The Youth Shall Lead Us: Georgetown Beats Rutgers 52-50, Moves To 16-3
by JGD on Jan 21, 2012 2:43 PM EST
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PrintNewsflash time - this freshman class is special. Not sure if you folks knew that. Otto Porter scored the last 6 points for Georgetown, as the Hoyas narrowly escaped Rutgers 52-50 after being down 4 points with less than 2 minutes to play. The Hoyas played Porter and fellow freshmen Jabril Trawick and Greg Whittington for the majority of the second half, with the young fellas leading us to victory. Porter was the late game hero, but Whittington's 7 straight points after Rutgers went up 38-31 singlehandedly saved the game. Trawick was unbelievable on defense, spending his time guarding 5'9" Myles Mack and completely taking him out of the game.
The freshmen got help from seniors Henry Sims and Jason Clark as well. Sims had his first double double of the year, scoring 12 points and grabbing 12 rebounds. Clark played excellent defense on Eli Carter throughout the game and added 11 points, 8 of which came from the free throw line.
More recap after Le Jump.
No one will ever say this was a pretty game. The Hoyas shot 29% from the field and 21% from the three point line. Sims, Clark, and Hollis Thompson combined for 4 field goals, and Georgetown's starters had a combined 6 field goals. Part of this statistic was poor shooting, but another part of it was by design. Mike Rice and Rutgers wanted to ugly this game up, evidenced by 29 personal fouls and Georgetown's 36 free throw attempts. It was clear that Rice knew his young squad couldn't outscore Georgetown, but he definitely thought he could outslug them. He saw Georgetown's free throw percentage the last few games and thought his team could outlast the Hoyas in a brutally ugly game. I'm sure Rice will find a way to complain about the refereeing in his post game remarks, but he only has himself to blame. Each of those 29 fouls were legitimate. Rice took a gamble and it almost paid off. Rutgers is a team no one in the Big East will want to see the rest of the year and in years ahead, no doubt about that.
But today, the Hoyas won a type of game that many in the media didn't believe they could. SI's Seth Davis wrote earlier in the season that many couldn't see Georgetown winning an ugly game, and that the Hoyas have to shoot well to win games. In 2010-2011? Absolutely. But this year's team has won ugly, and has won ugly often. And trust me, there was no uglier game than today. The Hoyas made THREE field goals in the first half. Yet, here we are, sitting at 16-3 overall, 6-2 in the Big East and top 10 in the country in a year that we were predicted to finish 10th in the conference.
With the news out of Syracuse that Mookie Jones is done for the year and Fab Melo has academic issues forcing him out of today's game against Notre Dame and Monday's game against Cincinnati at a minimum, the Big East got a whole lot more interesting. For the Hoyas, the next week should be focused on getting Hollis Thompson and Markel Starks back on track before heading to Pittsburgh next Saturday. Nate Lubick played another nice game, grabbing crucial offensive rebounds and playing stellar defense.
Thankfully, even in a game in which we shot the ball so poorly, this year's Georgetown team has enough pieces to grab a victory from what looked to be certain defeat. Onto the next one, a win is a win, and any other sports cliche you can think of.
Hoya Saxa, Pittsburgh is next.
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The three worst shooting win's in JTIII's *tenure*:
Howard, 2011-12 (32.7%)
Providence, 2011-12 (30.5%)
Rutgers, 2011-12 (29.3%)
by AnotherGtownJack on Jan 21, 2012 3:10 PM EST reply actions
Yet seemingly these are the same Hoyas
that shot 76% in the second half against Marquette just two weeks ago.
by HoyaSmacksYa on Jan 21, 2012 4:32 PM EST up reply actions
freshmen
High fives only on three pointers.
by TheYellofAllYells on Jan 21, 2012 5:04 PM EST up reply actions
But what does it mean?!!
That their defense is good enough to compensate? That they can rebound better than ever? That theyve been schizophrenic and still managed to finish games? That luck is a bigger factor this year?
