One – thud and ugh. See here. Georgetown’s season comes to a disappointing end.
Two – a tough one but our young players are paying their dues and gaining respect. Click here.
Three – a local team stands up and rises against a higher ranked foe. Mason Nation rocks.
Read this article please. It talks about the Georgetown Sports Industry Management program.
The University has a thriving practice here now for undergrads and at the graduate level. It is lead by a former executive at the Washington Capitals, Matt Winkler. It is staffed by former leaders of AOL such as Jimmy Lynn and many of our employees at the Caps, Wizards and Mystics teach here. I guest lecture at the school two to three times per semester. We hire interns by the boatload from this program at our teams.
I am on the board of Georgetown. Paul Tagliabue, former NFL Commissioner, is our Chairman of the Board at Georgetown.
There are several Georgetown alumni that own teams in professional sports or that are leaders in the sports marketing industry and in media that cover professional and NCAA sports.
Georgetown is considered the host of the NCAA Regional games here in DC that are playing at Verizon Center, a building that I own. As an aside, I attended several of the games yesterday. I also met with the President of the NCAA. What a wonderful experience and a great weekend for our city. The students all gather right outside my window at the arena. The bagpipes are playing; the students are chanting; the sun is shining; and all is right in the world.
Georgetown plays tonight in Chicago. Wish them well.
Georgetown, for a small liberal arts and research based school, plays a mighty big role in sports and sports education. I am proud. Hoya Saxa.
A tough home loss on Senior Day for Georgetown.
What a sad way to end the regular season with a loss against Syracuse.
Onward to the Big East tournament in NYC in March.
President Clinton was at the game which was nice.
What a week at Verizon Center – Lady Gaga; Caps game; Georgetown game; Wizards game; and the Bon Jovi concert. Almost 100,000 turnstile clicks in 4 days.
I watched the Wizards play quite well last night and take home a victory 100-85.
We played well. It was a fun game. Our big men were dominant. Our team ran; got some easy buckets; and hit our three point shots when it mattered.
I bumped into Senator Kohl, owner of the Bucks in the concourse of the Verizon Center. He is a great man and a long term and most respected owner. I can learn a lot from him!
I was on my way with some friend to see our “Bottoms Up” beer stand. People watched in wonder. How does it do that? So cool!
I then got to watch on television Georgetown win a big road game at Syracuse. Hoya Saxa.
For one night – two big wins. Feels good. Let me enjoy it just a bit. Thank you.
Good! That was a great performance against a higher ranked team. Way to go!
The Big East is so tough – maybe the toughest league in the NCAA.
That was a quality win, a 69-66 win over #8 Villanova.
Hoya Saxa.
Hoya Saxa.
I am so proud.
This is just the best news.
Filmanthropists abound.
Father Durkin would be proud.
And a new system that is fun and interactive and innovative installed in the arena. The Verizon Center will have lots of cool new things as promised – 101 new improvements in 101 days. That is our motto. 
The new interactive camera system will allow us to do some really fun promotions via section by section competitions and and the banners are just a fast way to remind folks that there is a lot going on at Verizon Center. We want to support Georgetown basketball, too. They are tenants in the building. I am on the board of directors of Georgetown and I am an alumnus of the College. Hence we mention Hoya basketball. We promote Beyonce as a proxy for great concerts; Alex Ovechkin as the face of the Capitals; Langhorne because she is a great Mystics home grown player; and Blatche because he earned the right to be promoted with his stellar play last season when he got more minutes.
We shall rotate images and players throughout the year so don’t read tea leaves too closely. And we will also launch old school/new school sets of posters where we highlight a player a la John Wall or Gilbert Arenas and show a former star player looking over his shoulder a la Earl Monroe or Phil Chenier and same with the Capitals and the Mystics. We need to market the teams. We need to have the teams be successful to earn your time and attention and your hard-earned dollars.
I think I speak for all Georgetown fans when I say we are quite disappointed in the outcome of last night’s game but proud of the team and the program.
Georgetown played the toughest schedule in the NCAA this year. We were battle hardened. We had beaten great teams but we lost in the finals of the Big East tournament at the buzzer. We had big dreams for this tournament.
But alas…Cinderella lives, and Ohio University played a spectacular game with fire and intensity. They hit all of their big shots, protected the ball and hit their foul shots. Congratulations to them. We seemed out of synch and tentative all night.
Georgetown now has to regroup. The team has no graduating seniors so we are all hopeful that the team comes back in tact to play next season. If it does it will have a massive upside.
While a disappointing and painful end to a season, it was a great season of progress and development. The team will gain some perspective this off season and hopefully come back next season with a chip on its shoulder and ready to make us even prouder of the school. Hoya Saxa.
Here is a film focused on the 100 plus years of Georgetown basketball.
It is up on Snagfilms.com. Watch it by clicking here. The NCAA tournament starts on Thursday. Hoya Saxa. Also…Fear the Turtle too!
What a great game and what an intense fight to the end with West Virginia beating Georgetown 60 to 58 on an acrobatic shot by Da’Sean Butler.
That was college basketball at its best. The Big East tournament played at Madison Square Garden in NYC always brings out the best in student athletes.
The Hoyas lost but go into the NCAA tournament with a lot of momentum. Hoya Saxa.