An Instagram post should have changed everything; at least I thought it would. On April 7, 2015, a week after Georgetown issued a press release announcing that guard D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera would declare for the NBA draft, Smith-Rivera posted an Instagram saying that he, in fact, would return for his senior[Read More…]
Senior center and co-captain Bradley Hayes’ career was supposed to be over, but his surprise announcement on the evening of the men’s basketball banquet informed fans and teammates that he would be returning for a fifth year. The NCAA had awarded him a fifth year of eligibility. During the banquet,[Read More…]
Voices echoed down hallways and balls bounced in the background in McDonough Arena. It was Media Day in October, and the outlook for the Georgetown men’s basketball season was strong. “As many players as we have returning and with the group we have, I think we’re better than people perceive[Read More…]
Georgetown’s season is likely over, but it didn’t end without a good fight. The men’s basketball team (15-18, 8-12 Big East) fought until the final horn against the No. 3 Villanova (28-4, 17-2 Big East) before falling 81-67 on Thursday. The Hoyas held the Wildcats’ high-powered offense to just 28 points and[Read More…]
Losing six games in a row was all the Georgetown men’s basketball team (15-17, 8-11 Big East) could take before its defense and offense finally came back to life against DePaul (9-23, 3-16 Big East) in a 68-51 win Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden. In the first round of[Read More…]
Down 75-59 with 4:25 left in the second half, the Georgetown men’s basketball team (14-15, 7-9 Big East) had a very low chance of getting a win on Senior Day against Butler (19-9, 8-8 Big East). Although the Hoyas did lose 90-87 in the end, they put together a 21-5[Read More…]
This season’s Senior Day for the men’s basketball team (14-14, 7-8 Big East) will be a far cry from the Senior Day of last season — both in terms of where the team is this year and in terms of the seniors themselves. As Georgetown prepares to take on Butler[Read More…]
By now, everyone has taken off the rose-colored glasses. Fans and pundits alike see the Georgetown men’s basketball team’s (14-14, 7-8 Big East) season for what it truly is — or perhaps more aptly, was — and recognize that the postseason is all but a pipe dream. No. 8 Xavier[Read More…]
Though the Georgetown men’s basketball team (14-14, 7-8 Big East) trailed by just two points at halftime in Saturday’s home game against No. 8 Xavier (24-3, 12-3 Big East), Xavier outscored Georgetown 53-37 in the second half, leading to an 88-70 loss. The Hoyas did not put up much of[Read More…]
The Georgetown men’s basketball team’s (14-13, 7-7 Big East) season may not technically be over, but in reality, it is. With showdowns looming against two top-10 teams — No. 8 Xavier (23-3, 11-3 Big East) and No. 1 Villanova (23-3, 12-1 Big East) — as well as a tough road[Read More…]
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