No sooner than they’d completed an exhaustive process of adopting a difficult budget for the coming fiscal year than the Falls Church City Council got a sensory overload at a work session this Monday with back-to-back-to-back presentations of three conceptual plans for development around the East Falls Church Metro station, […]
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Picking Splinters: Blowing Calls, Blowing Their Lead
For the 13th time this season the Hoyas hit the canvas, losing to St. John’s 59-56 in overtime Tuesday night, and there’s no doubt that Georgetown is now knocked out of any at-large discussion for the NCAA Tournament.
Picking Splinters: Can Georgetown Find its Game?
Remember a few weeks back when I said that Georgetown looked like a fine-tuned machine? Remember when I even went so far as to liken them to Voltron? Yeah, well, right now, the Hoyas are more like Johnny 5 from “Short Circuit.”
Picking Splinters: No Longer the Underdog
Yeah, it’s just one win. Sure, this guarantees nothing in terms of postseason success.
Picking Splinters: A Clean Slate
More than anything else, the 2008-09 Georgetown Hoyas seem to be associated with absence.
Israelis Celebrate, Palestinians Mourn
WASHINGTON — The Israelis are celebrating the 60th anniversary of the creation of the nation of Israel.
Picking Splinters: Goliath Also Rises
“Davidson beat Georgetown. That’s all I have to say.” Those were the words of Davidson’s Max Paulhus Gosselin in Monday’s Washington Post. Their implication is clear — an underdog toppled a titan. It’s a huge story, and probably the biggest thus far in the 2008 NCAA Tournament.
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Picking Splinters: Splinters’ Picks
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Picking Splinters: A Senior Sendoff for Hoyas
As far as prolific recruiting classes go, the four freshmen that took the court for the Georgetown Hoyas in 2004-05 did not appear particularly remarkable at first inspection. The big gangly dude was 7-foot-2, but still managed to miss layups a foot from the hoop. The short kid was a […]
