The Academy Awards honored the film "Slumdog Millionaire" as the Best Picture of the Year---if anything that's what one feels like following college basketball in the area-- where a huge win or two transports one from the outhouse to the penthouse and a few losses does the exact opposite.
Georgetown dropped back to back games against Marquette and Louisville...landing with a thud against the Cardinals Monday night. The usual suspects showed their faces again (39% shooting, 3-16 from three-point range, outrebounded by 9)...and the onetime top ten Hoyas find themselves with a different ten--as in conference losses. Currently Georgetown's in 12th place-- and would play St John's in the first round of the Big East Tournament. Up next: a Saturday visit to Villanova.
By the way, I'm not a fan of allowing all 16 league schools into the Big East Tournament. The race for #12 in recent years was actually a nice subplot to the latter stages of the regular season--and now there's nothing pushing 4-10 St Johns or 3-11 South Florida. Seriously, do we need a fifth day of play in NYC with 0-14 DePaul and 1-13 Rutgers? I'll be watching the CAA, WCC or "How I met Your Mother"...
Maryland's 88-85 overtime win against North Carolina puts the Terrapins back on the map for this March--Greivis Vasquez's 16 straight points to start the game wasn't as much of a surprise as the Terps' rally from 16 points down in the second half--and finishing regulation with a 9-0 run to force OT. I've long said that UNC under coach Roy Williams has plenty of talent but suffers from basketball ADD...but there's no way one should have thought this Maryland squad could have matched up with this Tar Heel team. Next up: Duke comes to Comcast Wednesday night...be prepared for another monster fist-pump by Gary Williams.
With two weeks remaining in the regular season, the ACC race currently has matchups of #5 Wake Forest-#12 Georgia Tech (winner faces #4 Florida State), #6 Boston College-#11 Virginia (winner plays #3 Duke), #7 Maryland-#10 Miami (victor meets #2 Clemson) and #8 Virginia Tech-#9 NC State (for the right to face top seed North Carolina).
George Mason lost on the road--only this time it wasn't at a CAA foe...this time the Patriots fell at Creighton 76-63. Free throw shooting (10-17) continues to be a concern, as well as Mason's inability to win outside of Fairfax (six straight road losses). Still, 20 victories are within reach as is the top spot in the CAA. Next up: Wednesday at UNC-Wilmington...the Seahawks are last in the league but this is on the road.
I admit I was pulling for Frost-Nixon Sunday evening...unfortunately my faith in Oscar was betrayed by Dances with Wolves (made Ben Hur seem like a short) and Forrest Gump (let me get this--he ran from Atlantic to Pacific several times?). Oh, and Kate Winslet should have won for Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind.
George Washington's hopes for a 12th place finish in the Atlantic Ten and a ticket to the conference tournament took a hit when the Colonials lost 71-53 to Xavier. GW's 2-10 league record is one and a half games behind St. Bonaventure...and the window is closing.
Next up: Wednesday against 11th place Charlotte.
My favorite Oscar moment and subsequent snub--a few years ago when "A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow" was nominated for best song...Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara sang the song in character as "Mitch and Mickey"...and then some song from the Lord of the Rings movie won.
American took a two game lead in the Patriot League by beating Holy Cross 56-50. Garrison Carr led the way with 28 points...and the Eagles held the Crusaders to under 40 percent shooting and forced 17 turnovers. AU needs to split one of its last two regular season games or one loss by Holy Cross in one of its final two tilts to wrap up the regular season title and home court advantage for the conference tournament. Next up: Navy comes to Bender Arena Wednesday.
What is the deal with the musical numbers at the Oscars? I know we've come a long way since Rob Lowe sang to Snow White--but who enjoys these things? Unless Will Ferrell and Jack Black are singing "you're boring"...I'm out.
Howard bounced back from a tough loss to MEAC leading Morgan State by outscoring Coppin State 81-74...Eugene Myatt's 41 points tied a career high for the best player around the beltway noboby knows about...while Curtis White added 17 points in the victory. At 6-7 the Bison are in a three way tie for 6th...depending on what happens over the final three regular season games, Howard could finish as high as second or as low as tenth place in the conference standings. Next up: Saturday at second place North Carolina A&T.
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