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After a dominant romp over then second-ranked Connecticut in their Big East opener, the young 2008-09 Georgetown Hoyas demonstrated that they had the talent to run with the best teams in the country. Their offense was clicking, their defense was solid, and freshman wunderkind Greg Monroe manhandled the 7’3” Hasheem Thabeet on both sides of the floor. In the very next game, though, the burly frontcourt of the Pittsburgh Panthers exposed and exploited the precocious Hoyas’ main weakness—a lack of toughness and determination in rebounding.
By
Sean Quigley
January 22, 2009