Hoyas sink Pirates, reach Big East final for first time since 2010 Photo by John Picker/The Georgetown Voice
The Georgetown Hoyas men’s basketball team (12-12, 10-9 Big East) pulled off another upset against the Big East’s number five seed, defeating the No. 5 Seton Hall Pirates (13-13, 10-10 Big East) to advance to the Big East Tournament finals for the first time since 2010. Georgetown’s 66-58 win backs up their incredible performance against Villanova last night, and they now advance to play the winner of University of Connecticut and Creighton.
The Hoyas were led by senior forward Jamorko Pickett, who put up 19 points and 6 rebounds while playing all 40 minutes to spearhead Georgetown’s success. He was aided by freshman phenom guard Dante Harris, one of the biggest standouts of the tournament so far. Harris contributed 15 points (on 5-6 shooting) as well as 2 rebounds for the Hoyas. He ended his scoring run in the same way he did against Villanova, sinking th
Book World: An unsparing memoir from an outspoken coach
George Solomon, The Washington Post
Dec. 24, 2020
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By John Thompson
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John Thompson, who dominated the Georgetown University basketball scene for 27 years, held little back on the court and off. So it s not surprising that his autobiography, I Came as a Shadow, is brutally honest and unsparing both to many in Thompson s life and to Georgetown. Thompson, who died in August, was Georgetown s coach from 1972 to 1999. In 1984, he led the Hoyas to the NCAA Division I national championship, becoming the first Black head coach to capture a major basketball college title. He was dogged throughout his career by the repercussions of his outspokenness. There s a group of guys out there who sincerely don t like me and hope they never see me again, he writes in the book. I feel the same way about some of them, too.