Image ContributorGreg Monroe was named to the Wooden Award preseason watch list.
For the third straight year, Georgetown was represented in the NBA draft: DaJuan Summers became the latest Hoya to hear his name called after the Detroit Pistons selected him in the second round with the 35th overall pick.Because he was drafted in the second round, Summers was not guaranteed a contract but earned one after a solid showing in the NBA summer league. The Detroit News reported in early August that Summers inked a two-year deal that pays him $457,000 a season.Summers joins Jeff Green, the fifth overall pick in the 2007 draft, Roy Hibbert (COL ’08), 17th overall in 2008, and Patrick Ewing Jr. (COL ’08),42nd overall in 2008, as recent Hoyas taken in the NBA draft. Ewing has yet to make it onto an NBA regular-season roster, while Green plays for the Oklahoma City Thunder and Hibbert is on the Indiana Pacers.A starter at Georgetown since his freshman year, Summers elected to skip his senior season and enter the draft. He led the Hoyas in scoring last year with 13.6 points per game and led the team in three-point field goal percentage. However, the athletic forward also led the team in turnovers and had an abysmal 0.5 assists-to-turnover ratio.Assistant Coach ShuffleOne former Princeton assistant coach is out and another is in at Georgetown. The Hoyas parted ways with Robert Burke and hired Michael Brennan over the summer.Brennan comes to Georgetown from American University, where he spent the last two seasons, but before that he coached for seven years at Princeton. Brennan and Burke coached together under Georgetown Head Coach John Thompson III at Princeton.”We won three league titles together at Princeton and since then [Brennan] has won two more at American,” Head Coach John Thompson III said of his staff’s new addition in a press release. “His knowledge and understanding of the game are invaluable, but just as important is his ability to teach, instruct and pass that knowledge on to our players.”Burke, meanwhile, was announced as a new assistant at American, essentially switching places with Brennan. Burke was mainly responsible for recruitment and game preparation at Georgetown.Georgetown made no official announcement as to whether Burke left the program or was fired, and attempts to reach the former assistant were unsuccessful.American plays at Georgetown on Dec. 5.onroe on Preseason Player of the Year Watch ListGreg Monroe proved he is an elite player throughout a stellar freshman year, and people around the country have taken notice. The center was one of 50 players in the nation named to the Wooden Award preseason watch list this month.onroe, named the Big East rookie of the year as a freshman, was projected as a first-round draft pick but elected to return to Georgetown for his sophomore season.Eleven Big East players were named to the Wooden preseason list, but Monroe can still be considered one of the favorites for Big East player of the year. As a freshman, some of his top performances came against the best big men in the league.He scored 16 points, including two three-pointers, and added four assists and three steals in a road upset of then-No. 2 Connecticut, which boasted co-Big East Player of the Year Hasheem Thabeet. Against the other half of the player of the year award, DeJuan Blair, Monroe scored 15 points, grabbed eight rebounds and blocked two shots. Going up against 2008 Big East Player of the Year Luke Harangody, Monroe poured in 21 points and had 10 rebounds.The skilled big man led the Hoyas in rebounds with 6.5 per game and was second on the team in scoring with 12.7 points per game. Much of Georgetown’s offense ran through Monroe and he finished second on the team with 2.55 assists per game.onroe is one of three returning regular starters, along with junior guards Austin Freeman and Chris Wright. With the departure of Summers, Monroe will likely see the vast majority of the Hoyas’ low-post scoring chances in 2009.Schedule Notes- Georgetown will face Butler University in the Jimmy V Classic at Madison Square Garden on Dec. 8. The Bulldogs have made it to the NCAA tournament the past three seasons and have amassed an 85-17 record over that span. It is the first meeting between the two schools.- The Hoyas will make a rare trip to Anaheim, Calif., to play in the John R. Wooden Classic the week after the Jimmy V Classic. Georgetown will play reigning Pac-10 champion Washington at the Honda Center on Dec. 12, marking the Hoyas’ first game in the Golden State in eight years.- Georgetown’s 18-game Big East schedule features all conference opponents at least once and three opponents twice. The Hoyas will face Villanova, fresh off an appearance in the Final Four, in addition to Rutgers and rival Syracuse both at home and on the road. Other notable home games include Final Four participant Connecticut and Notre Dame.”