You know how everybody always says, “It’s not time to hit the panic button yet”? Well, guess what. Someone on the Hoyas needs to hit the panic button right now! Stay the course, keep running the offense, fight through it, will all lead to more losses and a real possibility of an N.I.T. bid. With as much progress as the program has made in the last three seasons, those letters should make every Hoya fan shudder.
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There are some stats that jump off the box score. If a team is outrebounded by a 3-1 margin, that’s the reason for the defeat. If a team has 20 more turnovers than their opponent, that will be in the first paragraph of every article about the game. Similarly, if Marquette is playing at home, against Georgetown, and Marquette shoots 38 free throws to Georgetown’s 13, that’s a major reason for the defeat. The Georgetown shooting against Seton Hall was terrible. The Hoyas’ defense against Cincinnati was embarrassing. The officiating against Marquette was atrocious. The refs weren’t cheating the Hoyas; they were just terrible. There were a handful of awful calls that benefited the Hoyas, too, but not to the extent of the free throw discrepancy. It’s not whining, or making excuses; it is the reality of the last three games.
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Teams

Georgetown:
Georgetown played a very good first half. They were making their shots, and it seemed as though the team’s confidence was high. However, in the second half, the Hoyas regressed to its form of the last few games. They fell behind and seemed to lose their nerve, no one wanted to take the big shot, and as a result, they couldn’t keep up the scoring pace with Marquette.
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