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4 months ago: WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 4: Darius Johnson-Odom #1 of the Marquette Golden Eagles shots is blocked by Henry Sims #14 and Jabril Trawick #55 of the Georgetown Hoays during a college basketball game on January 4, 2012 at the Verizon Center in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)
Just when we thought this season couldn't get more awesome, Georgetown decided to erase a 17 point deficit and beat Marquette in a 73-70 thriller at the Verizon Center. The Hoyas' three upperclassmen - Jason Clark, Henry Sims, and Hollis Thompson - were sensational in the victory. Thompson showed that he remains a closer, with his second game winning three pointer of the season. He finished with 16 points on 6-7 shooting from the field. Clark was the best player on the floor, singlehandedly keeping the Hoyas in the game for much of the second half and finishing with 26 points and 6 rebounds. Sims took over late in the game, dominating on both the offensive and defensive ends, finishing with 13 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 blocks, and 2 steals.
After The Jump, VICTORY.
Whittington, of all the freshmen, really impressed tonight. His defense on Darius Johnson-Odom changed the complexion of the game. It is an incredible asset to have a 6'9" shooting guard on the floor that can defend three positions. His length, coupled with Porter and Thompson, caused the Marquette swingmen fits down the stretch.
Georgetown has now won 11 straight games, the longest winning streak since the 2006-2007 season, which resulted in a Final Four appearance. I'm just sayin'. This season remains very young, but the poise that this team has exhibited in wins over Alabama, Memphis, Marquette, Louisville, and Providence is well beyond what should be expected of a roster comprised of 10 underclassmen.
More than anything, what I love about this team is that different players make huge contributions on different nights. In the victory over Louisville, it was Markel Starks scoring 20 points and Trawick keeping us in the game in the first half. Tonight those two players combined for 2 points. In the Louisville game, Thompson, Clark and Sims combined for 24 points. Tonight the three of them scored 55 of 73 points. In addition, JT3 seems to be having the most fun he's had in a few years, even fist pumping after Marquette missed their last three point attempt and high fiving Trawick for good measure. His coaching performance this year makes him the early favorite for National Coach of the Year.
The Hoyas now sit at 13-1 overall and 3-0 in Big East play, with another massive challenge coming Saturday against West Virginia and then Monday against Cincinnati. With Duke losing tonight at Temple and Providence down two at half against Syracuse, this could be one of the most satisfying nights in a long time.
West Virginia is next.
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You know
if they’d hit their free throws at a decent rate, we’d have covered, and had fewer heart attacks.
That said – awesome game. Hollis = Reggie!
PerryMcDonald'sRightCross - January 4, 2012
Really liked Hopkins' performance tonight
some big time, bright light minutes for the young fella
The Lorry Michel Backrub - January 4, 2012
He is not afraid to throw the ball around
Definitely was a large part of how we picked up the pace early in the 2nd.
WarmupEwing - January 4, 2012
Sweet, sweet victory
NotJasonClark - January 4, 2012
Celebrate Swanson Style
StPetersburgHoya - January 4, 2012
the best
aja32 - January 5, 2012
How much money did Hank make tonight? Wow
PitHoyaFan - January 4, 2012
OTTO-MAN EMPIRE is here to rule!
Holy crap! Watching that game at Verizon was better than sex. The crowd was great even with a smattering of the students back from break. They just kept chipping away at that lead and never gave up. So proud of these freshmen! But, dare I say…..I think this should be the last game Lubick starts in. What a poor performance again. HOYA SAXA! Love this team!!!
HOYALVR - January 4, 2012
Good instincts
But stay away from that Otto-man shit:
http://www.nunesmagician.com/2011/12/20/2648025/syracuse-city-state-orange-otto-man-empire-raleigh
We are a free people, and they are the Sick Man of the Big East. There is a reckoning coming.
WarmupEwing - January 4, 2012
lubick should start until hopkins is ready to
otto coming in off the bench is an incredible asset.
Hire Esherick - January 4, 2012
Just saw the JTIII-Trawick high five
My face hurts from smiling.
HoyaJoker07 - January 4, 2012
Not quite
the hugs heard round the world, but not bad.
