What a great weekend it has been. As the Chinese New Year approached, I kept thinking about Coach JT III telling us, when he came back from China, that there are more people in China who play basketball than there are people in the United States. As an Asian-American I certainly understand the Chinese love for the greatest game ever invented. I had a wonderful weekend with my fellow Georgetown Board of Governors including a great game watch party at Epicurean as the Hoyas battled the Scarlet Knights of Rutgers University. Their home court, the RAC, has been the location of many great upsets. Indeed it is a very difficult place to play with their blue collar team, and crowd. Usually, Rutgers struggles from the 3-point line, but their current team is very different. It made me very nervous as their guards consistently drained shots from NBA 3-point range. We had trouble on the boards as Nate Lubick was in foul trouble. In the end the Hoyas gutted it out with some strong defense, and some clutch plays by Markel Starks and Otto Porter.
On Saturday night it was great to see Lorry Michael inducted into the Georgetown Hall of Fame. Indeed it warmed my heart to see how many people loved her, and how eloquent she was from the podium, recalling some great memories over her 36 years on the Hilltop. Last night I saw the Hoyas gain another great win over first place Marquette. As we enter the Year of the Snake, I am ready for some more great Hoya basketball games. The Chinese New Year started for me over a week ago when our Chinatown gang gathered at Tony Cheng's to discuss some serious basketball. My new Hoya friend John Emerson impressed me with his vast knowledge of DC basketball.
As March Madness approaches I am comforted by Big John Thompson Jr.'s kind words for Lorry Michael. It was good to hear him on the podium again reminding us that it is about Georgetown Defense, and that we do not need to worry about all this Big East conference realignment, because we are Georgetown! Our next challenge is the University of Cincinnati. Go Hoyas!
