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You can't stress enough how much John Thompson III has changed the culture of scheduling at Georgetown.

Savannah State guard Tracy Rankins slashes to the basket under Georgetown's Nikita Mescheriakov and Chris Wright during Saturday's game at Tiger Arena.

Freshman John Wall had 21 points and 11 assists as No. 4 Kentucky dominated Rider 92-63 on Saturday in the Cancun Challenge.

Jason Clark made 4-of-6 from three-point range and finished with a game-high 14 points, as 19th-ranked Georgetown downed Savannah State, 63-44, at Tiger Arena.

John Skelton threw five touchdowns to lead Fordham to a 41-14 win over Georgetown in the season finale for both teams on Saturday.

Georgetown posted its largest margin of victory in nearly 19 years last season when it routed Savannah State.

Horace Broadnax might be one of the best salesmen in Savannah. The Savannah State University men's basketball coach convinced Georgetown University coach John Thompson III to bring the No.

They blew a lead, turned the ball over, and shot poorly from the perimeter. So you can call it a win over Temple for the Georgetown Hoyas , but what they picked up in the win column, they certainly lost in the confidence pool.

The 19th-ranked Georgetown Hoyas play their first home game of the season, as they welcome the Temple Owls to the Verizon Center for this afternoon's non-conference clash.

Between the low score and two former Ivy League coaches opposing each other again, it was natural to refer to Georgetown's riveting home opener as a 'Princeton-Penn kind of game.' But one look at Greg Monroe seizing the game in the final seconds, and it's also easy to see why John Thompson III quickly -- and correctly -- killed that angle.

'It was like Princeton because I was sitting on one bench and Franny was sitting on the other bench,' the Hoyas' coach said of his counterpart, Temple's Fran Dunphy. 'In every other way, it's not like Penn and Princeton.'

No. 19 Georgetown emerged from an overwhelmingly optimistic season-opening victory at Tulane with one obvious question: Which version of junior lead guard Chris Wright will predominate as the season progresses? Will it be the quick-triggered player who accumulated four turnovers and no assists in a sloppy first half at Tulane as the Hoyas took a ...

The curtain goes up on another Georgetown Hoyas basketball season this Friday and it's anyone's guess how it will pan out.

Winless Georgetown lost a fumble on its first snap, threw an interception on its third pass, and lost another fumble before the first quarter ended.

The 20th-ranked Georgetown Hoyas lift the lid on the 2009-10 season with a trip to the Big Easy for a clash with the Tulane Green Wave.

Former Helen Cox High School star Greg Monroe was the Big East Rookie of the Year last season at Georgetown and now has his sights set on getting the Hoyas an NCAA Tournament bid this season.

Others who should be in the running are Willie Warren , Kyle Singler , Lucas , Patrick Patterson , Devin Ebanks , Greg Monroe and Ed Davis .

Marist College's football team is hoping to make a little more history on Saturday afternoon.

Late field goal lifts Marist past Georgetown 23-21 Eds: APNewsNow. Marist 23, Georgetown, D.C. 21.

To avoid a repeat of last season's disappointing finish, Georgetown probably needs a traditional second-year leap from its frontcourt tandem of Julian Vaughn and Henry Sims.

College basketball is an interesting clique. There are some dysfunctional elements to the game , and some elements that display their utter perfection every year .