The Casual Awards: Why-oh, Why-oh, Why-oh, Did We Have To Lose To Ohio?
by CasualHoya on Mar 19, 2010 11:03 AM EDT
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The Chris Wright Heart of a Champion Award:
Chris Wright. Do we even have to say it? 28 points. Once again, from minute one, he picked up the team and carried it as far as he could. It wasn't far enough. All of our complaints about Wright earlier in the season? Even though we have already forgiven them, WE FORGIVE THEM AGAIN. Chris Wright is the best. THE BEST, JERRY. THE BEST. I am going to finish this bottle of Australian wine and then start in on this six-pack of Peroni and hope that I dream about Chris Wright when I sleep. Because otherwise I will sleepwalk in front of a bus.
The There is Nothing That Can Be Worse Than The Davidson Loss, Right? Award:
The Loss to Ohio. OHIO? What the f-ck is Ohio? Let's catalog the worst losses ever. To Nova in '85: that was all cocaine. To Davidson in '08: that was against one of the greatest shooters in a generation. To Ohio: ummmm... Davidson was at least THE SECOND ROUND. This was the first loss by a three-seed in the tournament in FOUR YEARS. Hey Hoyas: Put that feather in your caps and sit on it until the Kenner league games start. At least then we can watch Monroe in his summer workouts for the Grizzlies.
More Awards after The Jump:
The Laughing Makes The Hurt Go Away Award:
30 Rock. Thank the Good Lord Baby Jesus that following that CBS debacle was one of the better episodes of "30 Rock" on NBC. It's important to learn to laugh again. To learn to love again. To realize that tomorrow is another day.
"I'm going to bury Don Geist, America and The Hoyas." via nymag.com
The Playing With Fire Only Gets you Burned Award:
www.casualhoya.com. Are you kidding me? The day before our return to the tournament after a one-year absence, for a game against Ohio, we live-blog a recording of a LOSS to Ohio State? Is this a joke? Are we insane? Clearly, we made a HUGE MISTAKE. On the flip-side: If you have any friends who are involved in illegal sports gambling, call them right now and bet your mortgage on Ohio State. Because they are about to win the whole goddamn thing because of our folly.
The Price Goeth Before The Fall Award:
Do you know what the Westin St. Louis is charging for a standard room next Thursday night? $232. Not too bad for a classy hotel. But why would I know that? WHY WOULD I KNOW THAT? Because I went online and checked hotel rooms in St. Louis this afternoon while I was thinking not only past the Ohio game, but beyond the Tennessee game. Do you want to know the last hotel room I looked up on the internet? The Westin Detroit.
Follow me to Detroit! via weblogs.wpix.com
The Award For Not Making Up An Award Because It Might Be Insensitive to Diabetics:
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Lord of the Flies Award:
So this is what happens when you throw together a team with no leadership? As we've noted countless times, Wright fancies himself a leader but there is no one following him. He absolutely plays to win and competes but there wasn't a time in yesterday's game (or this season) where it appeared that the team was rallying behind him. Monroe has stunning talent but almost always lacks the passion to compete - it'll be easy for him and the team to shake off what we say here because none of us played ball, etc. but every one of us desk jockeys would trade places with him in a heartbeat and the only thing we ever ask for is consistent effort. Lastly, Austin Freeman - again, a wealth of talent but a quiet guy who is not able to lead the team.
The One Night I would Possibly Beat My Wife/Girlfriend/Husband/Boyfriend/Child/Dog to Death In a Fit of Rage Award:
I do not want to talk about it. I DO NOT WANT TO TALK ABOUT. I never touched anyone. I went in the other room and closed the door. I went outside and walked around the block. I DID NOT LAY A HAND UPON MY WIFE/GIRLFRIEND/HUSBAND/BOYFRIEND/CHILD/DOG. AND YOU CANNOT PROVE ANYTHING. Yeah, I had a few drinks. But I kept everything under control. I didn't hear anybody call the cops. So just chill out man. I am fine. Fine. Get off my case.
What Might Have Been Award:
Anyone notice that Macklin went for 16 and 7 against BYU? Sure, Florida stunk up the gym and let all-name pg Jimmer Fredette light them up but it damn sure would have been nice to have Macklin next to Monroe yesterday.
The Award for Puppy Who Loves Me Even Though I Blog About A National Embarrassment:
Teddy.
Don't worry guys. There's always next year! I enjoy chewing on rawhide.
