For those of you who don’t know, I am the radio play-by-play announcer for DC United of Major League Soccer. I’m the closest thing that franchise has to Rich Chvotkin. The team played in New England yesterday, and this morning I was returning to BWI from Providence, RI. As I approached the front of the security line I saw a major celebrity a few people in front of me. She’s not only carries superstar status in Providence but also on HoyaHoops.com - Doris Burke!
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Last week, the 2008 NBA Lottery took place, and for the fifth time in as many years, the worst team in the NBA did not get the number one draft pick. As odd as it sounds, it is by design. To me, that means there is a problem.
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Wow. Looks like we haven’t posted anything here in over a week. Well, I guess that’s because there hasn’t been too much going on recently in the Hoyaverse.
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• This past Thursday, Coach John Thompson Jr. was awarded the 2008 IONA Senior Services Outstanding Citizen Award.
• The Georgetown University Commencement took place this past Saturday, seeing Hoyas Tyler Crawford, Patrick Ewing, Jr., Jonathan Wallace, and Roy Hibbert all receive their degrees. Jeff Green was reportedly present at the ceremony as he is planning to take courses over the summer to earn his degree as well.
• Dashonte Riley, who we reported visiting campus last weekend, has committed to Georgetown over the weekend according to Scout.com.

Congratulations to Jeff Green on being named to the NBA Rookie First Team. I still think that Jeff would’ve been better off playing at Georgetown this past season, but that ship has sailed. Anyway, according to the most knowledgeable people in the league, Jeff was one of the Top 5 first year players. That’s great for him, and even better for Georgetown University - maybe.
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• After averaging 10.5 points and 4.7 rebounds a game, Jeff Green was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team. Jeff is the first Hoya to make the team since Allen Iverson in 1996-97.
• This past weekend, former Georgetown Captain Tom Scates passed away from a heart attack. Graduating in 1979, Scates was one of Coach John Thompson Jr.’s first big men, and he graduated as the best shot blocker in team history. Here are the Georgetown press release and an article from the View From the Hilltop blog.

• Coach John Thompson III and assistants David Cox and Kenya Hunter were seen this past weekend at the Tombs with class of ‘09 prospective recruit Dashonte Riley. Riley is a 6′10” center from Detroit Country Day. Here’s a link to some highlights from Youtube.
• Barker Davis of the Washington Times has written an article on next year’s team, discussing the high turnover of players with Coach Thompson. In the article, it confirms that recruit Chris Braswell will not be joining the team because of academic issues and that Florida State big man, Julian Vaughn is indeed transferring to the hilltop.
• Also according to Barker Davis, Jeremiah Rivers is planning to transfer to Indiana University.

Like we did with Vernon a couple weeks ago, we are going to take this week’s game time to honor Jeremiah Rivers who will be transferring this summer.

What is your favorite memory of Jeremiah Rivers?

For us, it was his stellar defense against Jonny Flynn in the overtime win over Syracuse this season. Rivers completely shut down the player who had scored 24 points in the first half hour, forcing Flynn to shoot 0-8 in the end of regulation and the overtime period.

What about you? What are your favorite memories?

We already told you about Jeremiah Rivers choosing to transfer, but here’s what his father Doc had to say about his decision [from Boston.com]:

“It’s something he wanted to do,” said Doc Rivers. “I loved where he was at. He wants to be happy in a different system. He loved Coach [John] Thompson. I love Coach Thompson. It was a tough one.

“I didn’t try [to change his mind] because if I did and it didn’t work out then it’s Dad’s fault. I did try to show him where he was at as far as school. He was playing a lot and had a great chance to start the following year.

“Kids, sometimes they want to do things and you just support him. That’s what you do as a parent.”

According to The Hoya, Sophomore guard Jeremiah Rivers intends to transfer from Georgetown this season to an as yet undisclosed university. They don’t cite their sources and there is no official word from the Athletic Department as of yet, but The Hoya tends to be a reliable source, and this news does not come as a surprise to many close to the situation.

If true, Jeremiah will be the second sophomore to transfer from Georgetown in two weeks, leaving the 2008-2009 team with only two players - Jessie Sapp and DaJuan Summers - who were on the Final Four team from two years ago.

We talked about transfers once the season was over, and now it looks as if Jeremiah and Vernon will have to join the growing list of unexcused absences.

–Update–
It is official. Here’s the GU press release.