Mar 13, 2021
Georgetown is heading back to the NCAA tournament after an unlikely 73–48 win over Creighton to win the Big East championship at Madison Square Garden.
This will be Georgetown s first March Madness appearance since 2015 and the first time coach Patrick Ewing is returning to the tournament since the 1985 Final Four, where he played center for the Hoyas.
Georgetown completely dominated Creighton from start to finish on Saturday in what was a dominant performance. The Hoyas led by as much as 31 at one point and even went on a 46-8 run.
Forward Chudier Bile had 19 points and eight rebounds in the win while Jahvon Blair had 18 points and nailed four of Georgetown s 10 three-pointers. Freshman Dante Harris was named most outstanding player of the tournament and had 10 points, eight boards and five assists in the win.
Georgetown edges out St. John’s in overtime, 97-94
It took another period of play but the Hoyas managed to outlast the Red Storm in OT
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The last time St. John’s and Georgetown played each other was in the opening round of the 2020 Big East Tournament. A game that ended with a St. John’s win and more importantly was one of the last games to be played before the shutdown of the 2019-20 college basketball season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The teams faced off again Sunday night, still in the midst of the pandemic and in the middle of a season that is chopping and changing with each day. Originally on the schedule, Georgetown were supposed to be playing host to the UConn Huskies, but that game got cancelled and in its place was the Hoyas playing host to the St. John’s Red Storm for an on-campus clash at the McDonough Gymnasium.