With the NCAA Championship game ending on Monday, it’s now time to come up with the all-tournament team. There are probably hundreds of such lists already out there, so we at Hoya Hoops decided to do it a little differently. We are picking the people who made the tournament especially memorable for us, but not due to their play. Due to their names. So, here are our All-Tournament names:
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CBS hails itself as “America’s Most Watched Network,” and part of that is no doubt due to the huge ratings they get from the second week in March until the first weekend in April. CBS has had the rights to the NCAA Tournament for as long as I can remember. And, for as long as I can remember, the coverage of the tournament has been atrocious. This year is no exception.
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Sunday morning, as I was packing my bags and preparing to check out of my hotel room just outside of Raleigh, North Carolina, I was planning out my upcoming week with my fiancee, Emily. “If we win today, then the next round is on Friday and Sunday in Detroit,” I was saying. “I’d have to miss work on Friday and then we’d have to see about flights for Sunday night or Monday.” Since Emily is a teacher at a Catholic elementary school, she had the week off for Easter and said, “Well if it works out, I’ll be able to come since I don’t have school until the following Tuesday.” I would still have to worry about making up the hours at work and about finding a hotel, a flight, and some means of transport to get to the games. But that was all still very far away.
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When Georgetown played Notre Dame at the MCI Center in January of 2005, I was in Florence, Italy. I was listening to Rich Chvotkin over the internet. When Colin Falls hit a double-clutch three pointer to put the Irish up by one with five seconds left, I was resigned to defeat. The Hoyas had just suffered a heart-breaker to Syracuse, and another sour end for the Hoyas seemed certain. For Roy Hibbert, it was just the beginning.
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Jonathan Wallace is one of the best free throw shooters in the history of Georgetown basketball. And on more than one occasion, he has gone to the stripe with the outcome of the game hanging in the balance. We all know how clutch he is and are all very thankful to have such a great free throw shooter on the line in close games. But, personally, there is something that impresses me more than his free throw makes.
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Patrick Ewing Jr. has made some critical plays during his career. We all remember his last-second heroics in Morgantown, and his defensive efforts against Syracuse. Even his role in the Marquette game was essential to victory. But the play that sticks out to me as the quintessential Pat Jr. play happened during last year’s Final Four run.
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Tyler Crawford started his first and only game as a Hoya in the 2006-07 season opener against Hartford. What many people remember about that game, if anything, is that Tyler went 1-8 from three point land. But, look a little closer and you will see the real Tyler Crawford. The first five minutes or so of that game, for me at least, summarizes his career. Tyler had 2 steals, 4 rebounds - one of them offensive - and a foul. That is the essence of Tyler Crawford.
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Doris Burke is a superstar. In an era of loud, abusive, obnoxious commentators, she is easily among the elite basketball broadcasters anywhere on the planet. Doris provided the color commentary for the Georgetown – Providence game on Monday, working along side Sean McDonough. Before I start to say why Doris is so good at her job, let me begin with the most obvious reason. She was a star guard at Providence, but she wasn’t a homer for the Friars against the Hoyas. We all know how many announcers there are on television that went to Syracuse, and even the best ones are pretty bad at disguising their desire for the Orange to win. But there is a lot more to Doris Burke than just her impartiality.
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When Jonathan Wallace made the winning free throws with one tenth of a second remaining it capped another fantastic finish for the Hoyas this season. The victory was even more enjoyable for Georgetown fans since it was such an extraordinarily frustrating loss for a bitter rival.
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In the midst of the frustration after the Georgetown-Pittsburgh game on Monday, I forgot to mention the following item from the game. Jay Bilas said the following, “Jesse Sapp is one of the best ‘glue’ guys in the country.” I think by ‘glue guy’ he means a sort of unsung player who holds the team together. Bilas continued, “With a name like Sapp, he has to be a good ‘glue’ guy.”
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