Georgetown fans have been waiting for a transfer portal pickup that would make the fans get up on their feet.

It finally happened with Josiah Parker (Florida Atlantic) announced that he was heading to the Hilltop.

In his freshman year, Parker (6’7”) averaged 9.6 points and six rebounds per game.

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Georgetown’s offseason is a work in progress, as they are still in the early stages of determining this season’s roster.

The Hoyas got on the free agent board when they received a commitment from Jaland Lowe.

The only other commitment the Hoyas have gotten is from Elmarko Jackson (Kansas). Jackson’s best games of the season were against Tennessee (17 points) and Kansas State (19 points). As the roster rounds out, Jackson’s role will start to come into focus.

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As we matriculate through college basketball free agency, George Mason’s roster is starting to shape up, and the strategy has been obvious.

If head coach Tony Skinn makes a run at the Atlantic 10 regular season title this season, there will be doctoral dissertations on how to thrive in the free agency era on a shoestring budget.

Let’s take a look at where the Patriots are.

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There’s always talk about how players got from mid-majors to power conferences via the transfer portal, but what doesn’t get attention is how many players go from power conferences to mid-majors.

Of course, all of that depends on how much money a school has to spend, and George Mason isn’t working with a Maybach budget, but there are two coaches who have shown they can “ball on a budget”: Tony Skinn at George Mason and Shaheen Holloway at Seton Hall.

So it wasn’t shocking that George Mason got on the portal board with two mid-majors: Michael Marcus Jr. (Appalachian State) and Emmett Adair (Loyola MD).

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Georgetown finally gets on the transfer portal board with the reported commitment of Jaland Lowe (Kentucky/Pitt) to the Hoyas.

Lowe spent part of last season out with a shoulder injury and appeared in only nine games (starting two) for Kentucky. In limited action, he averaged eight points, a little under 2.5 assists, and two rebounds per game.

In Lowe’s two prior seasons at Pitt, he was more of an impact, especially in his sophomore season when he put up 16.8 points and almost two steals per game.

How does he fit into what Ed Cooley does?

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Isaiah Abraham is the latest Georgetown Hoya who is reportedly heading to the portal.

That brings the list to: Abraham, Deshawn Harris-Smith, Malik Mack, KJ Lewis, Jayden Fort, and Hashem Asadallah.

Assuming that none of the players have a change of heart, what does that leave Georgetown with?

Let’s take a look.

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Let’s not get it twisted.

Shopping the transfer portal is a 12-month ordeal in which coaches gauge which players will be leaving and have checked out mentally during the season, and who might be available.

Of course, coaches get help with that through several channels, including AAU coaches, player representatives, and other means. So by the time the portal officially opens, coaches have a targeted list of players and are developing acquisition price points.

For Georgetown, this is year four for head coach Ed Cooley, and the portal will be very important to a season where there will be expectations, at the very least, to be in a position to get an at-large bid.

Since we are not yet close to having a comprehensive portal list, let’s take a general look at what Georgetown’s portal strategy should be.

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There isn’t a team I cover more than Georgetown. My coverage reflects that, and trust me, I hear it from coaches in other programs.

In fact, there was a coach in the Big East (he was recently let go) who, for years, called me “The Georgetown Guy”. To be fair, the last few seasons he’s called me “Mook”. A few other coaches poke fun at me for the time I spend around the program.

After last night’s 67-51 season-ending loss to UConn, I left the Garden late, and I walked by an establishment that had a St. John’s and Creighton flag outside of it. After I dropped off my stuff, I headed back there. Why not be around fans from a couple of Georgetown’s Big East brethren?

Much to my surprise, the establishment was full of Georgetown fans with a sprinkle of UConn fans.

That gave me a chance to ask Georgetown fans who have had an adult beverage or two how they felt about the program.

This might surprise some, but there was support for the program. Yes, they would like to see tangible change by, let’s say, next season, but there are fans who thought the close losses were maddening, though better than Ed Cooley’s predecessor.

If there was something that surprised me, it was the support for the style of play. The cry is for a style that defines a winning Georgetown program with an understanding that it might not look pretty. I had more fans say that if Georgetown’s wins looked like Seton Hall’s, they would sign up for that quicker than I’m receiving delay messages from Amtrak.

There isn’t a cry for a coach that plays a style ala UConn or St. John’s. By the way, it was refreshing to hear Georgetown fans express fatigue with the suggestions that the university should have made a run for Rick Pitino. It’s a tired conversation.

As the night turned into early morning, the talk moved to the portal. If the Hoyas hit in the portal with the players who are expected to contribute next season, Georgetown should be back to Friday night at The Garden and, maybe, just maybe play on Saturday night.

