closing out the bracket

I don’t feel up to explain why.

You’ve done a top notch job with this blog. I feel I speak for all of the readers and posters in expressing tremendous gratitude for your single-handed destruction of my workplace productivity.

is the real game?

I’m glad you pointed out how much fun this blog was this year. Yeah, I’m down, and I know the other three posters in our little cluster are, too, but we’ve had a blast being part of the Global Phenomenon and in the midst of this horrible feeling, it’s nice to think about the many, many times the content/comments on this blog have had me shaking with laughter.

Every fan base should have a site like this to keep them going; I feel lucky to be part of one that already does.

I won’t want to talk about the game until probably Monday. For now, Hoya Saxa.

One guy who has seemingly been spared the wrath in the comments has been Julian Vaughn, maybe because some of you find him good-looking and don’t want to throw punches so as to upset your girlfriends/wives/significant others, etc.

But aside from everything else (Ohio’s 3 point shooting, Monroe’s 7 TOs, Freeman’s no-show, etc), I thought Vaughn really killed the Hoyas tonight. Teams that shoot lights-out from 3 are one thing to deal with, but it became impossible for the Hoyas to compete in this game when it became abundantly apparent to Ohio that they could attack the hoop at will without even having a shot contested. How many easy looks did Ohio have down low? When the Hoyas finally began to show signs of life and cut the lead under 10, Ohio’s guards found plenty of real estate underneath for easy layups, particularly that dude who absolutely murdered us with those lefty scoop shots.

Monroe and Freeman are going to take a lot of heat in the aftermath of this debacle (and let’s not mince words, this was a DEBACLE), but Georgetown was unable to take advantage of its sizable advantage underneath the basket as Vaughn played only 10 minutes due to his ineffectiveness.

We all knew the Hoyas weakness was its bench, and tonight the bench played a whopping 42 minutes in a game that the starters were basically in minimal foul trouble. While it may be of benefit to Benimon to have logged 17 minutes of Tourney experience as a freshman, the reality is that his presence on the court hurt the Hoyas more than it helped. We had a size advantage and didn’t utilize it. And for that, I think the blame needs to fall squarely on those who were responsible for that: 1) Vaughn for his early ineffectiveness against a frontline he should have fared better against, and 2) his coach for not playing him when his presence probably could have prevented a lot of those easy looks as the Hoyas attempted that comeback.

Sic transit gloria Pat Forde

“John Thompson III True Hoyas always stand by their coach and their team. We are Georgetown”

I love JTIII but he fucked up royally tonight.

It made the season more fun by having something to look forward to — especially on non-game days….

In the midst of all the anger, disappointment, resentment…. let’s remember — in the end, it’s only a game…. there are far more serious issues going on in the world (and we got a sniff of that up-close-and-personal with the life-changing diagnosis of Austin’s diabetes)….

I too am bitterly disappointed that the season ended like this - but always remember……

HOYA SAXA!!!!

Georgetown’s Greg Monroe, asked if this was his last game at GU: “No. It wasn’t.”

freebasing on that shit right about now. It takes off the edge, my fellow casuals.

Helluva job with the writeup, JGD. Reading that was step one on the long road to understanding WTF just happened.

Viddy well, hoya saxa me droogs. I hope this is the sorriest gtown result I ever hadve to see, and I’m ever grateful to share it with the smartest, snarkiest, sexiest bunch of basement dwellers on all the interwebs.

When do Saturday therapy sessions at the Channel begin?

Shove it JGD. This guy brought us a Final Four in 2007. This program was on the brink of extinction; he brought it back and is the reason that expectations make tonight such a shock. Tonight sucks. We’ll be back…and JTIII will bring us back.

this game was lost on team defense and it wasn’t because they were tired.

tonight didn’t exactly help matters, but he’d clearly get some big minutes next season as the 1st big off the bench should he decide to come to the Hilltop.

It’s been great being part of this blog, following this team, and I’ll carry the memories of those big shots, big wins, and heart shown by this team at certain times throughout this season forward with me forever.

Go Hoyas.

Lets cut III some slack. If players cant play defense and give up 97 pts to Ohio, it aint the coaches fault. This was an abomination. But we will be back strong next year. Have a Jamesons, and in the words of Tupac, “keep ya head up”. See you clowns next year.

…To a truly and impressively dedicated set of fans on this blog

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BcrbEexjYw

Yeah, G’Town didn’t look motivated on the defensive end, but I don’t think I’d be motivated to play Ohio in Providence a couple of days after playing WVU in MSG. Not an excuse, but these are 18-21 year olds.

You guys will be fine. Kansas lost in the first round at least twice (I think) under Self and they seem to be doing ok now.

Not a banner day for the BE.

Keep up the good work here. It’s the best college b-ball blog.

two losses to hot shooting teams are patterns.

I suppose the 30+ wins in between the two losses are blips then?