Hey everybody, Johnny sitting courtside here at the Phonebooth as the Hoyas set out to kick off their 2012 with a Big East victory over the Marquette Golden Eagles. It doesn’t look like the students are officially back from winter break yet – still no band or cheerleaders – but there are more seats dedicated to them the past few home games.

Marquette just moved down in the rankings after losing two games in as many weeks, most recently getting blown out at home by Vanderbilt. But in Big East play, they’re 1-0 with a win against Villanova, and they’re going to come out to play tonight in their first road conference game. And after the Hoyas’ rough game this past weekend, they’re going to need to step it up against a talented Marquette side.

As both teams are shooting around right now, here’s some pregame info I already have for you:

• The Hoyas are set to start the same five – Starks, Clark, Thompson, Lubick, and Sims.
• Marquette will be sending out Johnson-Odom, Mayo Wilson, Cadougan, Crowder, and GardnerBlue.
• The refs for tonight’s matchup are Brian O’Connell, Jamie Luckie, and Sean Corbin.

Keep checking back here, or follow us on Facebook or Twitter for in-game updates.

The Hoyas have some time off in order to prepare for final exams this week. That makes it the perfect time for Georgetown Basketball fans to show off their own Hoya knowledge.

This week we at Hoya Hoops will be putting our loyal readers to the test, but not with history or math questions. We will be asking a series of trivia questions covering a wide of array of topics relevant to Georgetown Basketball. Your goal is to get the most answers correct. Here are the rules:

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Now through Cyber Monday, our “Princeton Offense, Georgetown Defense” T-shirt is 60% off in the Hoya Hoops Store.

Get a head start on your Christmas shopping, and buy your favorite Hoya fan a new T-shirt in time for the start of the Big East season.

With the first game of the 2011-12 season just ten days away, it’s time for us to present you with the HoyaHoops.com Google Calendar with all of the info you need to keep track of the Hoyas’ upcoming season.

All the game dates, times, locations, and TV information are in there, and once the radio schedule is finalized, we’ll put that in there as well.

And as always, we’ll be updating the calendar throughout the season keeping track of the results and sharing links to recaps, box scores, and analysis.

The calendar is available at http://hoyahoops.com/calendar/, and a how-to describing downloading / syncing with your own calendar application can be found here.

And if you want a printable schedule, just head to
http://hoyahoops.com/schedule/ to see the schedule in a table.

Hoya Fans, we have BIG news.

Hoya Hoops is launching a new video feature, entitled Georgetown Breakdown. Our own Tony Limarzi was at Verizon Center on Sunday with a full video report of Georgetown’s game vs. Marquette. This is our pilot edition, so take a look and please tell your friends to do the same.

We’re in negotiations with a number of sponsors, so we need as many people as possible to watch the video. Basically, tell your friends and spread the word. The more popular the first feature, the more likely it will be that we can continue to provide more extensive coverage.

Hey everyone, Johnny here at Verizon Center 30 minutes before tip-off between the Georgetown Hoyas and Providence Friars.

The Hoyas are coming off 5 straight Ws and have been playing much better basketball than they did to start the Big East season.

The Friars are 3-7 in conference play but have won 3 of their last 4 including wins over Louisville and Villanova. So far, though, they’ve yet to win a Big East game on the road, and the Hoyas are looking to keep the Friars from getting their first this afternoon.

The Hoyas are set to start the same five: Clark, Wright, Freeman, Lubick, and Vaughn.

Providence will be starting Brooks, Batts, Coleman, Council, and Dixon.

The refs this afternoon are going to be James Breeding, Mike Roberts, and Wally Rutecki.

I’ll be checking in with updates throughout the game so keep refreshing and leaving comments below.

All around the internet today, you can find deals for Cyber Monday – the web’s version of Black Friday.

We decided that today would be a perfect day to launch our Hoya Hoops store. Right now, we only have one item in the store – the Hoya Hoops T-shirt – but that’s sure to change soon.

And since it’s Cyber Monday, we’re giving you a discount – all week, you can buy the shirt for just $10.

So if you want to get something to wear for the next home game, need a Christmas present for the Hoya fan in your life, or just can’t wait to win the Pregame Predictions competition, act quickly before the price jumps.

Check out the Hoya Hoops Store today.

Last year, we set up Twitter lists so you could keep track of all the Hoyas, past and present, who are on Twitter. Well a year’s a long time in the Twitterverse, so we felt it was time to update those lists with some new faces and to add some long-lost fan favorites.
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[Updated: GU Men's Basketball have released their own press release]
Just re-posting the GUHoyas Hoya Hoop Club announcement for those of you who didn’t get it.

The basic gist:

• A famous dignitary is likely to attend the game on Saturday.
• Get there as early as you can and plan for lots of traffic.
• Doors open at 11:00am despite 1:00pm start.
• Don’t bring bags unless you have to.
• Wear Gray.

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