For those of you who were there with us, we all saw a fantastic college basketball game yesterday with the Hoyas overcoming the Huskies 72-69.

That was like old school, Big East hoops. We were down by 21 points and we stormed back. We hit the boards; we slashed to the basket; and we played great D.

UConn is a great team. I have no doubt they will be Top 10 at season’s end. They are long, fast and tough.

Georgetown played a remarkable second half. Austin Freeman took commend of the game. The crowd went wild - I ran onto the court. We are – Georgetown. Hoya Saxa. That was fun. I am very proud to be an alum.

The Georgetown men’s basketball season is over. Perhaps there will be a NIT bid and the team will continue to play but it appears that a NCAA bid is no longer possible.

We as alums are disappointed by the record of the team this season but do understand that the team was rebuilt as graduating seniors moved on; players transferred; and many freshman played many minutes this season.

The youth movement augers well for the future. The team will return lots of talent and add talent through recruiting. We have a great coaching staff and Georgetown, as a university, is booming as to applicants and buzz so I would expect the team to be better and much more competitive as the years go by.

Hoya Saxa. 

For those of us locally who watched the Georgetown vs. Duke game yesterday, we were all shocked and infuriated over a technical foul called on freshman phenom Greg Monroe. The call, with Monroe on the bench, was his fourth foul and whenever Greg was on the floor playing, the team played well. Whenever he sat, Duke took advantage. Greg didn’t say a thing and he didn’t deserve a technical foul. We were the better team when Greg was on the floor.

Here is Mike Wise’s column and wouldn’t you know it? The true culprit for the technical foul call was someone wearing a Pittsburgh Steelers cap.  The call was for “salty language” and there you go. Too funny.

Georgetown has the toughest schedule in the nation. Look it up if you don’t believe me. We played well against Duke but it is just hard to beat seven players when you have five on the floor. Duke had five players, a ref and a Steelers fan playing against us. Hoya Saxa.

Wow. That was a huge win on the road against the #2 team in the land. Congratulations! It looks like the Georgetown men’s basketball team was under estimated in the pre season polls being picked in the 7th spot in the Big East. As noted, the experts are usually the last to know what is up.

Georgetown is a small school. When we compete straight up with much larger schools and beat them on their home floor, it feels good for the alumni out there. We are proud of the program and the way the team handles itself on and off the court.