I am die hard sports fan who has been following Georgetown Basketball since 1982. Due to my interest in Hoya Basketball, I began to closely follow High School Recruiting. Since 1988, I have attended numerous High School Basketball events in order to formulate my own opinions regarding the nation's best High School Basketball players. During this time, I have attended the Nike All-American Camp, the Adidas ABCD Camp, the DE Shootout, the Future Stars Tournament, the Five Star Basketball Camp, the Slam Dunk to the Beach, the Krider Tournament, and many others. In no particular order, the following individuals are the 21 best High School Players that I have evaluated in person. The ratings are based on performance and potential: Alonzo Mourning ('88), Shawn Kemp ('88), Shaquille O'Neal ('89), Kenny Anderson ('89), Anfernee Hardaway ('90), Chris Webber ('91), Jason Kidd ('92), Rasheed Wallace ('93), Jerry Stackhouse ('93), Randy Livingston ('93), Allen Iverson ('94), Felipe Lopez ('94), Kevin Garnett ('95), Stephon Marbury ('95), Vince Carter ('95), Kobe Bryant ('96), Tim Thomas ('96) Tracy McGrady ('97), Rashard Lewis ('98), Dermarr Johnson ('99), Jonathan Bender ('99).

I am a senior at the College here at Georgetown (1999) and have basketball on the brain. I may be staying at least one more semester next year, and if all goes well, will stick around for the conclusion of the season, and our run to the final four! Fortunately for me, it appears that we have a strong recruiting class, with a promising young core of players who will be more mature and experienced by next fall.

I am a huge HOYA basketball fan, and have followed the Hoyas since the Ewing era, even though I was only a small kid back then. I am also an avid Knicks fan and therefore am glad to see David Wingate and Patrick Ewing together along with an interesting supporting cast. I have hardly missed a home game over the last four years, and have made many trips to away games both in the New York and Philadelphia area. Most of these trips were made with my good pal D-Rock. We both have been through thick and thin, and approach each and every game optimistically, and with confidence and faith in these bunch of young student athletes. We have also been known on occasion to rally the troops, and even have been guest-bartenders at HOYAS (on campus) when Georgetown plays away games.

So I went back to our original seats to get my GU hat that I had just purchased and the hat was mysteriouly gone. I didnt sweat it though and just went to the new seats the usher gave us which were closer anyway. So my friend and I took our GU pom poms and the GU clapper that we got from one of the Hoya home games and went to our seats. So everytime the Hoyas scored I would cheer and shake my GU clapper. So the next thing I know I here this "shut up w/ that clapper before I shove it up your @#$" So I turned to my friend and said "I know I just didn't hear what I thought I heard," so I continued to cheer and clap my clapper when the Hoyas scored. So once again I heard a male voice screaming down from above saying "shut up w/ that clapper or I'll come down there and shove it up your @#$!"

So I turn around looking for this guy and I see this guy and tell him to come on down and do it and I continue shaking my clapping w/ even more enthusiasm! Needless to say he didn't come down b/c at that point I was really p--ssed at these NY fans.

So I turn back around to enjoy the game, which was a good one, and this lady says to me "Can you stop that b/c its annoying!" and I'm like "This is annoying but the guy up there cussing at me, is not?" She didn't respond to that and I kept on shaking my clapper. After about ten minutes the usher, a different one this time, calls me and the guy cussing at me out into the hallway and says "If you two keep it up you are both going to get thrown out!"

I was like "Look, are you saying I can't use my clapper when my team scores?" and he said "Yeah, you can use that, but that is it. I don't want anymore out of you two or you are both out." So he lets the guy and myself go back to our seats and 2 minutes after we sit down the guy starts again and I said something back to him and the usher just happend to see the verbal exchange and calls both of us again.

By this time we (my friend and myself) had the entire section behind the basket chating "a---hole, a---hole" at me and my friend walked past them to go into the hallway. So the usher once again took the guy, my friend, and myself out in the hallway this time though the usher calls his supervisor over and they go to the side to discuss the situation. They come back and say "We are going to move you 2 again," referring to my friend and myself. The next thing we know, we are 2 rows behind the GU bench on the same row as Mike Jackson, Pat Ewing, and several other former Hoyas. The game was very close and Victor Page was in one of his famous slumps but w/ 20 some seconds left in the game Page hit a runner to seal the game and Ya-Ya hit some crucial free throws to hold off the Red Storm. Needless to say, I will never forget my first visit to MSG.

Hi my name is Rob and I go by the nickname of Pomp. I am 19 years old and I am from Rhode Island. I got to school at Stonehill College in MA. I have loved the GTOWN basketball team for as long as I have followed college basketball which has been since I was about 11 or 12. I don't know when or why I decided that they were my favorite team in the nation, but I always have. I remember when I was younger playing basketball in my living room on a Dr. J's 7-foot slammer and pretending I was Charles Smith, Dikembe, and Alonzo. I remember watching Big East tournaments at an early age while yelling and screaming for the Hoyas. Every time GTOWN has come to Providence, I have been there. I was even there for the infamous GTOWN-Princeton game.

GSB '94, live in metro NYC area, work on Wall Street. Have been a Hoya Hoop supporter since I can remember.

I have been a Hoya fan since 1989, when I learned that the Hoyas were getting Alonzo Mourning. I love the art of the blocked shot, so when I heard that he had 27 of them in an AAU game, I knew I would like him. Overall, I just love the hustle of this team. I guess I play the same way...cuz I don't have much talent.

Favorite moment : Of course it's Alonzo Mourning's blocked shot of Kit Muller from Princeton during the closing moments of the 1989 first round NCAA tournament game. Worst moment : Seeing that same team (no 1 in the country), get beat by Duke, with Laettner outplaying Mourning and Phil Henderson dunking on Mourning's head. Let's share news and stories.