HoopsHD’s Jon Teitel has spent the past few months covering several Georgetown basketball home games, with (thankfully) a very special reward coming later this month. He was in attendance Saturday night at Capital 1 Arena and prepared this photo essay about the Hoyas’ matchup against Marquette. If you would like to check out his prior coverage, please go to:
Part 1: https://hoopshd.com/2024/11/09/hanging-with-the-hoyas-part-1-4
Part 2: https://hoopshd.com/2024/11/16/hanging-with-the-hoyas-part-2-5
Part 3: https://hoopshd.com/2024/11/23/hanging-with-the-hoyas-part-3-4
Part 4: https://hoopshd.com/2024/11/30/hanging-with-the-hoyas-part-4-4
Part 5: https://hoopshd.com/2024/12/03/hanging-with-the-hoyas-part-5-5
Part 6: https://hoopshd.com/2024/12/19/hanging-with-the-hoyas-part-6-4
Part 7: https://hoopshd.com/2024/12/28/hanging-with-the-hoyas-part-7-5
Part 8: https://hoopshd.com/2025/01/18/hanging-with-the-hoyas-part-8-3
Part 9: https://hoopshd.com/2025/02/08/hanging-with-the-hoyas-part-9
On a very cold March evening in DC, I was able to warm up with a nice pregame meal: make-your-own burritos from District Taco.
Let’s tip it off:
Since I have a lot of other things on my plate this month and the Oscars airing tonight, I decided to choose my own list of Oscar winners in a variety of categories based on last night’s action:
Best Picture: a tie between the Georgetown offense, which shot 33 FG% (aka The Brutalist) and Coach Ed Cooley, who has to finish the season without the injured Thomas Sorber (aka Wicked):
Best Actor: Marquette F David Joplin (who had a team-high 17 PTS/9 REB):
Best Supporting Actor: Marquette PG Kam Jones (who supported every single 1 of his teammates with a career-high-13 AST):
Best Sound: the music we have been waiting 11 months to hear!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwiKEDhSr5E
Best Director: Marquette coach Shaka Smart, who is 2 weeks away from making his 5th straight NCAA tourney (1 with Texas and 4 with Marquette):
Best Original Song: for those wondering if the Golden Eagles still get a protected seed, the answer is “Never Too Late” (by Brandi Carlile/Elton John):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwL4UC_tLTI
Best Visual Effects: Georgetown big man Drew Fielder (between the pink sneakers and the tattoos up and down his left arm he is hard to miss):
Best Costume Design: Georgetown’s mascot (obviously!):
Best Makeup and Hairstyling: Georgetown G Malik Mack (although admittedly more for the dreadlocks than anything else):
Best Original Score: Marquette G Chase Ross (who had a sweet breakaway dunk in the 1st half as the Golden Eagles cruised to a 76-61 win):
In the postgame press conference Shaka left before I could ask a question, but I got to ask Coach Cooley about Sorber’s future after he underwent season-ending surgery on his left foot last Wednesday. Cooley stated that he would do whatever is best for Sorber, and that he will get the right information from Sorber’s mom/representative as well as the NBA. They are blessed to have him, and it will allow Cooley get a top-3 center in America going forward now that high schoolers see how the Hoyas can develop star players. Ultimately if it is time for him to roll to the NBA, he will roll:
That is a wrap for my attendance at Hoya games this season but stay tuned for tons of postseason coverage all March long!
