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A survey of any sports section or sports publication in the month of March reveals an obvious trend in sports stories: predictions. This year, however, as sports writers everywhere try to forecast the Final Four, foresee the NBA and NHL champions, forebode the NFL draft sleepers and steals, and foretell the conclusion to the upcoming baseball season, I have come to a realization.

By the Voice Staff March 14, 2002

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Hoyas miss postseason for the first time since 1975

“I didn’t want to make the decision, but I had to. I feel that it was the correct one,” said Georgetown Head Coach Craig Esherick regarding his choice not to play in the National Invitiation Tournament. “After 30 games, I clearly came to the conclusion that it would benefit us more to stay in class than to play any more games even though we’re a young team,” he said.

By the Voice Staff March 14, 2002

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Voice Sports previews the Big East Tournament

The Big East Tournament, Georgetown’s last chance for an NCAA berth, gets under way on March 6 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Twelve teams, the top six from both the Big East East Division and the West Division, will compete for an automatic bid to the Big Dance.

By the Voice Staff February 28, 2002

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Hoyas gain momentum on the way to New York

Immediately before the CBS telecast of last Sunday’s Georgetown vs. Syracuse game, the network was airing a pivotal Big 10 clash between Michigan State?a team on the NCAA Tournament bubble?and Indiana, a virtual lock to make the field of 65 this year.

Near the end of this game, MSU held a three-point advantage, and with five seconds left, Indiana called a timeout, to which the CBS announcer commented, “This is plenty of time to get off a good shot.

By the Voice Staff February 28, 2002

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Women’s basketball limps to the finish

The Georgetown Hoyas’ women’s basketball team has struggled throughout this season, while being decimated by injuries including a leg stress fracture to preseason First-Team All Big East sophomore forward Rebekkah Brunson. As a result, the Hoyas have not lived up to expectations, finishing with a 12-15 overall record and a 4-12 mark in the Big East Conference, after finishing 17-15 overall and 6-10 in the Big East last year.

By the Voice Staff February 28, 2002

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The Sports Sermon

Come one, come all to the seven-year reunion of the 1995 Florida Gators football team! Join former Gator frontman and new Washington Redskins Head Coach Steve Spurrier as he “fun-n-guns” with new quarterbacks Danny Wuerffel (almost rhymes with “awful”) and Shane (third-string on the Bears) Matthews and new wide receiver Chris Doering (almost rhymes with “worthless”).

By the Voice Staff February 28, 2002

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Come to my house!

We’ll folks, we are in the midst of one of those times of the year again for sports fans. A time when nothing is really going on and all we can do is sit around and wait for the excitement of the upcoming weeks, which can’t come fast enough.

The Winter Olympics are over, Michael Jordan will be out for at least a few months after his upcoming knee surgery, and basketball and hockey season are still in that unintense pre-playoff period.

By the Voice Staff February 28, 2002

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Marry me Mikey P.

An hour and a half before any given Mets game, the collection of fans in the field-level section of Shea Stadium is anything but typical. Instead of the old men and little children normally deemed the only spectators with enough time or enthusiasm to show up for batting practice, the seats are peppered with middle-aged women.

By the Voice Staff February 28, 2002

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Voice Sports Profile: Erin Elbe

Her media guide biography dubs her “the most naturally talented lacrosse player on the team.” Team co-captain Erin Elbe (CAS ‘02) from Garden City, N.Y., a psychology major and sociology minor, started playing lacrosse in seventh grade and has developed into one of the nation’s elite players.

By the Voice Staff February 28, 2002

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The Sports Sermon

This shouldn’t have happened. At this point in the season, our Hoya basketball team should be 11-2 in the Big East, 20-5 overall, dominating the conference and playing for a No. 2 or 3 seed in the NCAA tournament. Instead, we are 6-7 in the Big East and 15-10 overall with no chance of making the Big Dance aside from a shocking victory in the Big East Tournament in two weeks.

By the Voice Staff February 21, 2002

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Tournament hopes fizzle

With three minutes left in the first half of Georgetown’s contest against the Connecticut Huskies on Tuesday night, first-year guard Tony Bethel got the ball in the open court and flew, much to the delight of the packed student section. He threaded a beautiful pass right through a Huskies defender to fellow first-year Drew Hall for an easy lay-up to put the Hoyas up, 37-28.

By the Voice Staff February 21, 2002

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Hoya baseball looks for improvement

After opening the season with five tough losses, the Georgetown baseball team will look to a mix of senior leadership and first-year talent to improve its results.

For the second straight season, the Hoyas dropped their first two games to William and Mary, 11-0 and 5-4.

By the Voice Staff February 21, 2002

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Olympic blues

What’s the deal with the two-man luge? I mean, the one-man luge seems silly enough since it’s basically just glorified sledding, but why add a second man? I mean, how do you find a partner for the two man luge? I assume that the U.S. luge team assigns partners based on skill level or whatever, but wouldn’t that first trial run with another spandex-clad man laying directly on top of you seem kind of awkward, regardless of your sexual orientation? Do they spend time getting to know each other beforehand?

Outside of the several minutes every day I spend pondering these questions, the 2002 Olympics have yet to win my attention at all.

By the Voice Staff February 21, 2002

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Save it for the Ice Capades

The sobbing of the world’s favorite sore losers (and, not coincidentally, Canadians) Jamie Sale and David Pelletier finally paid off last week, the sporting world erupted in scandal with revelations of wrongdoing by skating judges.

To which I say: B`ig deal.

By the Voice Staff February 21, 2002

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Phans in Philly are chilly

City of Brotherly Love, my ass! This past weekend, the NBA All-Star game had the misfortune of being hosted in Philadelphia, a city that finds itself 200 years past its prime. Its only current claim to fame is that it sits astride I-95 on the way between New York and Washington.

By the Voice Staff February 14, 2002

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The Sports Sermon

A small girl stands in her backyard with a bottle filled with soapy bubble fluid in her hand. She pulls the small plastic wand from the bottle, breathes in and blows out slowly, forcing the bubble fluid out of the wand and allowing a perfectly spherical bubble to escape.

By the Voice Staff February 14, 2002

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Expos-

Last week, Bud Selig finally shelved all the contraction nonsense for the time being. Good news, Expos fan. Oh, how wonderful it will be to spend the upcoming season watching those magical marvels of baseball majesty … the Montreal Expos?

No, the Expos probably won’t excite many this season, but I’m glad that the contraction plan didn’t go through.

By the Voice Staff February 14, 2002

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Indoor track scores at Armory Invitational

Last weekend, the Georgetown men’s and women’s indoor track and field teams competed at the second annual Armory Collegiate Invitational, which is regarded as the nation’s premier collegiate invitational of the season. Several runners posted NCAA provisional qualifying times and the women’s distance medley team ran the fastest time in the country this season.

By the Voice Staff February 14, 2002

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Has the bubble burst?

With 13 minutes left in regulation in last Saturday’s game against rival Notre Dame, Fighting Irish power forward Ryan Humphrey collected his fourth foul, with the game tied at 61. Throughout the rest of the game, Georgetown Head Coach Craig Esherick instructed his team to pound the ball inside, trying to draw the final foul on Humphrey.

By the Voice Staff February 14, 2002