David Dietz

Sports

Villanova press stumps Hoya offense

Just as Georgetown seemed to have turned the corner, the team took another step backward Monday night, suffering an ugly loss to unranked Villanova 56-52. After blowing out twenty-second ranked Notre Dame, the Hoyas looked poised to break from the pack and regain their status as a dominant team. But in a conference filled with NBA-level talent and legendary coaches, fortunes can change quickly. In the Big East, teams that don’t come to play get burned, and on Monday night Georgetown never showed up.

By January 11, 2007

Sports

Focus on the big men

Expectations for the men’s basketball team were so high entering the season that no one ever expected home losses to Old Dominion and Oregon, or a 5-3 record overall. Still, all you restless fans out there, have faith. Don’t jump off the bandwagon just yet. It has only just turned December and Big East basketball is a month away. Jeff Green and Roy Hibbert are too good and Coach Thompson has too much experience to let this slow start become a trend. The Hoyas will be fine. However, there are a few things that are troubling and need immediate attention. After falling out of the top 25 it is necessary to reevaluate what is working and what is not.

By December 7, 2006

Sports

After Oregon loss, Hoyas need win at Duke

Last year the Hoyas nuked Duke. Nearly 12 months later these two storied programs are set to collide again in one of the biggest non-conference games of the early hoops season. Much has changed since last year.

By November 30, 2006

Sports

Lone senior Kate Carlin hopes for her first winning season on the Hilltop

During Midnight Madness, Georgetown’s women’s basketball head coach, Terri Williams-Flournoy, chose one player in particular to address the mad crowd of fans packed into McDonough Gymnasium. This vocal player addressed the crowd adamantly, praising her team and imploring the fans to come out and support the women just as they do the men’s team. It’s no wonder Williams-Flournoy picked senior co-captain Kate Carlin for the job.

By November 7, 2006

Sports

Zeller blasts Georgetown to victory on Senior Day

The old saying goes that “a win is a win,” but for Georgetown seniors Andrew Keszler, Ricky Schramm, Benjamin Jefferson-Dow, Daniel Grasso and Tim Convey, Saturday’s overtime thriller was so much more.

By October 26, 2006