tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86094505458150128802012-02-07T09:52:21.593-07:00Thinking rationally about Georgetown Hoyas basketball so you don't have toBrian Lernerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00844052204506883915noreply@blogger.comBlogger4491100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609450545815012880.post-4651559260505556602012-02-04T14:14:00.002-07:002012-02-05T07:52:37.509-07:00

Image from here After a dreadful first half by both teams, the Hoyas scored on 13 consecutive possessions in the second half to blow open the game this morning at the Verizon Center, defeating the South Florida Bulls 75-45. South Florida is not, I repeat not, one of the two best defensive teams in the Big East. I must have heard that at least half-a-dozen times during the broadcast. We pegged

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While trolling the interwebs the past couple of days, I noticed a new (to me) blog for the Connecticut Huskies called UConn by the Numbers (the name blatantly ripped off from the sadly dormant Villanova by the Numbers, but who are we to talk?). The main feature for UCBTN seems to be breaking down the Huskies by lineup, which reminded me that we used to do that around here, before we got fat and

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Image from here It's not every day around here that Alan and I would pull out the double reverse-jinx (not one, but two articles bemoaning the Hoyas play in-conference) to ensure a needed victory as Georgetown rolls into a tough stretch in the schedule. After the first 3:24 of tonight's game against the Connecticut Huskies, the Georgetown Hoyas trailed 13-7. They had allowed Jeremy Lamb to

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Nine games into conference season and the Hoyas' offense has cratered.  Despite a strong start, it's ranked 51st nationally just weeks after it was top 20.  In conference it is ranking 9th, decidedly mediocre for the first half and has registered sub-90 efficiencies in four of its nine games.  This hasn't been overly uncommon -- but it just happens in those years like last year or 2008-09.  The

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Yes. The Hoyas came into this week with their AP ranking dropping from 9th to 14th (or 18th on KenPom, if you prefer a rational metric), and fans across the Hoya-nation spectrum are fretting that their plans of a Final Four trip might not happen. I think it might be time to lower your expectations a bit. As our regular reader knows, we don't update this blog nearly as often as we used to -

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Sorry gang - with illness and business travel conspiring against me, a stats dump is all you'll get tonight. One quick comment:  in the first half today, Georgetown's starters shot a combined 1/8 2FG, 1/5 3FG, 0/2 FT to go along with 6 turnovers and 5 rebounds.  Ballgame. Let's run the numbers: TEMPO-FREE BOX SCORE . Visitor Home .

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Image from here In a game where Georgetown shot a historic low from the field in the first half, the Hoyas rode their stingy defense and a busy official's whistle to a two point victory over the Rutgers Scarlet Knights, 52-50.  The big story for the game is that the Hoyas managed to shoot an eFG of 13% in the first half, and 33% for the game but still win.  It has also been noted that this is

Brian Lernerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00844052204506883915noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609450545815012880.post-49377334033926654412012-01-17T21:43:00.000-07:002012-01-17T21:44:42.066-07:00

Image from here Tonight's game was a reminder of just how hard it is to win a Big East conference game on the road, as the Hoyas lead throughout but struggled to put away the DePaul Blue Demons before finally prevailing, 83-75. The general impression I took away from tonight was that Georgetown wasn't going to get many calls and the Blue Demons were going to make some tough shots.  The Hoyas

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After dominating long stretches of the game only to watch their lead shrink to three points midway through the second half, the Georgetown Hoyas used a 21-4 run to close out the St. John's Red Storm at the world's most famous arena, 69-49. A simplistic way to describe Georgetown's offensive game today is Hollis Thompson for three [5/9 3FG] and second-chance points [19 off. reb, 21 pts]. The

Brian Lernerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00844052204506883915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609450545815012880.post-34932393044002855412012-01-13T16:28:00.002-07:002012-01-15T21:30:05.721-07:00

I have always been impressed by Casual Hoya's "Sleeping With the Enemy" title for their rival blogger chats before games, even if I can't shake Chris Berman's terrible nickname for Eric Bienemy when I hear it (yes, all Bermanisms are terrible).  I'm not going to try to match it.  So no witty title for our exchange of questions with Rumble in the Garden and definitely not as witty as questions

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The Hoyas played carelessly with the ball all night at the Verizon Center in losing to the Cincinnati Bearcats, 68-64.  In addition to the sloppy offensive effort, Georgetown was shredded late on isolation plays, allowing 12 points on their last 6 defensive possessions. "Other than the turnovers, Coach Thompson, how did you enjoy the offense?" The Hoyas shot 6/10 on 3FGs (including Jason

Brian Lernerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00844052204506883915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609450545815012880.post-29477434920724750122012-01-07T22:25:00.000-07:002012-01-08T09:47:15.737-07:00

Sorry for the late post - complete game stats were hard to come by. I'll just be adding some quick thoughts off the cuff as I watch the replay. The big story over the last two games, and one that will certainly bear watching, is that the Hoyas are suddenly not playing great defense. One of the stats pages at the top of the page is called "Big East Snapshot" which graphically shows how each

Brian Lernerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00844052204506883915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609450545815012880.post-79028130754141364162012-01-04T21:02:00.001-07:002012-01-05T07:31:37.315-07:00

