It's a Monday in the office and while the women are out for lunch - Barbara Barnes is no doubt still reveling in her Green Bay Packers winning the Super Bowl last night - a few of the guys here are around the television watching the 1997 Major League Baseball Home Run Hitting Contest.  Ryan Sakamoto was in his cube doing some work, but when he heard that former Baltimore Oriole Brady Anderson was up to bat, that stopped pretty quickly.

Another Thursday morning and another BIG EAST Coaches Conference call.  Georgetown Head Coach John Thompson III called in just before noon and spoke about the upcoming game against Providence:

Today was the weekly BIG EAST Coaches Conference call for men's basketball.  League coaches have to call in to take questions from the media on a bi-weekly basis.  So Coach Thompson was off last week, but back on again this week.  When he was on a couple of weeks back, I transcribed his responses to post here, but he was on for a very short time today, mainly because he only had one question asked.

I'm no trailer writer, but I'm fully convinced you should want to read the blog based on the title alone.  It's Nelly ... as in Country Grammar and Just a Dream! You should definitely find out why he hearts GU Women's Hoops! 

Today's blog was written by a loyal member of our student fan group, Hoya Blue.  Enjoy!

Check out the latest video on the website!  It's time to get excited for another year of Georgetown basketball!  Get your tickets today!

We're closing on yet another year on the Hilltop and I just cannot believe it has gone by so quickly.  Sure, some of our sports are far from over - such as our women's lacrosse team, competing for the BIG EAST Championship tomorrow up in Piscataway - but there is a feeling on campus that it's nearly time for summer already.

Everyone knows it's tough to beat a team three times in one season - specifically the Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team.  The Hoyas stopped the Orange from that feat as GU defeated Syracuse, 91-84, in the quarterfinals of the BIG EAST Tournament at Madison Square Garden earlier today.

Kudos to the entire athletics department for an impressive effort last Saturday with the Gray Out against Duke.  It looks like Mother Nature has committed to a White Out for Washington, D.C. on Friday and Saturday as the current weather report is calling for somewhere between 16 and 24 inches of powder.  As the status of the winter storm is constantly updated, I cannot help but compare it to the Nor'easter of 1996 ... not the Blizzard of 1996 - the nor'easter. 

The spring season has started here at Georgetown and there is a lot going on, let's get to it...

It's a rainy and somewhat warm morning in Syracuse, which is a stark contrast to any other time I've been here during basketball season.  Regardless, it is always a nice trip for some of the travel party with men's basketball.

First off, I hope all of our readers had a chance to enjoy the holiday weekend.  My weekend was full of Hoya athletics.  Saturday featured a thrilling women's basketball game where the then-24/18 Hoyas defeated the Louisville Cardinals for their 14th-straight victory, a program best.  That along with the win over Providence earlier in the week propelled the women to a ranking of 19 in the AP poll this week.  The ESPN/USA Today poll comes out tomorrow. 

Call me crazy, but the NFL Playoffs don't mean much to me.  I grew up a Redskins fan so it's been a long time since I really had anything invested in football in January.  So, for me, I'm ready for the heart of the conference season - and more specifically, I'm excited for some really good Georgetown men's and women's basketball games in the BIG EAST Conference.

It's a Friday in January in the Georgetown Sports Information Office - you better believe you get a grab bag of items.  We're in the middle of one season and prepping for the next already. 

Let's start with a little piece of national news, today in the Washington Post the GU women's basketball team had an article about the new direction the team is moving in.  Kudos to the WaPo for recognizing the accomplishments of the RV/25 women's team ... the team leaves for Tampa right after practice to face the USF Bulls in its second BIG EAST Conference game of the season. 

Saturday, December 19 marks the first time in two years the Georgetown men's basketball team will play on the hardwood at McDonough Arena ... that's right, Arena.  Say what you will about the words on the outside of the building - but, as far as this athletics department is concerned, it's an arena. McDonough has been the home to Hoya athletics since 1951 ... and I've been part of Hoya athletics since 2005. 

Happy Thanksgiving Hoya fans!  We took a small Thanksgiving hiatus from the blog, but as I'm sure you know, that didn't mean we stopped working.  Over the holiday both of the basketball teams kept on rolling going undefeated!

Written by Hoya Blue President Anna Selling

With the first home game for the men's basketball team fast-approaching, students feel energized and excited for a new beginning.  Our team has some new faces, and some seasoned leaders.  The fans are eager to see this new team.

By Guest Blogger Director of Marketing Greg Driscoll