Although Georgetown’s season ended in an all-too-familiar fashion — at the hands of a double-digit seed in the NCAA tournament — the feeling was undeniably different from past years. Picked...

Junior forward Hollis Thompson will forgo his senior year at Georgetown, choosing to declare for the NBA draft, Head Coach John Thompson III announced today. “Hollis returned for his junior year after...

Once again, the men’s basketball team’s season ended far too early in the NCAA tournament. Though heartbreaking, Georgetown’s premature exit allows us to consider the merits of our basketball program...

I can’t claim to be a big NBA fan. In my native Montreal, professional basketball ranks about 41st in the hierarchy of sports, behind the NHL, the MLB, the NFL, college basketball, college hockey,...

His career has survived rape allegations, a public feud with his popular star teammate, too many injuries to count, a public falling-out that led his Hall of Fame coach to retire to a cabin in the wilderness...

Now that the sports world has had almost an entire month to digest the new state of professional basketball and all but four fan bases are finished with the NFL playoffs, it seems appropriate to look at...

I have been in self-imposed hibernation for the past few weeks following the inevitable disappointment. It is a perennial occurrence, a period of cleansing that recurs several times every year, as constant...

Former NBA player Othella Harrington (C '96) will join the men's basketball coaching staff for the 2011-12 season, Head Coach John Thompson III announced today. Harrington was a four-year starter for the...

Sophomore forward Hollis Thompson has declared for the NBA Draft but has not hired an agent, Georgetown Sports Information confirmed to The Hoya today. By not hiring an agent, Thompson retains eligibility...

I am philosophically opposed to the requirement that basketball players must spend a year in college (or overseas in rare cases) before they can become eligible for the NBA Draft. I find it outrageous...

Projected NBA draft picks are generally told what to expect once they hear their names called by Commissioner David Stern, walk across the stage at Madison Square Garden and begin their lives as professional...

Greg Monroe will end his college career without a single NCAA tournament win. His Hoyas never finished higher than eighth in the Big East, and he did not cement his place as a legendary Georgetown big...