Georgetown's 72-69 win over UConn wrapped up with quite an exclamation point-- a three-pointer by Roy Hibbert with four seconds left. And while the big bucket by the big man provided the winning points, there are several other things I saw at Verizon that will make this team very tough to beat in March:
Shutdown ability. The Hoyas rallied from six points down with three and a half minutes remaining thanks to a defense that held the Huskies without a field goal for the remainder of regulation. Defense seperates the pretenders from the contenders in the Big East- and the Hoyas took a major step in cementing their status as the team to beat Saturday.
Patrick off the pine. For the last few games, Austin Freeman has started in place of Patrick Ewing Junior and while the freshman has produced in his new role-Patrick Ewing Jr's ability to come off the bench and provide a punch has given the team a major lift since the beginning of January.
Improved rebounding. After being outrebounded 43-26 by Rutgers in their league opener, the Hoyas won the battle of the boards against DePaul and the Huskies... while coach John Thompson III grades the team with a "needs improvement", tonight's game with #16 Pitt will provide another major test (the Panthers are 2nd best in the Big East in rebounding margin) for the Hoyas.
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