Chris Haines: I am a wildly emotional and irrational Georgetown fan. I was at the game where, as a 2 seed, the Georgetown Hoyas lost to America's favorite "Cinderella", 15-seed Florida Gulf Coast in a pretty big blowout. The guy behind me was goading me into punching him the entire game (I didn't, but I turned around once and told him to stuff it.) Everyone was rooting for Florida Gulf Coast and everything was horrible. This was the game that basically cemented FGCU's "Dunk City" nickname, because they dunked all over the Hoyas. It also cemented John Thompson III's reputation as a coach who can't win in March and gave voice to some of the worst corners of Georgetown's fanbase. I wrote a post on Casual Hoya about how depressing it was and NPR even interviewed me after one of their producers read the post. The two hosts joked after the interview ran that I was a little too invested maybe.

I don’t mean to disparage (Markel) Starks. He was Georgetown’s leader and the kind of four-year athlete that NCAA traditionalists love to rave about. But (D'Vauntes) Smith-Rivera matched him statistically, and he did it as a sophomore playing second fiddle. Now that Smith-Rivera is the Hoyas’ no. 1 guy, Lord have mercy on the rest of the Big East.

"Tre can have a presence at both ends of the court. He's fast. He's really, really fast. He has the ability to guard better than I thought to be honest. He's figured it out. He's gotten stronger. To hear him say it, he's gotten a lot stronger. He's going to have a presence defensively and he puts the ball in the basket. He's doing a good job of getting others involved. He's been very good."

Georgetown (5-2-1, 16 points)

Final Match: at Villanova, Friday, 2pm ET

It sucks to be Georgetown. At 16 points, they could catch the team that's currently in first place. But because of the randomness of the schedule, if that first place team loses, it will vault a different team in front of the Hoyas. The best they can do with a win over the Wildcats is the #2 seed, regardless of how the Creighton-PC match goes. Even then, they still need a loss or draw by Xavier to get there. A draw means they'll need an Xavier loss to move to #3, otherwise it's fourth place for Georgetown, even with a loss.