All Pundits are Morons Award:
Remember all that talk about the Big East and how great it was and how many teams it would get to the Final Four and how grueling the season was? You know, so grueling that the EIGHTH PLACE FINISHER was considered the best three seed in the tournament? Well, after Notre Dame, Georgetown, and Marquette laid eggs and Villanova narrowly escaped the mighty Robert Morris, I think it might be a good time to reassess. I'm sure we're all really excited for Notre Dame to join the Big Ten, and watch the carnage as the Big East becomes a FCS conference of Catholic schools. The Big East's day in the sun is over.
Camp Crystal Lake Award:
Providence, Rhode Island. In 1989, #1 seeded Georgetown won 50-49 over #16 Princeton in the closest 1-16 matchup ever. We hadn't gone back to Providence since. UNTIL YESTERDAY. Let's just say next time we have a first round game in Providence, I am laying heavy money on the other team.
Jeremiah Rivers Award:
Jason Clark. Two years ago, it was vaunted defensive stopper Rivers who got torched by Stephen Curry. This year it was ol JCDeuceUno. Dude, have you ever defended a crossover before?
Mark McGwire Award for Someone Should Test This Guy:
Armon Bassett. 25 years ago, the Villanova Wildcats used cocaine to defeat Georgetown for the national championship. Yesterday, Bassett, a man who was kicked off Indiana for failing numerous drug tests, scored 32 points. Coincidence? I think not.
Bernie From Weekend at Bernie's ward:
John Thompson III. Maybe a little bit of yelling would have been helpful yesterday. I'm not even sure JT3 knew there was a game going on. He looked like he was as little invested as the players were. It starts at the top, and the man needs to show some sort of a pulse when his team is getting its asses handed to them by Ohio. Ohio went 7-9 in the MAC this year, if you didn't know.
#Anti Swag Life Award:
If I had a Twitter, that's what I'd call the Georgetown team. You have no swag when you lose to Ohio in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. You have no swag when you lose to Rutgers and South Florida. This team only played well when it was the underdog or had something to prove. Any time it got positive publicity, it went back to cocky, arrogant and worthless. Swag on that.
One Bright Spot Award:
Hollis Thompson. Hollis really came on in the last few games of the season. He had 16 points last night, and should have played a lot more than Jerrelle Benimon. Definitely feel good thinking about his development into next year. It will be interesting to see if he can start the year weighing more than 150 pounds too.
The Take A Deep Breath And Maybe Stay Away from Sharp Objects Award:
All of us. I was doing the dishes from last night when I awoke this morning and lo and behold there was a little bit food in the bottom of the sink so I just flipped the switch to turn on the old insinkerator to clean that mess up and as I watched the food and water disappear beneath the protective rubber flaps I wondered what it would be like to put my hand in there. Just jam it right down into the rotating blades. What would that feel like? Would that make me forget? Would that erase the memory of last night? Of all the nights? Yes! There! In the sink! My escape! Just a little bit closer... a little bit closer. I can hear the grinding sounds of sweet release, the warm water bathing my fingers. Everything is going to be fi--HOLD ON A GOD DAMN MINUTE! JESUS CHRIST THAT IS A GARBAGE DISPOSAL. Whoa. Deep breath. Deep breath. I need to sit down. This is not cool.
STOP! DON'T DO IT! via www.charlesandhudson.com
The Casual Award:
To the readers of CasualHoya.com. Whether you've been with us from the beginning or this is your first time stopping by, we truly appreciate all of your contributions and comments to the THE GLOBAL PHENOMENON. This is a sad day no doubt, but our hearts will go on. We will continue the game threads throughout the tournament and afterwards we will figure out what to do over the offseason. Don't worry, we will still be around to give you your required dose of cynicism and delusion.
The Georgetown Hoyas were a nationally ranked powerhouse.
Midnight Madness is NeXt.
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re: The Take A Deep Breath And Maybe Stay Away from Sharp Objects Award:
that had me laughing out loud at my desk, and today laughter is not easy.
I can have oodles of charm when I want to.
by aja32 on Mar 19, 2010 11:10 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
83 days
6 hours and 36 minutes until the World Cup.
Not much time to restock the reserves of pain tolerance.
KBE
Thanks everyone
for a great year with the blog. It’s been a lot of fun and I hope we all stick around here during the off season and keep it going.
Especially want the thank our Casual Overlords for all of their hard work. This site is pretty widely acknowledged as one of the best basketball blogs out there and it is because of your excellent writing and dedication. Casual headbands, gamewatches at The Channel, and everything else are extensions of this that provide us all with a great deal of fun and entertainment. I cannot think of a better place to waste thousands of my employer’s dollars.
thanks!
but i can think of PLENTY better places to waste thousands of your employer’s dollars.
Casually.
True
And if the creators of Sporcle ever decide to hold pregames and give me headbands, I’m dumping you guys via text message.
