my name is bobby and i went to james madison

So there I am sitting in the front row of the Coca Cola Theater at the Verizon Center. I never sit in the front row of things but I was lazy when it finally came to time to find a seat and listen to Georgetown AD Bernard Muir speak. He had been held up in traffic which left me out in th open to just mingle with my fellow Hoya Hoop Club members. Funny how the same few people keep coming to all of the events. I mean there are over 2000 members of the Hoya Hoop Club but it seems more like 50.

Mr. Muir recognizes that he is late and that there is a very small crowd for his annual meeting with the Hoop Club so he decides to go outside the box. He thinks it would be a good idea for us to just stand up and introduce ourselves by stating our year and when we started following the team. The last time I remember doing something like that I was actually back at JMU which is ironic as I was about to unload the knowledge to the rest of the room.

We start with the guy to my left who quickily gives his name, class year at Georgetown and how long he has been a fan. Bam just like that I am up and I know I will get a few funny looks when I speak of my class year - mainly because it isn't what they are going to be expecting.

"My name is Bobby Bancroft - College of Business, James Madison University. Georgetown fan since 1988 and Hoya Hoop Club member since 2002."

I felt like I had just dropped an A-Bomb on the room.

"Oh my god I used to think that guy was cool but he didn't even go here." - Is what I felt they were all thinking in unison.

There were a total of 21 people in attendance and 19 of them actually went to Georgetown. Nobody every asks me when I graduated from Georgetown, as if it is a given. I think it is a pretty safe bet that the people in the athletic department that put together the numerous events and bus trips just assume I am one of them. I guess technically I am not (no degree with Hoya Saxa on it) but I'd like to meet somebody who follows as passionately or closely. I am sure there are some, but it's a small ass list.

19 and counting at home: Georgetown escaped with an ugly 55-53 win that included 48 total fouls, none more talked about than the one committed on Jon Wallace with .1 seconds left. I know I am biased but he was bumped and it resulted in him going out of bounds. If you watch the replay the ref waits almost an entire second to make the call. He isn't looking at the clock. Rather he is focused on the play and the out of bounds line. As soon as Jon crosses that line he blows his whistle. You have to. It is either Villanova ball or a foul on Villanova - those are the two options and since Jon didn't go out of bounds on his own....

Given the fact that they called every ticky tack foul all night, I'm not sure you can really argue against this one. The only reason this one is such a big issue is because it happened to be the last one.

I will have more later but I need to go to bed. I just wanted to make sure to get something out to you, my loyal readers, before this day came to an end.