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Although I can understand why some people question Georgetown's start in 2009-2010 - after all, the team did start last season 10-1 en route to a 16-15 finish - the differences between the two seasons are extreme.The seeds of Georgetown's eventual destruction were evident even in the early victories over Memphis and Connecticut.

Chris Wright scored a career-high 34 points, Greg Monroe added 16 points and 16 rebounds, and No.

Old Dominion spoiled Georgetown's annual game at McDonough Arena again, capitalizing on 18 turnovers in a 61-57 win Saturday night and handing the No.

As they have done more than once this season, Georgetown got off to a slow start, with four early misses and a pair of turnovers that allowed the Eagles an early 7-6 lead.

When Georgetown signed Vee Sanford and Jerrelle Benimon on consecutive days in April, the national recruiting needle never flickered.

Using a 7-0 run late in the first half, Washington climbed back into its game against Georgetown.

Game info: 11 a.m. Saturday at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. TV/Radio: FSN/950 AM Coach: John Thompson III, 123-51 in his sixth season with the Hoyas, 191-93 overall in nine years.

The Huskies will practice today in Seattle at 2:30 before climbing on a bus after 4:30 and heading to SeaTac to catch an evening flight down to Anaheim.

Greg Monroe had 24 points and 15 rebounds - both career highs - to lead No. 15 Georgetown to a 72-65 victory over No.

The American University men's basketball team fell to No. 16/14 Georgetown on Saturday, 73-46, at the Verizon Center.

Georgetown's Julian Vaughn is completely overhauling his basketball identity. Virginia's Mr.

When Georgetown and American faced off this time a year ago at Verizon Center, the Hoyas were ungracious hosts, humbling their crosstown foe with a 73-49 smackdown.

Saturday's meeting could be even more lopsided, with the revitalized Hoyas off to a 5-0 start and American, having undergone a wholesale change of its starting lineup, still searching for an offense to boost its 1-7 record.

Regardless of the outcome, the game won't necessarily prove a harbinger of what's in store for either team.

With just 12 players on the roster, Georgetown will never have the luxury of depth this season.

Still, the short-staffed Hoyas extended their record to 5-0 Monday with an 83-62 romp over Mount St. Mary's that featured the sort of teamwork that eluded last year's squad as the season limped to a close.

Sophomore center Greg Monroe paced the scoring, finishing with his second double-double of the year (19 points, 11 rebounds). Junior guard Chris Wright added 18 points, coming up with clutch three-pointers each time the persistent Mountaineers drew close.

So far this season, Hoya fans seem to be in a real hurry to forget about last year and move on...immediately. A Understandable.

Savannah State guard Tracy Rankins slashes to the basket under Georgetown's Nikita Mescheriakov and Chris Wright during Saturday's game at Tiger Arena.

It's time for Georgetown to call out the reserves. The 19th-ranked Hoyas enter the softest four-game stretch on their schedule Saturday at Savannah State looking for improvements from a bench that has been almost nonexistent through two games.

In the span of 10 seconds, Greg Monroe turned an ugly performance into a survival lesson instead of a galling loss.

NEW ORLEANS -- When last seen on a basketball court, the Georgetown Hoyas were trudging to the locker room, bounced by Baylor in the opening round of the National Invitation Tournament to bring a miserable season to an ignoble end.

Friday's season opener at Tulane brought yet another road game against a plucky opponent and, with it, a chance to set a more promising tone for a new season.

This time, Georgetown won handily, 74-58, with center Greg Monroe, whose decision to return for his sophomore season is largely why the Hoyas opened the season with the nation's No. 20 ranking, pacing the scoring with 18 points.

The curtain goes up on another Georgetown Hoyas basketball season this Friday and it's anyone's guess how it will pan out.

There was a time when Greg Monroe was clearly the No. 1 player in the 2008 recruiting class, although that was before he signed with Georgetown and then concluded his high school career.