PerryMcDonald'sRightCross - January 4, 2012
Sad that I totally missed that in the post-win insanity
It’s great that this team is capable of occasionally laying out their opponents and can also thrill the audience with spontaneous acts of bromantic jubilation…like the one after this dunk:
Hoya Saxual - January 5, 2012
Hoya Saxual - January 5, 2012
Hammering Hank Sims..
yaboynyp - January 5, 2012
you should have seen them walking into the tunnel
the cuteness was overwhelming
HookerInTheLane - January 5, 2012
Do tell
JGD - January 5, 2012
I love this team
I just got back from the phone booth, man was it awesome. Havent felt this kind of atmosphere for a non-Syracuse/Duke game in a really long time (maybe 2008 Louisville game).
SomebodyBuyAustinaSteak - January 4, 2012
Goodbye heart attack Hoyas
Hello Heart of a Champion Hoyas!!!
beatcuse - January 4, 2012 via iPhone app
I hope Markel is going to be ok
TheYellofAllYells - January 4, 2012
This
Also, Otto’s hand/wrist.
J-Wall's Mom's Broom - January 4, 2012
Markel seemed okay on the bench
At end of the game. I am going to assume both are fine.
JGD - January 4, 2012
me too
because that’s what’s best for my mental health.
HookerInTheLane - January 5, 2012
say it with me: only thing that could make tonight better...
is syracuse losing.
god, give us this one, final gift. rule of three. cmon.
thejerseytornado - January 4, 2012
in the name of the father, son and hoya spirit.
amen.
Hoya Saxual - January 4, 2012
Temple should be in the Big East
lordnick - January 4, 2012
Decent football, excellent basketball, great fans
Would be a lock to invite back. I think the football teams are worried that they’d lose face by inviting them back now that they are so bad in comparison. Plus, Philly is a casual roadtrip and a candidate for future thunderbuses.
hoyasaxan - January 4, 2012
Syracuse going on a run now that I started watching
should probably turn the TV off.
Also, this:
made me smile too
aja32 - January 4, 2012
I drove down and back from Jersey for that game with a friend over break.
Huuuuuge win. Epic
TheDoctorIsIn - January 4, 2012
Missed that one
but came back early for L’ville in 08, in time to see Wattad hoist the BE trophy.
WallaceAtTheLineShooting2 - January 5, 2012
Our early deficit was on JTIII
Casual switch from 2-3 zone fail at half time to man had night-and-day results.
Lots of errors by the troops but the system failed them. Would have liked to have seen a switch at a time out earlier, but good on JTIII for continuing to learn and adapt.
hoyasaxan - January 4, 2012
Failing a bit harsh... but the zone wasn't working well
Too much space for Marquette to maneuver and drive
hoyasaxan - January 4, 2012
also...
from buzz williams’ perspective. gtown has played a ton of zone this season. marquette as gtown and cuse back-to-back. gotta imagine all they worked on in practice was cracking the zone
Hire Esherick - January 4, 2012
they make the extra pass that tends to beat a zone
Jabril and Greg were phenomenal man to man. Haven’t seen that type of defense in years.
Also, kudos to Hollis for the D on DJO on the last possession.
More like Awesome Freeman - January 4, 2012 via iPhone app
We are all Friars.
More like Awesome Freeman - January 4, 2012 via iPhone app
I spent the first 3/4 of this game complaining
that our boys weren’t showing the composure that they had in previous wins. And then they just shoved that right in my face for the last ten minutes. And it was good.
J-Wall's Mom's Broom - January 4, 2012
Amazing win for Gtown tonight. I don’t see hot JT3 doesn’t get Coach Of The Year with the not so high expectations this team had coming into the season. Also nice to see Clark and Sims show some leadership in the 2nd half and bring this team back in the game.
Gtownfan92 - January 4, 2012 via iPhone app
He should only get coach of the half-year
Remember, he and his “system” were responsible for us going down at halftime.
WarmupEwing - January 4, 2012
The end result matters
Not the halftime score. Agree with both points of Gtownfan’s post, personally. Maybe not that JTIII is a shoo-in for COTY, but certainly a front runner at this point.
