Everybody seems to think that Georgetown is going to avenge the ’82 Championship loss today. Clearly, they don’t realize how ticked we are about the NIT loss that ended the Matt Doherty Era, the Will Johnson Era, and the Jon Holmes Era all in one night.

5:11 – One Georgetown possession, one backdoor layup . Get used to it; they’ll be trying that all the day long.

5:14 – Wow. Really liking the pace of this game. If we keep this up, Roy Hibbert is going to be sucking wind like Rick Majerus chasing a doughnut down a hill.

5:19 – Billy Packer thinks that Tyler traveled before he got fouled on his last shot. But to Billy’s credit, he doesn’t think Jeff Green traveled when he hit the game-winning shot against Vanderbilt. Phenomenal.

5:25 – Two games in a row with the opposing coach getting a technical foul. Darn those Carolina refs.

5:32 – Billy says Hibbert looks like a father playing with his kids. I agree; Big Roy looks almost as old as Greg Oden.

5:50 – Text from Dave: “Think it’ll be 63-62 at the half?” Now that would be something.

5:57 – Surely I’m not the only one that can’t wait until Alex Stepheson plays major minutes. Dude is a rebounding machine. And with a free throw with two seconds left in the half, he puts us squarely on a 100-point pace.

5:58 – As the half expires, Marcus Ginyard breaks up a length-of-the-court Georgetown pass, leading Billy to exclaim, “What a great defensive halfback play by Ginyard!” What…in the world…is a defensive halfback?

6:23 – Second half just underway. Already three fouls on Hibbert. That’s ok, he was probably tired anyway from playing over a minute here at the start of the half.

6:28 – I will go ahead and state for the record that we aren’t exactly playing lock down defense.

6:34 – Deon having probably his best game since Arizona. Hopefully he decides to stick around for another season or two.

6:45 – You can tell that Tywon is tired, but our offense is much too efficient for him to come out. Not saying I wouldn’t be tickled to see Q get in on some of this.

6:52 – They really did a good job of hiding the scars from Hibbert’s frontal lobotomy. Seriously, no emotion out of this guy whatsoever.

6:56 – We’re suddenly hoisting up bricks faster than Okulaja in the Weber State game. And I’ll be dadgummed if Roy didn’t just call a timeout. What’s the occasion?

7:06 – I enjoy how Billy likes to call free throws when they’re halfway to the rim. He just called, “Short” on Tyler’s free throw right before it went through the net. And I’m not positive, but after it went in, I’m pretty sure he said, “Lucky.” Sounded like Napoleon Dynamite.

7:08 – I look forward to torturing my grandchildren with the “Back in my day, Tyler Hansbrough played at Carolina and he was just a beast of a human being” stories.

7:12 – Oh dear. Tie game. Our ball. Shot clock off. Commence pacing. And heart failure.

7:15 – NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! WHY SHOOT A THREE THERE???? AND WHY SHOOT IT WITH THAT MUCH TIME LEFT????

7:18 – Is it me, or do we never win in overtime? Somebody hold me.

7:20 – Hoyas by 4. Sick to my stomach.

7:23 – Stunned. Just stunned.

7:28 – Reyshawn and Wes: Thanks for everything; we’ll miss you both. Sorry we couldn’t send you out on a better note, but hopefully that 2005 ring will ease the pain just a bit. Brandan and Tywon: Are you sure this is how you want it to end for you? Butch: Our lonely eyes turn to you.