Eamonn Brennan wrote a piece the other day highlighting the different highs and lows of the first month of the college basketball season. While it was disappointing and surprising that no Hoya was on the revelation list, Gtown managed to get two of the more coveted spots: best game and best moment. Obviously the Missouri game was the game of the year so far, Brennan described it as the most interesting affair of the year and a high quality road win for Georgetown. However, the best part came when Brennan described the top moment, which was Wright's three. He called it "It was as thrilling as buzzer-beaters get -- as thrilling as we’ll see all season." Wow. I continue to believe the more press we get is the best thing for the team right now, as it helps gain more recognition for the intense OOC schedule, Austin's continued dominance which is, in my opinion, neck-and-neck with Kemba Walker's (although he did have a triple double today, even though it was against a winless team), and most important makes it much easier to slide up in the rankings. Let's just hope it doesn't get to the team like it did last year after the BE tournament.

So, bleacherreport put out their "100 Best Rivalries in Sports" list, and had the famed Big East rivalry at 57. This is among individual rivalries between players, coaches, fans, and of course team rivalries. What I found funny was that they considered Syracuse a "top-notch" university, even on the same level as Georgetown. Not too many college basketball rivalries were ahead of them, with only remembering Kentucky-Louisville and Duke-UNC ahead of the two. Obviously, the Yankee-Redsox rivalry trumped all others and was number 1. Do you think the two should have been higher or lower on the list? Any other gtown or big east rivalries that seem deserving of making the list?

Link: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/526637-100-best-rivalries/page/45

sadly, DaJuan Summers is the feature picture.

Once again, our 16 year-old buddy from ZagsBlog has more Georgetown recruiting news. Let's just hope it's right this time. According to one of Kline's "connections" from Georgia, Georgetown has sent an offer to Damien Wilson. Damien Wilson is ranked as the 20th SF in the 2012 class and 68th overall, according to Rivals. Ranked as a four-star recruit, Wilson has received offers from Auburn, Georgia, Florida, Florida State and Virginia. Most recently, he was offered by Wake and Marquette. Don't know too much about this kid, as this is the first time I have heard of him. Apparently there are no front-runners or favorites at this point, but he is from Georgia, so Georgia may have a slight edge. Maybe since he is transferring to Oak Hill in Va. Georgetown decided to go after a local kid. Who knows. If anyone could find video of this kid that would be great.

TheRecruitScoop: Reported by the man himself, Tony Parker has been offered by Georgetown. He is the guy who was written about a few days ago who is in the top ten of the 2012 class for centers. Yes, that Tony Parker. He is an absolute stud, but no favorites yet...

2011 still remains at 0.

After scrolling around ZagsBlog to see what the recent news was with Rak in his recent showcase games and happily seeing he underperformed, I was immediately more intrigued by the headline I had quickly scrolled past about the future face of the Villanova team. 

According to reports, Fisher made 23 of 28 3-pointers — missing only five — and scored 72 points in the second half of the 40-minute game in the Watson Classic in the Bronx.

Any chance he is actually a huge threat when for Villanova this year? I mean we know he'll be good, but good enough to beat Freeman and Wright out for spots on the All-Big East team? I think it will be pretty interesting to see whether or not Fisher will take over the team or share the ball with Maalik more.

Link: http://www.zagsblog.com/2010/08/09/corey-fisher-drops-105-points-in-game/

*Noted:

Some cat named Jose Calderon from Spanish Harlem — not the NBA — was primarily guarding him, but Fisher reportedly faced multiple double- and triple-teams.

So as the Rakeem saga continues, and we continue to hear ABSOLUTELY NOTHING pertaining to what is going on with Georgetown's recruitment of Christmas, there is only bad news to hear. Some 16 year old who works for Adam Zagoria reported about Rakeem's casual visit to Syracuse, and had this to say: 

Rakeem Christmas told Syracuse star Kris Joseph that his unofficial visit went very well and that he will probably be back for an official.

Time to panic? Or no?

After seeing the picture from the 1996 team, and stumbling across this picture, I just wanted to ask, what is your favorite georgetown basketball picture of recent memory? I feel as if there are some pretty cool ones from when roy hibbert and jeff green beat duke, or when roy hibbert unleashed this magic upon us. I like the one of jason clark 1) because it was one of his many sick dunks 2) it was against duke 3) ryan kelly looks like the doof he really is.

So, being the bored high-schooler I am who is on summer break, I stumbled upon a video of the infamous Georgetown vs. UConn game in which the Hoyas had an amazing game and Austin had his most amazing performance of the season. However, what caught my eye was not the video itself, but the first comment.

The comment, interestingly enough, comes from someone named "gatorfan."

Time to fire jt3,the last 3 years this team has underachieved like no other.They make the same mistakes,(no 3pt d,second shots,unforced turnovers,missed free throws)He recruits mentally and soft players.Remember,jt3 did not recruit green.FIRE HIM NOW!!!This is getting fuckin outta line now you fucks!FIRE THE CUNT!

Wow. This kid has no idea what he is talking about, especially with the no three pointer comment and the mentally soft players. With performances put on by Freeman, Wright, and Clark from beyond the arc the past season, "gatorfan" could not be more wrong. It is also hard to say our recruits are mentally soft when Georgetown runs one of the most complex offense sets in the country. "FIRE THE CUNT!" was a nice touch, too. 

Link to video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRTrQjNguEU

Was looking at the Georgetown Men's Basketball Wikipedia and stumbled across something that made me laugh pretty hard:

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