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GUHoyas.com has done a great job building up anticipation around the trip, and here’s a roundup of all of the China news to get you ready for tomorrow:

• The Hoyas’ schedule for the next two weeks has been set. The team will start out in Beijing where they’ll compete against two teams from the Chinese Basketball Association. They’ll play their first game on Wednesday against
  the Shanxi Brave Dragons and their second the next day against the Bayi Rockets.

  Then they will travel to Shanghai where they’ll host a clinic to help improve young Chinese players’ training and basketball skills. From August 18th to the 21st, the Hoyas will participate in Nike’s premier “Festival of Sport” during which they will also play against two more teams from the CBA.

• In July, the Georgetown Athletics department released four promotional videos for the upcoming trip starring several Hoya players and Jack the Bulldog.

  The videos follow the team preparing for their trip in Chinese 101, at the Credit Union, at Lauinger Library, and at the Uncommon Grounds coffee shop.

• Jason Clark talked about leaving the country for the first time and about the team getting to play together.
• Hoya Hoop Club president Al Bozzo will be taking a team of supporters to China to follow the team
• On Tuesday, the Basketball Program had a media day during which the team and Coach Thompson had the opportunity to talk to the press about their big trip.

  Here’s Craig Stouffer’s piece for the Washington Examiner, and videos of the interviews with Coach Thompson, Jason Clark, Henry Sims, Hollis Thompson, and Nate Lubick.

Broadus was on the Georgetown coaching staff from 2004 to 2007, and after Georgetown’s Final Four run, he was hired as head coach of Binghamton University. He coached the Bearcats to their first ever NCAA tournament berth, but resigned in 2010 after a one-year leave caused by possible NCAA infractions, although after an investigation no major violations were found.

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“Othella is a Hoya coming home to help teach the newest generation of Hoyas.” Thompson said.”He brings a wealth of experience accumulated on and off the court over his career. His dozen years in the NBA in addition to his four years as a starter here at Georgetown will be a major asset. I’m excited to welcome him back to Georgetown.”

We’d like to be the first to welcome the Big Fella back to the Hilltop.

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Tarik’s tweet:

#Hoyas G/F Hollis Thompson is returning to Georgetown, according to sources.

Whew.

“Jerrelle is transferring and although he has not announced where he will go, wherever it is, we wish him all of the best.” Coach Thompson said.

If Hollis Thompson does not withdraw his name from the NBA Draft this week, the entire class of 2013 will be gone.

After being called up from the D-League Saturday on a 10-day contract, Pat got to see his first minutes as a New Orleans Hornet last night in the 95-91 victory over the Trailblazers.

He only played 1 minute and 37 seconds near the end of the first half, and had 0 stats other than minutes, but he has now officially joined the ranks of his father, three of his Georgetown teammates, and 37 other Hoyas as an NBA player.

Listen to this amazing story about #33 on Route 1 in Miami:

Mourning’s vehicle had been sitting in traffic on the right lane, when he spotted a disabled person sitting in a motorized wheelchair along the curb. Mourning jumped out of his SUV, stood in the road and stopped traffic by raising his long arms, while the wheelchair-bound pedestrian made it to the median. Then, the seven-time NBA All-Star immediately went to the southbound lanes and raised his arms to command stunned drivers to stop. All traffic movement instantly stopped, and the wheelchair safely made it to the other side.

After making sure the citizen was safe on the other side of the road, Mourning lowered his arms and headed to his SUV to the sound of cheering fans, who recognized the 6-foot-10 temporary crossing guard.

It’s not news for Hoya fans, but Alonzo Mourning is an incredible human being.

[Image edited from a keithallison photo.]