Georgetown (MSG), Tue., Jan. 14 , 7:30p, PEACOCK

GardenCity62 said:
As a twelve year old I attended a SJU - Santa Clara game in 1953 and have attended hundreds of games since then but that Geo- SJU game in 1982 was the most humiliating. I had to beg my sons to leave when the score was 41- 9 and Ewing looked like the second coming of Wilt. He blocked a Mullin corner jump shot at one end and dunked at the other end. Before he put on the weight in later years he was a gazelle.
The amazing thing about that game was it was pure humiliation played on a weekday in MSG and somehow Looie got the team to forget about it by Sat when they beat Prov at the Nassau Col.
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Agree, I was there too and took my Boss . We were pumped to see the Redmen but , that quickly disappeared early in the game .
Another poster mentioned Dan Rather and we were entering the game at the same time as he and his Wife .
We did get a little revenge the next season when we beat G’Town and Ewing at the Garden by a point or 2.
That was the famous Kevin Williams - Ewing confrontation game .
 
paultzman said:
Very minor point, Prey seems to be getting more comfortable out there. Obviously not a stat sheet stuffer, but exhibits some poise and knows what to do with the ball attentive to time and situations. Vince has provided rebounding, but lacks the instincts Prey has, which may be reflective of better coaching and experience v professionals. There is room for both guys, but I think down the stretch, Prey will add intelligent play to the mix. Vince exhibits some flash blocks, but defensively Prey moves his feet well, anticipates better and just is more fundamentally sound. That is so valuable during those important possessions when called upon.
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Not a minor point at all; Europeans generally are taught to play the “right way” because they practice as a team way more than Americans, who very generally play many more games during the development years as opposed to being taught the “fundies” as Keith would say.
 
Great game to be at last night, too many Hoya alumni around me in 104, but they were far from annoying. Defense turned the game around. Overall we got beat off the dribble too many times, but in the second half the help D in the paint was relentless and our defensive rebounding position was much better than the first half. We executed down the stretch with multiple players contributing big buckets (and 2 FT from Prey as well), while they had just TWO guys they could go to, Mack and Peavy - and we locked down on them. If Cooley can keep the young studs (Mack, Sorber, Williams) he'll have something brewing in DC next year.
 
Red Drum said:
Was at the 41-9 game, but we went on an 8-0 run to cut it to 41-17 at half!!
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Despite that run , we weren’t ever close . It was a bad humiliation .
Another bad game for us , in Mark Jackson’s Senior year where a Pitino Coached PC team clobbered us in BE Tournament .
Billy Donavan and the rest of the Friars beat us like a drum .
 
Mean Gene said:
You want that number next to your name. In the history of the NCAA Tournament only 4 teams that were ranked didn’t make it. If we are ranked they can’t leave us out. If we’re not anything can happen.
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Getting and keeping that number there will be a tough task unless you are UConn who the pollsters are very forgiving of. We could be playing great, have one mishap on the road and that number disappears. I don’t think we can count on a top 25 ranking come tourney time.
 
Silly Donovan said:
Getting and keeping that number there will be a tough task unless you are UConn who the pollsters are very forgiving of. We could be playing great, have one mishap on the road and that number disappears. I don’t think we can count on a top 25 ranking come tourney time.
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We have to win out until the Marquette game on February 4th. Then we’ll go into that game ranked in a home game with them. We beat them at MSG and then we’ll be ranked high enough and be able to absorb a questionable loss and still stay ranked.
 
mattc said:
"We must be 19-3 (10-1) on February 4th or we're doomed."
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I’m not saying we’re doomed. I said, if we want to be ranked and be able to stay ranked even after a questionable loss. Because , like dk423 said, holding the ranking if we get it will tough. If we are 23, 24, 25, one questionable loss and we’re out. If we end up 19-3 and then beat Marquette at home we’ll probably be ranked in the 15-19 range and if we have a bad loss after that we will still be able to hold our ranking. Maybe we drop to 20-21. That’s what I was saying.
 
Long season. Well win games were supposed to lose and lose games were supposed to win. Enjoy the ride

The Sim hate bothers me. He’s halfway thru his first season playing big minutes. Let him grow. Big difference year over year is he would get down after a miss per Pitino. Now he has the balls to keep shooting

Zuby vs Sorber was man vs boy.

on that Luis lefty drive, him, Scott and Zuby were all under the basket. We were getting that rebound if he missed. Just effort!
 
SLYFOXX1968 said:
Wilcher made some key defensive plays and grabbed a couple of rebounds down the stretch that helped us win a close game .
Plus a timely 3 that got us the win
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I know this is a Georgetown game thread but figured I would post this here.

We all have our favorite players. If anyone reads my posts, Ponds was one of them. Wilcher is another. Maybe he won't ever get to my expectations but I feel like he is on the cusp of becoming so much better. I think he lacks confidence and like Ponds has some maturity issues. They manifest themselves in very different ways though. If Wilcher can figure it out he can help us more than he has to date. Werdann was another one of my favorites who never reached the potential I was hoping for.
 
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