The main takeaway was the support for Ed Cooley and his staff. Alumni and fans made it clear they want this group of coaches to succeed. This isn’t a Providence situation where they wanted the coach to do just enough to be fired.

It was refreshing, and so not 2026, to see a fan base that has been through a lot for a generation support the coach who is doing everything to turn things around, even if some of those fans feel like the program is still behind the curve.

For the first time since 2001, the Hofstra Pride will be dancing in the NCAA tournament after defeating the Monmouth Hawks, 75-69.

The game was a back-and-forth affair that was dominated by high level guard play. Conference POTY for Hofstra, Cruz Davis, never really was able to get going, finishing with 8 points.

Davis still made timely plays, especially down the stretch. Davis scored a tough spinning floater and drew two defenders to leave German Plotnikov open for a dagger three all in the final two minutes of gameplay.

But the anchor for the Pride in this championship game, as he has been all tournament, was CAA rookie of the year, Preston Edmead. Edmead was absolutely incredible, a step up from his all conference caliber play in the regular season, for Head Coach Speedy Claxton who knows a thing or two about being a high level small guard.

Edmead had 16 in the first half, getting to the charity stripe and hitting some really tough shots over the bevy of defenders the Hawks threw at him. The second half was more of the same as he threw in 10 more baskets to get some separation from Monmouth. This is extremely gratifying for the Pride community as the last time they won the tournament, they did not go dancing.

Back when Coach Claxton was an assistant coach to Joe Mahilich, Hofstra won the CAA’s 2020 conference tournament. However just days later, the covid 19 pandemic would take this away from them. This time, they will not be denied and wait to find out their next matchup when the bracket drops Sunday.

As for Monmouth, just utter heartbreak. After struggling in the first half, Kavion McClain scored on the first 3 possessions of the second to help Monmouth surge for a lead after being kept an arms distance away the majority of the game. With McClain, Coach King Rice’s squad was clicking on all cylinders, applying game pressure until the final buzzer.

Jason Rivera-Torres was another big scoring factor for the Hawks, getting into the paint and using his size and length to dominate around the basket. In the end though, it was not enough to help Monmouth make the NCAAT. Freshman big man Stefanos Spartalis finished his season on a high note, dropping 16 and 11. Retaining him, Rivera-Torres, and sophomore guard Justin Ray should give the Hawks enough to be preseason favorites in the CAA come fall, key word being retaining.

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Georgetown 63

DePaul 56

Throughout the season, Georgetown head coach Ed Cooley has spoken about the resilience of the Hoyas.

In the opening round of the Big East tournament, the Hoyas’ resilience would be tested again.

DePaul would race out to an early lead as Georgetown’s offense struggled early. The Hoyas didn’t get their first points until Jeremiah William’s layup with 17 minutes left. The problems continued on that side of the floor, likely prompting some fans to recall the 1-23 second half when the two teams met in Chicago.

But the short-handed Hoyas eventually got into a little groove, erasing an eight-point DePaul lead in the first half to tie it at 19 on a layup by Malik Mack, but DePaul led at the half, 24-19.

Throughout all the soul-crushing losses, the Hoyas never packed it in, and tonight followed that trend.

Georgetown scored the first six points in the second half. What was telling was that all six points came on layups.

After Layden Blocker hit a three-pointer to tie the game, Julius Halaifonua hit a short jumper in the paint to quickly grab the lead back. The game was never tied, and DePaul never led the rest of the game.

A Vince Iwuchukwu-led 6-0 run pushed the Hoyas’ lead to 35-28. Eventually, the lead grew to 10 on a Caleb Williams layup.

DePaul made one last run. The Blue Demons got a dunk by NJ Benson, followed by back-to-back three-pointers by Kruz McClure, cutting Georgetown’s lead to two, forcing a timeout.

The Hoyas responded with back-to-back jumpers by Jeremiah Williams and Mack. RJ Smith cut the lead in half with a three-pointer, but undoubtedly one of the biggest shots of the game came next. With Georgetown struggling on the next offensive possession, the Hoyas got a corner three from Iwuchukwu to push it back to six.

The air went out of DePaul’s sails after that, and the Hoyas closed the show.

Top Georgetown Players

Iwuchukwu 17 points 14 rebounds

J Williams 17 points

Mack 16 points 6 rebounds 4 assists

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In true March fashion, the third-seeded Pride of Hofstra eliminated the seventh-seeded Towson Tigers from the CAA conference tournament with a final score of 68-65.

Many Towson faithful made the commute from Baltimore into the nation’s capital to give Towson a real home court advantage and bring a true “Big Game” feel to the matchup itself. What the crowd did not know before tipoff was that the game would be all of that and much more.

The best way to paint this picture for those who haven’t seen it by now would be to point to the box score. Towson would go 23-62 from the field.