Why so Syracuse?
by HoyaJoker07 on Mar 19, 2010 11:51 AM EDT up reply actions
believe me when i say
gchat dumping = massively sucky. especially at 3pm on a workday.
by eatthatbox09 on Mar 19, 2010 2:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Bobcat got your tongue?
Funny how our tweeting heroes have been conspicuously silent today. Not even a random, unrelated to the DEBACLE tweet from bench captain Hank Sims. No onions after the loss.
It has to start somewhere.
by DaltonsHightops on Mar 19, 2010 11:53 AM EDT reply actions
Let the body cool
What do you want a written apology from them!?!
What do you say after last night? It will take a while for these kids to shake this off. Hopefully they can & will enjoy being college kids & come back strong next year
Andy Rautins has AIDS
Yeah, considering how terrible I feel
I can’t imagine how they feel. Then again, I was whipping remotes, crying, and screaming last night while the game was happening. They were sitting quietly with blank stares
It's not you, it's me.
by Jeff Green's Dad on Mar 19, 2010 11:59 AM EDT up reply actions
I would not be surprised
if JTIII told them not to do tweet a god damned thing.
if so
could have used some of that stern instruction last night.
"You switched the samples"
by team doctor on Mar 19, 2010 12:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Can't have it both ways
I’m not looking for an apology (how funny and unlikely would that be?!) and I know they’re just college kids but don’t trash tweet all day on the DAY OF A TOURNEY GAME and then disappear. Hopefully III finally laid down the law with them. Aside from the Ohio State replay bad juju, all those tweets yesterday were not pleasing the karma gods.
It has to start somewhere.
by DaltonsHightops on Mar 19, 2010 12:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Pretty sure karma gods is a direct contradiction
isn’t karma something that happens on its own, taking place of good and bad things happening because gods control it?
As if you're surprised
the guy who writes a program to vote for georgetown 15 million times is a nerd.
Last night I was chatting with an Ohio fan
at the bar where I was watching the game. He was neither obnoxious nor drunk, just wearing a shirt that read, “OHIO” and seemingly excited that his bobcats had just completed the greatest win in the history of their program. He seemed to be a knowledgeable, albeit casual fan.
I asked him, “who the hell is that Number 5, and where did he come from?”. His response? “I have no idea, man. Just no f-ing idea.”
by Takin' the Points on Mar 19, 2010 12:05 PM EDT reply actions
The Why Am I Watching This At A Bar Award
Me. And possibly HoyaJoker07, EatThatBox09, and More Like Awesome Freeman. I have never watched a game at a bar that the Hoyas have won. Until last night, I thought it was one specific bar. I have now come to understand that it is all bars. I let the team down, I let the fans down, and I am sorry.
No need to apologize.....
I kept hoping that you were working on a computer program last night to alter the scoreboard in Providence, so that we wound up with 55% of the final points
by MerlinWilson'sSister on Mar 19, 2010 12:11 PM EDT up reply actions
To the tune of "Like a Boss"
Duke 07 AT A BAR
Stephen Curry AT A BAR
Away ‘08 games AT A BAR
NIT AT A BAR*
Cuse Away game AT A BAR
Rutgers shitshow AT A BAR
Who’s Ohio AT A BAR
*most likely, as we were in Ireland…also, we didn’t watch.
Why so Syracuse?
by HoyaJoker07 on Mar 19, 2010 12:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Oops, just realized I watched the BET Cuse game this year...
AT A BAR!
Why so Syracuse?
by HoyaJoker07 on Mar 19, 2010 12:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Horrible way to end the year...
but was it all bad? We beat Duke in front of the Prez, locked up some young talent for next year, and possibly ruined Syracuse’s chances of making a title run with a single quad tendon.
Or, it could just be the hangover wearing off…
yes it was all bad
everything good we did this year only made last night more painful, if we had stunk all year, then the expectations wouldn’t have been so high, and this would be more bearable
It's not me, It's you
by SomebodyBuyAustinaSteak on Mar 19, 2010 12:25 PM EDT up reply actions
It was all bad
It was all for naught, honestly
by James Kannengieser on Mar 19, 2010 3:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Wrong
Everything starting going downhill once Pelosi became speaker – she’s the devil
The difference between depression and anger is effort
Sad
I’ll second the thanks to the casual hoya bloggers. Good and entertaining work all around. It was some comfort to know everyone here was as miserable as I was last night. I couldn’t even bring myself to go to the bar for a good bender as I knew the games would be on and I can’t take hearing about it yet. I’ll make up for it tonight I think.
I’ll be around for the off season.