Image from here. Alan is covering for Brian tonight. A story of two halves tonight at the Verizon Center, as the Georgetown Hoyas clawed back from a deficit as large as 17 points in the second half by outscoring the Marquette Golden Eagles 26-10 over the final 14 possessions of the game to win 73-70. In fact, the first half itself was a story of two halves.  In the first half of the first

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Below I've put four stats into context for the entirety of John Thompson III's time as head coach of the Hoyas. I've included the Pomeroy rankings from 2012, because as Brian notes in this awesome article here, they are a very strong predictor of the year-end numbers.  I haven't used the conference win predictions because there is a difference to my mind between the two [editor's note:  this is

Alan Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06857416653478779455noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609450545815012880.post-62001976474307306262011-12-31T15:16:00.003-07:002011-12-31T20:52:11.166-07:00

The Georgetown Hoyas and Providence Friars conspired to set back organized basketball at least 50 years with a nearly unwatchable performance this afternoon at the Verizon Center. The good guys pulled it out, 49-40; the game was considerably closer than the final score indicates. How bad was it? The Hoyas failed to record an assist in the second half, which I suppose would be a bigger deal if

Brian Lernerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00844052204506883915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609450545815012880.post-61507914447869513762011-12-30T14:11:00.001-07:002011-12-31T15:03:21.376-07:00

Color me optimistic this morning.  I'm pretty sure the source is simply halo from the Louisville win and general guilt from having let Brian carry this blog for the past two months, but either way, it occurred to me that this team is kinda, sorta, in that-wow-we-might-be-really-good way similar to the last Hoya Big East regular season champs. This website keeps non-conference stats, and 2011-12

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Georgetown survived a late 11-point run by the Louisville Cardinals to pull out an impressive road win against the #4-ranked team in all the land to kick off Big East conference play. I didn't get my hands on the Hoyas stats package until late tonight (thanks as always to Mex Carey for coming through in the clutch) so you'll get only a stats dump tonight. The briefest of summaries: Hoya

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If you've been reading the Hoya interwebs since the Memphis game, you may have come across a note that Georgetown has wrapped up the pre-Big East part of the schedule with a 10-1 record, and this is the fifth consecutive season that the Hoyas have started the season 10-1. Of course, not all 10-1 records are the same.  As I write, Georgetown sits 12th in both polls, and 14th in Ken Pomeroy's

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 Georgetown jumped out to a big lead, then began coasting a bit too early tonight but hung on to win convincingly, 80-69, against the Memphis Tigers at the Verizon Center. After a fairly evenly matched first 18 minutes, Georgetown used a 20-3 run bracketing half time to jump out to a big lead against the Tigers tonight. The spread grew to as many as 20 points before Memphis switched into a 2-3

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After struggling against the American Eagles in the first half, the Hoyas stopped turning the ball over and started making shots, and that was your ballgame, 81-55. There was considerable consternation last time out as the Hoyas struggled with their shot against the Howard Bison, but today's result hints that it was a one-time performance. Georgetown's eFG% of 65% was their best effort from

Brian Lernerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00844052204506883915noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609450545815012880.post-33297724239081915902011-12-10T14:11:00.001-07:002011-12-12T09:06:56.029-07:00

Meh. In a game where the Hoyas could simply not make a shot in the second half, Georgetown gutted out a closer-than-the-score win today against the Howard Bison, 62-48. The Bison are not a nationally-ranked powerhouse (currently sitting at 306/345 per KenPom's ranking), so I suppose I should be in hysterics. After opening the game with a remarkable 17-0 run, Georgetown seemed to completely

Brian Lernerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00844052204506883915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609450545815012880.post-7767306339380252942011-12-03T14:07:00.001-07:002011-12-03T19:47:27.254-07:00

Not a lot to say after today's game, as the Hoyas turned a 14-point halftime lead into a 40-point rout of the NJIT Highlanders at the Verizon Center, 84-44. Ken Pomeroy predicted a 26-point victory for Georgetown before tip-off, so the murmurs of discontent near the end of the Lift-off half were a bit misplaced. To be fair, there were two rough patches in the first half where Hoya fans could

Brian Lernerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00844052204506883915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609450545815012880.post-19278960664823796122011-12-01T22:10:00.001-07:002011-12-02T06:47:14.102-07:00

One great defensive half, one very good offensive half was just enough for the Hoyas to sneak out of Tuscaloosa with the win, 57-55. I don't have a lot of scintillating analysis to offer tonight -  I find games like this effectively turn my brain to mush. Just a few thought before I go to bed: The story line throughout the first half was how uncertain Alabama was against the Hoyas 2-3 zone. 

