Basketball continues to fall as post-season approaches

“We’re as good as we want to be.” That was Greg Monroe’s assessment of the Georgetown Hoyas after their emphatic 103-90 victory over Villanova last month. Georgetown had just run down the country’s second ranked team, and their potential seemed limitless.

By Tim Shine March 4, 2010

Sports

Through rain and snow, Hoyas tredge on

As MLB teams start spring training games this week in Florida and Arizona, Georgetown’s own baseball team heads down to Florida for eight games in the nine-day Rollins College Baseball Classic. The Hoyas enter the tournament coming off of a loss at Norfolk State after taking two of three games from George Mason.

By Rob Sapunor March 4, 2010

Sports

Sports Sermon

As a Detroit Lions fan, one of my favorite times of the year is the NFL Draft. This is when my Lions get their pick of the college litter year after year, without ever improving as a franchise. However, before the excitement of draft day, there is the NFL Scouting Combine. After years of enjoying the Combine—and seeing the Lions front office drool over any wide receiver that can catch a ball—my views toward the combine have started to shift.

By Adam Rosenfeld March 4, 2010

Sports

What Rocks: Craig Dowd

This summer Craig Dowd found himself in an unfamiliar place: the sidelines. Instead of training, he was recovering from off-season surgery to correct a sports hernia. Luckily for the Hoyas men’s lacrosse team, the senior attacker’s surgery didn’t cause him to miss a step, scoring one goal and recording two assists in yesterday’s game against 11th ranked Harvard University. With three solid years under his belt, Dowd continues to make his presence felt on the field in his final season.

By Adam Rosenfeld March 4, 2010

Sports

Backdoor Cuts: Olympic Pride

The Vancouver Olympics marked the 30th anniversary of the “Miracle on Ice” when the United States hockey team upset the Soviet Union juggernaut at the Lake Placid Olympics. 1980 was the last time the U.S. won gold in hockey at the Winter Games. The game is one of the defining moments of 20th century American sports.

By Nick Berti March 4, 2010

Sports

Loss to Notre Dame leaves Hoyas feeling sick

Austin Freeman came into the Verizon Center sick, and after the game his teammates felt the same. Freeman was limited to 23 minutes with a stomach virus, and Georgetown (19-8, 9-7 Big East) suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of Notre Dame (19-10, 8-8 Big East), 78-64.

By Tim Shine February 27, 2010

Sports

Hoyas defeat Irish in front of huge home crowd

As the final buzzer sounded last Saturday, the Georgetown women’s basketball team had just beaten the No. 4 team in the country and recorded the biggest win in program history. The No. 11 Lady Hoyas (23-4, 12-2 Big East) beat the Irish (24-3, 11-3 Big East) 76-66 in front of a record 2,417 people at McDonough Arena. It was their most difficult test in a season where they have slowly climbed up the national rankings and reached third place in the ultra-competitive Big East Conference.

By Nick Berti February 25, 2010

Sports

Baseball off to good start

After enduring weeks of practices amid record-breaking snowfall in D.C., the Georgetown baseball team finally got a chance to play on green grass under clear skies last weekend when they traveled to North Carolina for their season opening series against Davidson.

By Tim Wagner February 25, 2010

Sports

Freeman dominates Cards

Less than a week after nearly clawing back from a 23-point deficit against No. 5 Syracuse, No. 11 Georgetown (19-7, 9-6 Big East) successfully overcame a halftime deficit against Louisville on the strength of Austin Freeman’s 24 second-half points.

By Tim Shine February 25, 2010

Sports

Backdoor Cuts: Dry season

“Football Season is Over” was the title of the note that one-time sportswriter and Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson wrote a few days before his suicide in February 2005. While for most of us “shotgun” refers to a passing formation and not a method of coping, the period between the end of the Super Bowl and the first pitch of the baseball season is a sort of dry seasons for sports fans across the country.

