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The “Controversial” Game

Hoya Hoops — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:01:49 +0000

With the Quarterfinal game of the Big East Tournament between Georgetown and Villanova coming up later today, we thought this would be a good time to update you on what happened last time the two teams met. It was a close game throughout, and after 48 fouls being handed out, the game ended on two Jonathan Wallace free throws with under a second to go. The pundits called the Georgetown win controversial, lucky, or just plain wrong, but with how that game was refereed all night, it’s hard to blame Bob Donato.

Here’s the gamepage for that game with our Preview, In-Game Thread, Box Score, Recap, and Analysis. For analysis, Mikey wrote a Postgame Thoughts about what he saw at the Verizon Center, and Tony talked about Villanova’s last second woes. Also, we made a Rival Reels video for that game, which you can catch after the jump.

A 32 Point Victory

Hoya Hoops — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:27:27 +0000

On January 30, the Hoyas traveled to Madison Square Garden and crushed the St. John’s Red Storm 74-42, and it could have been worse. We thought that since the two teams meet again tonight, this would be a good time to look back at that victory to perhaps learn something from how that game played out and to just relive the memory.

Here’s the game page for that game, with our preview, in-game thread, box score, recap, and analysis. And just for fun, here’s the game we started that week about Hoya blowouts.

Remembering January 21, 2008

Johnny — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:03:05 +0000

The Hoyas have a big game coming up against Syracuse on Saturday at the Carrier Dome. The two teams met up already this year, and I thought it would be a good time to look back at that thrilling overtime victory.

Before the game, we talked with Jameson from CuseAdelphia.com, and he gave us the Inside Scoop on Syracuse. He didn’t give any hint of how close that game would turn out to be, but he’s been a loyal commenter on Hoya Hoops ever since, so you might want to check out his site in preparation for Saturday’s game.

You also can go back and check out the game page where there are links to the preview, the in-game thread, the box score, our recap, and some analysis.

In Mike’s analysis, he talked about Jessie Sapp coming up big at the end of regulation and in overtime. Looking back at our postgame poll, it was a two horse race for game MVP, but in the end, you the readers gave Jeremiah Rivers the edge as he earned 48% of the votes to just 38% for Jessie.

We also made a Rival Reel for the game, “Let It Snow“. It didn’t get shown at the Verizon Center, and it wasn’t as popular as some of the others we’ve done, but now might be a good time to take a second look at it in preparation for for this weekend’s contest or a first look at it if you missed it before.