Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Georgetown Beats Syracuse

All is right with the world. We hear about global warming, and then we had three major blizzards in DC last year. I finished seeing patients today, and walked out of my office to see Pennsylvania Avenue blocked to traffic in front of the White House as it has been for many years. Many days I wake up and wonder what is going on in the world. If Pythagoras were still alive I would tell him that his Pythagorean theorem still holds, and as Michael Wilbon has often said, & "Georgetown beats Syracuse!"

We are Georgetown! Hoya Saxa!

Dr. Thomas A. Wong
Hoya Hoop Club Vice-President & Director of Communications
Proud Member of Generation Ewing

Monday, February 7, 2011

Not Our Rivals--We are Georgetown--Crush the Orange!

Rivalry Week--Is it something designed by ESPN or is it part of the fabric of college basketball. I have vague remembrances of my days living on 4th Loyola in my freshman year at Georgetown. I remember the start of Rivalry week as we talked about Georgetown playing Maryland, UCLA against Notre Dame, and North Carolina against NC State. Indeed it was the year before Georgetown closed down Manley Field House, and three years before Georgetown played North Carolina for the National Championship. I remember telling several of my classmates from Syracuse, New York that Georgetown would defeat the Orangemen at Cole Field House for the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. They looked at me with disbelief. Indeed in spite of the Orange's formidable front line of Roosevelt Bouie and Louis Orr, their backcourt led by Marty Headd would be no match for John Duren and Eric "Sleepy" Floyd. Indeed I looked like a basketball genius as John Thompson would begin his decade long domination of Jim Boeheim and the Syracuse Orange. Indeed Georgetown has many opponents we could consider rivals over the years: Maryland, DePaul, St. John's, Duke, and North Carolina. As I sat at Comcast Center last week with my brother as he told me that Duke-Maryland was a bigger rivalry than Duke-North Carolina? I certainly know it is a great rivalry, but do not agree that it is as big as Duke-UNC! In fact a rivalry is often characterized by never having to state it! Good luck to Georgetown in Rivalry Week!

We are Georgetown! Crush the Orange!

Dr. Thomas A. Wong
Hoya Hoop Club Vice-President & Director of Communications
Proud Member of Generation Ewing

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Happy Chinese New Year--The Year of the Rabbit

What a basketball season we have had. Few people realize how much the Chinese love the game of basketball. Oh how I loved our victory over Louisville on Monday at Verizon Center. Defeating Rick Pitino and the run and gun Cardinals. After Georgetown's three game losing streak early in the Big East season, many had written the Hoyas off. Indeed it is a long season. I am hoping the improved defense and rebounding will continue. I am hoping the DC community will embrace this Hoya team. Come out this Saturday to see the Hoyas play Providence. These are the two schools that founded the Big East Conference--the object of a great deal of personal envy from fans of other conferences. I am hoping true basketball fans will come out to see the Hoyas--Come to Chinatown!

We are Georgetown!

Dr. Thomas A. Wong
Hoya Hoop Club Vice-President & Director of Communications
Proud Member of Generation Ewing