J-Wall's Mom's Broom - January 4, 2012
Sorry, sarcasm
See above posts
WarmupEwing - January 4, 2012
Oops
I am bad at sarcasm IRL – nearly impossible for me via internet. My apologies.
J-Wall's Mom's Broom - January 4, 2012
Him and Creen are kneck and kneck..
yaboynyp - January 4, 2012
How much farther does this move the 5-Year Student Fan Rebuilding Plan along?
Think they can hold out if Rutgers scores first on 1/21?
WarmupEwing - January 4, 2012
Great Post!
Need the student support badly in my opinion. I know they are still on break right now, but if tonight’s victory doesn’t light a fire up their asses, I’m not sure what will.
Cuse Swallows - January 4, 2012
Even the few that were there were barely cheering
Was more impressed with the support of the rest of the season ticket holders.
HookerInTheLane - January 5, 2012
Rakeem Christmas fouls out
9:04 to play, Syracuse up by 7
More like Awesome Freeman - January 4, 2012 via iPhone app
lots of important contributions
But Clark won this game. When everyone at Verizon was dead — the crowd and the Hoyas alike — Clark willed the team back to life. He decided the team was going to win a good 3-4 mins before anyone else there.
thunderbus - January 4, 2012
yes
clark won this game by DRIVING.
Hire Esherick - January 4, 2012
agreed
Clark showed incredible drive and determination when our backs were against the wall and rest of team and Verizon Center responded.
beatcuse - January 4, 2012 via iPhone app
clark sometimes falls back into his role for the last 2 years
three point assassin. he is much more valuable when he drives – has an easy layup, gets fouled, or kicks out to an open hollis.
sims also stepped it up in the second half. came off the bench possessed.
what a fucking game.
upperclassmen led, underclassmen impressed
Hire Esherick - January 4, 2012
Stats in support of this observation:
2-7 3 PT, 6-13 FT, 7-7 2PT
tjm62 - January 4, 2012
And he is FAST
The Marquette guys were fast…but Jason left them in the dust on some of those drives.
MyFairHoya - January 4, 2012
He went crazy.. no doubt
We’re really underestimating how much we’re gonna miss these guys next year..
yaboynyp - January 4, 2012
Clark needs to do this always
tjm62 - January 4, 2012
His killer instinct down the stretch was clutch
Recognized they were going to get cheap fouls in the paint
hoyasaxan - January 4, 2012
the look on his face
when he started scoring. He looked completely composed and supremely confident, unlike earlier in the game when he looked tentative and was throwing up bricks. I want to see that look all the time…
El Scorcho! - January 4, 2012
We need to beat WVU..
Haven’t beat them in some years… smh
yaboynyp - January 4, 2012
go time Friars!
beatcuse - January 4, 2012 via iPhone app
Definitely within reach!
J-Wall's Mom's Broom - January 4, 2012
This site could be useful later this season:
http://devastatingexplosions.com/
PitHoyaFan - January 4, 2012
watched the game @ Verizon - crowd went wild. random high 5s to old asian ladies, drunk frat boys, and an 1951 graduate of SFS
weeeeeeeeeeeeeee
bonafide - January 4, 2012
Georgetown Professor of Lameness??
So…in the dark ages when we were down 17, a grey haired old man with an earing in 105 (yeah the student section) yelled at a classy lady for supporting her hoyas by standing up during the contest. Interestingly enough, when the hoyas clawed within 5 this individual decided to stand up as well.
Afterwards, I confornted said old f*ck, who was sporting an earing, about his choice to yell at a hoya for standing up IN THE STUDENT SECTION. After multiple discussions, this, man yelled that he was a professor and that i better not take his class.
Really? a professor that does not support STUDENTS STANDING UP?!?! SOMEONE DE-TENURE HIM!!!! IS THAT A WORD?!?!?! WELL IT SHOULD BE!!!