Bring back Don Reid
by Insidious Rex on Jan 21, 2012 8:22 PM EST up reply actions
3 W's
The fact that those were all win’s really says something about the mentality and toughness of this team.
and makes this week a lot better
Good talk.
by Hire Esherick on Jan 21, 2012 3:44 PM EST up reply actions
And depth
I think Seth Davis only had part of the story for last year’s team right. It’s not that we just had to shoot well, it’s that we really had to be firing on all cylinders to win last year. This year we don’t, and this game shows why: Hollis disappears, and Whittington and Porter are there to step up in ways no one has been in recent years.
Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.
by Will Bunnett on Jan 21, 2012 4:42 PM EST up reply actions
Hollis = leg injury
According to JTIII’s on-court postgame interview. Said he was trying to tough it out but wasn’t himself on the court.
trawick set the tone on defense
love that kid. toward the end, he refused to lose. assists on 3 baskets in a row
Totally agree with that.
He gave the Hoyas a real toughness in the second half. He would have fit in very nicely on the Hoya teams of the mid to late 80s.
by ReggieandtheMiracles on Jan 21, 2012 3:33 PM EST up reply actions
Now that's really saying something!
My feed from ESPN3 got so screwed up, I onlky saw a few minutes of the game. If Brilly from Philly has defense that stacks up with JT2, then this team can go places.
focus on the defense
outstanding today
Good talk.
by Hire Esherick on Jan 21, 2012 3:45 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I missed the first half
Was the poor shooting due to bad shots or just good looks not going in?
by AnotherGtownJack on Jan 21, 2012 3:37 PM EST reply actions
while a lot will say it was poor shooting...
The amount of times I screamed “JUST DUNK IT!!!” after a missed layup makes me think otherwise
They spent all week "vigorously" practicing their free throws
and forgot how to make a layup.
by HoyaSmacksYa on Jan 21, 2012 4:39 PM EST up reply actions
Just turned on WVU v Cinci
they’re talking about PB&J. wtf?
Hate to say it but I agree
Also I love Saturday’s like this. So much basketball is on.
by Great Vengeance and Furious Anger on Jan 21, 2012 4:42 PM EST up reply actions
It's a good..
sign when a team wins when they don’t have their A game. It’s easy to win when everything is going your way, shots are dropping, etc. You build character when you win games like this.
"Each one hopes that if he feeds the crocodile enough, the crocodile will eat him last"
by Esteban d' Amur on Jan 21, 2012 4:02 PM EST reply actions
iheartesteband'amur
"These dudes are good" - Hoya2Pacer on this years team
by iheartgregmonroe on Jan 21, 2012 5:03 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Sims called himself a "defensive mastermind" in presser
by Hoya Vey on Jan 21, 2012 4:40 PM EST via mobile reply actions
classy
"There were some bizarre plays, some bizarre whistles…It was interesting that the last two minutes, it was decided by a whistle by a certain, individual referee who decided to take it upon himself to decide the game."
-Rutgers coach Mike Rice on the officiating down the stretch
I would like to buy him a thesaurus
He used “decide” 4 times in 1 sentence.
by StPetersburgHoya on Jan 21, 2012 5:51 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
Plausibly
a common tactic in modestly effective rhetoric (see also Southern Protestant sermons)..
New sig tba
by PerryMcDonald'sRightCross on Jan 21, 2012 6:18 PM EST up reply actions
He always bitches...
when he loses.
"Each one hopes that if he feeds the crocodile enough, the crocodile will eat him last"
by Esteban d' Amur on Jan 21, 2012 6:29 PM EST up reply actions
the end of this Vinci wvu game
Is a total ish show
by hoyafan03 on Jan 21, 2012 5:04 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
Plus Heidi Klum is single now
Great day or greatest day? I’ll have reserve my judgment for after the Syracuse Notre Dame game.
by Great Vengeance and Furious Anger on Jan 21, 2012 5:39 PM EST up reply actions
Hahaha
Yes that is also exactly what I think when I see that photo. AND Duke lost. Pretty damn good so far. Clutch shot.
by Great Vengeance and Furious Anger on Jan 21, 2012 6:16 PM EST up reply actions
Also, with that Duke loss
And ND up on Cuse early…if ND pulls it off, I submit to you that it truly is the greatest day.
by J-Wall's Mom's Broom on Jan 21, 2012 6:15 PM EST up reply actions
Nah
we’d have to beat Cuse for it to be the “Greatest Day.” But, possibly better than VE day.
