Georgetown bounced back from Monday night’s tough loss to Kansas by routing Chaminade Tuesday, 88-61. The win over a Division II opponent doesn’t add anything to the Hoyas’ tournament profile, but was impressive none the less, and set up a high-profile showdown with #8 Memphis on Wednesday. The quick turnaround also is exacerbating blogging-induced carpel tunnel syndrome, so you’ll get just a few quick bullets from yesterday’s game.

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After a long weekend and a lot of turkey, I can now look back and reflect upon Georgetown’s trip to Hawaii.

Teams

Georgetown:
There were lots of questions surrounding this year’s Georgetown team entering Maui, as the first few games were not challenging enough to show us what the team was made of. After the tournament, I think we all have a better sense of this year’s team.

The Hoyas showed me a lot, playing hard throughout the whole tournament, competing at the same level as the two top 25 opponents that they faced and soundly defeating an inferior opponent. The Hoyas did make a number of mistakes that are typical for teams with lots of underclassmen, such as going on extended scoring droughts and falling asleep on defense occasionally. But, the team was able to overcome these flaws for an impressive overall performance in Maui.

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