This man does not deserve to teach at Georgetown. Please hurl Chipotle leftovers at him if you’re in a class with a grey haired man who thinks he’s too cool for school by wearing an earing (hint:…he’s not).
karwackaflacka - January 4, 2012
important question
did he say he was a professor, or a georgetown professor.
sounds like a syracuse professor to me
Hire Esherick - January 4, 2012
he's georgetown...deture him
He thought i was still a student and said not to take his class spring semester. But yeah, seems like a guy who thinks bernie fine was “misunderstood”
Anyway, if anyone winds up in this guy’s class, please let me know.
karwackaflacka - January 4, 2012
was in 105 too, first 3 rows stand the rest were casual watchers until the rally. disappointing bunch. DC fans need to man up.
bonafide - January 4, 2012
**de-tenure him
Apologies, i meant to imply that georgetown should cut whatever tenure he has.
Please let me know if anyone can identify said professor because i would love to debate him ANYTIME ANYWHERE
karwackaflacka - January 4, 2012
Did you get a name?
Circus Saximus - January 4, 2012
if only i did....
Sadly, this individual did not give his name, HOWEVER….
A) If you have a professor with an earing PLEASE LET ME KNOW, because he likely HATES AMERICA and KILLS BABY PANDA BEARS
B) I would love to challenge his credentials in a civilized academic debate and mention HOW HE KILLS BABY PANDA BEARS
karwackaflacka - January 4, 2012
An earring, eh?
If he had a white beard, it could be the Jesuit father that used to sing for the Chimes. I don’t recall his name, but he still teaches at Georgetown…and yes, he actually wears an earring.
But I do have a hard time believing he would yell at students, (or someone he thought was a student) for standing up at a basketball game.
Cuse Swallows - January 5, 2012
Wouldn't he have been wearing a priest... thing?
WallaceAtTheLineShooting2 - January 5, 2012
Father Walsh? Sincerely doubt it
I thought he was still teaching in Qatar, and in any case, he’s not the type to do something like that
DownTheHallFromHollis - January 5, 2012
Yeah definitely not
A Fr. Walsh thing to do
Hoyachimes - January 5, 2012
Interesting
There was a Gtown faculty member yelling “down in front” to GU students at the Final Four in ’07.
In the age of documentation – the traitors must be weeded out and culled.
WarmupEwing - January 4, 2012
And in 107, a professorial couple howled at the two young alums ahead of them for much of the first half
I thought they were MU fans for a while, before realizing that prof(s) was more likely. I can’t decide if I’d rather they stay home or if perhaps Verizon should set aside some senile citizen seating for the belligerently aging.
HoyaSmacksYa - January 5, 2012
I'm sorry to hear this, but not surprised.
I’ve got season tix in section 100, and I’ve experienced some of the same sentiment, and oddly enough, it was also from people self-identified as faculty. I certainly didn’t recognize them, but it seems our professorial counterparts at GU seem to feel entitled at Hoya games. At least some of them. It’s sad, and really sort of shameful that they would act that way at a basketball game.
Cuse Swallows - January 5, 2012
Hollis is onions...
He played the first 4 minutes and the last 4 minutes.. unreal
yaboynyp - January 4, 2012
Coleman just hurt himself
wonderful
PitHoyaFan - January 4, 2012
Maybe that's why our guys never dunk
Injury prevention. Yeah, that’s definitely it…
J-Wall's Mom's Broom - January 4, 2012
Dunking just gets the other team fired up
i’ll take layups, as long as they go in
tjm62 - January 4, 2012
Once upon a time
our opponents tasted Roy’s balls. I was hoping Lubick would serve up some snowballs this season.
soya - January 5, 2012
looks okay... think he just slipped on the dunk
More like Awesome Freeman - January 4, 2012 via iPhone app
So because Discover is sponsoring the game, it is the "Discover Orange Bowl"
I’d rather not
PitHoyaFan - January 4, 2012
Friars couldn't get it done
Bummer.
J-Wall's Mom's Broom - January 4, 2012
Wish Cuse had a real schedule
tjm62 - January 4, 2012
Cuse always schedules a pussy non-conference schedule
and then always underperforms their tourney seed during the tourney. Yet those Einsteins never put two and two together….
I’m sure this year will be no different. Cuse will get a 1 or 2 seed than will once again flame out in the round of 32 or the sweet 16. Untested teams don’t come up big come tourney time.
