GU beats W&M Post-Game Article links

[DanMcQ]

Please keep this thread for article links only... move discussion to the discussion thread.


AP story

GUHoyas.com Game Recap (includes game photos)

Box Score

Wash Post - Camille Powell: Opening Win Gives Hoyas a Banner Start

The Tribe (0-1) were picked to finish ninth in the Colonial Athletic Association, but they provided an interesting test for Georgetown. They brought a team with four returning starters, they run a complex offensive scheme that is similar to what Coach John Beilein now employs at Michigan (the Hoyas' opponent Thursday), and they use a mix of zone defenses.

"They make you think, which is good," Thompson said.

"I think we can be a little versatile this year because of our experience and our personnel," Thompson said. "We can give a lot of different looks, to tell you the truth. We can go big, we can go small; we can be fast, we can be long."

Referees are supposed to strictly enforce bench decorum rules this season, and Thompson was assessed a technical foul midway through the first half for wandering outside of the coach's box. Shaver also received a technical, less than two minutes after Thompson did. . . . Georgetown has sold approximately 3,200 student season ticket packages, an all-time high. The university's undergraduate enrollment is 6,853.

Wash Times - Barker Davis: Hibbert Dominant in Hoyas' Opener

[jerseyhoya34]

Box: sports.yahoo.com/ncaab/boxscore?gid=200711100229

Attendance was at 11,364 (~1500 more than the Hartford game).

[MCIGuy]

I didn't even know the Hartford game had that many people.

Still 11, 000 plus for an opener against William & Mary isn't too bad.

[StPetersburgHoya (Inactive)]

Is anyone else a little upset that Jon is only shooting 80% from behind the arc? I mean come on ...

[vcjack]

stpetersburghoya said:

Is anyone else a little upset that Jon is only shooting 80% from behind the arc? I mean come on ...

I'm more woried that Roy is only shooting 89%

Big ups to the students for filling up both sections before tip off, we'll work on the synchronization later

[StPetersburgHoya (Inactive)]

vcjack said:

stpetersburghoya said:

Is anyone else a little upset that Jon is only shooting 80% from behind the arc? I mean come on ...

I'm more woried that Roy is only shooting 89%

Big ups to the students for filling up both sections before tip off, we'll work on the synchronization later

Oh yeah that reminds me - I'm a little miffed that only 2,800 students showed up. I mean come on ...

[town05]

The article makes no mention of how deep the bench is, or how many combinations we can run. Wallace, Sapp, Summers, Hibbert, Macklin in the second half?!?!

We ran a demo. This game wasn't close.

[LizziebethHoya]

Wasn't there one point when we had Sapp, Wallace, Rivers, Wright or Freeman, and Summers?

[jerseyhoya34]

Ticket was out there with 4 guards at one point.

[lichoya68]

frist off the game was close for alot ot it till the last eight minutes or so second it tool a while for us to realize we had a seven footer out there the end was much better with more energy jesse jon roy and dajuann most of the points ie last years starters.. dajuann foul trouble and then less in the second half patrick energy but not much a factor.. jerimiah a little outa it thru ball away some wish hed gone to grandads funerall best to him and condolences probalby hard day to play chris active ankle seemd ok jon dagger.. roy the man.. vernon ok but not trememdous.. austin had a couple rim out and then glad he made the first basket nose for the ball like in kener tyler only a minute COME ON COACH LISTEN TO YOUR SELF .. let me see who else jesse yeah jesse our new york penetrator and some threes and ya know i agree how come jon so poor from three and roy only like 90 % come on guys step it up wandm were well coached did some brutaullly easy back doors on us some great threes but when we stepped up the d and remebered the seven footer YES WE HAVE A SEVEN FOOTER ROY ROY ROY yes we did ok got the cobwebs out MICHICGAN WITH BEILIEN WILL BE TOUGH MUST PLAY MUCH BETTER g ohoyas proud of you win one by one yup go hoyas no gardner -- and --- webb today go hoyas GO ROY I GOT MY SEVEN FOOTER AT LEAST FOR ONE MORE YEAR .. get meaner roy get meanner i dont think you dunked once today show them show them DUNK get us all goning more ps the studetns were GREAT all them there early for a noon game 2008 WILL BE GREAT GO HOYAS GO STUDS LIKE THE JT3 SHIRTS YUP AWAIT HAWAII FIVE O AND AWAY WE GO GO HOYAS as coach said post game ALOT to work on thats good

[mapei]

town05 said:

We ran a demo. This game wasn't close.

Were you there? Actually, for 30 of the 40 minutes it was a lot closer than the final score indicates. Our starters had just as much trouble building a lead as our subs and other combinations did.

[mdhoya97]

vcjack said:

stpetersburghoya said:

Is anyone else a little upset that Jon is only shooting 80% from behind the arc? I mean come on ...

I'm more woried that Roy is only shooting 89%

Big ups to the students for filling up both sections before tip off, we'll work on the synchronization later

Great to see so many students.. i think they actually might have had a student section in the upper deck also... but yyeah synchronization was way off..


I really like the 2-3 we played near the end. with roy in the paint, two fast guards (wallace/sapp) at the top and maklin and summer covering the wings... seemed much better then the rotating man coverage we had.

i hope the rust gets shaken off fast though.
-m

[regalmeans]

The box score says Wallace took no free throws - I could have SWORN he was the shooter for us when W&M got the technical.. am I imagining things?

ETA: Obviously the box score is missing some things b/c it says there WERE NO techs and we all know there were two.

[DanMcQ]

MOD NOTE: Please take discussion to the game thread and leave this one for easy access to article links. Sorry - I forgot to put that disclaimer in the first post - trying to shake my early season rust off just like the team.

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[jerseyhoya34]

Quotes are now posted in the AP Recap:
sports.yahoo.com/ncaab/recap?gid=200711100229

Quotes posted on GUHoyas
guhoyas.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/111007aam.html

[millerj9]

Barker Davis (Wash Times) article now up

Hibbert Dominant in Hoyas' Opener

Georgetown's identity crisis lasted just over 30 minutes.

That's the point at which the Hoyas stopped trying to explore new options against William & Mary today at Verizon Center and reverted to one of last season's primary Final Four formulas.

Turning a two-point game into a laugher in a matter of possessions, preseason All-American Roy Hibbert powered a 19-5 Georgetown stretch run to carry the Hoyas to a 68-53 victory over the Tribe in the season opener for both teams.

[jerseyhoya34]

HoyaHoops blogged from the game.
hoyahoops.com/

Hoyas Avoid Upset Effort By Tribe
By George Watson, Daily Press
www.dailypress.com/sports/dp-nowtribegamer.1111,0,6907729.story

[I Bleed Hoya Gray]

jerseyhoya34 said:

HoyaHoops blogged from the game.
hoyahoops.com/

Looks like they have a box score up too - including Wallaces' free throws and the 2 techs.

[DanMcQ]

The Voice: www.georgetownvoice.com/2007-11-08/sports/georgetown-vs-william-mary

[DanMcQ]

The Hoya:

www.thehoya.com/sports/111307/sports1.cfm

www.thehoya.com/sports/111307/sports10.cfm