Brian Lernerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00844052204506883915noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609450545815012880.post-41183770025266678972011-11-28T20:19:00.001-07:002011-11-29T09:03:07.708-07:00

After struggling throughout the first half in a lightly-attended game against the IUPUI Jaguars at the Verizon Center, Georgetown started the second half with an 11-0 run and reeled off another 11-2 run midway through the Vespers half to break open a close game and cruise to a lopsided win tonight, 81-58. The Hoyas committed 7 turnovers on 63 offensive possessions tonight - that's an 11%

Brian Lernerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00844052204506883915noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609450545815012880.post-33475283503096030942011-11-26T11:20:00.001-07:002011-11-27T10:07:47.708-07:00

http://www.savagechickens.com/2009/03/love-stats.html But I've started to wake up the stats pages anyway (if you're new here, the stats pages are linked at the tool bar at the top of the page). Right now, I've got the team and player advanced stats, along with player plus/minus and shot selection up and running.  Let's wait until next weekend (after the 'Bama game) to wake up the plots for

Brian Lernerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00844052204506883915noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609450545815012880.post-17890008535614752522011-11-23T21:22:00.003-07:002011-11-23T23:50:39.814-07:00

Brian may or may not get the stats up tonight, so I'm going to write up some notes blind. Undoubtedly I will get some things wrong. [ed. note: stats now added] Without further ado, here's my thoughts on Georgetown's performance in the Maui Classic: Just to be clear, I'm going to be pretty wishy-washy here. The Hoyas played well against a couple of highly ranked opponents, which is fantastic.

Alan Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06857416653478779455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609450545815012880.post-63581644850985363982011-11-22T21:22:00.001-07:002011-11-22T21:47:14.675-07:00

After a very short turnaround from last night's hard fought loss against Kansas, the Hoyas took the court against the Chaminade Silverswords this afternoon in Maui.  After a trading 3FGs in the opening minutes, the Hoyas ran off 12 consecutive points to build an early lead and never looked back.  Georgetown eventually prevailed in a 27-point victory. Of course, the Silverswords are a Div-II

Brian Lernerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00844052204506883915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609450545815012880.post-68010753769971878852011-11-22T06:52:00.001-07:002011-11-22T21:42:28.957-07:00

Just a stats dump this morning for last night's game, what with the late ending and all. Quick thoughts before I hit the "Publish" button: Georgetown gave up ten dunks last night (and nine made dunks).  That may be a record for a single game by a Hoya opponent since I've been keeping track. Otto Porter was the best player on the court for either team last night (yes, even better than Mr.

Brian Lernerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00844052204506883915noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609450545815012880.post-56345141902274526552011-11-15T10:10:00.002-07:002011-11-16T12:28:13.145-07:00

As we enter the third generation of the Thompson III era at Georgetown, there's a lot of reasons to be optimistic about this group of players. Many of them are on defense: the increased athleticism, height and length of the players means their defensive potential is higher than some of the previous teams, even without a defensive anchor in the center of the court. Some of that may even

Alan Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06857416653478779455noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609450545815012880.post-53637391996385145952011-11-14T21:15:00.001-07:002011-11-14T22:29:19.316-07:00

In their final tune-up before heading out to Hawaii for the Maui Invitational, the Hoyas put on a defensive clinic in the lift-off half at the Verizon Center and cruised to an easy victory tonight over the UNC Greensboro Spartans, 86-45. During the opening 20 minutes, Georgetown was able to force 14 turnovers in 35 defensive possessions while limiting the Spartans to only 1/10 shooting from

Brian Lernerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00844052204506883915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609450545815012880.post-34107068224771320322011-11-12T22:34:00.001-07:002011-11-13T07:57:19.274-07:00

Is this thing still on? After Alan and I swore a blood oath (okay, perhaps not; but we did exchange several e-mails) that we'd put together an in-depth season preview for our reader, we dropped the ball. So . . . you're going to have to rely upon one of the other season previews for your Georgetown Hoyas now floating in the ether. A not-very comprehensive list: The Hoya The Voice Casual

Brian Lernerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00844052204506883915noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609450545815012880.post-16863739612457724332011-10-01T09:34:00.002-06:002011-10-01T13:37:25.708-06:00

We participated in a Big East bloggers round table along with a select group of just about every other Big East blogger. xkcd.com (h/t fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com) Pico Dulce over at Rumble in the Garden was kind enough to herd us cats into providing answers to five burning questions during the off season: 1.  Which player's loss will be felt the most by the team? Our answer:  Chris

Brian Lernerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00844052204506883915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609450545815012880.post-53271993879970412332011-09-19T11:25:00.001-06:002011-09-19T11:26:30.133-06:00

Pittsburgh and Syracuse have chosen to leave the Big East for the ACC, and Connecticut and Villanova (at least) are also pursuing this path.  The end of the Big East as we've known it the past 30+ years is upon us.  Georgetown finds itself in a precarious and fluid situation right now. However, this blog is certainly not the place to turn for late-breaking news and collected rumors around

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Image courtesy GUHoyas.com Your Georgetown Hoyas completed their road trip to China with an 83-64 win against the men's national team of Chinese Taipei (aka Taiwan). As per Google, this generated ~250 hits just within the past 24 hours for the search phrase "Georgetown basketball 'without incident.'" A cursory comparison of the box score versus the Taiwanese team's roster indicates that

Brian Lernerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00844052204506883915noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609450545815012880.post-22028597645937661932011-08-21T09:49:00.006-06:002011-08-22T08:43:20.477-06:00

Image courtesy of IndiaTimes Well, that happened on Friday. I didn't feel the need to get into specifics of the incident, as HoyaTalk had a couple of first-hand accounts posted (link, link), the HoyaSaxa front page did the full Zapruder-treatment on the available video of the melee, and Casual Hoya had the salient media links. But time moves on, and there was another game to be played

