Weekend Report - Hoya Hoops

Georgetown Beats Maryland

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The Georgetown Hoyas came in third place in the Old Spice Classic in Orlando, Florida. The Hoyas opened the tournament with a win against the Wichita State Shockers on Thanksgiving, but then fell to Tennessee the following day. In the third place match, the Hoyas beat their crosstown rivals Maryland to finish with a 2-1 record for the long weekend.
Gonzaga defeated Tennessee 83-74 in the finals of the Old Spice Classic. The Bulldogs’ Steven Gray had 19 points off the bench to lead all scorers, and Josh Heytvelt had another good game, getting 15 points, four rebounds, and two blocks.
Five teams in the AP Top 10 were defeated this week. The highest ranked team to lose was #3 Louisville who was defeated by the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers 68-54. Fifth-ranked Michigan State fell to Maryland in the opening round of the Old Spice Classic. Sixth-ranked Texas lost to #8 Notre Dame in the semifinals of the Maui Invitational, but the Irish were then defeated by #1 North Carolina in the finals. Also, tenth-ranked Purdue was defeated by Oklahoma 87-82 in overtime.

Topics: Old Spice Classic, Weekend Report
December 1st, 2008, 9:03 am 0 Comments

No more P.J. or Dash

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The Georgetown Hoyas won their second game of the season, beating the Drexel Dragons 81-53 at Verizon Center.
Jeff Green’s Oklahoma City Thunder fired head coach P.J. Carlesimo on Saturday after starting the season with a league worst 1-12 start. Later on Saturday, Oklahoma City lost to the New Orleans Hornets 109-97 under interim head coach Scott Brooks.
Over the past week, five Top 25 teams fell as #4 UCLA, #13 Memphis, #16 Miami, and #21 Davidson were all defeated and #19 USC lost twice.
As early signing period just ended for high school seniors, Dashonte Riley, who had verballed for Georgetown, has reportedly lost interest and retracted his commitment. Hollis Thompson, a 6′6” small forward from Los Angeles, looks like a lock, but Georgetown does not comment about recruits until the spring and we have not heard confirmation if Thompson has signed a letter of intent.

Topics: Weekend Report
November 24th, 2008, 9:15 am 0 Comments

Georgetown Season Begins

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The Georgetown Hoyas return to the floor for the first game of the season. The team hosts the Jacksonville Dolphins at Verizon Center. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:30 PM.
While the Hoyas are having their first game today, most of the college basketball world got underway this past week. None of the teams in the Top 25 lost, as the teams were a combined 27-0. Georgetown and Louisville were the only teams in the rankings not to play in the first week. Third-ranked Louisville play their season opener on Saturday.
Allen Iverson is fitting right in with his new team. After losing efforts in his first two starts, Iverson and the Detroit Pistons had a successful tour through the Western Conference, finishing 3-1, which included handing the Los Angeles Lakers their first loss of the season. Iverson averaged 21.8 points and 7.3 assists on the road trip.

Topics: Allen Iverson, Weekend Report
November 17th, 2008, 12:00 pm 1 Comment

Open Practice and NBA Action

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The Hoyas had their annual Hoya Hoop Club open practice on Friday and then scrimmaged against George Mason on Saturday. The scrimmage was closed to the press, and none of us could make it to the open practice, so we have very little details. Check out the Hoya Talk board for any details on the open practice.
Allen Iverson made his debut for the Detroit Pistons over the weekend falling both to the Nets in his first game as a Piston and to the Celtics in his first home game in Detroit.
Roy Hibbert had a career highs Friday in the Pacers’ losing effort against Cleveland on Friday. He scored 11 points, pulled down nine rebounds, and had a pair of assists. Unfortunately, he also had a career high in personal fouls, fouling out of the game with nine minutes to play.

