Game 7: Mizzou

First things first, I had the Hoyas winning by about 10. They won by 9 so I guess I nailed it. Well I'm not sure that accurately describes what went down last night. I did not have them winning 111-102 in OT. I did not have them up by 18 less than halfway through the first half.

The bad thing about being up 18 on the road early in the game is that you know the other team is going to make a comeback. Georgetown wasn't going to beat a good Missouri team by 70 points. Ok?

I loved how once Missouri finally got the lead back, Vee came in after being on the bench for about 20 minutes and just drilled a 3.

With the score 85-80 Missouri, I politely suggested to my TV that they let Freeman get them back into the game. JT3 heard me and it was 85-85 seconds later thanks to AF15.

The Hoyas are 2-0 when I give up on them. I gave up on them in Norfolk and I gave up on them last night with the score 93-89. There was only about 20 seconds left and the Tigers were headed to the line. I went upstairs to prepare for my walk around KP. As I walked back downstairs to see what was going on, I could hear that they missed the first free throw. I started to shuffle through my iPod and he missed the 2nd. Then it got better as they fouled Wright for some reason. Wright made both and it was down to 2 again.

Hoyas quickly foul but it's over if he makes both. Mizzou then missed 1 out of their next 2 FT's to give the Hoyas one last chance to tie the game. Hollis Thompson took a horrible 3 that, for some reason, Mizzou saved. It was a great save. It was just really, really stupid basketball. Wright hits a 3 and then Clark hits three 3's in OT and the Hoyas left the Show Me State with a huge non-conference victory.

Perfection: The Hoyas went 18-18 from the line. You don't see that everyday. In fact it was a Georgetown record.

Worst line of the night: The play-by-play guy said that at one point Freeman had 16 points - all coming on 3's. I'm still trying figure out what times 3 is 16.

Gottlieb: I don't like Doug. I love to joke about how he stole credit cards in college and subsequently was asked to leave Notre Dame. I think he's awful in the studio. I was prepared to hate him as the color guy. I loved him last night. He was outstanding.

ESPNU: Speaking of being awful in the studio, Miles Simon and Adrian Branch provide absolutely nothing in terms of knowledge at the half. Miles Simon actually said something about how Missouri would keep giving Austin Freeman open 3 pointers because he would eventually start missing. What?

Players Notes:

Freeman: I feel like he's the best player in the nation that nobody really talks about. His shooting %'s are insane. It's getting to the point where you are surprised when he misses. Under JT3 a player has gone over 30 in a game 5 times. Freeman has 3 of them and has now done it in back to back games.

Wright: Just another 10 assist game for this guy. Oh and there was that last second 3 to put the game into OT. I have no idea why you would press Georgetown with Wright pulling the strings.

Clark: He had way too many turnovers in the first half against the pressure but some of that had to do with Julian's hands of stone problem. Great decision to pass it out to Chris for the game tying 3. I would have probably broken my TV if he had just laid it up. It was nice of him light the nets on fire in the extra period.

Hollis: I think foul trouble had him out of sync. He played ok but didn't have a huge role in the win.

Vaughn: 9 minutes? JT3 had a good feel for what was going on and Julian was just off last night.

Sims: My man Henry. 31 minutes on the road in a crazy environment and Mr. Sims was doing a lot of positive things out there. 10 points and 7 boards is great from this guy.

Sanford: 8 points in 3 minutes. This kid is making shots even though he's not getting that much burn. I wish there were more minutes for him but there really isn't when Wright is playing the entire game.

Lubick: Guess who had the 2nd most assists last night? Nate with 4 would be the correct answer. Nate and Henry played the entire OT period.

Starks: Just not that many minutes available last night. It was nice to see him stick those 2 free throws. He also handled the press well.

Benimon: The box score has him with only 1 rebound. It seemed like more than that.