Brian Lernerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00844052204506883915noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609450545815012880.post-26217007441028730352011-08-17T21:27:00.005-06:002011-08-17T23:28:05.599-06:00

Image courtesy of Georgetown.edu Apparently so.  Georgetown tipped off their extended "cultural exchange" trip to China with a 48(!) minute extravaganza against the Shanxi Zhongyu Brave Dragons at Beijing’s Olympic Sports Center.  And the Hoyas started off their (exhibition) season right with a 98-81 thumping of the Dragons. This was clearly an international spectacular, drawing such

Brian Lernerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00844052204506883915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609450545815012880.post-40404952831422732622011-05-25T23:22:00.001-06:002011-10-01T13:38:42.815-06:00

Not the typical fare for us, but there is a nice video on the New York Times website right now discussing the art of the crossover. It features Dwyane Wade, Allen Iverson, Tim Hardaway and Pearl Washington.  And Dean Berry. Yes, that Dean Berry. Enjoy.

Brian Lernerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00844052204506883915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609450545815012880.post-48596442609367820922011-05-22T10:19:00.001-06:002011-05-22T10:23:35.987-06:00

Hola amigos, It's been a while since I've rapped with you all, but things have been pretty hairy here at Chez HP, what with another depressing end of the season for the Hoyas and real life and all. But, I've dusted off the Cray II in my mom's basement and fired it up for the first time in a couple of months to take a look at last season, because those who cannot remember the past are condemned

Brian Lernerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00844052204506883915noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609450545815012880.post-73776617558022877502011-03-18T23:13:00.007-06:002011-03-19T19:21:16.458-06:00

Image from here. It turns out, Chris Wright wasn't the answer. The Georgetown Hoyas succumbed to a barrage of open 3FGs by the VCU Rams while failing to do much of anything on the offensive end, losing in a rout, 74-56. Storyline #1: The Rams made 11 or their first 19 shots from behind the arc, including 5 of their first 7 to start the Vesper half, in moving out to a 18 point lead with 11:13

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The NCAA tournament bracket was announced tonight, and Georgetown received a 6 seed in the Southwest Region, playing the winner of the Southern California v. Virginia Commonwealth play-in game. While there is always the normal sturm und drang about included and excluded teams after the brackets are announced, I was curious how the actual seeding played out versus Ken Pomeroy's rating system.

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Here's the updated log5 analysis of the BET tourney, after the quarterfinal round is in the books. We finally see our first major movement in the odds, as UConn knocked out clear favorite Pitt. The Huskies are unsurprisingly the biggest beneficiaries of their own good play, as their chances of winning the Big East Tournament are now roughly 7.5 times what they were as of Tuesday morning. Note,

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Here's the updated log5 analysis of the BET tourney, after the 2nd round is in the books. Cincinnati is the biggest beneficiary of the action thus far, with their odds up 4.1%. Still, the top four seeds are the four likeliest to win, and their odds are mostly unchanged. Note that this calculation, unlike the one done by Basketball Prospectus does not give St. John's any home court advantage;

Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13417694490938544948noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609450545815012880.post-78456790197436876252011-03-09T21:28:00.001-07:002011-03-09T21:32:55.095-07:00

Image from here. The expression "playing out the string" comes to mind as the Hoyas lost their fourth straight game with an injured Chris Wright today, 79-62. Georgetown remains unable to score without Wright leading the offense - in the seven halves of basketball that Georgetown has played without Chris Wright (2nd half v. Cinci forward), the Hoyas have averaged 0.83 points per possession.

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Picture from here. The Georgetown Hoyas played a competitive 30 minutes before getting blown off the court at the Fifth Third Arena today by the Cincinnati Bearcats, 69-47. At this point, I think there are two ways to look at how the Hoyas are playing at the end of the conference schedule: It's not as bad as you think.  Georgetown has lost 4 of 5 games, but has only been non-competitive at the

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Picture from here. Georgetown lost to the Syracuse Orange today at the Verizon Center, 58-51. This wasn't a bad loss, in the sense that the Hoyas were playing without their point guard - Chris Wright - and anyone betting with their brains rather than their heart should have jumped at the point Georgetown was giving for the game.  Georgetown fans may not want to hear it, but Syracuse is a good

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Not even Lorry Michel can make it better.  Picture from here. The Georgetown Hoyas came out tonight and looked like they'd never seen a 2-3 zone defense in their lives.  The result was a sad, sad offensive performance in a humbling 12 point loss to the Cincinnati Bearcats, 58-46. Georgetown trailed for a significant portion of the Lift-Off half, falling behind as much as 19-8 at the midpoint,

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With Austin Freeman struggling for the third game in a row and for the fourth time in five outings, Chris Wright and the rest of the Georgetown Hoyas did enough to make ensure the victory last night over the South Florida Bulls, 61-55. Sickness refuses to release its steely grip from the HP crew, so another brief recap is all you'll get. Let's run the numbers: TEMPO-FREE BOX SCORE .

