Greetings, fellow Hoyas. OverTheHilltop here, back with game preview. My prediction of Saturday's seven-point victory over South Florida was so preposterous prescient that my new-found overlords here at CasualHoya couldn't help but invite me back to prognosticate about the Hoyas' trip to everyone's favorite armpit of the Empire State, Syracuse. Some might think this game a bit of a rivalry, what with not-so-friendly wagers, decades worth of match-ups, and the return of a fruiticidal* Demon Jack. Others might wonder why they need rivals when they have doormats BC? That latter demented group are colored orange, and we despise them. But this might be our last trip up to the Canadian border for a while, so let's get you ready for tonight's showdown with the second-ranked Orange.

* Not a word, it turns out.

Continue reading this post »

Your 11th ranked Georgetown Hoyas are getting 9.5 points tomorrow night at the Carrier Dome against the 2nd ranked Syracuse Orange.

Paradise. via www.sports-betting-insights.com

So, who ya got?

If a picture is worth a thousand words, how many words is this Gif worth?

via HoyaSaxual

BEAT CUSE.

It's that time of the year again. When all our hootin' and hollerin' about Georgetown and Syracuse is played out on the court and the Big East's most legendary rivalry outside of Rutgers - Seton Hall takes the national spotlight. It's also time for the fifth installment of our wager with Hoya Suxa.

For those of you new to this nonsense, our first bet was on the Syracuse-Georgetown game at the Verizon Center in 2010, after which we were forced to pen the horrific Ode to Gerry McNamara. The second wager was on the Big East Tournament matchup that season, and resulted in HoyaSuxa scripting, directing and starring in one of the greatest short films of our generation. (Casual note: IF YOU HAVE NOT WATCHED IT PLEASE DO SO NOW AND EVEN IF YOU HAVE, WATCH IT AGAIN). Last year, after Georgetown's epic victory at the Carrier Dome, HoyaSuxa was forced to publish five of his precious Daily Affirmations in support of Georgetown, which resulted in this and this and this and this and this. And in the last installment, we wrote an Ode to Jimmy B.

So for those keeping track, the score is tied at 2-2 going into what could be our last ever wager. That being said, this year we're adding a crucial element to the wager: public humiliation.

(More Details After the Jump)

Continue reading this post »

Casual wiseman sleepyhoya talks Georgetown's domination of Syracuse in the 80s:

Thanks to BashfulHoya we got an inside look at the Georgetown - Syracuse rivalry in the 1970's. My insights are not quite as close to the court, but cover the 80's, when the rivalry officially turned red hot. To put it simply, the Hoyas completely dominated the Orange in the 1980's. The numbers don't lie. Here is a small sample of the beatdown decade:

1) In the 1980's we played Syracuse 28 times, we won 20 of them including at least one game at Manley Field House.

2) Georgetown beat Syracuse 4 times in the Big East Championship game.

3) Georgetown won 6 Big East Championships, Syracuse won 2. It should be noted that one of those championships came when the tournament was mysteriously played at the Carrier Dome. That seminal experience of 5 days for civilized people in the vast wasteland of upstate NY led the Big East to permanently change the location to Madison Square Garden.

4) Georgetown beat Syracuse in the first ever Big East Tournament Final at Madison Square Garden.

5) The year Syracuse somehow managed to make it to the NCAA finals - you guessed it -Georgetown beat them three times.

Georgetown domination of Syracuse after The Jump:

Continue reading this post »

Former John Thompson Jr. player "Bashful" takes a look back to the beginning of the Georgetown-Syracuse Rivalry:

Like any red-blooded Hoya, the thought of that team dressed in Orange incites me now. But as a veteran of the Hoya Program from the 1970s, I have to say it wasn't really a rivalry back then, but had great potential. Now, with the Big East membership of Syracuse fast approaching an end it might be worthwhile to reflect on that rivalry from when it began-in the 1970s.

A look back after The Jump:

Continue reading this post »

The 14th ranked Georgetown Hoyas have been installed as an opening line 9 point favorite against the resurgent South Florida Bulls at the Verizon Center.

Paradise. via www.sports-betting-insights.com

So, who ya got?