I think enough has probably been said about the Old Spice Classic in terms of real basketball-related stuff, so I’m just gonna mention some fun things I noticed from my trip.
Teams
Georgetown: After losing to Tennessee, the Hoyas become 3-1 on the season in their home gray uniforms.
Then, on Sunday, they earned win #1 in their road blue. It was the first time the team showed off their new unis and I think they looked pretty nice. They were definitely better than these. More »
What’s wrong with everybody? It seems like everybody always complains about Georgetown and Maryland not playing. Whether in College Park or DC, in the Terrapin Club or the Hoya Hoop Club, regional or national, biased or indifferent, everybody always talks about how this is a game that should be played every year. Why? More »
After all of the games that we attend, Johnny dutifully records audio from the postgame press conferences. Until now, we haven’t done much with them except for occasionally looking for a good quote missed by the other beat writers. We’ve decided to change that, and so from now on, we’re going to share that audio with you. Below, you’ll find a YouTube video with the contents of the Georgetown press conference following the Maryland game in the Old Spice Classic. Enjoy.
Yesterday I addressed the DC Metro area’s media coverage of college basketball being very pro-Maryland. I spoke in a lot of generalities since I wrote before reading the morning editions. Now, we can go back, examine the text of the local papers, and see the truth of their stories. Here we go. More »
After the Maryland game on Sunday, all of the parks in Walt Disney World were pretty close to closing time, so I had dinner and went to bed early, tired from a long, wet day at the Animal Kingdom and the Wide World of Sports Complex. I must have had a dream that Maryland had won, because I woke up in the middle of the night and threw up.
I was kinda nauseous all day, but a kinda icky day in Disney World is better than a completely healthy day anywhere else. And a kinda icky day in Disney World after the Hoyas destroy the Terps is better than a completely healthy day in Disney World after a different result.
I’m back from Orlando today, and I’m gonna stay in bed to fully recover, but hopefully I can get some more Old Spice Classic material for those of you who couldn’t make the trip to the Happiest Place on Earth.
(Oh, and while I really can’t remember my dream from Sunday night, Godwin Owinje definitely played a role. Weird, huh?)
Georgetown:
The Hoyas grew a lot over the course of this tournament. In the Wichita State game, the team looked a little flat, perhaps they felt a little like Allen Iverson, upset about having to work on Thanksgiving. The team did well closing out that game though, and showed character by not getting anxious despite the closeness of the game.
Georgetown came out ready to play against Tennessee, and for more than 3/4 of the game held their own. Unfortunately, the offense stalled near the end of the game, and their defense did not bail them out when they needed stops. Poor rebounding also hurt the Hoyas, and the Volunteers punished them for it, cutting an eight point Georgetown lead down to two on one possession via offensive boards.
But, the Hoyas had no trouble bouncing back against a mediocre Maryland side, leaving no doubt which is the premiere team in the DC area. The Hoyas ran the offense to perfection against the Terps’ man-to-man defense, and the game was over by halftime. Georgetown also did well not to turn the ball over too much against Maryland’s full-court pressure, a problem that often plagues the Hoyas. And, although it does not mean all problems have been resolved, the Hoyas did outrebound the Terps 39-26. More »
If you live in the DC Metro area (which for the purposes of this article means from Baltimore, MD to Hampton, VA) and you don’t like the Washington Redskins, sports coverage must be very annoying. The Skins are the one item on the local sports scene that trumps all others 100% of the time. Recently, mid-week Redskins news was seen as of equal importance to the Wizards firing Eddie Jordan. The Maryland Terrapins are the Washington Redskins of DC college basketball. More »
Gonzaga defeated Tennessee 83-74 in the finals of the Old Spice Classic. The Bulldogs’ Steven Gray had 19 points off the bench to lead all scorers, and Josh Heytvelt had another good game, getting 15 points, four rebounds, and two blocks.
Five teams in the AP Top 10 were defeated this week. The highest ranked team to lose was #3 Louisville who was defeated by the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers 68-54. Fifth-ranked Michigan State fell to Maryland in the opening round of the Old Spice Classic. Sixth-ranked Texas lost to #8 Notre Dame in the semifinals of the Maui Invitational, but the Irish were then defeated by #1 North Carolina in the finals. Also, tenth-ranked Purdue was defeated by Oklahoma 87-82 in overtime.
The long-awaited Georgetown vs. Maryland regular season meeting was 15 years in the making, and it was over in 15 minutes. The Hoyas executed from the outset, scoring on several backdoors in the first few minutes. Greg Monroe made a basket to put Georgetown up 19-8, and the lead never got back to single digits the rest of the way, with the Hoyas leading by 18 points at the break, 38-20. More »
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