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There are no healthy bodies at HP right now, so you'll have to live with a stats dump for last night's game. That was Austin Freeman's second poor outing in three games (also at Syracuse).  Georgetown will have a hard time winning these types of games until he's right again. But in the end, once again it was the poor defense that was the big driver in last night's loss.  Kemba Walker seemed

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I've been both sick and out in the field for the past week, so things have been more quiet than normal around here.  Most stats pages are updated - the rest will have to wait until the weekend. Meanwhile, I've been sitting on a new stats page that has been gestating for the past couple of weeks - it's certainly not in a finished state (I've only been able to incorporate a couple of suggestions)

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Georgetown used a strong defensive second half to pull away from the Golden Eagles of Marquette today at the Verizon Center, 69-60. Over the past five games, Georgetown has established that their defensive effort will decide the outcome of their games more than anything else.  And in the Lift-off half today, the Hoyas defense was lacking - unable to turn over Marquette and struggling with

Brian Lernerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00844052204506883915noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609450545815012880.post-14026591111376809342011-02-09T20:28:00.007-07:002011-02-09T22:45:58.297-07:00

Picture from here. The Georgetown Hoyas learned a lot about themselves tonight up in the Carrier Dome: if they keep working hard, someday they'll be as good as Seton Hall. The Hoyas played solid second-half defense and rode the hard work of Julian Vaughn and Hollis Thompson to an eight-point win in Syracuse, 64-56. This was the first win for Coach John Thompson III in Syracuse, and

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It's normally about this time of year that I make my annual blog post criticizing John Gasaway and his Tuesday Truths column (see here in 2009, and here in 2010).  And thanks to some recent articles posted at VBTN (link) and the HSAC (link), I reckoned it was time I get off my lazy duff and get to it. But first, some background. If you don't live in your mother's basement, you may not be aware

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AP photo Georgetown reminded their fans today of that famous proverb, "Live by the three, die by the three," with an apathetic second-half effort at the Verizon Center during an excruciating 2-point win over the Marshon Brookses. The Hoyas put together 20 minutes of quality basketball in building a 12-point halftime lead, with deadly outside shooting [8/15 3FG] and surprising care with the

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Picture from here. I believe the expression is "adjustments were made at halftime." After a defensive battle in the first half, the Hoyas broke the game open early in the second half only to watch the Louisville Cardinals crawl back in, and then take a lead of their own. But Georgetown was not to be denied tonight, thanks to a Herculean effort by Chris Wright and a clutch 3FG by Hollis

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Yeah, he made it. (image from here) Whew!  Georgetown went up to the Wachovia Center today, and came away with a three-point win against the Villanova Wildcats, 69-66. And when I say Georgetown, I really mean Austin Freeman and his friends, as Mr. Freeman's 30 points carried the Hoyas to victory today.  Austin helped Georgetown survive a late run by Villanova - where the home team closed an

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Well, when Pico over at Rumble in the Garden answered my five questions yesterday, one point he made emphatically clear was that St. John's is not a good shooting team. Apparently, Coach Thompson and the Hoyas were also aware of this, as they managed to force the Johnnies into 43 jump shots tonight out of 59 total FG attempts. St. John's didn't make many of them [7/28 2FG jumpers, 4/15 3FG], and

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Pico Dulce over at Rumble in the Garden contacted us to get our answers to five of his questions.  We agreed to do it, so long as he answered five of our own. The only problem is that we never get to ask questions, so I kinda panicked when it came time to think of what to ask.  There is definitely some overlap here with the always-excellent CasualHoya interrogation, but Pico was very patient,

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Just a quick look at the biggest shocker so far of the Big East season, as Seton Hall blew the doors off of the Syracuse Orange in the Carrier Dome tonight. I ran the stats mostly because I was curious if Jeremy Hazell had a good a night statistically as he thought he was having.  He did. The box score shows that he scored 28 points in the game, but my preferred stat (Net Points) gives him

Brian Lernerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00844052204506883915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609450545815012880.post-18633631671301842182011-01-24T21:33:00.004-07:002011-01-28T20:45:01.222-07:00

Just a quicky for the BE Game of the Night post today. Image take from here. Notre Dame walked into the Peterson Event Center tonight, and walked out even more slowly with a five point win over the Pitt Panthers. This was a big win for the Irish - Pomeroy pegged them as an 11-point underdog going into the game - and effectively turns the rest of their Big East season from playing for a Big

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After Georgetown's 5-point win over Seton Hall on Tuesday, there was a bit of doom-and-gloom here and elsewhere about the Hoyas.  Ray Floriani, erstwhile contributor here and still blogging elsewhere, made it to the game, and sent along this missive. NEWARK, NJ - A confession is in order. I had an officiating assignment of two high school games in Jersey City and got to the Rock at the half. The

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princetonbasketball.com - Stephen Goldsmith After watching a pair of great Big East match-ups yesterday, it makes me a little sad watching the Georgetown Hoyas reduced to scratching and clawing out a win tonight against the Seton Hall Pirates. It's not that I don't enjoy Austin Freeman pulling a bit of a heat-check with a 26-foot swish as the shot-clock runs down, nor do I dismiss out-of-hand

Brian Lernerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00844052204506883915noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609450545815012880.post-13978978587921317132011-01-17T22:50:00.004-07:002011-01-18T13:33:05.845-07:00