SomebodyBuyAustinaSteak - January 4, 2012
I am, however, enjoying the fruits of OUR soft out-of-conference schedule
tjm62 - January 4, 2012
fun statistic
since conference expansion, six big east programs have made it to the elite 8. syracuse is not one of them.
Hire Esherick - January 4, 2012
I kind of think the soft non-conference schedule and the poor tourney finishes
are both symptons of a larger Cuse softness problem. It seems like every year, Cuse is built to be a team that expects to win because of its highly talented players playing a tough to figure out defense.
The whole attitude leads to a soft team culture that doesn’t serve them well when they need to scrap out tough victories come tourney time..
SomebodyBuyAustinaSteak - January 4, 2012
The complete and utter lack of self-awareness
of a Georgetown fan criticizing any other school for not scrapping out tough victories in tourney time is amazing and a joy to behold. Try getting out of the first round before calling out another school. That was a very impressive win last night for you guys last night, so congratulations for that. Georgetown right now is the second best team in the BE. And for the record, Syracuse is ranked number one RPI with a SOS of two (2), compared to G’town’s not horrible thirty-five (35). But please, don’t let facts shatter your lack of any self-awareness, it is highly entertaining.
bigbluethruandthru - January 5, 2012
Yawn
bigblue, you’re my favorite ’Cuse troll.
J-Wall's Mom's Broom - January 5, 2012
Thanks bud
I appreciate that.
bigbluethruandthru - January 5, 2012
You've played 16 games, of which 13 have been at home
you’ve played exactly 1 top 25 team (at home).
Sorry beating Vermont, Albany and Colgate at home doesn’t mean you’ve had a hard strength of schedule, no matter what misleading SoS statistic you cite.
By contrast, we’ve played 5 top 25 teams.
SomebodyBuyAustinaSteak - January 5, 2012
Okay
look at a common opponent. You played at Providence and scored 49 points, won by 9, in a game in which they called two more fouls on Georgetown and Prov. shot 5 more FTs. Syracuse played at Providence, scored 87 points, and won by 14 in a game where Prov. shot 12 more FTs and didn’t have a 2nd team foul until there were 8 minutes left in the 2nd half. Equal setting, equal opponent, and Syracuse won in a much more convincing fashion. But all of that is irrelevant to the point that what you said above was an opinion with no basis in fact.
bigbluethruandthru - January 5, 2012
so to counter an argument about entire body of work
you point to a single common opponent?
seriously, awesome work, guy!
thejerseytornado - January 5, 2012
The vaunted 2-3 zone
Also gave up a LOT more than 40 points.
rochesterhoya07 - January 5, 2012
you woke up and first thought was:
let’s go troll the georgetown comments on a recap of last night’s win?
those SOS and RPI ratings also don’t include last night’s games, fwiw.
awesome job, guy!
thejerseytornado - January 5, 2012
It's called work
some people do it. Some people obviously do not.
bigbluethruandthru - January 5, 2012
trolling is work? you get paid for this?
i don’t get it.
thejerseytornado - January 5, 2012
SOS, just like RPI
is a useless metric to look at midseason, especially when conference play has just begun.
what syracuse wins were you most impressed with?
its interesting how much crap is spewed about georgetown over at nunes with no trolling from us, yet you always seem to be responding to every single comment relating in anyway to the orange on this site. why is that?
Hire Esherick - January 5, 2012
A early HDC sighting I presume?
yaboynyp - January 5, 2012
'cuse did beat florida at msg
so that’s basically proof Cuse is at least as good as Rutgers.
thejerseytornado - January 5, 2012
and gators didnt have erik murphy when they played cuse either
Hire Esherick - January 5, 2012
no
Florida game was in the Dome.
hoyasincebirth - January 5, 2012
SoS is a useless metric
yet you are making comments about ’Cuse’s SoS. Does the contradiction even register? I would love for you to point out all the “Georgetown crap”, links please. There isn’t a fraction of attention payed to Georgetown on Nunes than there is Cuse envy on this fine site. Except for the week of the game of course.
bigbluethruandthru - January 5, 2012
no, he made a comment about a weak schedule
you attempted to use a (bad) quantitative argument about whether or not what we see to be true is true.
your non conf schedule is weak. ours was weak but not as weak. u seem mad.
thejerseytornado - January 5, 2012
I don't know how many times we have to tell you.
