We have another T-shirt to give away today.

Mark D won Hoya Hoops’ inaugural NCAA Pick 8 with his selection of Duke, West Virginia, Baylor, Wisconsin, Michigan State, Marquette, Richmond, and Gonzaga. Those teams went 19-7 for a 73.1% winning percentage, earning Mark the coveted Hoya Hoops T-shirt as well as the eternal glory that comes with winning the first Pick 8.

GKiely, big A, lin, Will F, Drew, and LCPolo18 all tied for second place with 63.6% as all of those participants picked 14 wins but no National Champion.

So congratulations Mark D, and like we asked Zo the Pregame Predictions champion, please contact us at so we can get your contact info and shirt size to send you your prize.

Love college basketball?

Bored with the same old bracket?

Tired of annoying co-workers thinking they know more about basketball than you because they correctly picked some obscure upset that has no relevance to the tournament?

 
 
If so, we present “An Intelligent Alternative” to the boring bracket. This game is a better way to show if you know your stuff, and it takes much less time to do. We call it the NCAA Pick 8.

Here’s how you play. You pick 8 teams. We total up the winning percentage of your eight teams combined. Whoever has the highest winning percentage is the Champion and wins a T-shirt.

WAIT…there is one catch about your 8 teams. This is the only rule, but it is important: You can only choose one team of each seed!

For example, you can only have one #1 seed, and only one #2 seed. You do not need to have seeds 1-8; feel free to choose a #9 seed or a #10 seed, or even a #16 if you’re feeling lucky. But you can only choose one team of each seed!

So go at it! Enter your 8 teams in the comments area and good luck.

Tiebreaker: In case two or more contestants finish with the same winning percentage, select one player (any player in the tournament) who you think will score the most total points in the NCAA Tournament. The selected player with the most points will be the determining factor in case of a tie.

Our picks are after the jump. More »

It’s now 2009, and at the start of a new year it is always good to try to change your life for the better. Often times, people make resolutions for themselves to try to improve. Today, we are asking you to make resolutions for someone else. For the Georgetown Hoyas, in fact.

What New Year’s resolutions should the Hoyas make?

We think that the team should resolve to limit turnovers. The Hoyas are averaging almost 14 turnovers a game, and with the tough defense played in the Big East, that number will go up unless the Hoyas make a concerted effort take care of the ball more. What do you think the New Year’s resolutions of the team, players, or coaches should be? Post your answers in the comments.

Alright, folks. Now that the basketball season is underway, it’s time to renew our Friday frivolity, Game Time. As you probably know, today is Halloween, so we thought we should ask an appropriate question:

What Halloween candy reminds you of a Hoya – past or present – and why?

For us, we think that Sugar Daddies remind us of Gene Smith. Just like the candy, he’d stick to anybody. What Halloween candy gets you thinking about the Hoyas? Post you answers in the comments.

So Patrick Ewing is finally getting into the Hall of Fame tonight. If you want to see the ceremony, it will be displayed live on NBA TV and ESPN Classic tonight at 7:30 PM.

In honor of Pat’s big day, we’ve decided to have some fun with you all. Write a hoyku about Patrick Ewing and post it in the comments. Here’s ours, taken from Tony’s favorite Patrick memory.

The ref can’t reach it
The ball is stuck in the net
Patrick saves the day

Congratulation to Patrick and to whoever comes up with the best poem.

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?

As you now know, Vernon Macklin will not be returning to Georgetown for his junior season, electing instead to transfer. He certainly had a rocky career on the Hilltop, but all the same it will be sad to see him go. We decided to honor Vernon in this week’s Game Time.

What is your favorite memory of Vernon Macklin?

For us, it was Vernon’s game against Davidson. He showed flashes of the player he could be, making hustle plays, big dunks, even converting his free throws. Unfortunately, that will be the last time we see Vernon in the Blue and Gray. What is your favorite memory? Let us know in the comments.

At the Basketball Banquet on Wednesday, Coach Thompson announced that the team’s Most Outstanding Player was Roy Hibbert and its Most Valuable Player was Jonathan Wallace. It also came out at the banquet that Tyler Crawford was the team’s funniest player, so we thought it was only natural to ask this question.

What other individual honors should go out to the Hoyas?

You could say things like Most Intensity should go to Patrick or Best Defense to Jeremiah, but since these Game Times are supposed to be fun, we’re gonna say Most Diva goes to Roy. He had the most halftime wardrobe changes on the team, switching from undershirt, to cut-off, to no undershirt whenever he felt he wasn’t being Monster enough.

What do you think?

Well, the 2008 NCAA Tournament is finally over. It didn’t end the way that many Georgetown fans would have liked, but as it is in sports, there’s always next year. In the championship game, some poor free throw shooting from Memphis set the stage for Mario Chalmers’ game-tying, overtime-forcing three pointer, which made highlight reels around the country. So now that the tournament is done with, we decided to pose this question:

What was your favorite moment from this year’s NCAA Tournament?

We’d probably go with West Virginia beating Duke. The Hoyas didn’t get to play the Blue Devils this year, but it was nice to have another Big East team take them down on Georgetown’s home court.

What do you think?

The NCAA Final Four officially begins tomorrow night, but the festivities have already begun. In keeping with the laid back attitude of last night’s Dunk Contest, we started thinking about a slightly sillier competition that could precede the semifinal matchups – pit the mascots against each other. We wonder who would win in real life combat: a Jayhawk or a Ram? A Tiger or a Bear? So here’s our question:

Which teams’ mascots would make for the most interesting battle?

We would probably be most interested in seeing Michigan vs. Cincinnati. Wolverines are definitely savage, and we’d like to see what exactly a Bearcat is.

What about you? Post your answers in the comments.