In a truly shocking development, I actually got to sit down and watch a couple of non-Georgetown Big East games today. Image lifted from here The headliner:  Syracuse at Pittsburgh Just like the Villanova-UConn game, the visiting team came in a man down; but the Orange were missing one of their big-3 stars, Kris Joseph.  Just as I did for Villanova, I'm willing to give Syracuse some slack in

Brian Lernerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00844052204506883915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609450545815012880.post-66124578744548011532011-01-17T21:21:00.005-07:002011-01-17T23:38:00.039-07:00

In a truly shocking development, I actually got to sit down and watch a couple of non-Georgetown Big East games today. Image lifted from here The undercard:  Villanova at UConn Vegas had the Huskies as 2-point favorites for the game, and that's just how it turned out.  Ken Pomeroy only had UConn as at -1, but we'll cut Ken some slack tonight since his computer didn't know that Dominick Cheek

Brian Lernerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00844052204506883915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609450545815012880.post-59720970537281182982011-01-15T15:24:00.006-07:002011-01-16T12:33:46.215-07:00

Georgetown's outside shooting touch returned in a big way in Piscataway this afternoon, as the Hoyas made 11 of 22 shots from behind the arc in a 74-65 win over Rutgers. It certainly wasn't a showcase win, but at least the Hoyas were able to end a remarkable cold streak on 3FG in conference play. Now if they can figure out how to improve their defensive rebounding, and win the battle of

Brian Lernerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00844052204506883915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609450545815012880.post-29991741726888546252011-01-15T13:06:00.022-07:002011-01-15T17:41:09.473-07:00

While waiting for the Georgetown at Rutgers stats to post, I decided to run the stats for the Marquette and Louisville game. Besides being a nice rivalry game from the Conference USA days, this game was most notable for the epic collapse/comeback (depending upon your rooting interest) in the last 5 minutes, as the Cardinals came back from 18 points down with 5:40 to play to win the game. What's

Brian Lernerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00844052204506883915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609450545815012880.post-30957175358095727342011-01-14T11:23:00.013-07:002011-01-14T13:39:23.686-07:00

Not really sure where I'm going with today's post, but just sitting here riffing on some stats. -------------------------------------------------------------- One of the great conceits of being a sports fan is that we all think we know more than ______, and that if the coaching staff only listened to us, our team would be that much better.  Some of us even start blogs to make sure we can get the

Brian Lernerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00844052204506883915noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609450545815012880.post-79361369302738366462011-01-12T23:33:00.007-07:002011-01-13T11:06:59.320-07:00

Before tip-off tonight, Vegas pegged Georgetown as a favorite, to the shock of most Hoya fans.  In what is becoming a disturbing annual tradition, Georgetown's Big East swoon continued tonight at the Verizon Center with a thorough beat-down at the hands of the Pittsburgh Panthers, 72-57. At this point - barring an amazing turnaround - even 9 wins in conference this year will be a stretch.  As a

Brian Lernerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00844052204506883915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609450545815012880.post-21184475328232680022011-01-10T13:59:00.005-07:002011-01-11T16:32:23.316-07:00

While there is undoubtedly much moaning and gnashing of teeth in Hoya-land these days, it's important every once in a while to step back and wonder whether your current mood is based upon small sample-size results. To wit, one of the biggest drivers for Georgetown's current swoon is the complete loss of an outside shooting touch.  If you take a look at the Team Stats breakout page, you'd find

Brian Lernerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00844052204506883915noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609450545815012880.post-75821375117879611202011-01-08T13:23:00.008-07:002011-01-10T08:55:33.131-07:00

Today may end up serving as a clarifying game, where excuses for losses end and fans come to recognize that this year's Georgetown team is simply flawed.  Make no mistake - this was a bad loss, as the Hoyas were about a 5 point favorite coming in (or about a 3:1 favorite, if you prefer). While the lack of defensive ability is well-documented, this is the second consecutive game where the Hoyas'

Brian Lernerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00844052204506883915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609450545815012880.post-51885251511168465142011-01-07T18:55:00.000-07:002011-01-07T18:55:34.091-07:00

This post has almost nothing to do with the Georgetown Hoyas. The Missouri Tigers are playing the Colorado Buffalos on Saturday in Boulder.  As a preview for the game, the local Boulder newspaper posted a preview article.  Some excerpts (emphasis mine): The Princeton offense at Colorado was a dumb idea. At least against Missouri. [snip] New CU head coach Tad Boyle believes the Buffs -- now

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The Georgetown defense wasn't able to get a stop on three consecutive critical possessions late in the game, and the Hoyas lost to St. John's tonight, 61-58. In a game where none of the "Big 3" guards was able to make a net positive contribution on the court, Hollis Thompson scored 16 points and grabbed 7 rebounds to keep the Hoyas in the game.  Nate Lubick scored 5 efficient points at the free

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It took an 11-1 record in one of the hardest out-of-conference schedules in the country to convince Hoya fans and the nation that this year's team would be different, better, more consistent. It only took two conference games to realize that it won't. Georgetown came out today and gave a defensive effort that may have yielded a loss to 14 other Big East teams, but luckily for them they were

Brian Lernerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00844052204506883915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609450545815012880.post-10105118692814670552010-12-29T21:18:00.003-07:002010-12-29T21:40:58.719-07:00