New sig tba
by PerryMcDonald'sRightCross on Jan 21, 2012 6:19 PM EST up reply actions
I was saving this just for this occasion
USA! USA! USA! USA!
by Great Vengeance and Furious Anger on Jan 21, 2012 8:36 PM EST up reply actions
Best part of today’s win… BE Standings
We’re alone in 2nd place at 6-2
Bad News is there’s 5 teams with 2 losses.
Worse News… Cuse is 1st…sigh
Today's ending = whipped cream on dogshit
I’ll take it! Hoyas!!!!!
Big East is really bad this year
masked by soft OOC schedules
Tenn has 12 players in the box score.
are you kidding me? Do we even have 12 players?
Dam Stokes fromTenn has 16 and 12
Isn’t he like 17 or something?? O_o
i want no part of fsu
"These dudes are good" - Hoya2Pacer on this years team
by iheartgregmonroe on Jan 22, 2012 3:24 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I actually am...
like 1/16 or something like that LOL
by VictorPage'sLeftEye on Jan 21, 2012 6:28 PM EST up reply actions
I think we care more about this game
than Notre Dame students and alumni do.
by AnotherGtownJack on Jan 21, 2012 6:31 PM EST up reply actions
Is that a real cat??
Thing looks like a stuffed one from the photo. And that is the most evil looking face on a cat I have seen since Blofeld’s tried to scratch 007’s face off.
I marched on Leavey to keep the Pub open in the 90's.
by Cuse Swallows on Jan 22, 2012 11:37 AM EST up reply actions
anyone else feel like Otto Porter is going to have a field day rebounding against 'Cuse?
by Goldenstatehoya on Jan 21, 2012 6:41 PM EST reply actions
Downside to Notre Dame winning...
Talk of Mike Brey winning the Mike Brey Big East Coach of the Year will begin
by VictorPage'sLeftEye on Jan 21, 2012 6:41 PM EST reply actions
I was just about to say this
I’d probably settle for that though if this is the start of Cuse going 20-13. I’d even consider buying their stupid 20-0 shirt if that happens.
by Great Vengeance and Furious Anger on Jan 21, 2012 6:46 PM EST up reply actions
So do Fab Melo's grades
Apparently
by WarmupEwing on Jan 21, 2012 7:05 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Actually
If I recall correctly from when I interned at the Dept. of Education, Syracuse’s graduation rate is pretty high. Which would mean it’s definitely fudged, but I think I remember being shocked by it.
by J-Wall's Mom's Broom on Jan 22, 2012 9:33 AM EST up reply actions
In other news...
Newt projected to win in SC. This could be fun
Crossing my fingers
For open marriages.
by bunk moreland on Jan 21, 2012 9:05 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
One year into his first term
President Newt will be asking whether we mind if he runs other countries at the same time.
by HoyaSmacksYa on Jan 22, 2012 12:21 AM EST up reply actions
Hoya Superheroes
Hawk
Dove
Vampirella
Otto Porter?
New sig tba
by PerryMcDonald'sRightCross on Jan 21, 2012 7:32 PM EST reply actions
No Doris
The Big East is the best place to get Casual.
by WarmupEwing on Jan 21, 2012 7:52 PM EST reply actions 3 recs
+1
Also, seriously ND? Almost as bad as us giving DePaul an 8 point possession in that sequence.
by J-Wall's Mom's Broom on Jan 21, 2012 7:53 PM EST up reply actions
She could never understand.
