Midnight Madness was on Friday night, and for those of you missed it, here’s a recap of what went down at McDonough:

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• Yesterday, was the preseason media day for the Georgetown Hoyas, and while no one from the Hoya Hoops staff could make it out there, the Washington Post’s Tarik El-Bashir wrote this piece on the upcoming season:
  Georgetown basketball readies for return to court after tumultuous offseason

  And Craig Stouffer of the Washington Examiner had this to say:
  Hoyas have fighting chance

• Midnight Madness is tonight, and besides introducing the 2011-12 Men’s Basketball Team, there are other exciting things to look out for.

  Patrick Ewing, Jr.‘s NBA jersey will be put up on the back wall at McDonough after earning his first NBA action in late March.

  And the GeorgetownHoops YouTube channel posted this video hinting that several Hoya Legends will be present on campus tonight:

• While going to Midnight Madness is for students only, Georgetown will be streaming the event live on GUHoyas.com. Starting at 8:30pm, head over to www.guhoyas.com/allaccess to watch all that’s happening at McDonough.

• It’s only May, but we already have the first bit of news regarding the 2011-12 season. The Hoyas will be traveling to play Alabama on December 1st as a part of the Big East/SEC Challenge. The last time the two teams met was in 2007 when Georgetown won 70-60 in that year’s interconference challenge.
• Recent transfer Vee Sanford has announced where he will be playing basketball next season, as he’s committed to the University of Dayton.

  We at Hoya Hoops wish Vee the best as a Flyer, but we are a little upset with his decision, as it messes up our limerick.

  There once was a Hoya Vee Sanford
  But after two seasons he transferred.
  Had a great hi-top fade,
  In games, seldom played.
  And next year, he’s playing at Stanford Dayton.

• Tomorrow is Commencement Day for the class of 2011, so we wanted to congratulate seniors Austin Freeman, Chris Wright, Julian Vaughn, and Ryan Dougherty as well as managers C.J. Ciarrocchi and Ray Moss. Have fun at Senior Ball tonight guys!

  [Update: GUHoyas.com has just posted an article with quotes from the seniors – Six Members of Men’s Basketball Program to Earn Degrees on Saturday

• And today is the birthday of two Hoyas who have gone on to have careers in the NBA – Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje and Patrick Ewing, Jr. While Pat’s Hornets have been knocked out of the NBA Playoffs, Ruben is in the semi-finals of the Basketball Bundesliga in Germany, and his Artland Dragons Quakenbrueck trail the series 0-1 to Brose Baskets Bamberg.

It’s been three years in the making, but Patrick Ewing Jr. finally made his first appearance in a regular season NBA game yesterday.

After being called up from the D-League Saturday on a 10-day contract, Pat got to see his first minutes as a New Orleans Hornet last night in the 95-91 victory over the Trailblazers.

He only played 1 minute and 37 seconds near the end of the first half, and had 0 stats other than minutes, but he has now officially joined the ranks of his father, three of his Georgetown teammates, and 37 other Hoyas as an NBA player.

Patrick Ewing Jr. has been signed to a 10-day contract by the New Orleans Hornets to fill the gap left by injured David West.

Who knows how much playing time Pat will see in the next ten days, but hopefully his performance with the Hornets in the upcoming weeks will earn him the shot he deserves.

• Presidents Day Weekend was not kind to the Top 5 teams in the country, as #3 Texas lost to Nebraska on Saturday, #4 Pittsburgh fell to St. John’s on Saturday, and #2 Ohio State lost to Purdue on Sunday. Add to that #1 Kansas’ loss to Kansas State last Monday, and it wasn’t pretty for the top of the heap. That’s why #5 Duke moved up to the top spot with the new rankings yesterday.
• #9 Georgetown survived the weekend, holding off South Florida on Saturday for a 61-55 victory.
• It was All-Star Weekend in the NBA, and Greg Monroe had a good game for the Rookies in the T-Mobile Rookie Challenge, helping his side beat the Sophomores 148-140. Greg scored 14 points, grabbed 8 boards, and got this nice writeup from the Detroit News.
• The NBA Development League also had its All-Star game this weekend, and Patrick Ewing, Jr. helped the East earn a 115-108 victory on Saturday night. Check out the highlights to see Pat’s two big rejections (including the Block of the Night) and his reverse alley-oop.

