Jeff Green, Roy Hibbert, Jonathan Wallace, Patrick Ewing, Jr., and Tyler Crawford were the Georgetown Basketball Class of 2008. Ewing transferred in from Indiana after two years in Bloomington, and Jeff Green left school after his junior season to enter the NBA Draft. Still, these players and that class as a whole did as much for Georgetown Basketball as any group ever.
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• Slovenian team Union Olimpija has signed recent Hoya graduates Jonathan Wallace and Tyler Crawford to play for them in the upcoming basketball season. Links about Jonathan are here and here, but for Tyler, all we could discover is that Google doesn’t speak Slovenian. If you think you can decipher it, here’s the original link.

  **Edited: Tyler Crawford was not signed; he was just on trial with the team. No word yet on his future status with the team.**

• The USA men’s basketball team took home the Gold Medal in the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games. While there were no Hoyas on the roster, Jeff Green practiced with them in preparation for the tournament and here’s what he had to say about the experience.

In the fall of 1986, four freshmen basketball players began their careers at Georgetown University. That was an important time in Georgetown Basketball history. The previous March, four long-time Hoyas had ended their historic careers: Ralph Dalton, David Wingate, Michael Jackson, and Horace Broadnax had all been major contributors on the NCAA National Championship team two years earlier. Two of those players left school among the all-time greats – Wingate ended his career as the third all-time leading scorer, and Jackson was Georgetown’s all-time leader in assists after his four seasons. There was a cloud of doubt at the start of the 1986-87 season, and in many ways the future of Georgetown Basketball depended on those four freshmen.
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With Senior Day tomorrow, we’ve been talking a lot about Georgetown’s four seniors this past week, both about their value to the team and about some of their most memorable moments. But now it’s time for us to dig a little deeper in the minds of the senior class. What do we really know about them? What makes them tick? And most importantly, what’s their favorite pizza topping?
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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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The Princeton Offense is a very unique style of basketball. Besides all of the complex specifics of the X’s and O’s, the concepts are unusual too. So often the success and worth of individuals is based upon their statistics. But within the Princeton Offense, individual stats are almost irrelevant, and they are worthless when trying to assess a player’s ability and value. No player exemplifies that concept better than Tyler Crawford.
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For the first time in recent memory, the Hoyas ended the game with more 3 point attempts than 2 point attempts. This issue was addressed at half time, since Hibbert got more touches in the second period and scored 15 of his 23 in the vespers half. Also, the defense looked a little shaky at times, with the Hoyas running out at people and constantly shifting to get back in position, which resulted in some open looks for the Tribe. It will be interesting to see if Coach addresses this problem in practice this week, since John Beilein-coached teams are known for their ball movement.
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