Casual Awards: Austin Powers Hoyas to Comeback Win Over UConn
by CasualHoya on Jan 11, 2010 9:15 AM EST
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Thankfully for the Hoyas, I also like to live life dangerously. Away we go...
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Fan Friendly Award:
Verizon Center ushers and security. Usually we're all over the Verizon Center for its non-friendly stance on things like capping booze with 15 minutes remaining in the 2nd half, but I witnessed an usher completely shut down a disgruntled Connecticut fan complaining about people standing in front of him after Georgetown took the lead in the second half. The conversation went something similar to this:
Con Fan (to usher): Can you tell them to sit down in front?
Usher: Not really, they can stand if they want to.
Con Fan: I didn't pay to stand all game.
Usher: Then you shouldn't have paid for seats in a Georgetown section.
The E! Network Best Game-Thread Post Award:
This Award, given to the best/most entertaining post during our In-Game Thread, is given to Casual Hoya lover 'James Kannengieser' for this gem:
Suck it, Roscoe Smith
by James Kannengieser on Jan 9, 2010 2:01 PM EST
Yes, perhaps we should be taking it is easy on Roscoe for his decision to attend UConn over Georgetown (after all, he's just a kid), but it was particularly enjoyable to win that game in that fashion just one day after Roscoe announced his dastardly intentions.
World Series of Poker Dumb Move Award:
One more for Roscoe before we move on. Poker fans know that tipping your hand will only lead to misery. Roscoe Smith found this out the hard way. Instead of waiting until, umm, maybe 3pm on Saturday to announce his decision to attend UConn, Roscoe informed the press on Friday evening and had his tickets to the game taken away by Georgetown. Looks like Roscoe is going to have a hard time fitting in at UConn where lying, cheating and manipulating the system are all prerequisites for members of the basketball program.
The 6th Man Award:
To Section 102, Row S for not allowing a certain fan to return to his seat after a bathroom break as the Hoyas chipped away at UConn's lead. The row forced certain fan watch the rest of the game from the concourse. Awesomely. I'm all for superstition, which is why I will only be drinking Miller Lites from now on during Hoyas games, as that was the beverage I switched to at halftime.
More 'Awards' after The Jump:
You're Not Roy Hibbert Award:
Stanley Robinson. Coming into this game, the 6'9'' Robinson averaged just over 1 three-point attempt per game in his career, yet he remarkably attempted 8 three pointers against Georgetown, in an obvious attempt to try to match the legend of Roy Hibbert. He failed miserably, connecting only two of those attempts and missing the game tying three at the end of regulation. Obviously your banishment to the scrap metal yard last year didn't teach you how to take high percentage shots. Not that I'm complaining or anything.
John Feinstein is a Biased Idiot Award:
John Feinstein. The day after Georgetown and John Thompson The Third have one of their most impressive home victories to date, you write a column lauding verified cheater Jim Calhoun? Seriously? How much more blatant can you be with your lack of respect for the Georgetown program? You are a disgrace to sports journalism and look like a moron every time you put a pen to the paper. I would hereby like to begin the official campaign to replace John Feinstein with Barker Davis. Who's with me? F-ck the Fat Man on three, 1-2...
Craig Esherick Memorial Award:
Jim Calhoun. Tremendous in-game adjustments in the 2nd half to make sure a red-hot Freeman kept touching the ball. Classic coaching from the washed-up hothead. Watch your team blow a huge lead and then call-out the players in the post-game conference? Stay, classy. Georgetown hasn't had a four game winning streak against the Cons since the early 90's. Until now.
Tupac Shakur "Keep Ya Head Up" Award:
Henry Sims. Now that we have a suspicion the team may be reading the Global Phenomenon that is Casual Hoya, we want to tell you to keep your head up big fella. Your time will come with this team. Keep cheering loudly, support your teammates, and work hard in practice. Seriously. DaShonte Riley withdrew his verbal to Georgetown for a reason - the writing is on the wall, you're going to have a huge role on this team next year. I apologize for sounding too 'HoyaTalk.'