• The Hoyas picked up two wins over the week, beating St. John’s at home on Wednesday, and then beating #8 Villanova in Philadelphia on Saturday.
• There were tons of losses in the Top 25 over the past week, and four of the top 5 teams in the country picked up a loss as #2 Pittsburgh lost to Notre Dame on Big Monday, #3 Duke lost to St. John’s yesterday in New York, #4 San Diego State lost their first game to Brigham Young on Wednesday, and #5 Connecticut fell to Louisville in double overtime on Saturday.
• Also, #8 Villanova and #9 Syracuse each lost twice over the week, and #9 Brigham Young, #11 Missouri, #12 Purdue, #13 Texas A&M, #16 Minnesota, #17 Wisconsin, #18 Washington, #19 Vanderbilt, #20 Illinois, #22 Florida State, #24 Florida, and #25 Michigan State all lost a game this week as well.
• #1 Ohio State is the only unbeaten team left in the country, and they narrowly escaped experiencing their first loss with a 58-57 win over Northwestern on Saturday.
• In the NBA, Jeff Green continues to do well with the Thunder, as he scored 19 points and hit the game-tying shot in the overtime win against Minnesota, had 13 and 10 against the Wizards, and then scored 23 in the loss to the Heat yesterday afternoon.
• Roy Hibbert scored 20 points for the first time since November, but followed up that performance against the Nets with a 2 point showing against Chicago . Expect big changes for the Pacers, though, as coach Jim O’Brien was fired and replaced with interim coach Frank Vogel.
• Greg Monroe is continuing to do well with the Pistons as he scored 15 points and grabbed a career-high 17 rebounds in a loss against the Knicks yesterday. DaJuan Summers played 12 minutes in that and scored four points.
• In the NBA Development League, Patrick Ewing, Jr. was traded from the Reno Big Horns to the Sioux Falls Skyforce on Tuesday. In his first games with the Skyforce, he scored 13 and grabbed 15 boards and then followed that up with a team leading 14 points in two losses to the Dakota Wizards.

• The Hoyas lost their first game of the season on Thursday night falling to Temple in Philadelphia. They rebounded quickly in an 89-60 win over Appalachian State in which freshman Moses Ayegba got his first minutes and points of the season.
• Greg Monroe earned his first NBA start in a loss at the Minnesota Timberwolves. He managed to score 8 points and pick up 15 boards for the Pistons.
• Patrick Ewing, Jr. keeps lighting it up for the Reno Bighorns. This weekend, he earned his first professional triple-double scoring 26 points along with 10 rebounds and 11 assists on Friday and then following up that performance with 24 points, 8 rebounds and 5 blocks on Saturday.
• Besides the Hoyas loss at Temple, there were two other Top 10 upsets. #3 Pittsburgh lost to #11 Tennessee 76-83 in Pittsburgh, and #7 Michigan State lost to #8 Syracuse 58-72, giving the Spartans their third loss of the season.

• The Hoyas moved to 6-0 with a home win over UNC Asheville on Saturday in which Austin Freeman tied the school record for threes in a game with seven.
• Alonzo Mourning was named one of seven Hoyas who will be entered into the Georgetown Athletic Hall of Fame in February. The event, taking place in Leavey Center on Friday, February 25, will also include Michael Stahr, Kathryn Federici, Dean Lowry, James Kenny, Mark Marilley, and Andrew Hoffmann from various sports on the Hilltop.
• Five teams in the AP Top 10 lost their first game this week. Unranked Connecticut beat #2 Michigan State and #8 Kentucky. #4 Kansas State lost to top-ranked Duke, #7 Villanova fell to #24 Tennessee, and #10 Purdue were upset by unranked Richmond.
• In the NBA, Jeff Green and the Oklahoma City Thunder defeated Roy Hibbert and the Indiana Pacers in overtime on Friday. Big Roy put up 19 points and 10 rebounds in the loss, while Jeff scored 15 and grabbed 14 boards in the hard-fought victory. Hibbert was tough to contain until Green switched to cover his old teammate in the 4th quarter and overtime.
• In Turkey, Allen Iverson earned his first victory in Europe with a 94-85 win over Trabzonspor. Allen scored 14 points, dished out 8 assists, and collected a steal in the W.
• And in the D-League, Patrick Ewing, Jr. helped the Reno Bighorns move to 4-0 with two victories over the Bakersfield Jam over the weekend. He collected 20 points and 9 rebounds in the first game, and managed 17 and 11 in the second.

Here’s a look at what went down this past weekend:

• The Georgetown Hoyas won the third annuals Charleston Classic this weekend, defeating Coastal Carolina on Thursday, Wofford on Friday, and NC State last night. Chris Wright was named the tournament MVP and Jason Clark was also named to the All-Tournament team. The Hoyas are now 5-0 on the season and have a short Thanksgiving break, not playing again until Saturday when they take on UNC-Asheville at home.
• In the NBA, Jeff Green is still out with his ankle injury. He has missed seven out of the last eight games for the Thunder and is listed as day-to-day for tonight’s game against the Timberwolves.
• Over in Europe, Allen Iverson played his first game in the Turkish league, losing 74-67 to Fenerbahçe Ülker. AI only managed two points and is now 0-2 in play in Turkey. Earlier in the week, he played in the Eurocup, as Beşiktaş lost to KK Hemofarm Stada.
• The NBA D-League got underway this weekend, and Patrick Ewing, Jr. is indeed playing with the Reno Bighorns. They won their first two games -both against the Utah Flash – and Patrick led the team last night with 28 points to go with his 11 boards and 6 assists.
• The #10 Florida Gators were the first team ranked in the Top 10 to lose a game, falling to #5 Ohio State on Tuesday. The first Top 10 upsets, though, took place in the Puerto Rico Tip-Off where #8 North Carolina dropped two games, falling to Minnesota on Friday, and then losing to Vanderbilt in the 3rd place game. The Tar Heels’ next opponent – like the Hoyas – is UNC-Asheville.