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Night Line: Sims, Georgetown Becoming a Surprise Force in the Big East

EJacoby — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 09:33:45 +0000

Evan Jacoby is an RTC columnist. You can find him @evanJacoby on Twitter. Night Line will run on weeknights during the season, highlighting a major storyline development from that day’s slate of games.

Amidst all the disappointing results coming out of the Big East Conference so far this year, the Georgetown Hoyas are the league’s most pleasant surprise, quickly developing into an impressive team on both ends of the floor. After playing well in its first six games, John Thompson, III’s team officially confirmed its status as a legitimate Top 25 team with a hard-fought win at Alabama on Thursday night. Thanks to [...]

JT2 to JT3: Georgetown Needs More Thugs

rtmsf — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:03:14 +0000

We’re old enough to remember the mid-80s, when Hoya Paranoia ruled the national college basketball scene. Back then, the word Georgetown was synonymous with high-flying, athletic but brutish players who liked to get in an opponent’s face and let him smell what he had for breakfast. The Hoyas under John Thompson were intimidating. They were brash. They were physical and they let you know it. In some hushed circles, the Hoyas were even called “thugs.”

Seriously, Nobody Had the Shaved Head Look in 84 (photo credit: SI)

Image was part of it. Maybe it was the unique grey t-shirts under their uniforms or the way-before-its-time shaven [...]