And really, we wouldn’t want her to.
by Hoya Saxual on Jan 22, 2012 11:57 AM EST up reply actions
Rutgers Fans are Pathetic
Whining about how they were screwed by the Refs. Apparently Mike Rice is going to complain to the BE head offices about the Referring. What a bunch of whiners. You couldn’t close. End of story.
They fouled all game
which he admitted he was cool with, but couldn’t understand why the refs called the same fouls in the last two minutes…please
by VictorPage'sLeftEye on Jan 21, 2012 7:54 PM EST up reply actions
First of all, please don’t lump us all together.
It’s a matter of overall frustration, not just this game. Rice should be speaking to the BE officials, they cost us a game last season, and cost us at least 3 this season.
That’s arguable, but that’s the point. Rice will argue his case to the Big East.
36-7 or whatever is insane.
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I beg to differ.
Section 101.
by RileysDressLikeAHoyaJersey on Jan 21, 2012 7:53 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Good for him.. He loved us last year..
Kept comparing us to the Duke team that cut the nets down the year before..You see where that got us.. lol
I’m all for the reverse Gottlieb curse
Doris?? Is that one of my bitches??
Does NYP have to choke a bitch?? #Waynebradyvoz
by yaboynyp on Jan 21, 2012 7:55 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I don't even know what's happening in this game anymore
Like 8 turnovers in a row and now a foul. Feels like they haven’t actually played basketball in ages.
by J-Wall's Mom's Broom on Jan 21, 2012 7:56 PM EST reply actions
Turnovers...
Is it possible for ND to beat the #1 team in the land, and me not to be scared to play them?
Game over Cuse.. We should go troll there board like they do ours after every loss..
Nah….but fluck em anyways..
If Syracuse makes it back to #1
Will they print a shirt saying “We’re #1 Again!!!”?
by Great Vengeance and Furious Anger on Jan 21, 2012 8:10 PM EST up reply actions
I think ND should make a shirt
that says TARNISHED. big ND on the front where the one would be.
by bleeding blue, painted gray on Jan 21, 2012 8:28 PM EST up reply actions
Please rush the court..
Elbow JMac
Kick Boeheim in the nutz.
Slap the shit out of Brandon Triche…
Punch that stupid orange mascot 2..
I would pay to see someone punch the mascot
Not gonna wish harm on their players, but Otto the Orange…high comedy.
by J-Wall's Mom's Broom on Jan 21, 2012 8:13 PM EST up reply actions
Hah, yeah
Far be it from me to say positive things about ’Cuse, but they are a very good team this year.
by J-Wall's Mom's Broom on Jan 21, 2012 8:12 PM EST up reply actions
We’re 1 game back fellas...
Shrugs…. I guess
so badly wish we had that cinci game now...
but this actually puts big east regular season championship back in play.
if not for us
for someone that isn’t cuse.
HOLY SHIT
act like you’ve been there Notre Dame! UGGHHHHHH
by HookerInTheLane on Jan 21, 2012 8:13 PM EST reply actions
love that they won the game
hate that they rushed the court.
by HookerInTheLane on Jan 21, 2012 8:17 PM EST up reply actions
that i could get behind
because it would be hilarious
by HookerInTheLane on Jan 21, 2012 8:22 PM EST up reply actions
Good way
to get killed, but will send nice flowers to funeral
New sig tba
by PerryMcDonald'sRightCross on Jan 21, 2012 8:26 PM EST up reply actions
59,999 to 1
makes height a problem
New sig tba
by PerryMcDonald'sRightCross on Jan 21, 2012 8:50 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah plus I’m...
6 inches and 75 pounds shy of my original listed measurements..lol
Agreed
Well played Leperconns
New sig tba
by PerryMcDonald'sRightCross on Jan 21, 2012 8:20 PM EST up reply actions
Don't know if you can be mad at Notre Dame
for the courtstorming…undefeated No. 1 team in the nation
now if it were us…yes…I’d be pissed
by VictorPage'sLeftEye on Jan 21, 2012 8:21 PM EST reply actions
plus its the evil that has been defeated
not as if a benevolent #1 team went down
by SomebodyBuyAustinaSteak on Jan 21, 2012 8:22 PM EST up reply actions
Great day in America
Good talk.
by Hire Esherick on Jan 21, 2012 8:22 PM EST via Android app reply actions
My favorite comment on Nune's Magician so far
“We areplaying white boys wo flop, stop leaving your feet so much”… I really don’t know how to break this to them. They have no idea what awaits them do they.
by Great Vengeance and Furious Anger on Jan 21, 2012 8:23 PM EST reply actions
HA!
