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You're the Man Now, Dog - Monroe Leads Georgetown Past Butler, 72-65

Greg Monroe - Sean Connery has something to say to you:

In their first contest against a ranked team this season, Georgetown nearly blew a lead of Davidson-proportions but managed to hang on for a victory against Butler in Madison Square Garden.  Greg Monroe contributed 24 points and 15 rebounds, both career highs, and Austin Freeman added 18 points, shooting 4-5 from beyond the arc.  The seemingly endless turnovers and fouls are cause for some concern but the Hoyas got the victory in the end as the Bulldogs shot a woeful 30% from the field.  The Hoyas are now 7-0 and fly out to California to face Washington on Saturday.

Post-game links, quotes and photos as well as the Casual Awards to follow tomorrow.

Breathe easy Hoya fans, the sky isn't falling, yet.

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Georgetown is undefeated against ranked teams when Nikita gets ZERO minutes.

Casually.

by CasualHoya on Dec 8, 2009 10:18 PM EST reply actions  

Coasting to California

We will be nice favorites in Los Angeles which should prep us well for a SEASON-DESTROYING LOSS to Washington. Looking forward to the CBI in March.

by lordnick on Dec 8, 2009 10:38 PM EST reply actions  

good result

Encouraged that we have consistently built leads against every team. Great Benimon sighting. This is top 5 pick Monroe. When he is plays like this, bring on the BE. Solid rebounding, bad passing, silly fouls.

Go forth and conquer LA

by bunk moreland on Dec 8, 2009 10:43 PM EST reply actions  

turnovers concerning

21 is WAY too much. but a win is a win, and ill go to bed happy with that

Good talk.

by Hire Esherick on Dec 8, 2009 10:56 PM EST up reply actions  

agree completely

but how is/was butler ranked? monroe was fantastic, but we were very average tonight and I still thought we controlled the game the entire time.

by bunk moreland on Dec 8, 2009 11:43 PM EST up reply actions  

Benimon

attacked the glass. I was impressed.

by boumtje on Dec 8, 2009 11:22 PM EST reply actions  

The game was officiated

like a non-Big East game. Let the guys knock around one another a little bit. Plus, I thought Dicky V was about ready to ask Monroe out on a date.

by 40-Year Old Man on Dec 8, 2009 11:51 PM EST reply actions  

Did anyone watch the late game?

Rivers comments? 33 minutes, two points, 4 assists, 4 turnovers. Is there any defensible thing he is doing that is not showing up in the stats?

by lordnick on Dec 9, 2009 9:29 AM EST reply actions  

When A Wright Is A Wrong

This was the first game I have seen since the Temple affair and the team looked much improved. Swarming defense (albeit too many fouls), pounding the glass, getting the ball to Monroe who actually elected to shoot it, everything except turnovers….which leads me to Chris Wright. 6 turnovers……….on a combination of lazy passes, wild passes and just out of control passes. Continued his ridiculous drives to the hoop getting zero baskets. Thank god he drew a foul or two so he could get on the scoreboard (he does shoot fouls well). Anyway, we need so much more at the point than bad decisions and poor execution.

The bench is much improved this year. It hurt so much seeing Omar Wattad getting the early call last year, followed by Nikita. I think a Nikita-less game is a good game.

Don’t miss Summers, largely because his performance really never lived up to his talent. We miss the talent, but not his game.

While Monroe obviously put up big numbers, he still played soft. He still misses too many shots around the basket as he tries to finesse it in and it rolls off the rim. Take it to the hoop beast!!

But all in all, a convincing win despite a lot of mistakes. Having said that, Butler is ranked #20 because their pre-season ranking was so high, not because they have earned it this year. So hard to draw too many conclusions here. Washington will be interesting.

With paranoia,

by hoyaparanoia on Dec 9, 2009 11:59 AM EST reply actions  

agree

definitely prefer clark with the ball.

Good talk.

by Hire Esherick on Dec 9, 2009 12:18 PM EST up reply actions  

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