The Hoyas couldn’t finalize the comeback in the Big East Tournament Championship, and after losing the game with under five seconds to play, the team was extremely disappointed. Here’s the press conference:

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The Hoyas are headed back to the Big East Tournament Championship thanks to a dominating performance against Marquette.

Here’s what Coach and the Big Three had to say afterwards:

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Georgetown:
Georgetown has been a streaky team this year, following stellar performances with uninspired losses and vice versa. This game was a tour-de-force for the Hoyas, as they pounded the Bearcats by 27. We have known for a while what this Georgetown team is capable of achieving when they play well, and they demonstrated that Saturday. The hard part will be actually playing at that level consistently. But, going into the Big East Tournament, this was a huge confidence boost.

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Yesterday, the Big East announced the 2009-10 all-conference teams, and two Hoyas were honored. Greg Monroe was the youngest player to make it to the All-Big East First Team, and Austin Freeman was named to the All-Big East Second Team.

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The regular season is over, and the Hoyas finished it off strong with a dominating performance over Cincinnati. After the game, here’s what Coach Thompson, Austin Freeman, and Greg Monroe had to say:

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Georgetown:
The Hoyas have been a hot-and-cold type of team all season long, and you saw both sides in this game. The first 25 minutes of the game were difficult to watch, as Georgetown looked flummoxed by the Syracuse zone, as if the Orange have not been playing the same defense for 30 years, and they were totally incapable of stopping Syracuse, giving up wide open three-point looks or dunks.

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Teams

Georgetown:
Georgetown started the game looking very lethargic. In a game where the outside shots weren’t falling, the Hoyas adjusted well to go inside either by giving the ball to Greg Monroe or by getting to the basket. However, when the game was winding down, they went away from that and they could not get much needed stops on the defensive end, and that ultimately caused the loss.

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When the Hoyas beat Villanova on Saturday, Georgetown broke some school records, and like we did after the Duke game, here are a few of the reasons the Blizzard Game will go down in history:

• As Mike pointed out, this was the first time that the Hoyas scored 100 points against a Big East opponent in regulation since 1996. In the last game of the regular season, the Hoyas defeated Villanova at the Caps Center/USAir Arena/whatever it was called at that time 106-68. It was the final home game for Othella Harrington, Jerome Williams, and Allen Iverson.
• The game marked the first time a team has scored 100 points against Villanova while Coach Jay Wright has been there. The last time was when Providence beat them 100-74 on February 11, 2004.
• Austin Freeman scored 25 points That marks the fourth straight game that Free has gone for 20 or more points. The last Hoya to do that was Mike Sweetney in 2003. Big Mike amazingly scored 20 or more in 26 out of 32 games that season.
  
  The last guard to score 20 points in four straight was Shernard Long back in 1998.
• Jason Clark scored a career high 24 points and one was one three-pointer shy of tying Mark Tillmon and Darrel Owen’s record of 7 in a single game.

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• The new rankings were released yesterday, and Georgetown remained #7 in the AP Top 25 while moving up to #8 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches’ Poll. Georgetown is ranked behind three other Big East teams, Villanova, Syracuse, and West Virginia. In total, there are five Big East teams in both Top 25s and 4 in the Top 7 or 8.
• Austin Freeman was named to the Big East Weekly Honor Roll for the 2nd time this season. It’s the 6th straight week that a Hoya was honored. Meanwhile, USF’s Dominique Jones took home Big East Player of the Week. Georgetown will face Jones on Wednesday at the Verizon Center.
• In Big Monday last night, Louisville beat Connecticut 82-69 in Freedom Hall. That’s three straight losses for UCONN, and the Huskies have only one conference victory since playing the Hoyas – they beat St. John’s at home.

Teams

Georgetown:
The Hoyas dominated this game from start to finish. They ran their offense to perfection, abusing the Duke defenders throughout the game for easy looks. On the other end of the floor, the Hoyas played pressure defense, holding Duke to 37% from the field.

Also, the Hoyas have had a tendency to take the foot off the pedal on occasion when opening a big lead, but they stayed focused the whole game, only letting up slightly in the final minute of the game with a 19 point lead.

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