- Report: VMI To Play Georgetown
- Guard Signed For Class of 2006
- Braswell Honored At Awards Banquet
- Sweetney Wins Regional Honor
- Hoyas In The NBA
- New Coach At WVU
- Third Verbal Commitment?
- Braswell At Portsmouth Tournament
| Report: VMI To Play Georgetown | 4/29/02 |
An item in the Roanoke Times reports VMI will play at Georgetown next season; the Keydets last played the Hoyas in the 1987-88 season.
Five non-conference games have now been discussed in the press for 2002-03, along with the Big East schedule:
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Home |
Away |
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Non-Conference (11 games) |
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| South Carolina | Duke |
| UCLA | Virginia |
| VMI | |
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Big East (12 division games, 4 from other division) |
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| Notre Dame | Notre Dame |
| Pitt | Pitt |
| Rutgers | Rutgers |
| Seton Hall | Seton Hall |
| Syracuse | Syracuse |
| West Virginia | West Virginia |
| Providence | Miami or UConn |
| St. John's | Virginia Tech |
In the Big East, teams rotate on and off the schedule from the East Division. Villanova, BC, and either Miami or Connecticut will rotate off the schedule next season.
| Guard Signed For Class of 2006 | 4/23/02 |
An Albuquerque newspaper is reporting that Georgetown has signed a guard for the Class of 2006.
Apr. 24--The Albuquerque Tribune reported Tuesday that that 6-2 guard Ashanti Cook, a high school teammate of recruit Brandon Bowman at Los Angeles Westchester HS, has signed with Georgetown after being released from a letter of intent at New Mexico.
"I think it will work out well with (Georgetown)," Cook's father told the paper. "I think he's pretty comfortable there."
The Georgetown web site has not confirmed any such signing.
| Braswell Honored At Awards Banquet | 4/19/02 |
Apr. 20--Kevin Braswell was honored with the Daly Memorial MVP award at the Hoya Hoop Club Banquet at the Leavey Center. A full rundown on award recipients can be found in this link to GUHoyas.com, while past winners can be found in the Georgetown Sports History section.
Other honors included awards to Courtland Freeman (Coaches Award and Mary Fenlon Scholar-Athlete Award), Gerald Riley (Outstanding Defense Award), Mike Sweetney (Outstanding Team Contribution), Omari Faulkner (Raymond Medley Model Student-Athlete Award), and Ryan Growney (Manager's Award).
This is the third consecutive MVP award for Braswell. He joins Derrick Jackson (1976,77,78) and Patrick Ewing (1983,84,85) as the only three time recipients in the 47 year history of the award.
| Sweetney Wins Regional Honor | 4/19/02 |
Sophomore Mike Sweetney was named by the National Association of Basketball Coaches its District II Regional player of the year. Here's a link to GUHoyas.com with details.
| Hoyas In The NBA | 4/18/02 |
As the NBA playoffs get underway, here's a review of how the ten players with Georgetown connections fared this year in the regular season:
- Patrick Ewing (College '85), Orlando: 6.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg
- Jaren Jackson (Business '89), Orlando: 4.3 ppg, 1.9 rpg
- Dikembe Mutombo (SLL '91), Philadelphia: 11.5 ppg, 10.8 rpg
- Alonzo Mourning (College '92), Miami: 15.7 ppg, 8.4 rpg
- Don Reid (College '95), Orlando: 3.3 ppg, 2.6 rpg
- Othella Harrington (College '96), New York: 7.7 ppg, 4.5 rpg
- Jerome Williams (College '96), Toronto: 7.6 ppg, 5.7 rpg
- Allen Iverson (ex'98), Philadelphia: 31.4 ppg, 4.5 rpg
- Jahidi White (College '98), Washington: 5.4 ppg, 6.3 rpg
- Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje (Coll. '01), Portland: 1.2 ppg, 1.7 rpg
And, a note that Lee Scruggs completed his first year in the NBA's development league at Asheville. Scruggs averaged 10.9 ppg, and 6.2 rpg in 36 games, leading the league with an average of 2.1 blocks per game.
| Hoyas In The NBA | 4/18/02 |
West Virginia has named John Beilein its new coach, according to ESPN and other media reports. According to USA Today, Beilein will receive $150,000 a year and and $400,000 in guaranteed income from appearances and endorsements.