In this year’s first Inside Scoop, we’re taking a look at Villanova from the eyes of a Wildcat blogger, Chris from I Bleed Blue and White. He sent me a bunch of questions in preparation for tomorrow’s game, and you can read my responses over at his site. Then I followed up by asking him some questions of my own.
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| Team Stats | ||
|---|---|---|
| Georgetown | Villanova | |
| 14-12 | Record | 23-5 |
| Big East | Conference | Big East |
| 5-10 | Conference Record | 11-4 |
| 10-5 | Home Record | 16-1 |
| 2-6 | Away Record | 7-3 |
| 71.4 | Points / Game | 77.4 |
| 65.0 | Points Allowed / Game | 66.8 |
| 33.1 | Rebounds / Game | 37.5 |
| 10.3 | Offensive Rebounds / Game | 12.1 |
| 14.0 | Assists / Game | 14.8 |
| 14.2 | Turnovers / Game | 13.3 |
| 3.7 | Blocks / Game | 3.1 |
The Hoyas took on the best of the Big East over the last weekend, facing off against Marquette and Louisville. Unfortunately, the Hoyas walked away winless, dropping both as their NCAA Tournament hopes fade quickly. No one predicted that Georgetown would go 0-2, so no winner this week.
Against Louisville, DaJuan Summers had one of his worst performances as a Hoya. He ended with only four points on 1-8 shooting. DaJuan has carried the team at times this year, and we anticipate a swift recovery as the team travels to Philadelphia to take on Villanova.
How many points and rebounds will DaJuan Summers have?
We are sure DaJuan will bounce back. He will lead the team with 19 points and grab seven rebounds. Think we are wrong? Put your predictions below.
Things are not as bad as they seem for the Hoyas. This will not be a feel good piece about the future of the Hoyas, or an unrealistic assessment of the underachieving team. In all seriousness, things could be worse. Here’s what the Hoyas face right now. They need to do some convincing - specifically they need to convince the selection committee that they deserve an at-large bid. The only way to really make a strong case for that bid is to win out. Period. That will not be easy, but it is a workable task, and it is a pretty reasonable undertaking if you put it in the right context. It’s an analogy that all hoops fans can understand.
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Georgetown:
Georgetown came out firing on all cylinders, as it seems that the extra day of rest had them more motivated and energized for the game. The Hoyas hit ten first half three pointers, and ended up going 17-28 from downtown. When Georgetown starts out shooting well from outside, they are tough to beat. When they start out shooting unreasonably well, like they did yesterday against Villanova, they are almost impossible to stop.
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Georgetown: 82, Villanova: 63
| Georgetown | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHOOTING | REBOUNDS | |||||||||||||
| MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OFF | DEF | TOT | AST | PF | ST | TO | BLK | PTS | ||
| 2 | * Wallace | 35 | 7-10 | 5-6 | 1-2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 |
| 3 | * Summers | 25 | 6-9 | 3-5 | 4-7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 19 |
| 15 | * Freeman | 32 | 3-8 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 21 | * Sapp | 30 | 8-12 | 6-9 | 1-1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 23 |
| 55 | * Hibbert | 14 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Macklin | 15 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | Wright | 15 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | Rivers | 10 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Ewing | 24 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| TEAM | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total | 200 | 28-51 | 17-28 | 9-13 | 7 | 25 | 32 | 25 | 24 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 82 | |
| 54.9% | 60.7% | 69.2% | ||||||||||||
The Georgetown Hoyas defeated the Villanova Wildcats 82-63 to advance to the Big East Tournament semifinal for the third straight year. The Hoyas pulled out to a 15 point lead midway through the first half and took an 11 point lead into halftime. However, Villanova started the half on a 18-3 run to take a 47-43 lead, and the game looked like it would be another nail biter for Hoya fans.
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Hey everybody, Johnny here from Madison Square Garden. We’re still a ways away from the opening tip, but there’s already plenty of excitement and anticipation waiting for the Quarterfinal game between Georgetown and Villanova.
We already hooked you up with all you need to know in terms of the last time these two teams met, Villanova’s last game, and the preview for this afternoon’s matchup.
I’ll keep you updated with whatever info I have for you from the Garden, including starting lineups and referees, as soon as I get it. As usual, keep your in-game thoughts coming in the comments as well.
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.
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| Team Stats | ||
|---|---|---|
| Villanova | Georgetown | |
| 20-11 | Record | 25-4 |
| Big East | Conference | Big East |
| 9-9 | Conference Record | 15-3 |
| 12-3 | Home Record | 16-0 |
| 4-7 | Away Record | 8-4 |
| 73.2 | Points / Game | 69.4 |
| 67.9 | Points Allowed / Game | 57.3 |
| 36.1 | Rebounds / Game | 35.1 |
| 13.4 | Offensive Rebounds / Game | 9.9 |
| 13.8 | Assists / Game | 15.3 |
| 14.0 | Turnovers / Game | 13.2 |
| 2.9 | Blocks / Game | 4.9 |
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