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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.

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.

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

Greg Monroe was the perfect candidate to leave school early for the NBA draft. He was a big man with exceptional passing reads who had lived up to his high school hype.

Coach: John Thompson III . Last season's record: 16-15 overall, 7-11 in Big East Postseason: Lost in first round of NIT to Baylor.

In 1984, the Georgetown program took home a national title under John Thompson, father of current head coach John Thompson III.

The Hoyas fell from grace during the 2008-09 season, dropping from the top 10 to the NIT.