Before last season, Sugar Rodgers — Georgetown’s dominant shooting guard — knew she would be the scorer on a team full of threats. That skill will be in even greater demand this year, as Rodgers...

After the graduation of longtime stars Austin Freeman and Chris Wright, many questions lingered about the 2011-12 Hoyas. With then-senior guard Jason Clark as the only proven star, many wondered how the...

Another year, another five freshmen. “We’re young,” Head Coach John Thompson III said. “I can’t lose sight of the fact that it’s going to be freshmen and sophomores that we’re going to...

1. Louisville Head Coach Rick Pitino’s defending Big East tournament champions return most of last year’s squad. The Cardinals boast an aggressive zone defense — led by junior shot-blocker Gorgui Dieng and...

1. Connecticut Iconic Head Coach Geno Auriemma’s Huskies enter the season as national title contenders once again. After losing to Notre Dame in last season’s Final Four, UConn has reloaded...

Basketball game attendees will be able to use Parking Panda, a service founded by Nick Miller (COL ’10) that allows users to reserve parking spaces in private lots and garages, at the Verizon Center...

Nick Fedyk’s recent column (“WNBA Fails to Thrill Fans,” Oct. 16, A8) is not a harmless critique of women’s professional basketball. Instead, it demeans women’s forays into the world of sports,...

After a grueling 34-game, five-month regular season, the Minnesota Lynx are facing the Indiana Fever in the WNBA Finals. If you like watching sports that lull you to sleep, make sure you tune in to catch...

Georgetown’s nonconference home schedule, announced by Head Coach John Thompson III Tuesday afternoon, includes no teams that made the NCAA tournament last season. After playing Florida in the...

When I was asked to write this column a few weeks ago, choosing a general topic was fairly easy. The day I decided to write about my favorite Georgetown sports moment was when it got tough. Covering...

After the melodrama — complete with tragic ending — that was Nerlens Noel’s recruitment, I’ve been trying to put next year’s basketball season (and Kentucky’s continuing dominance) out of my...

In its finest moments, the Georgetown women’s basketball team’s 2011-2012 season was as sweet as Sugar Rodgers’ long-range jump shot. At its low points, however, offensive struggles and inconsistent...