So who do you think is more embarrassed right now, Tarik El-Bashir or John Gasaway? The Georgetown Hoyas responded to a pair of glowing articles about their extraordinary shooting prowess with a brutal display from behind the arc [4/22] tonight in South Bend, falling to the Fighting Irish 69-55. Let's run the numbers: TEMPO-FREE BOX SCORE . Visitor Home

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The Big East season kicked off tonight on ESPN2 with UConn playing at Pitt.  Since I actually got a chance to watch most of the game, and since the play-by-play data was clean, I decided to run the game through my stats parser. A few thoughts after running the numbers: Pitt won the game going away, 78-63, with ~66 possessions played.  Hats off to Ken Pomeroy, who wasn't very far off with his

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The Big East conference season kicks off tonight with a match-up of top-10 teams as the UConn Huskies head to the Peterson Event Center to take on the Pitt Panthers. The Hoyas don't tip off their conference slate until Wednesday with a tough road game at Notre Dame, so I thought I'd take the opportunity to run through a few of the normal features we run at the end of the pre-conference season,

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Twelve under normal.  The Hoyas shot about 12% less in eFG% in the loss to Temple than they normally do. Temple's size inside had the Hoyas' shooting 14% below average from 2 and the extended zone kept the three-point shooters from going off. It was a tough non-conference schedule, but it was also a somewhat short (in height) non-conference schedule. The Big East may test the Hoyas' ability to

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Georgetown went down to Memphis and put up a big second half to pull away last night, 86-69. Someone else's highlight clips This was probably a bad game for Memphis's Coach Pastner to schedule if he was interested in getting a win:  bringing in a disciplined team of upperclassmen, led by two senior McD All-Americans, to face his talented but very raw group just wasn't going to end well.  But as

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Georgetown put together a solid offensive and defensive first half today to jump out to a 50-27 halftime lead against a Loyola Greyhound team with no answers, and cruised to victory after that. Someone else's highlights clip Let's run the numbers: TEMPO-FREE BOX SCORE . Home Visitor . Georgetown Loyola .

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The argument for the bench players. Henry Sims versus Julian Vaughn Copyright AP 2010 Is Henry Sims even the backup quarterback anymore? Yes, Vaughn is averaging more minutes right now, but Henry played more versus Appalachian State, Utah State, Missouri, and NC State. That's four of the last six games, excepting only Temple and Asheville. Vaughn does do several things better than Henry.

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In a game where Georgetown ran away from the competition in the second half, the Hoyas beat the Mountaineers today at the Verizon Center, 89-60. Someone else's highlights clip. Georgetown was able to take advantage of an undersized App. State team by pounding the ball inside and kept one of the nation's top scorers in check, thanks largely to Jason Clark's efforts. Let's run the numbers:

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Edited to add:  Now updated through App. State (12/12) ------------- I haven't bothered to update the stats pages yet; rather, I'll wait until after tomorrow's game against Appalachian St. In the meantime, I've started working up lineup stats for this season.  My main observation is that there are a lot of lineup combinations this season, as the rotation has been consistently 10-deep (and

Brian Lernerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00844052204506883915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609450545815012880.post-8409116968679951852010-12-09T23:34:00.007-07:002010-12-10T12:07:02.857-07:00

JT3 checks his pockets for change during the game Stephan Goldsmith, PrincetonBasketball.com The Georgetown Hoyas fell into an 11-point hole midway through the first half against the hot shooting of the Temple Owls, and a slog of a second-half comeback came up three points short tonight in Philadelphia. Game stats were posted very late last night, so I'll just crunch the numbers and have a

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Chris Wright and the Georgetown Hoyas defeated the Utah State Aggies today 68-51 in a game that broke open early in the second half on a turnover-fueled 28-8 run. Someone else's highlight clip. Thanks to the vagaries of the sports monopoly - which is showing several Pop Warner games, by the way - the game wasn't available on-line until a pirate stream popped up for the second half (at least,

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Some random thoughts: Where's the national Austin Freeman is Awesome articles? We've had plenty of Kemba Walker articles, but Austin is doing this over 7 games: 21.7 ppg while shooting 57% from 3 and committing only eight turnovers. Brian is waiting on the PBP from the Mizzou game to update the stats, but his ORating is probably sitting at about 140-150 after playing some darn good competition

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Edited to add: Full game stats now posted; season stats will be updated Thursday night. (h/t: Casual Hoya) Just going to post some off-the-cuff thoughts here as I wait for the stats to post. Scotch.  I'm not much of a drinker, but games like this are much more survivable with a little something to take the edge off.  Most times, I'm looking for a nice small batch bourbon, but tonight called

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There is no play-by-play currently available for today's game, so just a tempo-free box score will get posted. More stats and comments to follow if/when the full play-by-play becomes available. In brief: Austin Freeman is good turnovers are going to bite the Hoyas sooner or later. Edited to add: Mex Carey came through once again (soon after getting off a plane from the Ohio St. match). Stats

Brian Lernerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00844052204506883915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609450545815012880.post-43313536599810971532010-11-24T09:55:00.018-07:002010-11-26T10:51:25.558-07:00

I was at the Charleston Classic last week [editor's note: also see Alan's Hoya Hoop Club report here], and while I sometimes tend to watch a little less closely live than on television (what with the replays at home and the frothy beverages on the road), there's something different about seeing a game live. You notice some things you don't see as easily on television, and conversely, it distorts

