As the West Virginia Mountaineers celebrated on the court and the strains of “Take Me Home, Country Roads” echoed through the tunnels of Madison Square Garden, the Georgetown Hoyas sat down for a press conference. They did not have much to say.
In a season full of excitement, the women’s basketball team experienced another thrilling moment on Monday night. This time, though, it was off the court. At the Monday selection show, the Hoyas learned they had received a bid to play in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since the 1992-1993 season. The team has known they would get a spot in the tournament for a while now, due to their impressive resume, but when they found out they were given a five seed and would face 12 seed Marist in Berkley, California on Saturday, they could barely contain their joy.
While most of the Georgetown student body travelled home or to exotic vacation destinations last week, the men’s baseball team took its annual trip to Florida for the Rollins College Baseball Week. The tournament was a huge success for the Hoyas, whose overall record of 4-2 earned them the title of co-champions.
Many a wise man has said that it’s not about the destination, but the journey. Last week, I experienced quite the journey in an attempt to arrive at a celebrated destination—the Big East Championship game at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Last Sunday afternoon, the members of the Georgetown men’s basketball team were as happy to be sitting in Leo’s as they had ever been. That’s because they weren’t there to eat—they were watching the NCAA tournament selection show in the dining hall. Most of the Hoyas were experiencing this excitement for the first time, after last year’s disappointing National Invitation Tournament showing.