Hoya alum, Jessie Sapp is celebrating his birthday today in Scotland. On Sunday, he gave himself a premature birthday present by having a triple-double in the Glasgow Rocks’ victory over the Milton Keynes Lions, earning himself a spot on the British Basketball League’s Team of the Week.

Jessie scored 23 points off of 7-12 shooting to go with 11 assists, 10 rebounds, and three steals in the game. You can read more about it on the team’s webpage.

So here’s wishing Jessie a “Happy birthday,” and a “Keep up the good work” too.

[GlasgowRocks.co.uk: Game Recap]
[GlasgowRocks.co.uk: BBL Honors]

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• The Georgetown Hoyas won on their first Saturday home game of the season, defeating the Lafayette Leopards 97-64. They play again tonight, facing the Mount St. Mary’s Mountaineers in their first two-day turnaround of the season.
• Two undefeated teams in the Top 10 lost their first games this past week. #9 Tennessee lost to #6 Purdue 73-72 on Monday, and last night, #2 Michigan State lost to unranked Florida 77-74. Former Hoya Vernon Macklin scored 10 points in the upset.
• Jessie Sapp had an incredible game in Scotland last night as the Glasgow Rocks defeated the Worcester Wolves 111-59. Jessie had 31 points, 11 assists, 7 rebounds, and 8 steals in the game in what he described as “bron bron numbers” on his Twitter account.

• With NBA Training Camps starting up a few days ago, some Hoyas’ names are popping up again. Mike Sweetney is still practicing with the Boston Celtics like he did during the Orlando Summer League, and while it doesn’t look like he’ll get a roster spot in Boston, he’s still out there trying to prove that he belongs back in the League. You can read more here from the Boston Globe [via HoyaTalk]
• Also making an appearance during NBA Training Camp is Brandon Bowman. After running-up in the German Bundesliga with Telekom Baskets Bonn, Brandon will be practicing with the Philadelphia 76ers this week.
• And over in Europe, Jessie Sapp is getting comfortable in Glasgow. After three games, the Rocks are 1-2, but Jessie has done well for himself, leading the team in scoring twice with 26, and putting up 15 in their one win. So far, he’s shooting 54% from the field and 47% from three to go along with his 8-9 (89%) from the stripe. After the team’s first game, the Coach had some nice things to say about his rookie guard: Jessie Sapp has bright future with Glasgow Rocks.

Recent Georgetown graduate Jessie Sapp has just signed with the Glasgow Rocks of the British Basketball League. Rocks’ player-coach Sterling Davis has some nice things to say about Jessie on the team website where they have just announced Sapp’s signing.

Jessie follows in the footsteps of fellow Hoyas Jonathan Wallace, Brandon Bowman, Kevin Braswell and others to continue playing basketball professionally in Europe. Hopefully he can bring home a championship like Brandon did in Germany.

[ScottishRocks.co.uk]

• This past week was Senior Week at Georgetown, and on Saturday was Georgetown’s Commencement. With seniors Jessie Sapp, Bryon Jansen, and manager Chris Golski all graduating from the College, there were plenty of Hoyas in attendance. Coach Thompson was watching along with Jason Clark, Julian Vaughn, Nikita Mescheriakov, and recent graduate Tyler Crawford.
• While no HoyaHoops team members were present at Senior Ball on Friday, Roy Hibbert was in attendance and kinda hard to miss.
• In the NBA Playoffs, there were two Game 7s yesterday and both had Hoya implications. In the first game, the Houston Rockets lost to the L.A. Lakers 89-70. With Dikembe announcing his retirement last month, he has lost his final chance at an NBA ring.
• In the second Game 7, the Orlando Magic defeated the reigning Boston Celtics 101-82 to advance to the Eastern Conference finals. Before the game, Magic Assistant Patrick Ewing had guaranteed victory for Orlando.
• Early last week, Georgetown’s Athletic Director Bernard Muir accepted the position of Director of Athletics and Recreation Services at the University of Delaware. There’s been no word on Muir’s replacement at Georgetown.

There is no way to salvage this season; it will forever be a disappointment. Even if the Hoyas win every game of the NIT 100-0, it won’t make up for the losses to Seton Hall, Cincinnati, or St. John’s. Nevertheless, as the old saying goes, “they turned the scoreboard on; might as well try to win.”
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There were some fans who thought that the Hoyas could make a little run in the Big East Tournament and crawl back into the discussion of being an at-large team. Unfortunately, the team did not think so. There was an amazing lack of intensity and energy for the Hoyas, which is an indication that they may have felt like they had nothing to play for.
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Good morning everybody! It’s a great day to be a college hoops fan, especially if you love the Big East (or hate the Big East, I guess). Today is Day One of the Big East Tournament at Madison Square Garden in New York City – the city that never sleeps. It’s a good thing the city never sleeps; otherwise it would probably be a little groggy at noon on a Tuesday, when the tournament actually begins.

As you know, Georgetown will play St. John’s in Game 2 of the opening session. DePaul and Cincinnati get things going at 12:00 and 20 minutes after the conclusion of that game, the Hoyas and Red Storm will tip off. There are a lot of “ifs” coming into the tournament for the Hoyas. I’m only going to use one “if” to get us started, and assume the other “ifs” as often as needed.
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Here’s the audio from the press conference on Saturday night. There were lots of questions about Jessie Sapp since it was senior day, and you can hear from Coach, Jessie, and DaJuan on the subject.

The videos are embedded below in two parts.