John Thompson III describes Georgetown's final possession:
We wanted to bring Roy up and then bring him back down, to tell you the truth. While (the play) was evolving he had options to set a couple of on-ball screens, we did know that their big guy would be sitting in the middle of the lane, so we wanted to set a couple of on-balls and have him roll off and get a shot, but then he just made a basketball decision. The clock was running down, but he knows he can make that shot. That's not a fluke, that's not a shocker, that's not a once-in-a-lifetime thing that Roy makes that shot. If you leave him open he has shown every day in practice and this year that he can make that shot."
Update: Video now synched with Rich Chvotkin's radio call.
The Town Topics catches up on the Tigers' game at Lehigh.
A piece on the recruitment of future Hoya Greg Monore (who you can see on ESPN2 tonight) is full of fascinating little details about Coach Thompson's approach to recruiting compared to other "big time" college basketball coaches.
Former Princeton great Bill Bradley has announced his presidential endorsement.
Princeton recruit Zane Ma scored six points in his first game back since a knee injury. Ignore what the author says about Ma's collegiate destination. I've confirmed with the writer that this was a mistake on their part and that Ma is still coming to Princeton.
Georgetown travels to DePaul this evening. Rebounding continues to be an area of concern for the Hoyas.
Northwestern travels to Ohio State this afternoon.
Around the Ivy League: Harvard (5-11/1-0) opened the Ivy League schedule with a 82-56 victory over Dartmouth (5-8/0-1). Penn (5-9) picked up a 79-68 win over NJIT. Yale (4-8) was tripped up at Hartford, 73-70.
Holding an opponent to a paltry 31.1% from the field and limiting them to 46 total points over the course of an afternoon can be enough to please a basketball coach.
Not Georgetown's John Thompson III.
"I'm not happy with our defensive effort" explained the Hoyas' head man after his team opened their Big East schedule with a turgid victory over Rutgers. We allowed them to get a few things that we did now want then them to get and how they got them."
Georgetown vs. Rutgers - 2:00 pm ET - ESPN+
Denver vs. Middle Tennessee - 8:00 pm ET
Harvard vs. Dartmouth - 2:00 pm ET
NJIT vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET
Yale vs. Hartford - 7:00 pm ET
Georgetown visits Rutgers this afternoon to open Big East play.
Denver looks to end a road losing streak at Middle Tennessee.
Around the Ivy League: Brown (8-5) continued its strong non-conference showing with a 68-55 victory over American. The Bears are now ranked 86th in the RPI.
Sorry there was no news yesterday. I was extremely unwell.
Penn State vs. Northwestern - 8:00 pm ET - ESPN2
UL-Monroe vs. Denver - 9:00 pm ET
Brown vs. Army - 7:00 pm ET
Lehigh vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET
Portland vs. Yale - 7:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Miami (Fl.) - 8:00 pm ET
SportsProf attended the Princeton/Monmouth game and shares his thoughts.
Georgetown (10-1) beat Fordham 82-55. In the game, Jonathan Wallace became the all-time leading three point shooter in Hoya history.
Northwestern hosts Penn State in the Big Ten opener for both teams.
Denver looks to improve to 2-0 in Sun Belt play at home against Louisiana-Monroe.
Around the Ivy League: Cornell (6-4) scored the last nine points of regulation, defeating Quinnipiac 86-84 in overtime. Dartmouth (5-7) lost at Siena, 89-54.
Georgetown closes out 2007 with a home game against Fordham this afternoon.
Around the Ivy League: Harvard (4-11) dropped its seventh straight, 80-77 in overtime versus UC Irvine. The Crimson let an 18 point second half lead get away at home.
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Sun. 11/10 vs. Florida A&M
Sat. 11/16 at Butler
Wed. 11/20 vs. Lafayette
Sat. 11/23 at Rice
Tue. 11/26 vs. George Mason
Sat. 11/30 at Bucknell
Sat. 12/7 vs. FDU
Wed. 12/11 at Rutgers
Sat. 12/14 at Penn State
Fri. 12/20 vs. Portland*
Sat. 12/21 vs. Pacific*
Tue. 12/31 vs. Kent State
Sat. 1/4 at Liberty
Sat. 1/11 at Penn
Sun. 1/26 vs. Kean
Fri. 1/31 at Harvard
Sat. 2/1 at Dartmouth
Fri. 2/7 vs. Columbia
Sat. 2/8 vs. Cornell
Fri. 2/14 at Brown
Sat. 2/15 at Yale
Fri. 2/21 vs. Dartmouth
Sat. 2/22 vs. Harvard
Fri. 2/28 vs. Yale
Sat. 3/1 vs. Brown
Fri. 3/7 at Cornell
Sat. 3/8 at Columbia
Tue. 3/11 vs. Penn
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1,625 - I. Hummer, 2009-13
1,550 - D. Davis, 2008-12
1,546 - K. Mueller, 1987-91
1,451 - P. Campbell, 1959-62
1,441 - C. Robinson, 1979-83
1,428 - B. Earl, 1995-99
1,365 - B. Scrabis, 1985-89
1,321 - G. Petrie, 1967-70
1,292 - H. Haabestad, 1952-55
1,277 - G. Lewullis, 1995-99
1,239 - B. Taylor, 1970-72
1,207 - S. Goodrich 1994-98
1,133 - F. Sowinski, 1975-78
1,130 - R. Hielscher, 1991-95
1,122 - C. Thomforde, 1966-69
1,099 - T. Manakas, 1970-73
1,090 - J. Wallace, 2001-05
1,088 - C. Belz, 1956-59
1,079 - B. Hauptfuhrer, 1973-76
1,076 - B. Roma, 1976-79
1,071 - C. Mooney, 1990-94
1,064 - A. Hyland, Jr., 1960-63
1,062 - L. Brangan, 1957-60
1,057 - A. Hill, 1973-76
1,054 - D. Mavraides, 2007-11
1,044 - S. Johnson, 1993-1997
1,031 - J. Hummer, 1967-70
1,010 - W. Venable, 2001-05