Knute Rockne Motivational Speaker Award:
Jeff Green's Dad. Clearly the Interpret the Tweets lit a fire under Austin Freeman, as he is averaging 27 points per game since their spat. You keep tweeting, we'll keep making fun of you, and then you keep playing like a First Team All-American, deal? SMH.
Rudy Ruettiger Hard Worker Award:
Hollis Thompson. Down 53-50, Greg Monroe went to the line for 2 free throws. After missing the first, only young Hollis was below the basket for the Hoyas. Somehow, after Monroe's second miss, the 120 lb beanpole grabbed the rebound over four Huskies. That was pretty cool.
Six Flags Scream Machine Rollercoaster Award:
Chris Wright. Three wrecking ball drives that got stuffed, and then there was that last 30 seconds of the game. He almost turned it over two times and was one bounce away from blowing the entire game - UConn had a 3 on 1 if that ball doesn't bounce off Wright's foot directly to Freeman. HOLD ON TO THE BALL, DAMMIT. By the end of the year he may cause 5-10 heart attacks for Hoya fans. Cue video montage of Brandon Bowman.
Morgan Freeman Character Award:
The man has played every important character ever, from the President of the US to Nelson Mandela; from God to Principal Joe Clark. This inaugural award goes to no other than Austin Freeman, who was everything on the court for the Hoyas on Saturday - on the offensive and defensive side. Well done, Mr. Freeman. I'll give anyone $50 if Freeman scores more than 25 points in any remaining game this season.
"The Rock" Award:
Jerrelle Benimon. Benimon is exactly the type of player last year's team lacked. Hard nosed, angry and intimidating. Jerrelle played 12 minutes off the bench and had four rebounds and one casual People's Elbow to Jerome Dyson's mouth.
We had no idea what to expect from him coming out of high school, but he has certainly passed expectations.
Nikita Mescheriakov Memorial Stay Hot Award:
Unfathomable that people were actually calling for the departed Belorussian during the first half, though he would have probably made the game more enjoyable. This dreaded award goes out to Jason Clark, who missed all five of his shots and committed four fouls. Is it us or has Clark been kind of invisible lately?
Reality Check Award:
The Hoyas looked awful in the first half, a pretty alarming first 20 minutes considering the team was coming off a tight loss at Marquette and needed this game badly. Yes, the 2nd half spurt made up for it. But the Hoyas have some glaring weaknesses, with poor perimeter passing, timid rebounding, an inability to feed Monroe in the post, and lackluster transition defense being key facets of the game that need work as Georgetown enters a brutal 5 game stretch through the end of the month. The Hoyas got away with it at home versus UConn, but can they do the same at Nova? At Pitt? Against Duke? We'll see what happens.
Until then: Gym, Tanning, Laundry.
The Georgetown Hoyas are a nationally ranked powerhouse.
Seton Hall is NeXt.
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Fan of the game
Arguably the top Hoya fan I’ve seen in the 5 years I’ve been going to games was sitting in Section 215. Dude was ALL OVER a family of 4 cheering for UConn. Robin Ficker, the famed Bullets heckler had nothing on this guy.
Suffice it to say, the entire section was silent through the first half – save for him yelling at those 4 fans to go home. During the second half, 3 dudes sat in front of him wearing UConn gear (one of whom might have been Roscoe Smith – he was sporting A LOT of brand new gear) and they cowered to avoid the heckler’s rath.
by itsallthatmatters on Jan 11, 2010 9:31 AM EST reply actions
Section 102, Row S
The wife (and birthday girl) and I refused to let said fan back into the row. We feared that his doomsday outlook and constant Bb typing (posting here) would send out negative vibes. Said fan was being told by his wife and another (much larger) fan to go back to where he was watching, before he even got past the usher!
I am also here to say that I blame our poor first half on letting the aforementioned fan steer me away from a bigger Miller Lite and into drinking a Stella when we got into the arena. This will not happen again! I am now blindly loyal to the wonderful staff at the Miller Lite Island.
