight years ago in the NCAA Tournament, and this game, clearly, was not scheduled either.

I’m courtside at the Milk House for the last time of the tournament. I realized I never put up a picture of the arena. Here’s what the place looks like from outside. Actually, that’s what it looked like on Thursday. Today, it’s been very rainy and there have been tornado sightings somewhere nearby.

Anyway, keep your in-game thoughts coming in the comments, and I’ll provide whatever info I have for you.

Hey everybody, Johnny here from the court of the Milk House in Disney’s Wide World of Sports. The teams are warming up as the semifinal game is set to tipoff in about ten minutes between the Tennessee Volunteers and the Georgetown Hoyas.

After defeating the Wichita State Shockers yesterday, 58-50, the Hoyas are preparing themselves for the Big East Tournament with this one-day turnaround against excellent competition. This Tennessee team is ranked #12 in both polls and looked very impressive in their Old Spice opener against Siena.

I’ll fill everyone in with the starting lineups and any information I can give you from my vantage point. Add your own thoughts in the comment.

Hello! I’ve made it down to Florida, I’m sitting on the floor of The Milk House in the Wide World of Sports Complex in Walt Disney World, and I’m watching the end of the opening game of the Old Spice Classic between Tennessee and Siena. Right now there’s 10 minutes to go and the Volunteers are winning by 17. The Hoyas will begin their game half an hour after the finish of this game, so the 2:00 start time was a little off, but hopefully that means you all can finish your turkey and digest in front of the tube.

I’ll give you the lineups as soon as I get them and I’ll be posting updates and comments throughout the game. Feel free to leave your own thoughts and comments below. (You know the drill.)

Hey everybody, Johnny here courtside at Verizon Center for the Hoyas’ second game of the season as they face the Drexel Dragons of the CAA.

We’re still over an hour away from tipoff, but the students are already here, and the Dragons are working on their pregame shootaround.

Here’s all the info I got for you so far:

It’ll be the same starters for the Hoyas: Summers, Wright, Monroe, Freeman, and Sapp.
For the Dragons, it’s going to be Rodgers, Colds, Harris, Neisler, and Tribbett starting on the floor with senior Tramayne Hawthorne coming off the bench.

The refs today should sound a bit more familiar for Hoya fans than Monday night’s: Jim Burr, John Gaffney, and Frank Scagliotta.

Feel free to leave your predictions, questions, and thoughts in the comment section below, and I’ll keep you updated with all you need to know as usual.

Hey everybody. It’s about an hour away from tipoff of the 2008-09 Georgetown Basketball season. The teams are warming up, the students are piling in, and the rest of the fans are … meandering in.

I’ll be checking back a couple times before the game gets underway, and then I’ll be providing live updates throughout the game. Your commentary is welcome and encouraged, so keep this thread going with whatever thoughts you’ve got.

In the meantime, here are the starting lineups:

For the Hoyas, it’s what most people had been projecting:
Summers, Wright, Monroe, Freeman, and Sapp

For the Jacksonville Dolphins, it’s gonna be Ben Smith, Ayron Hardy, Evan Jefferson, Lehmon Colbert, and Marcus Allen.

Hey everybody, Johnny here from Raleigh, checking in about an hour before tipoff at the RBC Center. Georgetown is set to face the Davidson Wildcats led by Sophomore phenom Stephen Curry. With a spot in the Sweet Sixteen on the line, be prepared for an intense matchup in a hectic atmosphere as the North Carolina locals will be here to root on Davidson like they did on Friday against Gonzaga. Also, in the second game of today’s session, UNC takes the court, so there will be a lot of anti-Georgetown fans here to boot.

In order to move on in the tournament, Georgetown will have to weather the crowd and the sharp shooter, and they’ll need to remain poised and focused as they have been all year.

I’ll check back with lineups and stats and whatever you ask for in the next few hours, so stay tuned.

Hey everybody. This is Johnny checking in from the RBC Center in Raleigh, NC. The Gonzaga vs. Davidson game is at halftime, and it’s a thriller. The local Davidson fans have made the trip to Raleigh in full force, and they are giving the Wildcats a nice home-court advantage. The winner of this game takes on the winner of the Georgetown vs. UMBC game on Sunday, so Hoyas fans looking ahead should take the large Davidson turnout into effect when thinking about who they would rather face.

The team, though, is not looking past their opponents today, the UMBC Retrievers, champions of the America East conference. I’ll check back with more information on the Hoyas game when it’s closer to game time. Until then, watch whatever you can on CBS or CBSSports.com and get yourselves ready for the main event at around 3:00.

Well here we are, the Big East Championship game at Madison Square Garden in the heart of New York. Johnny here with you, checking in about an hour away from the opening tip. As I was coming in, I could hear rivaling chants of “Let’s Go Pitt” and “Hoya Saxa” as the fans were awaiting the gates to open. That should happen in about five minutes, so right now it’s pretty quiet in here. The two teams are warming up and all the scoreboards in the Garden have the Georgetown G and Pittsburgh PITT written on them.

It’s going to be an exciting game - a rematch of last year’s final and the chance for Georgetown to beat the only Big East team it has yet to defeat. I’ll check back with whatever info I get, so stay tuned. And feel free to tell me what you think about the game or ask me any questions you have in the comments.

Johnny, checking in from MSG. Here we are an hour away from tipoff of the Big East Tournament Semifinal game between the #5-seeded West Virginia Mountaineers and the #1-seeded Georgetown Hoyas.

Things are pretty quiet here as the fans are just about to be let in, but there were plenty of Georgetown fans that I saw lining up outside the gates. It’ll be a tough battle as usual tonight, as this Mountaineer team just dismantled the UCONN Huskies yesterday afternoon. Joe Alexander and company will have their hands full today though as Georgetown did some dismantling of their own, setting the stage for an exciting semifinal game.

I’ll be checking with lineups, info, and commentary as usual. You can chime in yourselves below.

Hey everybody, Johnny here from Madison Square Garden. We’re still a ways away from the opening tip, but there’s already plenty of excitement and anticipation waiting for the Quarterfinal game between Georgetown and Villanova.

We already hooked you up with all you need to know in terms of the last time these two teams met, Villanova’s last game, and the preview for this afternoon’s matchup.

I’ll keep you updated with whatever info I have for you from the Garden, including starting lineups and referees, as soon as I get it. As usual, keep your in-game thoughts coming in the comments as well.