We do NOT envy your program. Put all the “is Cuse REALLY #1 Material” argument aside and just acknowledge the fact that Cuse IS #1.
So your program is #1…it also had a child molestation scandal, has shown no qualms about manipulating the media, and has a tradition of off-the-court issues that seems to be passed from roster to roster like jersey numbers.
Say the stats back up your placement at #1, say you’re going to destroy us come February, say anything else BUT suggesting that any one of us would rather be wearing orange right now.
HoyaJoker07 - January 5, 2012
I just skip everything you say.
I can’t believe everyone else doesn’t do the same by now.
WallaceAtTheLineShooting2 - January 5, 2012
WallaceAtTheLineShooting 2 Says:
J-Wall's Mom's Broom - January 5, 2012
Here is a Georgetown crap link, from yesterday
Note, not one troll from our side.
http://www.nunesmagician.com/2012/1/4/2683165/um-im-officially-a-little-worried-about-the-marquette-game-you-guys-h
Hire Esherick - January 5, 2012
Now go away
No one finds anything you say remotely insightful or intelligent. In fact, you just promote the Cuse stereotype of a whiny, thin-skinned annoyance (excellent job portraying prominent qualities of your coach)
See you Feb 8th.
Hire Esherick - January 5, 2012
Even more fun statistic
In the last 25 years two BE schools have won National Championships. Georgetown is not one of them.
bigbluethruandthru - January 5, 2012
Calm yourself you orange hater..
Heard you guys hired a new staff member congrats!!
http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/simpson/shapiro.htm
Should save u money in the long run
yaboynyp - January 5, 2012
Otto for 3! Lubick for 3!
They each get one considering the circus junk everyone else threw up in our 2 bad stretches.
Tuomou's Tuomou - January 4, 2012
Hey there
Dig your name
TouomouIsMyHomie - January 4, 2012 via mobile
Happy New Year Hoya's
Hoya’s Win, Hoya’s Win, Hoya’s Win <> The Eleven <> Straight <> Hoya Saxa G-town Trivia: 10/23/70 McDonough Gym, Georgetown U. – Washington, DC $5/Advanced Sale $6/Door Jerry and the boys that night and Jason and the boys at Verizon tonight……….Big Night for our indomitable Hoya Spirit! Don’t let the fire go out…play on!
Oscar de la Hoya - January 4, 2012
I confess
I doubted. I didn’t think these Hoyas could make up a 2nd half 17-point deficit against this Marquette team – against the likes of Howard, sure – but Marquette?
Wow. Is this even delusion anymore?
REALITY.
MyFairHoya - January 4, 2012
Casual Randomness
So I’m sitting (actually pacing and screaming and throwing shit around my townhouse) watching the Hoyas suck out loud, down 17 in the second half. My brother was instrumental in helping me not perform hara-kari at this point, so kudos to him. Now here comes the comeback. Here comes the Clark +1 (by the way…I bitch about refs all of the time…no way that wasn’t a charge, but I digress). Here comes Henry Sims playing like Hakeem the Dream. Here comes Hollis banging back three balls. I’m starting to untie the noose from my neck. And then what happens? My doorbell rings. It’s a buddy of mine from work (senior to me) and his 10 month pregnant wife who wanted to stop by and say hello at 9pm on a Wednesday night. I wouldn’t have been more surprised if the Pope walked in. So they come in, sit down, ask what I’m watching as my face is as red as a stop sign, I’m sweating profusely, and I’m hoarse. So I watched the last 2 minutes of this game with these two on my couch. Hollis hits the 3 to take the lead and I kind of give it a golf clap instead of the Tiger Woods fist pump and “FUK YEAHHHHH” gutteral scream I usually give because I don’t want to fully freak them out and have her go into labor.