By Jeff Bakkensen February 25, 2010

Sports

The Sports Sermon

During these past two months, the sporting world has been rife with controversy and speculation as Woods experienced one of the quickest and steepest falls from grace in recent memory. Friday was Woods’ chance to tell us what happened, admit his guilt, and begin the long road back to golf and a stable personal life. Plain and simple, Tiger duffed this opportunity.

By Adam Rosenfeld February 25, 2010

Sports

Hoyas’ frantic comeback comes up short against ‘Cuse

Don’t call it a comeback. In another classic edition of their storied rivalry, Georgetown (18-7, 8-6 Big East) nearly stormed back from a 23-point deficit to knock off Syracuse (25-2, 12-2). But in the end the Hoyas came up short, and the Orange prevailed 75-71.

By Tim Shine February 19, 2010

Sports

After loss to Rutgers, Hoyas look to juice ‘Cuse

Since conference play has started, the Hoyas have been consistently inconsistent. Georgetown (18-6, 8-5 Big East) has yet to lose back-to-back games, but they also have yet to string together three straight Big East wins. Right as the Hoyas begin to pick up steam, they always seem to suffer another setback. None was more disheartening than last Sunday’s loss to Rutgers.

By Tim Shine February 18, 2010

Sports

The Sports Sermon

I sit with two of my friends at a table upstairs in Leo’s in complete silence. We do not eat, but rather stare up at the hazy projector screen as if in a trance. One of my friends breaks the silence, reverentially saying, “That was beautiful.” We nod our heads in agreement. On the screen was men’s figure skating, live from the Vancouver Winter Olympics. During the next athlete’s program, we make comments like, “Wow, his footwork really looks on,” and “Looks like he came up a half-turn short on that triple-axle.”

By Adam Rosenfeld February 18, 2010

Sports

What Rocks: Chris Kinney

In a sport where winners and losers are determined by hundredths of a second, one Hoya has distinguished himself from the rest of the field: nationally ranked track star, junior Chris Kinney. Kinney was one of the top hurdlers coming out of the high school ranks. Although he was considering other schools with traditionally stronger track teams, he knew he belonged at Georgetown after visiting the Hilltop.

By Adam Rosenfeld February 18, 2010

Sports

Backdoor Cuts: A Hoya hoop fan’s dilemma

With the men’s basketball team experiencing a season of extremely impressive wins coupled with equally embarrassing losses, Georgetown students are left with a choice of what kind of Hoya fan they want to be.

By Walker Loetscher February 18, 2010

Sports

Hoyas avoid the horns, beat Bulls

Elite teams always seem to find ways to win even when they don’t play their best. Last night, the No. 12 Hoyas women’s basketball team (21-4, 10-2 Big East) escaped a trap game, beating South Florida (14-11, 5-7 Big East) 54-50.

By Nick Berti February 18, 2010

Sports

Number four is the Wright man to lead Georgetown

After Georgetown’s resounding 103-90 victory over Villanova, sophomore Greg Monroe declared of this Hoyas squad, “We’re as good as we want to be.” Based on how the season has gone so far, it might have been more accurate to say the Hoyas are as good as Chris Wright wants to be.

By Tim Shine February 11, 2010

Sports

Hoyas ready for Big East Championships

Coming off a sweep against Howard last week in their final home meet of the season, the men and women’s swimming and diving teams looked to finish the regular season with a trip to College Park to face the University of Maryland. Both teams were defeated by the Terps, but the main goal of the meet—to have as many swimmers and divers as possible qualify for the upcoming Big East Championships—was accomplished, with six Hoyas garnering berths.

By Rob Sapunor February 11, 2010

Sports

Sports Sermon

It was a scene that tugged on heartstrings: Drew Brees, with tears in his eyes, holding his young son on the podium after the Super Bowl. The Saints had just defeated the Colts in a convincing victory, bringing home the first championship in franchise history. This year’s Super Bowl and the circumstances around it serves as an inspiring reminder of the potential of sports.

By Adam Rosenfeld February 11, 2010