Roy’s next game is tonight at 7:00 against former teammate Jeff Green and the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Topics: Allen Iverson, Roy Hibbert, Weekend Report
November 10th, 2008, 9:19 am 1 Comment

Hoyas in first Top 25

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The first set of polls was released over the weekend, and Georgetown came in #22 in the AP Poll and #18 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches’ Poll. In both polls, the Big East had 7 teams in the Top 25.
The Indiana Pacers won their first game of the season on Saturday, defeating the Boston Celtics 95-79. Roy played 12 minutes and scored 5 points off of 2-3 shooting. Coach Jim O’Brien had this to say of Hibbert: “I thought Roy did some good things. He needs to maintain his focus. His work ethic is great and I’m very, very pleased with how he’s developing.”
Jeff Green’s team also earned their first win this weekend, and for them it was the first win with their new name, the Oklahoma City Thunder. They defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves 88-85 last night. Jeff had 13 points and three assists, but he missed two critical free throws that would have pushed the lead to five with seven seconds left in the game.
Patrick Ewing was upset to find out that the Knicks had cut his son and said that he is looking into opportunities in Europe or the D-League. Meanwhile, the New York Post is reporting that the Knicks may waive Stephon Marbury today as Knicks President Donnie Walsh and Marbury are scheduled to meet today. Marc Berman of the Post speculates that if they waive Marbury, the Knicks may re-sign Patrick Ewing, Jr.

Topics: Indiana Pacers, Jeff Green, Oklahoma City Thunder, Patrick Ewing, Jr., Roy Hibbert, Weekend Report
November 3rd, 2008, 9:40 am 0 Comments

Cashmere Wright and Lute Olson Out

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Cincinnati freshman Cashmere Wright will miss the entire season with a torn ACL suffered in practice. Wright was a highly-touted point guard who was expected to play a major part in the Bearcats’ team this season.
Arizona’s coach of 25 years, Lute Olson retired this past week after missing last season for personal reasons. The University of Arizona has named Russ Pennell as the interim head coach, after associate head coach Mike Dunlap turned down an offer.
Today is Jaren Jackson’s birthday. Jaren is currently the head coach of the Fort Wayne Mad Ants in the NBA Development League.

Topics: Big East, Birthday, Cincinnati, Jaren Jackson, Weekend Report
October 27th, 2008, 9:13 am 0 Comments

The Madness Before March

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Midnight Madness took place this Friday, with everything you would expect - dunking, dancing, and some surprise guests including Jerry Rice, Dikembe Mutombo, and Jeff Green’s Mom.
Roy Hibbert’s Indiana Pacers jersey was added to the wall in McDonough, the first new jersey since Jeff Green last year. There was no unveiling of Patrick Ewing Jr.’s Knicks jersey yet.

Topics: Roy Hibbert, Weekend Report
October 20th, 2008, 11:19 am 0 Comments

Alonzo and Markel

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Georgetown all-time great Alonzo Mourning has published his autobiography, Resilience: Faith, Focus, Triumph which will be available in bookstores tomorrow. On Wednesday, Zo will be at the Barnes and Noble on M Street signing copies of his book starting at 7:30 PM.
Georgetown Prep junior Markel Starks has verbally committed to the Big Hoyas. We will be trying to get in touch with his current coach, former Hoya, and friend of the site Dwayne Bryant to find out some more about the 6′1” guard.

Topics: Alonzo Mourning, Markel Starks, Weekend Report
September 29th, 2008, 9:02 am 2 Comments

At Long Last

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After our week of buildup, Patrick Ewing was finally inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame on Friday, being by his former coach and mentor, John Thompson.
The Big East has finally released their conference schedule for the upcoming season. The Hoyas will face a tough challenge right off the bat as they start the Big East season at Connecticut, home against Pittsburgh, and then away at Notre Dame. Once we get the final schedule with the remaining non-conference games from Mex, we’ll be sure to update our schedule page and give you links for your Google Calendars/Outlook/iCal/whatevers.

Topics: Big East, Patrick Ewing, Weekend Report
September 8th, 2008, 9:26 am 0 Comments

Little Pat, Big John, and Big Pat

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On Friday, Patrick Ewing, Jr.was traded from the Houston Rockets to the New York Knicks for French international Frederic Weis. Patrick is the 16th man under contract with the Knicks, and with only 15 players per team, Pat will have to earn his spot on the roster. If he does make the team, though, big Pat has said that the Knicks should take #33 down from the rafters.
Today is Coach John Thompson, Jr.’s birthday. Let’ see what happens if Smokin’ Al Koken forgets to wish him a Happy Birthday on his show this afternoon.
Patrick Ewing will be inducted into the Hall of Fame this Thursday, and in honor of his accomplishment, we at Hoya Hoops will be paying tribute to Big Pat throughout the week. Be sure to check out what we have to offer.

Topics: Birthday, John Thompson Jr., Patrick Ewing, Patrick Ewing, Jr., Weekend Report
September 2nd, 2008, 9:21 am 0 Comments