There are many fundamentals that are stressed in the game of basketball. Box out. Play defense with your feet not with your hands. Follow your shot. Don’t be a diver. But perhaps the most critical of all these is: Make your free throws.
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20 years after Danny Manning led the Kansas Jayhawks to a National Championship, the Jayhawks are once again the best college basketball team in the land. Kansas defeated Memphis 75-68 in overtime to win the 2008 NCAA Men’s Basketball National Championship. Memphis had one foot in the winner’s circle as they used a 20-8 run late in regulation to extend to their largest lead of nine with 2:12 remaining. But Kansas Head Coach Bill Self decided to force the Tigers to win the game at the free throw line. Memphis had struggled shooting free throws all season long, and the championship game was no exception. Their failure to make foul shots with the season on the line left the door open for the Jayhawks. Mario Chalmers completed the exciting comeback with a contested three-pointer that tied the score with 2.1 seconds to play in regulation. The half-court shot from Memphis at the buzzer bounced off the upper part of the backboard.
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There are different kinds of losses, but whether you get blown out, lose at the buzzer, are cheated by the refs, or lay an egg, the important thing is that the loss doesn’t start a trend. The Memphis second half was a bit of a nightmare for the Hoyas, but the loss won’t matter much in the end if the Hoyas can make sure the reasons they were defeated by the Tigers don’t reoccur often. The question remains - what went wrong for the Hoyas against Memphis? The answer is, quite a bit.
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Georgetown:
The Hoyas looked pretty bad in their first loss of the year. After a strong first 15 minutes, near the end of the first half the Hoyas let an eight point lead turn into a three point deficit. It was all downhill from there, as the offense got upset by the Memphis defense, and poor rebounding gave the Tigers too many easy points.
Georgetown lost its first game of the season, losing to the Memphis Tigers, 85-71. Douglas-Freeman had a game-high 24 points, as the Hoyas drop to 8-1 on the season.
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Georgetown lost its first game of the season, losing to the Memphis Tigers, 85-71. Douglas-Freeman had a game-high 24 points, as the Hoyas drop to 8-1 on the season.
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Georgetown: 71, Memphis: 85
| Georgetown | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHOOTING | REBOUNDS | |||||||||||||
| MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OFF | DEF | TOT | AST | PF | ST | TO | BLK | PTS | ||
| 2 | * Wallace | 25 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | * Summers | 32 | 4-11 | 2-6 | 3-9 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| 21 | * Sapp | 24 | 2-8 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 33 | * Ewing | 21 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 4-4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 55 | * Hibbert | 27 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 1 | Macklin | 12 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Wright | 17 | 4-7 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 | Rivers | 16 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Freeman | 26 | 6-9 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| 22 | Crawford | 0+ | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TEAM | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Total | 200 | 28-59 | 3-14 | 12-23 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 15 | 21 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 71 | |
| 47.5% | 21.4% | 52.2% | ||||||||||||
Hey, this is Johnny. We’re about 45 minutes away from the biggest game of the pre-Big East schedule for the Hoyas, as Georgetown is set to take on Memphis at the FedEx Forum, home of the Memphis Grizzlies.
Georgetown and Memphis have some history, but ever since that first matchup in the 1983 NCAA Tournament, it looks like the Hoyas have had the Tigers’ number. Let’s see if they can keep that going this afternoon.
As usual, keep your in-game thoughts coming in the comments.
As most of you know, this past week Georgetown students have been focusing on exams. And, although Thursday was the last day of finals, there is one more test for a small group of students. And it involves a trip down to Memphis, Tennesee.
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| Team Stats | ||
|---|---|---|
| Georgetown | Memphis | |
| 8-0 | Record | 9-0 |
| Big East | Conference | Conference USA |
| 0-0 | Conference Record | 0-0 |
| 5-0 | Home Record | 4-0 |
| 2-0 | Away Record | 1-0 |
| 74.1 | Points / Game | 80.0 |
| 52.0 | Points Allowed / Game | 63.3 |
| 39.1 | Rebounds / Game | 39.6 |
| 11.3 | Offensive Rebounds / Game | 13.2 |
| 16.9 | Assists / Game | 16.3 |
| 12.1 | Turnovers / Game | 15.7 |
| 4.5 | Blocks / Game | 6.9 |
Georgetown used to be criticized a lot for having an easy non-conference schedule, but there were always important non-conference opponents that provided classic match-ups for the Hoyas.
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