• This past Thursday, Coach John Thompson Jr. was awarded the 2008 IONA Senior Services Outstanding Citizen Award.
• The Georgetown University Commencement took place this past Saturday, seeing Hoyas Tyler Crawford, Patrick Ewing, Jr., Jonathan Wallace, and Roy Hibbert all receive their degrees. Jeff Green was reportedly present at the ceremony as he is planning to take courses over the summer to earn his degree as well.
• Dashonte Riley, who we reported visiting campus last weekend, has committed to Georgetown over the weekend according to Scout.com.

Last night, Georgetown honored the 2007-08 Men’s Basketball Team at the Hoya Hoop Club Basketball Banquet. We know that a lot of you were unable to make it, so we had decided to send a Hoya Hoops representative to the Leavey Center to provide some details to those who missed out. I was that representative, and while I am not going to give you a full recount of what took place, I’ll do my best to talk about the highlights.
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The Final Four is upon us once again. Personally, it seems like much longer than just one year ago that the Hoyas were preparing to take on Ohio State in the 2007 Final Four. A lot has changed in that one year, both nationally and on the hilltop. Throughout this season in college basketball, I felt like there were three teams that were the top teams in the country - Memphis, Kansas, and UCLA. There were a handful of teams that were just slightly below that upper echelon - North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Georgetown, and Louisville among a few others. I felt that even as a #2 seed in the NCAA Tournament, the Hoyas would have had to have a lot of things go their way to win the National Championship. As it was, very little did go their way.
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Sunday morning, as I was packing my bags and preparing to check out of my hotel room just outside of Raleigh, North Carolina, I was planning out my upcoming week with my fiancee, Emily. “If we win today, then the next round is on Friday and Sunday in Detroit,” I was saying. “I’d have to miss work on Friday and then we’d have to see about flights for Sunday night or Monday.” Since Emily is a teacher at a Catholic elementary school, she had the week off for Easter and said, “Well if it works out, I’ll be able to come since I don’t have school until the following Tuesday.” I would still have to worry about making up the hours at work and about finding a hotel, a flight, and some means of transport to get to the games. But that was all still very far away.
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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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When Georgetown played Notre Dame at the MCI Center in January of 2005, I was in Florence, Italy. I was listening to Rich Chvotkin over the internet. When Colin Falls hit a double-clutch three pointer to put the Irish up by one with five seconds left, I was resigned to defeat. The Hoyas had just suffered a heart-breaker to Syracuse, and another sour end for the Hoyas seemed certain. For Roy Hibbert, it was just the beginning.
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Sometimes you are forced to make tough decisions: decisions that will not only impact your life and the lives of your family, but the lives of thousands of other people. I’ve been lucky enough to never have to make such an important decision. Roy Hibbert was confronted with such a dilemma 10 months ago. Hibbert chose to turn down a job in the NBA to stay in school. He had to say, “I want to turn down a million-dollar offer and a lifestyle of ultimate luxury so that I can go to class, eat cafeteria food, and take final exams.” He made the right choice.
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Jonathan Wallace is one of the best free throw shooters in the history of Georgetown basketball. And on more than one occasion, he has gone to the stripe with the outcome of the game hanging in the balance. We all know how clutch he is and are all very thankful to have such a great free throw shooter on the line in close games. But, personally, there is something that impresses me more than his free throw makes.
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Anybody who has even moderate interest in this year’s Georgetown Hoyas knows two things about Jonathan Wallace: he started his career as a walk-on, and he made a critical shot against North Carolina to help the Hoyas get to the Final Four last season. But if that’s all you know about Jon Wallace, you’re missing the real story. It would be like knowing two things about Beethoven: he was German and played the piano.
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Patrick Ewing Jr. has made some critical plays during his career. We all remember his last-second heroics in Morgantown, and his defensive efforts against Syracuse. Even his role in the Marquette game was essential to victory. But the play that sticks out to me as the quintessential Pat Jr. play happened during last year’s Final Four run.
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