Go Caps?
by iheartgregmonroe on Mar 19, 2010 12:28 PM EDT reply actions
Hotels
In my inbox last night
Renaissance St. Louis Grand Hotel Rewards Redemption Cancellation #5994…
The only reason the safety is on
Is the hope that Greg says in his press conference “I’m not coming back for just one tournament win, but all six.”
The only thing that made me smile, is the thought of referring to the freshman frontcourt next year as “Moses and the burning bush.”
ok, back to drinking
by Coach K's kneepads on Mar 19, 2010 2:02 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
just think about it
You would tell girls the same stuff, just to fuck them one more time, before leaving.
by onceahoya on Mar 19, 2010 2:21 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Wadetandy and More Than Awesome Freeman
Threatened to make me sleep outside our apartment in a box if we lost. I agreed good-naturedly, thinking there was no way this could happen.
Umm.
Yes... needless to say she has reneged on her agreement....
I suppose we could alternately have you eat the box instead of sleeping in it…
by More like Awesome Freeman on Mar 19, 2010 2:44 PM EDT up reply actions
i'm increasingly getting the sense from people that they interpreted my blog name differently from the way it was intended... erm..
also, did sims really steal your pizza?
by eatthatbox09 on Mar 19, 2010 3:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Had a work meeting run late last night
So started watching from the DVR at about 9:30. Watched the first 8 minutes of game time, then kept fast forwarding and fast forwarding, growing more and more frustrated, hoping it was all just some sort of joke. Like my wife had figured out some really complicated way to trick the DVR with a wrong score.
It was a entertaining year, just when I wrote this team off, it would pull me back in. Still cant believe O-H-I fucking O.
Great job blogging. Kind of secretly hoping Monore rides off into the lottery just to give this team a new look next year. Two years of collapses is hard to take.
Hmm
I know that as sports fans we get used to suspending our awareness of reality. That isn’t a bad thing. On the contrary, without a little naivete, we’d have to wake up every morning and face the sad reality that our emotions are subject to a game played by a bunch of 20 year old college students. And how could we enjoy watching like that?
But really? This article ends by first and foremost thanking the fans who post on casualhoya? This blog is fantastic; it’s made following the Hoyas infinitely more fun and it seems to have really brought together a community of Georgetown fans. Of course the fans should be given a shout out for contributing to the whole experience, but I’m a little disappointed that the last blog post of the season barely thanks the players and coaches at all.
Sure, this season had a disappointing end. But we should be thankful that we even had the opportunity to be disappointed. Georgetown basketball may be frustrating at times, but we can’t be so quick to forget the enjoyment that we get out of it. Today may suck, but just remember how it felt after watching Chris Wright manhandle Syracuse on the boards in the BE Tournament.
These kids owe us nothing, and yet they consistently provide us with entertainment and give us something to rally behind. Of course we should praise them when they perform well, but we should stick by their side when they’re low on their luck. As awful as we feel, they feel worse. They should have been shown more appreciation in this post.
All in all, we should give credit where credit is due. Thanks so much to all the other posters and to the most casual bloggers in the known-universe for making me laugh and for endlessly postponing my work. But, most of all, thanks to the coaches and players for making this entire phenomenon possible.
by Henry Sims Stole My Pizza on Mar 19, 2010 3:53 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs
this blog sucks
and so does everyone on it.
Good talk.
by Hire Esherick on Mar 19, 2010 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Best post of the year
It's not you, it's me.
by Jeff Green's Dad on Mar 19, 2010 4:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Wow
Everyone picked Kansas in the Final Four. I thought I would be smart and pick Georgetown over the nation’s best player (turner) and best team. Thanks Hoyas.
The sad thing (for you guys anyway) is I think Georgetown would have done better against osu or Kansas and probably could have won those games.
GO CUSE, BLUE, AND EAGLES!
Agreed
My biggest fear was the 2nd round matchup where we’d overlook Tennessee and lose to them. Never did I think we’d actually lose to Ohio
It's not you, it's me.
by Jeff Green's Dad on Mar 19, 2010 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions
1000% agreed
just told someone that at work today. “i wasn’t sure we’d go far… but i didn’t even CONSIDER the possibility of losing to ohio.”
has a g’town fan posted something about the game on FML yet?
by Vernon Macklin's Free Throw Stroke on Mar 19, 2010 8:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Don't tarnish the whole Big East with your stink
Some of us took care of business in the first round, and have another game in the near future to look forward to.
Homer: Aw, twenty dollars! I wanted a peanut!
Homer's Brain: Twenty dollars can buy many peanuts!
Homer: Explain how!
Homer's Brain: Money can be exchanged for goods and services!
Homer: Woo-hoo!
by bigbluethruandthru on Mar 20, 2010 3:53 PM EDT reply actions
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