Alan Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06857416653478779455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609450545815012880.post-20706785049906802652010-11-21T23:29:00.002-07:002010-11-24T13:26:59.819-07:00

Georgetown won the Charleston Classic with an impressive second half against the North Carolina State Wolfpack tonight.  Of course, I should receive full credit for the victory, as I headed out for an evening with the wife just before halftime and wasn't able to get back to the game until after it ended. But because of my personal sacrifice, I didn't get to see the good stuff (read: Henry Sims),

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Well, I never did get a recap posted last night, and I probably won't have much time today to put one together either.  Just a few quick thoughts below each box: Let's run the numbers: TEMPO-FREE BOX SCORE . Visitor Home . Georgetown Wofford . 1st Half 2nd Half Total 1st Half 2nd Half Total

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The stats for tonight's game seem to have failed to post over at the Georgetown Athletic site, so no recap will be forthcoming tonight.  Hopefully Mex Carey can get the problem fixed soon, and we'll try to process the stats before tomorrow's game against Wofford. Edited:  Sure enough, Mex came through tonight, but it's way too late for any sort of a recap.  A stats dump will have to suffice. 

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With Julian Vaughn unavailable, Georgetown turned to Jason Clark (!) to control the glass and lead the Hoyas to victory tonight over the Tulane Green Wave at the Verizon Center. Let's run the numbers: TEMPO-FREE BOX SCORE . Home Visitor . Georgetown Tulane . 1st Half 2nd Half Total 1st Half

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The opening of the Georgetown Hoyas' 2010-11 basketball season went according to plan, with an exciting three-point win on the road at the tough environs of the Ted.  Georgetown's three guard offense proved to be the whole show for the Hoyas. After watching the first half on-line, I had to pull the plug and head off to the CU Buffs vs. Idaho St. Bengals game ("Who ever heard of a tiger in Idaho?

Brian Lernerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00844052204506883915noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609450545815012880.post-70902418082142407762010-11-12T12:59:00.001-07:002011-02-06T22:28:55.194-07:00

For three straight seasons, the Georgetown Hoyas have managed to crush the souls of those foolish enough to root for them.  As the season tips off tonight, I thought I'd provide a public service and explain why Georgetown is not going to be a top team this season. Defense. It really is that simple.  The Hoyas simply won't be good enough defensively to hang with the nation's top teams.  Will

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Mucking around with a new layout and color scheme.  Comments or complaints are welcome (colors are not my strong suit).  I'm trying to make the blog width more friendly without screwing up the stats pages, which are now linked at the top. ------- Over the Hilltop is finishing up a player-by-player preview for this season's Hoyas. Ray Floriani dropped me a line to let me know that he sneaked in

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I'm going to preface this preview, mostly because if I don't, my friends will likely try to get me some psychiatric help. I'm far from a relentlessly positive person, so taking the "The Hoyas are Going to Be Really Good" side of a positive/negative Prospectus Season Preview is a stretch for me. Rest assured, I'm the still the cynic I've always been. I'm acting, people. Brian will be posting

Alan Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06857416653478779455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609450545815012880.post-55781730109234815072010-11-07T17:04:00.014-07:002011-01-17T11:38:15.256-07:00

JT3 subs in five players - documented! (Joseph Silverman / The Washington Times) Alan's excellent post about likely minutes for the upcoming season got me thinking about John Thompson III's reputation for playing a short rotation.  I think this rep was developed in his first two seasons, when the cupboard was mostly bare beyond the first 6 or 7 players on the roster.  But now that he's been

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Here I made the case that the Hoyas were a better team last year with a traditional lineup of two guards, a wing and two bigs. Here Brian highlighted last year's minutes breakdown, at least from a defensive standpoint. And so there's a logical progression here, now that we likely know the roster for next year. Here's Brian's chart from the above linked post, with: Greg Monroe removed Julian

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Last time, I discussed the distribution of Georgetown's possessions last season as a function of possession length.*  Today, I'm going to look as the efficiency of Georgetown's offense (and defense) as a function of possession length.  Then, I'll combine the two to find if the Hoyas were leaving points on the table. *here, possession length = time until first action; see previous article for

Brian Lernerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00844052204506883915noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609450545815012880.post-65313439900740075842010-10-20T21:52:00.047-06:002010-10-26T09:11:08.741-06:00

Edit:  Part 2 is now posted. When John Thompson III took over the Georgetown Hoyas for the 2004-5 season, he installed his version of the Princeton offense which quickly developed the reputation for its plodding pace. Whether Georgetown can (or has) increased the pace at which it plays has been discussed here before, but I thought I'd post a quick recap, looking at the JT3 era: Season

Brian Lernerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00844052204506883915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609450545815012880.post-70402666088416227152010-10-19T21:05:00.001-06:002010-10-19T21:16:53.159-06:00

Been getting a few inquiries as to whether we will be bringing the heat again this season.  Rest assured that we are still around, although life has been a bit busier than we'd like. We - and when I say we, I mean Alan, who wrote all of our comments - did participate in a Big East bloggers round table discussion recently, organized by The East Coast Bias.  Part one is now up, which gives the

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