Weird/long story but it was a weird/long game. For some reason, the randomness that went on chez BBFITB was completely fitting for such a great comeback. I made a comment to another blogger on this very website earlier tonight that it was disconcerting to see Jason lose his stroke so early in the year…usually it is around game 25. I’m so glad he shut me up….way to be a leader, JC. Now let’s start hitting 2 free throws in a row going forward.
brandonbowmansfootistoobig - January 4, 2012
Hopkins and the Verizon Center Crowd
Those are my 2 MVPs. Crowd got loud with 9 minutes to go and kept it up. Gotta give credit where it’s due. They fired up the team.
Hopkins was huge. He was energetic, physical and aggressive. Everything the d-bags at HoyaTalk said he wasn’t. He turned this game around.
Lastly, the dude who called the game on ESPNU was awesome. Gus Johnson-esque.
boumtje - January 4, 2012
I thought that guy sounded like Matt Vasgergian (sp?)
brandonbowmansfootistoobig - January 5, 2012
It was Adam Amin.
No idea who he is, but I personally thought he sounded like Don Orsillo
Circus Saximus - January 5, 2012
In defense of Lubick starting
I read an interesting piece on KenPom about substitution patterns (http://kenpom.com/blog/index.php/weblog/a_graph_of_substitution_patterns/) which suggests that Otto might be helped by coming into the game later when fewer opposing starters are on the floor. Could be good for a boost each game. Also, Lubick plays pretty good post defense.
Circus Saximus - January 4, 2012
Shit is working right now
No reason to change it, Lubick is just fine starting, Otto is getting plenty of minutes.
JGD - January 4, 2012
No doubt about it...
yaboynyp - January 4, 2012
Well said
I’m good with the “shit is working” approach. And if it stops working, then coach can address it.
J-Wall's Mom's Broom - January 5, 2012
Exactly
I have faith that JT3 knows what he’s doing, and Lubick is going to be a very important piece to the puzzle in the next three years, so if we keep winning while he regains his confidence, those are good things.
JGD - January 5, 2012
Have to agree with everyone else
That was an awesomely fun crowd at the Verizon Center. I can’t remember the last time
I had that much fun at a random game. My section spent almost the whole second half standing and starting senseless cheers. You can rhyme a lot with Clark, and Sims. Trawick, less so.
To the old lady behind me: Next time you get a casual cougars shirt.
BeerBottlesToTheFaceOfSyracuseFans - January 4, 2012 via mobile
definitely
i was quite impressed that the crowd was getting loud with 10-12 mins left, even though we were losing by double figures.
thunderbus - January 4, 2012
you could tell the crowd was ready and willing to go nuts – as soon as the Hoyas cut it to 10pts they were already getting loud. I was definitely impressed
aja32 - January 5, 2012
Just saw a stat
We only missed 5 shots in the second half. Good for like 70%
More like Awesome Freeman - January 4, 2012 via iPhone app
MVP
The announcer of the game on ESPNU was awesome
jsk793 - January 4, 2012
Loved the ending
Something like “Hoyas Win! Hoyas Win! Hoyas Win!”
Circus Saximus - January 4, 2012
do we have an official Chvotcount on this one?
SirHoya - January 4, 2012 via iPhone app
i've read it was 15x
PitHoyaFan - January 4, 2012
I was told the same by a friend in the military who was streaming the radio feed.
StPetersburgHoya - January 4, 2012
and he screamed when Hoyas took the late lead too
he was good – clearly enjoying it
aja32 - January 5, 2012
Loved the Sportscenter highlights
But was not aware that Hollis Thomason sank our game winner
rochesterhoya07 - January 5, 2012
tremendous way to deal with the pain
from our esteemed brethren over at Anonymous Eagle.
Speaking of numbers – the score box at the top of the main page is really quite remarkable. That kind of half to half swing surely doesn’t happen very often.
SirHoya - January 5, 2012
Hah!
Teacher of the year!
