It Takes a Thief - GU @ ODU wrap up

When you don't protect something well enough, you might just have it taken away. That's what happened yesterday to ODU in front of a sell-out crowd on opening night. The Monarchs couldn't protect a late 8 point lead as the subsequently lost not only the game, but their 23 game home winning streak, the 4th longest current streak in the country.

Better luck with your scheduling next time guys.

Last night's game was never going to win a beauty contest. Georgetown games almost never do this early in the season. Last season's opening game ended up at something like 46-45 Georgetown over Temple. So 62-59 was an old fashioned shoot out.

I wasn't surprised with the starting line-up. I also wasn't surprised that ODU attacked Hollis and got him in foul trouble immediately. That is going to happen every game. I expect Lubick to eventually start at the 4 spot.

I hate to admit it but I threw in the towel when Wright got his 4th foul at 49-41 with about 5 minutes left. They couldn't get a rebound, couldn't get a loose ball, couldn't hit a close look, Freeman was off, it was horrible.

Austin decided he didn't want to lose in Norfolk as he hit back to back 3's in less than a minute. Did I mention one of them was a 4 point play? Well it was. Chris decided to follow his lead and that was all she wrote.

With three really good guards, they can't all be off at the same time. Jason was the only one who looked interested in the first half. In fact at one point early in the 2nd half the Hoyas had 21 points with Clark responsible for 11 of them.

Wright tried to take the game over early in the 2nd which resulted in some poor decisions as he was trying to get the game back all in one play. JT3 recognized this and sat him for a few minutes. It worked. Nobody wants to win more than Chris but there is a right and wrong way to go about it. His 3 point heave with less than 1 on the shot clock was as big as they get.

Vaughn played about as poorly offensively as I have seen him play. I've seen conflicting box scores but it seems as if he was about 2-10. At least 7 of those misses were right around the rim. Hollis had similar problems. I don't expect their horrible shooting to be the norm. They will make shots. Especially the good looks they got.

Lubick can play. I liked what I saw but he needs to be a threat on offense to shoot the ball. He took a 3 early and that was it. But what I liked was how he was involved on both sides. He is a little small to guard true centers but that's ok.

We didn't get to see too much of Bennimon or Starks. I have heard that they were a little under the weather. Sims was alright but the game seems to move a little too fast for him. I want to see more of Bennimon.

Just like the Temple win last season, this win will look really good by the end of the season.

Random: I'm now 2-0 in games at the TED.

The ODU student section decided that they needed a bunch of signs with OHIO written on them. Did they think that we forgot about that one? I'm fairly confident that nobody has successfully erased that one from their memory banks just yet. Thanks though.

As I was leaving a fan kept talking to me from a suite. He wanted to make sure that I knew that "ODU still owned Georgetown." I didn't really know what else to say other than, "Congratulations. You must be so proud. Can I buy you another beer?"

I don't have too many solo road trips left in me where I got up and back in the same day. My days are numbered. Especially when nobody is looking to talk on the phone late night.

Austin doesn't show much emotion which is why it was so bad ass when he turned to the visiting fans after his 4 point play and went nuts.

I saw my fat ass on the Jumbotron late in the game. I'm a great dancer once I've got an audience.