Georgetown is in the midst of a colossal choke job in a tournament game in Jamaica against Loyola Marymount. They were up by 10(42-32) at the half and now trail by 12(63-51) with about 8 minutes left in the game, you can see this on CBS Sports Network. If Georgetown loses, they'll play La Salle in the consolation game. 

Umd taking st Louis to the shed

Gonzaga 78 Kentucky 62

Excellent day for the A10.  UMASS rolls on. Big win for Saint Louis

Rhode Island loses by 20 to K State

Brayon Freeman back in action for URI. 3-11 FG, 1-5 3pt FG, 4-4 FT, 3 TO, 1 A, 11 pts

St Johns beat Syracuse to win the Empire Classic Title game.   One of the great rivalries back in the day

Mike Anderson appears to have turned it around in Queens,  top 35 KenPom and undefeated St Johns.  Richmond beat Temple to take 3rd place. 

Creighton beat Arkansas in a thriller - top 10 Creighton is legit contender, Arkansas has 3 NBA expected 1st round picks on this team



 

AU over GU.  They could win the DC championship

What's even worse for Georgetown is, American U's leading scorer(Colin Smalls) did not play in this game. Georgetown may have some difficulty winning any Big East games again this year.

Dayton just tipped off with Wisconsin in the opening round of the Battle 4 Atlantis on ESPN2. If Dayton wins they'll face Kansas in the next round 

The good news ... Georgetown loses to AU
The bad news ... Georgetown loses to AU meaning Georgetown is one-step closer to completely breaking from the JT era and getting a coach who will have a chance of turning the program around.

From the times I've watched Primo Spears play, he just doesn't strike me as a winning player. Always looking for his own shot instead of making the right play and usually takes an isolation midrange shot that disrupts offensive flow. Don't think it's a coincidence that Duquesne was such a poor team (especially passing) last year and that's carried over to Georgetown this year...

Regardless, Georgetown should be a lot better. I think the ceiling just isn't the same as it was in the past, but the program should be certainly better than it is now. Last year's team wasn't very talented. Not sure that is the excuse this year. The team has been DISASTROUS in the second half - they have been outscored by 69 points combined in the last four games by heavyweights American, La Salle, Loyola Marymount, and Northwestern. That just points to poor adjustments by Ewing.

Green Bay (the basketball team) doesn't count because they really suck and the Coppin game went to OT.
 

Oklahoma(Joe Bamisile) is now playing Nebraska on ESPN in the opening round of the ESPN Events Invitational. I don't think Bamisile played in the first half. 

About Georgetown, on paper it looked like they had a significant upgrade in talent with the 7 or 8 transfers they signed, but the same problems still remain..disorganized offensive sets, terrible defense and they can't establish a strong post presence even though they have 2 talented post players in Akok and Wahab. To DMVPirahna's point about Primo Spears taking questionable shots that disrupt the flow of the offense, Georgetown has like 2 or 3 other guys(Murray, Mozone) who do the exact same thing. I do sort of feel bad for Georgetown because Patrick Ewing pretty much singlehandedly built the program when he arrived in 1981, and 40 years later he has sunk the program to its lowest point!!

The Dude,  the problem is, when JTIII got fired for missing the NCAA tournament, I don't think they thought the program could get worse, they thought they were at rock bottom, not realizing the worst was yet to come with home losses to middle of the pack mid-majors and going winless in conference. Maybe they should have hired someone outside of the Thompson family tree who would come in and sign the elite players from the area, sort of like what Willard appears to be doing at Maryland

Last edited by Thomas (11/24/2022 6:19 pm)