I would also like to note that I don’t understand the luxury box right behind row S. I have NEVER seen a single GU fan in there, and they are right on top of us. Over the years, there have been ‘Nova, ’Cuse and WVU (the worst, by far) fans in that box. There was a guy on Saturday with a KANSAS pullover. Really? I mean, your team wasn’t even playing THAT DAY, let alone THAT venue. I wonder if he was wearing his precious KU pullover at 5:30 on Sunday?!?!?
Now that row S is in the business of denying bad people access to our section, I think I am going to climb over there precious glass wall and demand to speak with the owner or the person in charge there.
This aggression will not stand, man!
Blip
by JahidiLikesPie on Jan 11, 2010 11:50 AM EST reply actions
Section 118, Row F
Some dumbass girl put on a Ray Allen Celtics jersey at halftime because she “was from Connecticut but went to Georgetown” and thought it was acceptable to support the opposing team while sitting in the Young Alum section, which are subsidized seats for those of us that can’t afford the high roller Old Alum seats, yet.
She sucked. And left very unhappy.
Good talk.
Reality check indeed...
At first when I read the Nikita award I thought it was just Casual being Casual – taking any opportunity he could to bring us down while taking a shot at Nikita. But then I remembered how I felt after we smoked Syracuse at home last year and shot lights out from three. Did Austin’s second half prolong an inevitable return to mediocrity or is it the spark that will carry this team through the next 5 games? Hmmm….
Different team
Both the Syracuse and UConn wins last year we were out ahead the entire time. This team fights back, which I think is the main difference and why we won’t have a big slide. Then again, I could be completely wrong.
It's not you, it's me.
by Jeff Green's Dad on Jan 11, 2010 2:41 PM EST up reply actions
Austin 3:16
Says I just whipped your *.
Only thing missing was a kick to Calhoun’s groin and a stunner.
Shitshow.
4:23 61-63 Chris Wright missed Three Point Jumper.
3:32 63-63 Chris Wright Turnover.
2:09 65-66 Chris Wright missed Two Point Jumper.
1:11 67-68 Foul on Chris Wright
0:13 69-70 Chris Wright Steal.
And note that steal was the ball bouncing into his hands and then
Wright sprinting off down the court and all but turning it over
himself—though he ends up somehow punting it to Freeman who dishes it
to Monroe.
Casually.
OldHoya Award for best Comeback in 20 years
It’s taken OldHoya a couple days to be able to speak but he has declared Saturday’s game the largest and most dramatic comeback since Georgetwon beat Ohio State in 1987 in the second round of the NCAA tournament at the Omni in Atlanta. That was the Reggie and The Miracles squad and OldHoya winces to acknowledge that the dastardly Gary Williams was coaching the team.
In stark contrast to current history, OldHoya felt it important to note that the bulldog costume was being worn by Joe LaPlante, who got both his undergrad and law degrees at Gtown and is now a federal judge in New Hampshire. LaPlante showed his disgust by taking off the bulldog head and exhorting the crowd to bring the Hoyas back.
Make no mistake, OldHoya was loud and showed his colors on national TV but did not see fit to award the cheerleaders any pom-poms in this week’s Casual Awards.
by itsallthatmatters on Jan 11, 2010 5:48 PM EST reply actions
Not so fast
I have no shortage of respect for OldHoya and his encyclopedic history with Georgetown basketball, but clearly the greatest comeback in 20 years has to be Georgetown’s come-from-behind victory over UNC in the Elite 8. Was the margin smaller? Yes. The Hoyas only had to overcome a 9-point deficit. But against such a formidable UNC team, tying it up as time expired (considering we trailed from 12 min. in the first half) and then DOMINATING in overtime to ensure a Jim Nantz send-off to the Final Four… Best. Comeback. Ever. Even without Judge LaPlante.
Nantz
And, talk about David and Goliath! I submit to you Davidson College, to the Sweet 16!" — Nantz, as the clock hit 00.0 in Davidson’s thrilling upset in the second round of the 2008 NCAA Tourney over Georgetown.
Casually.
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