J-Wall's Mom's Broom - January 5, 2012
Some love for Henry..
http://blogs.fredericksburg.com/sports/2012/01/04/steve-deshazo-long-wait-for-sims-pays-off-for-hoyas/
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/andy_glockner/01/04/five.thoughts.hoyas.golden.eagles/index.html
yaboynyp - January 5, 2012
III
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/teams/maf/photos?slug=ap-201201042027736705137#photoViewer=urn%3Anewsml%3Asports.yahoo%2Cap%3A20050301%3Ancaab%2Cphoto%2Cap-201201042114764615455%3A1
yaboynyp - January 5, 2012
Caption
“I will put you in the ground if you make another call like that again”
hoyasincebirth - January 5, 2012
I didn't watch this game. FOR A REASON.
text exchange at halftime, 43-29 Marquette:
me: “Stop watching the game, you’re bad luck”
Ethan: “I dunno about that, I’ve watched all the others”
me: “Then I must be the factor at fault here. You see I’m following this game on gamecast, rather than sleeping through it like I usually do”
me: “I’m going to bed. If we make a second half comeback, you know who to thank”
Final score 73-70 Hoyas
DownTheHallFromHollis - January 5, 2012
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/seth_davis/01/02/stock.report/index.html#?sct=cb_t11_a4
Seth Davis gives bad advice.
sa499 - January 5, 2012
I don't get why one would want to treat basketball teams like stocks
It leads you to do things like sell Georgetown because they are outplaying expectations and buy Villanova because they are sucking out loud. But I can understand why Seth Davis does it, since he seems to love making random predictions in the hopes of having an “I called it” moment later on. Case in point, in the 2008 tournament he spent the entire first weekend yammering on about how Davidson would upset Georgetown, then crowing about it after Gollum took us out.
rochesterhoya07 - January 5, 2012
THANK YOU!!!!!
HoyaSmacksYa - January 5, 2012
Nice piece on roy's other talents in grantland
Link
hoyabballownsall - January 5, 2012
Love the Popovich quote, too.
American Exceptionalism: Exceptional fast food and exceptional dance moves.
WallaceAtTheLineShooting2 - January 5, 2012
Popovich is awesome
Two of my favorite quotes:
"We suck on ‘D. Both individually and team-wise, we suck. We’re pretty consistent that way. I don’t know if I have an answer to that. If I did, we wouldn’t suck quite so bad."
"I asked them if it wasn’t too much trouble, if I wasn’t being too pushy, if they could execute what we were trying to do. And if it didn’t make them too angry, if they also wanted to play some defense on the other end, that would be great."
iheartgregmonroe - January 6, 2012
On a Different Note
Did anyone notice the cans on the Marquette trainer last night. Yowza!
CasualSuxa - January 5, 2012
No...
document please.
HuskerHoya - January 5, 2012 via Android app
I work at the Verizon Center
Total attendance last night was 8,205.
That includes 88 student tickets.
Chicken Finger Thursdays - January 5, 2012
WOW
That is staggering
JGD - January 5, 2012
We were wondering post-game whether the Phone Booth staff
were encouraging people to move closer to the court in the second half. It seemed like there were many more fans in the lower bowl for the last 10 minutes than were in the arena just before halftime.
HoyaSmacksYa - January 5, 2012
ESPN pegged attendance at 11,213
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/boxscore?gameId=320040046
Circus Saximus - January 5, 2012
They probably report paid attendance
Not actual gate entrance numbers
Chicken Finger Thursdays - January 5, 2012
whatever it was
attendance sucked, but the crowd was great
Hire Esherick - January 5, 2012
Part of the problem is the way the athletic department gives out student tickets to mid-break games
You have to pick them up ahead of time, otherwise you forfeit them. You don’t get them as part of the package. That way they know how many seats to save and how many they can sell in the lower bowl. But it also means that you can’t decide at the last minute to use your season ticket to go to the game if you didn’t reserve it earlier.
At least that’s how it used to be… correct me if I’m wrong
hoyasaxan - January 6, 2012
Even if it's wrong
Tickets can be purchased for $9. If you’re arriving back on campus a day early, call and get the damn ticket. After all that home-cookin’ over the holidays most students could probably forgo a couple madnesses this week.
HoyaSmacksYa - January 6, 2012
HIBBERT ON THE DELUSION TRAIN
Hoya2aPacer profile
Hoya2aPacer Is this the best gtown team coach JT3 has had since he’s been at the school. I’m beginning to think yes. These dudes are good.
JGD - January 5, 2012
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