Hahahaha….wait…hahahahaha. They deserve every shitty call that’s coming to them.
by J-Wall's Mom's Broom on Jan 21, 2012 8:59 PM EST up reply actions
If the Thunderbus
goes to the Dome, the passngers should wear the 20-0 shirts – I bet they are cheap.
New sig tba
by PerryMcDonald'sRightCross on Jan 21, 2012 8:28 PM EST reply actions
thats awesome
prolly wouldnt be understood though. Not like we’re dealing with rocket scientists
by SomebodyBuyAustinaSteak on Jan 21, 2012 8:29 PM EST up reply actions
My favorite thing watching duke and the traitors lose
And maybe it’s because i’m a vindictive prick, but nothing was better than seeing two guys who played Gtown like a guitar in terms of recruiting the last two years…josh Hairston and Rakeem Christmas completely sucking when they were in (Rakeem played about three minutes? God he sucks) or stapled to the bench like Hairston at duke. Nice decision there!
The fact that the misfortunes of 19 year olds gives me so much pleasure is somewhat embarrassing.
"Before the answer was a 3, I was down in Georgetown with a Hoya chick, lawyer chick....."
by brandonbowmansfootistoobig on Jan 21, 2012 8:28 PM EST reply actions
Christmas is going to be good though..
A lot of our freshman wouldn’t play on that stacked Cuse squad honestly… IMO
agree on our freshmen
Cuse is loaded and deep…they are only 1 of 2 or 3 teams that could lose a Melo and probably not miss all that much. But I have never bought into Christmas….kid is a decent athlete, has no offensive game outside of 5 feet…watched him a lot in high school because I thought the Hoyas were going to get him and I was never impressed. Thought he was far and away the most overrated kid in that class, to be honest.
Josh Hairston looks really fat to me. He’ll never play at Duke. And Melvin, you are right…what was Quinn Cook thinking? He didn’t even register today, that’s how much burn he gets.
"Before the answer was a 3, I was down in Georgetown with a Hoya chick, lawyer chick....."
by brandonbowmansfootistoobig on Jan 21, 2012 9:26 PM EST up reply actions
does healey lawn count as a quad?
seems like appropriate streaking time if there ever was one
by bleeding blue, painted gray on Jan 21, 2012 8:30 PM EST reply actions
The quad
Counts as a quad. And it’s perfectly situated for streaking through the quad and up to the gymnasium. Bring your green hat.
by J-Wall's Mom's Broom on Jan 21, 2012 9:00 PM EST up reply actions
Rakeem Christmas
Remember how the old lawyers knitting circle on HoyaTalk cried when Rakeem committed to Cuse? It was a sign of our weakness, etc. Would any of you trade Otto for Christm-ass now? Me either. Would any of you trade Jabril for Tyrone on Nova? Me either. Would any of you trade Greg or Hop for khem Birch? Once again. Trust the staff and stop pretending to be a scout.
Can i have ochefu over bolden though?
by bunk moreland on Jan 21, 2012 9:11 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
You (we) maybe surprised in the end.
Eastcoastteddy
by Melvin M. Tuggle III on Jan 21, 2012 9:15 PM EST up reply actions
Hope so
and given wrights terrible track record with bigs – theres a chance
I will throw dash riley in there as well – he is now going to eastern michigan i think
by bunk moreland on Jan 21, 2012 10:59 PM EST up reply actions
JT3 recruits character!!!!
I flipped over and got a quick look at the High School game and saw Branden Ashley act like a complete ass on a double foul call, (glad we are not after him).
