Georgetown: 64, Pittsburgh: 52

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The Georgetown Hoyas advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big East Tournament, defeating Pittsburgh 64-52. Georgetown was led by 20-point performances from both Henry Sims and Otto Porter, who also combined for 19 rebounds. Ashton Gibbs scored 14 points for the Panthers, who will miss out on the NCAA Tournament for the first time in over a decade.

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The Hoyas fell to the Marquette Golden Eagles 83-69 in the last game of the regular season. We asked you to predict when the Hoyas would hit their final field goal. Hollis Thompson’s jumper with 1:18 to go in the game would prove to be the final points for Georgetown in the loss, which makes bobby cox’s guess the closest. Nice work.

Now that the regular season is over, let’s take a look at the t-shirt standings:

Now that it’s tournament time and every game is critical, we will raise the stakes in our Pregame Predictions as well, as now every correct answer will be worth two points, so it’s still anyone’s game. Here’s the first question of the postseason.

After defeating St. John’s in the opening round, Pittsburgh has advanced to face the 5th seeded Hoyas. The last time these teams met, Georgetown struggled on both ends of the court and fell on the road. One bright spot in that game was Otto Porter who led the Hoyas with 14 points, 6 rebounds, and 2 blocks. After being omitted from the Big East All-Rookie team, we’re wondering how Otto will do in his first Big East Tournament game.

How many points will Otto Porter score against Pitt, and how many rebounds will he collect?

We’re going to go with the same numbers as last time 14 and 6. What are your guesses?

Teams

Georgetown:
The Hoyas ended the season with a whimper instead of a bang, falling to Marquette 83-69. The team did not look quite right on the day, as the offense was creating good scoring chances but not converting and the defense was good but not great. The Hoyas shot just 30% from the field in the first half, with a lot of shots rimming out. Georgetown’s defense is most effective in the half court, but the Golden Eagles made a point of trying to run as often as possible and their press flustered the Hoyas into giving up too many easy points. The Hoyas trailed most of the game, and while they kept it close, they were never really able to threaten Marquette for the lead. All in all, team just looked a bit off and lost the game and a chance at the double-bye as a result.

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• The Big East Conference announced their end of the season honors, and Georgetown’s Jason Clark was named to the First Team All-Big East. Fellow senior Henry Sims was named to All-Big East Third Team, and Hollis Thompson received an Honorable Mention. Unfortunately, Otto Porter was not recognized as one of the conference’s top rookies.
• With all the regular season games ending on Saturday, the field for the Big East Tournament is set. Georgetown finished in a three-way tie for 4th place, and due to tiebreakers ended up as the #5 seed of the tournament. The Hoyas will play the winner of the #12 – #13 game on Wednesday at 2:00pm. St. John’s will face Pittsburgh tomorrow at 2:00 to see who the Hoyas’ opponent will be.

Georgetown lost at Marquette in their regular season finale, falling 69-83 to the Golden Eagles. Jae Crowder led all scorers with 26 while Hollis Thompson and Otto Porter each had 19 points in the losing effort.

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Georgetown: 69, Marquette: 83

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The Hoyas went 2-0 in their final two home games of the season, handily defeating Villanova 67-46 on Saturday and Notre Dame 59-41 on Monday. Jason Clark and Henry Sims combined to score 52 points in those games, an average of 26 points per game for the two seniors. Before the game we asked how many points our seniors would score, and Blark was only off by three points with a guess of 55 points. Well done, Blark!

Georgetown wraps up the Big East regular season with a trip to Milwaukee to take on Marquette on Saturday. The last time the two teams played it was a thriller, with the Hoyas rallying from a 17 point second half deficit to claim a dramatic victory. The Golden Eagles certainly have not forgotten that game, and will be looking for revenge. For this game’s Pregame Predictions, we will be taking the question from one of our followers. Before the second St. John’s game, we asked when the Hoyas would score their first field goal. Bob from Columbia suggested a tweak to make it more exciting, so we will be following his advice.

When will Georgetown score its last field goal of the game?

Remember, we are talking last field goal, not last points, so end of the game free throws will not count. Our guess is the Hoyas will score with 2.2 seconds left in the game, since we expect this one to go down to the wire. Let us know your guesses in the comments.