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The Daily OrangeMBB Notebook | Georgetown beats SU's 2-3 zone by pounding potent low post
By Zach Berman
Posted: 2/27/06, 12:31 AM EST Section: Sports
On the second chance, Georgetown guard Jessie Sapp missed a 3-pointer but center Roy Hibbert grabbed the offensive rebound, attempted the shot again, and converted a field goal while being fouled by Terrence Roberts - the Syracuse forward's third foul. Hibbert made the ensuing free throw to finish a swing that crippled the Orange.
Boeheim waved his arms frantically, ripped off his jacket and hollered at the officials even as the Orange was entering the locker room for halftime.
Although the Orange lost the game by more than the three points that Georgetown received on the second chance, it was a play that irritated Boeheim.
"It's not hard to count to two. One. Two. It's our ball out of bounds," Boeheim said. "The shot clock went off early, the ball went down. The guy had probably three seconds when the ball was in play. The officials just stopped the game and gave them the ball because the shot clock went off."
Rowdy crowd
While there was an impressive amount of Orange sprinkled around the MCI Center, the sections behind both baskets were reserved for Georgetown students. The Georgetown student section handed out a sheet before the game with different chants and insults that the students figured would throw the Orange off its game.
The sheet peddled the cloudy line between cliché and originality, urging the Hoyas fans to chant "N-B-D-L" when Gerry McNamara caught the ball - in reference to the NBA's developmental league - and call Eric Devendorf ugly. Some fans tried comparing Devendorf's appearance to West Virginia's tattooed center Kevin Pittsnogle.
The insults were similar to seemingly every student section at big schools and didn't appear to rattle the Orange. But the Hoyas fans perhaps had the last laugh when they chanted "N-I-T" when SU left the court.
Boeheim waved his arms frantically, ripped off his jacket and hollered at the officials even as the Orange was entering the locker room for halftime.
Although the Orange lost the game by more than the three points that Georgetown received on the second chance, it was a play that irritated Boeheim.
"It's not hard to count to two. One. Two. It's our ball out of bounds," Boeheim said. "The shot clock went off early, the ball went down. The guy had probably three seconds when the ball was in play. The officials just stopped the game and gave them the ball because the shot clock went off."
Rowdy crowd
While there was an impressive amount of Orange sprinkled around the MCI Center, the sections behind both baskets were reserved for Georgetown students. The Georgetown student section handed out a sheet before the game with different chants and insults that the students figured would throw the Orange off its game.
The sheet peddled the cloudy line between cliché and originality, urging the Hoyas fans to chant "N-B-D-L" when Gerry McNamara caught the ball - in reference to the NBA's developmental league - and call Eric Devendorf ugly. Some fans tried comparing Devendorf's appearance to West Virginia's tattooed center Kevin Pittsnogle.
The insults were similar to seemingly every student section at big schools and didn't appear to rattle the Orange. But the Hoyas fans perhaps had the last laugh when they chanted "N-I-T" when SU left the court.