Eastcoastteddy
by Melvin M. Tuggle III on Jan 21, 2012 9:13 PM EST up reply actions
I prefer this young lawyers' lunch documenting society.
Very web 2.0.
by StPetersburgHoya on Jan 21, 2012 9:16 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
love this post
absolutely spot on…I rip JTIII for coaching reasons from time to time, but he has a good track record with finding guys who fit.
"Before the answer was a 3, I was down in Georgetown with a Hoya chick, lawyer chick....."
by brandonbowmansfootistoobig on Jan 21, 2012 9:27 PM EST up reply actions
it is a pretty impressive pitt student section
given their season thus far
think I agree
At 2-4, L’ville has already done a nice job of degrading our win over them, while I’d prefer Pitt to break out of their funk tonight rather than next week.
Hammer of the Cuse
by SirHoya on Jan 21, 2012 9:34 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
exactly
though both are looking bad currently
Fukk those traitors
let them go winless
by VictorPage'sLeftEye on Jan 21, 2012 9:57 PM EST up reply actions
Postgame Presser
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wflju4qO32I&list=UUF0s8sg3bkmHv9EQkkP2_ZA&index=1&feature=plcp
The Defensive Mastermind Seaks… O_o
Hahaha brutal
Coach at 3:55-4:05. No mercy.
by Great Vengeance and Furious Anger on Jan 21, 2012 11:15 PM EST up reply actions
Down goes Cuse, Conn and Duke
THANK YOU LORD! West Philly Brilly was brilliant today as was Cool Whitt with three straight buckets to swing momentum our way. Otto is too clutch ! I’m glad we have this guy on our squad. Not trying to be cynical but we need to quit missing these free throws. Almost gave me a heart attack, these games are too close. But it’s okay, I have a feeling we could have a date with the Elite Eight knock on wood. HOYA FRIGGIN SAXA
by casualhoyasaxa on Jan 21, 2012 11:43 PM EST reply actions
Number 1 during the regular season, who cares? Cuse fan's have to because..
except for one fluke year, they are never #1 when it counts.
Brennan "what we learned" on ESPN:
“Yes, it’s hard to win on the road. Yes, it’s hard to win on the road in the Big East with a team comprised almost entirely of freshmen. But it’s even harder to lose when your opponent shoots 3-of-24 in the first half, 12-of-41 for the game — which ties Harvard for the season record for fewest field goals in a win — and makes just three of its 14 3-point field goal attempts on the afternoon. And yet, that’s exactly what Rutgers did Saturday, as Georgetown overcame a legendarily poor shooting performance (effective field goal percentage: 33.8) to rally for a late win. Hoyas freshman Otto Porter continued his stellar freshman campaign, scoring Georgetown’s final six points and nailing the winning free throws with just 8 seconds remaining. Georgetown fans won’t necessarily be pleased with this one, but when you shoot this poorly and still get a win, and thanks to a steady freshman to boot, there’s encouraging stuff in there somewhere.”
Yes, there's encouraging stuff in there somewhere.
A broken clock is also right twice a day. Their excessive fouling bit them in the ass; the abysmal shooting % did the same for our team. Yesterday, it was just a question of which bit harder.
(Not that I don’t appreciate Porter’s final minute heroics, but they shouldn’t have been necessary.)
by Hoya Saxual on Jan 22, 2012 12:06 PM EST up reply actions
I am honestly shocked by the sour grapes
Rice was clapping it up after every single RU foul until the under 4 min. time out. His centers had a total of 14 fouls. The defensive strategy for RU was to play a man that sagged to the paint and the grab cutters and push Henry and Nate out of the lane when they posted up. The refs consistently called this all game. Poole was basically doing the same thing when he was called for the foul in Porter. He bodied him and then wrapped his arm around him. That was a foul all game.
I personally don’t enjoy games with that many fouls, but RU did not adjust their defensive strategy.
Rice can play dumb in his post-game comments, but he has no one to blame but himself.
by StPetersburgHoya on Jan 22, 2012 9:52 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
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