Hoyas reload for Classic weekend

Playing three games in four days, as the Hoyas are about to do in the Charleston Classic would tax any team’s depth. So when the team boarded a bus to South Carolina without two of their starters, it was definitely cause for concern.

By Tim Shine November 18, 2010

Sports

What Rocks: Charlie Buckingham

For senior Charlie Buckingham, the fourth time’s a charm. Having spent four years sailing on the Hilltop, the senior won the elusive ICSA Men’s Singlehanded National Championship in his final attempt, during the weekend of Nov. 5-7. “His first three years he did [qualify], he was close: He was one of the favored.

By Melissa Sullivan November 18, 2010

Sports

Backdoor Cuts: Play to win the game

As a football fan, few things are more dispiriting than watching your team lose to the Cleveland Browns. Tying them may be one of them. I thought I was about to find out what that would feel like this past Sunday afternoon, as I watched the Jets squander a lead late in regulation and then struggle through nearly all of overtime.

By Tim Shine November 18, 2010

Sports

Casually taking over the world (wide web)

Casual isn’t a word we often associate with Georgetown basketball. But don’t tell that to Andrew Geiger (COL ‘99), better known online as Casual Hoya, the co-founder of the eponymous Georgetown basketball blog.

By Chris Heller November 11, 2010

Sports

Sweet-shooting Sugar pours it in

What a difference a year makes. Last November, Sugar Rodgers was just another incoming freshman on a relatively low-profile team coming off of an NIT season. But after leading the Hoyas in scoring with 17.6 points per game in her freshman campaign and setting the school record for three-pointers in a season with 83, the 5-foot-11 shooting guard has made a name for herself—and for the team—in a Big East conference that has consistently been dominated by Geno Auriemma’s Connecticut Huskies.

By Sean Quigley November 11, 2010

Sports

Vaughn prepares to assert himself down low

Last year, another celebrated player in a long line of Georgetown big men, Greg Monroe, left the Hilltop for the bright lights of the NBA, creating a void in the Hoya frontcourt. Stepping in to fill the paint is senior Julian Vaughn. But make no mistake, Vaughn isn’t trying to fill anyone’s shoes.

By Adam Rosenfeld November 11, 2010

Sports

Hoyas look to defend newfound success

After exceeding all expectations last season and earning the program’s first NCAA tournament berth in 17 years, the Georgetown women’s basketball team knows that it has raised the bar for the upcoming season. The Hoyas had some memorable wins last year, including one against then-No. 4 Notre Dame, but this time around they hope their success will extend deeper into March.

By Melissa Sullivan November 11, 2010

Sports

The Sports Sermon: Show your fandom

There are 350 schools that have basketball programs in Division I of the NCAA, and hundreds more in Divisions II and III. For the last five years, students at Georgetown have had the privilege of watching a team that has consistently been in the National top-25.

By Nick Berti November 11, 2010

Sports

Three years out, Freeman has one last shot

This October, Austin Freeman returned to Madison Square Garden, the same arena in which Georgetown suffered its last-second loss to West Virginia in the Big East Tournament Finals last March. This time, though, Freeman was there to celebrate. He had been named Big East Preseason Player of the Year.

By Nick Berti November 11, 2010

Sports

Big East Superlatives

Best Non-Syracuse Game to See At The Verizon Center: Pitt was arguably the Big East’s biggest surprise last season, finishing in a tie for second despite only returning one starter from the previous year. Therefore, it comes as no surprise that the Panthers enter this season as the preseason confrence favorites, returning four starters and seven of their top eight scorers from a 25-9 team.

By Daniel Kellner November 11, 2010

Sports

Freshmen Preview

The Class of 2014 that John Thompson III has put together does not disappoint. This year’s four scholarship freshmen are a well-rounded bunch of recruits, and the addition of walk-on John Caprio only adds to the depth of this crop of talented young players.

By Abby Sherburne November 11, 2010

Sports

Three years out, Freeman has one last shot

This October, Austin Freeman returned to Madison Square Garden, the same arena in which Georgetown suffered its last-second loss to West Virginia in the Big East Tournament Finals last March. This time, though, Freeman was there to celebrate. He had been named Big East Preseason Player of the Year.

By Nick Berti November 11, 2010

Sports

Backdoor Cuts: Sims’s time to shine

In 2008, before Henry Sims suited up for the Hoyas, an article on ESPN.com had this to say about the newly recruited center: “The upside on this Georgetown commit is limitless. Right now he’s still a work in progress. He has a long and raw body that needs strength and development.

By Tom Bosco November 11, 2010

Sports

Hoyas ride wave of momentum into tournament

Last Saturday, the Georgetown men’s soccer team celebrated on North Kehoe Field as they defeated the No. 6 University of Connecticut Huskies. Not only did the win signal a victory over one of the top teams in the nation, it also meant the Hoyas had clinched the program’s first Big East Blue Division regular season championship since 1994.

By Adam Rosenfeld November 4, 2010

Sports

The Sports Sermon: Hoyas grow up

In an Oct. 29 game against the Detroit Pistons, Jeff Green drove down the lane and made a game-winning shot with 2.5 seconds left to give the Oklahoma City Thunder its second win of the young season. His clutch layup gave Hoya fans a pleasant flashback to Georgetown’s 2007 climb to the Final Four.

By Nick Berti November 4, 2010

Sports

99 problems but a hit ain’t one

It’s no secret that most Georgetown students are multitalented, but a graduate student competing for the closer role on the Hoya baseball team while managing a fledgling rap career sounds like a joke. He agrees. It was just a joke, a complete joke,” Mike Seander said. “Really, I’ll admit it first, it’s pretty ridiculous.”

By Tim Shine November 4, 2010

Sports

Sun sets early on football

To put it kindly, this has been a season of highs and lows for the Georgetown football team. Despite a remarkable 3-1 start to the year following their winless 2009 campaign, with Saturday’s 24-11 loss to Fordham—the team’s fifth straight defeat—the Hoyas (3-6, 2-2 Patriot League) have guaranteed that 2010 will be their 11th-straight losing season.

By Daniel Kellner November 4, 2010

Sports

Backdoor Cuts: Hoya recruit bedevils Duke

There are few joys in life greater than besting Duke’s Blue Devils. So when the Hoyas landed a new recruit on Nov. 1—6-foot-8-inch center Tyler Adams—it felt like a preseason victory. Adams, in order to play for Georgetown, had decommitted from Duke. The Hoyas have quickly built a recruiting class that is nothing short of formidable.

By Tom Bosco November 4, 2010

Sports

Cross Country ready to chase Big East crown

Georgetown men’s and women’s cross country teams have both more than justified their top-25 preseason rankings over the course of this season. So this weekend, when the teams head to Syracuse, N. Y. for the Big East Championships, the chase will be on. Both squads are expected to finish among the leaders after very promising performances at Pre-Nationals.

By Daniel Kellner October 28, 2010

Sports

The Sports Sermon: The coolest game in the District

The last couple of weeks before the college basketball season tips off is a tough time for Georgetown sports fans. The long wait is almost over, but we still need something to fill our sports appetite before Jack eats his first box.

By Nick Berti October 28, 2010