GW Hoops / GW exhibition vs Ge*rgetown Oct 18

**Posted by Free Quebec** 6/25/2025 10:49 am

I thought this deserved its on thread.

It’s only a preseason practice game, but Georgetown is coming to the Smith Center Oct 18.

Great job by Caputo and the athletic department for getting this to happen, even if only an exhibition. And credit to Cooley for coming here, even if for a glorified practice.

Somewhere, Mark Plotkin is smiling.

And yes, it occurs to me that we might need to throw this game or they’ll never play us in an actual real game. Still, best preseason game ever.

**Posted by MVCOLONIAL** 6/25/2025 11:28 am

John Thompson must be rolling in his grave

**Posted by H&R..71** 6/25/2025 12:11 pm

Maybe Cooley is so proud of Castro that he wants to see what the chatter is all about.

**Posted by jf** 6/25/2025 1:23 pm

Amazing, even if only an exhibition.
And at the Smith Center.
We waited so long for this.
FQ is right: And shout out to the late Mr. Plotkin.
The question is: if we win this and lose every other game, would we still be happy?
A harder question than you think for some of us.

**Posted by GW Alum Abroad** 6/25/2025 2:12 pm

I have never been more excited for a game in my life!!! And it is an exhibition, in October. Yes, a win in this exhibition followed by a winless season (or a COVID-cancelled one... hush you!) and I would still be over the moon.
Obviously, both programs need to do something to get attention and sell ticket units ahead of the season, and this seems like a (excuse the pun) slam dunk of way to break the NFL´s monopoly over DC sports coverage in October. And this (more so than appearing on a postage stamp) proves that John Thompson really is dead.

**Posted by BC** 6/25/2025 2:33 pm

article (very short) at official site: https://gwsports.com/news/2025/6/25/mens-basketball-to-host-georgetown-in-exhibition

**Posted by GWRising** 6/25/2025 3:17 pm

It's great for an exhibition game but that's all it is - not worth much for bragging rights etc. Both coaches will likely be playing much deeper into the bench. Let's not make too much of it win or lose. It will mean very little in the big picture.

The one thing that it may do is lead to a regular season game in the near future and that would be the best outcome from this game.

Maybe it's me but I don't possess the Georgetown inferiority complex virus that seems to possess some of our alumni where they will convince themselves that this is the biggest game on the schedule.

**Posted by GWRising** 6/25/2025 3:18 pm

jf wrote:
Amazing, even if only an exhibition.
And at the Smith Center.
We waited so long for this.
FQ is right: And shout out to the late Mr. Plotkin.
The question is: if we win this and lose every other game, would we still be happy?
A harder question than you think for some of us.

Not hard at all. Win the games that count.

**Posted by Gwmayhem** 6/25/2025 4:09 pm

My sense is that the game will be more meaningful to GW and its fan base than to Georgetown and their fan base for no other reason than the game will matter more to GW. For decades, Gtown has had no interest in this game fearing much to lose with little to gain. Now, they can lose, claim that an exhibition is not at all important, and they would not be wrong. Whatever pressure that may have existed has been lifted.

Rising, I don't think you were around the GW program when the two schools played twice annually. It was not a lopsided rivalry. Then, one school (not ours) gets a HOF Coach, lands the best high school player in the country, is elevated to a bigger, more prestigious, and far more lucrative conference, gets all of its games televised, moves to an NBA arena, etc., while the other can do nothing but watch it all happen. If you were a Colonial while all of this were happening, you might have developed an inferiority complex too.

No, it's not the biggest game on the schedule. Yet in many respects, it will be the most meaningful. That's what happens when two former rivals who haven't played one another in over 40 years decide to play one another. Even as an exhibition.

**Posted by Tennessee Colonial** 6/25/2025 4:24 pm

The ghost of Thompson objects.

**Posted by Tennessee Colonial** 6/25/2025 4:31 pm

How many people on this board remember seeing GU and GW play? We went to their gym my senior year for the last game of the season. We won and also stole their pep band's drum. Ransomed later. Just an old tradition between us close neighbors which went "Gone with the Wind". Thanks John Thompson.

**Posted by H&R..71** 6/25/2025 4:55 pm

My gut reaction to this game being scheduled was a resounding 2 thumbs up for the simple reason that it is timely. It comes after the long summer of conditioning and workouts and measures the new team chemistry and progress. Last year we criticized the weakness of the early D2 opponents and how it didn’t serve us well. Now we have a better measuring stick. Better competition has arrived.

Without getting into the past 50 years of the 2 schools, I’ve always understood early OOC and exhibition games to be generated somewhat by coaches relationships and also some local competition. The Hoyas have numerous DMV players and a coach who seems to be a class act. I think this is nothing more than both coaches saying “hey, let’s see watcha got!” This will be fun.

**Posted by Poog** 6/25/2025 5:44 pm

I long ago gave up my rivalry animosity against Georgetown, at least as long ago when Georgetown cheaped out and let us buy out the Vern campus from under them. It’s a good start and I always want to beat Georgetown in whatever sport we play them but our record against the Hoyas is not to be envied. Measuring stick? Probably more so than Fort Hood. And I was here 56 years ago when we played them regularly.

**Posted by DC Native** 6/25/2025 6:35 pm

Its a great get by Caputo and it will be great to see them at the Smith Center, but G’town is not anything close to what they once were. I agree 100% with Rising that the only way this game has any real significance is if it leads to future regular season games.

**Posted by Wisconsin Colonial 1974** 6/25/2025 6:36 pm

I remember playing them regularly. In fact, when I played on the 70-71 freshmen team (before freshmen were eligible to play on the varsity) we played them in McDonough and I scored one of my few baskets that year.

i also remember when GT was 3-23 and then they hired JT Jr … and the rest is history.

I only hope ESPN+ carries the game.

Last edited by Wisconsin Colonial 1974 (6/25/2025 7:27 pm)

**Posted by squid** 6/25/2025 10:04 pm

Until somewhat recently, GW and Georgetown had played each other more than any other teams. And the last game was in the 70s, I believe! Plus Gtown is playing Maryland in the regular season. The Thompsons' sway over Georgetown, and their grudges, might finally be over, and that's a good thing exhibition or not.

**Posted by kdb san diego** 6/26/2025 10:05 am

Ah, protests in the streets, the Sino-Soviet Institute takeover, watching the flow of coeds on G Street from the fraternity house, and basketball with that school down the street. Or at least I think I remember it.......maybe.

Good move for future.

**Posted by jf** 6/26/2025 12:46 pm

Looking forward to reviving the delicious chant: "What the hell's a Hoya?!!!"

**Posted by MVCOLONIAL** 6/26/2025 12:53 pm

I was just about to write the same thing!

**Posted by The Other MG** 6/26/2025 3:10 pm

December 12, 1968. McDonough Gym. Waning seconds. Georgetown misses a free throw that would have put them up by 2. We get the rebound (I think Roger Strong), and two quick passes result in a driving left hand layup by Ralphie Barnett to give us the win, 74-73. A beautiful silence in the gym, except for those of on the visitor’s side. A golden moment!