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  • Georgetown's John Thompson III is changing the game

    Craig Stouffer

    Updated: Fri, Mar 15, 2013

    Offensive tactician turned the Hoyas around by getting defensive From the moment he set foot on Georgetown's campus in 2004, John Thompson III was inextricably linked to offense. Not just any offense, but a system that he played under and then orchestrated, a scheme named for its location and...

  • Georgetown not just one-man gang in Big East tournament win over Cincinnati

    Craig Stouffer

    Updated: Fri, Mar 15, 2013

    Markel Starks, D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera lead Hoyas into semis NEW YORK -- His coach and Georgetown teammates believe Otto Porter Jr. deserves every bit of acclaim he has received over the course of the season. After all, they stand to benefit, even if they don't get their fair share of the...

  • Georgetown staying on guard

    Craig Stouffer

    Updated: Wed, Mar 13, 2013

    Markel Starks, D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera are key to Hoyas' surge Georgetown won't be the same team when it faces Cincinnati (22-10) in the Big East quarterfinals Thursday that it was when it topped the Bearcats during the regular season. But the team the Hoyas (24-5) have become offensively of...

  • NCAA Selection Committee faces seeds of doubt

    Craig Stouffer

    Updated: Wed, Mar 13, 2013

    Whether the wide-open college basketball season has been good or bad for the game itself matters little to the NCAA Selection Committee. It will, however, make its job of putting together the NCAA tournament bracket very difficult over the coming days. "There may be a few more teams in the...

  • Otto Porter Jr. takes home Big East player of the year trophy

    Craig Stouffer

    Updated: Tue, Mar 12, 2013

    One by one during the college basketball season, Big East coaches came through Verizon Center proclaiming their admiration for Otto Porter Jr. On Tuesday they made official their respect for the sophomore forward -- and his coach -- naming Porter the Big East player of the year and John...

  • There’s a storm brewing on basketball courts across the NCAA

    Craig Stouffer

    Updated: Tue, Mar 12, 2013

    College basketball's winter storm warning has extended well into March. For a moment earlier in the year, it appeared that court-storming might only be reserved for Duke road losses. Then it turned into the Harlem Shake. Still, it hardly made sense to extend to No. 5 Georgetown's...

  • After this year, Big East tournament never will be the same

    Craig Stouffer

    Updated: Mon, Mar 11, 2013

    Split next year results in plenty of nostalgia Wizards center Emeka Okafor played for Connecticut in three straight Big East tournament finals at Madison Square Garden, winning two of them. But one of his favorite memories of a tournament that helped create and define the madness of March...

  • Georgetown's Otto Porter Jr. named All-Big East first team

    Craig Stouffer

    Updated: Sun, Mar 10, 2013

    Hoyas sophomore is only unanimous pick The regular season is over, making it time for the Otto Porter Jr. accolades to start coming in. Georgetown's standout sophomore forward was the only unanimous selection to the six-member All-Big East first team announced Sunday, setting the stage for...