As for Hofstra? 24-63. A game separated by one shot, and it turned out to be the buzzer-beating dagger from the CAA’s Rookie of the Year, point guard Preston Edmead. The story all year for the Pride has been the absolutely phenomenal backcourt of CAA Player of the Year Cruz Davis and All-Conference second-teamer Edmead.

Following his 30-point outburst against William & Mary the night before, Towson was determined not to let Davis beat them. The Tigers made it a priority to make Davis take really tough shots, and in the first half, he missed them, not scoring until under 2 minutes left in the half. The second half, however, was a different story as the Davis show got going, scoring 16 of his 18 in the latter half. Foul trouble put him on the bench for extended periods of time, and this is where controversy showed its head for the first (not the last) time in the game.

As the two teams began overtime, Davis picked up what the Hofstra coaching staff, along with everyone else in the arena, thought was his fourth foul. Screens around the arena flipped from 3 to 4 under the foul column of Davis’ name. So when the referees raised up a five on his fingers after consulting the scorers’ table, the Towson faithful went crazy.

This felt like it opened the door for Towson to win the game. Instead, as mentioned earlier, Preston Edmead had other plans. With Davis struggling in the first half and being in and out of the lineup in the second with fouls, Edmead had really taken control of the game. Hitting a series of threes in the first half and finishing a few tough drives to the basket, along with a stepback and a lob to get the Pride into OT. With 5 seconds left in the game, Edmead dribbled to well beyond the right three-point arc, crossed once, then crossed twice, and nailed a deep three to send Hofstra to Championship Tuesday.

The unsung hero of the night, as head coach Speedy Claxton put it, was center Silas Sunday, who has done a masterful job throughout the tournament of keeping possessions alive for his team. Grabbing 11 rebounds, including a huge offensive rebound late in the game. Hofstra has a date with Monmouth Tuesday night at 7 pm, with a chance to go to the NCAA tournament on the line.

As for the Tigers, just utter heartbreak. After being picked first in the preseason, Towson stumbled through conference play, grabbing the conference’s 7 seed, before arriving in DC. As the conference tournament began, it felt like Towson had figured it out, knocking out Hampton before boat racing second-seeded Charleston.

This was in large part due to their pair of all-conference guys in Dylan Williamson and Tyler Tejada. Tejada set a conference tournament record, scoring 94 points in 3 games. It was slow for Tejada in the first, scoring 8, but by the time the second half rolled around, he could not miss. His main offense is short rolls to the basket, giving him space to create out of pick-and-rolls with Williamson. Dylan Williamson had really struggled in the first half, going 2-9 from the floor, but caught absolute fire in the second. Williamson is the one who kept Towson close and eventually took a lead, following three straight ridiculously tough baskets in a row.

The duo combined for 44 of the 65 Towson points. As previously mentioned, more controversy was to come following Davis fouling out, this time at the expense of the Tigers. In the overtime period, the Tigers were playing offense-defense with center Mo Seck and wing Jaquan Womack. Following a basket, HC Pat Skerry rushed down the Towson sideline to call a timeout to substitute Seck back into the game to match up with Sunday. The only issue is that the ref never heard him.

The Tiger bench went wild to draw the ref’s attention, but by the time one looked over, Hofstra had inbounded the ball. When Towson got a stop, it seemed like it wouldn’t matter, but that’s when Sunday grabbed his 11th rebound of the game, giving the Pride another possession and causing more time to tick off the clock. Minutes later, the Tigers’ season was over. This week provided Coach Skerry with a lot of positives to move forward with, especially with a lot of the roster being eligible to return. Keeping his stars out of the portal will be crucial.

The Bonnies blew out LaSalle 99-80 in the opening round in Pittsburgh.

Outgoing coach Mark Schmidt has been in the news after he was railroaded by the Bonnies’ GM Adrian Wojnarowski. Finding a coach to win in Olean, New York, won’t be easy, not as easy as Wojnarowski’s ego thinks it will be, but for now, the Bonnies are looking to make a run in the Steal City.

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Edmead finished with 26 points, four rebounds, and four assists in Hofstra’s 75-69 win over Monmouth in the CAA championship game.

The Hawks jumped out to an early six-point lead before Hofstra’s offense got into a groove. The Pride hit 5 of their last 6 shots to grab a 24-23 lead.

Hofstra led 35-32 at the half.

A 13-4 run to start the second half gave Monmouth a 45-39 lead with 17:05 left. After Hofstra went on a 10-2 run, giving the Pride a 49-47 lead, the Hawks would never regain the lead again.

Edmead’s free throw gave Hofstra a seven-point lead with 7:58 left, but Monmouth didn’t go away.

The Hawks cut the lead to one after a Justin Ray three-pointer with 1:18 left. But, after a timeout by Hofstra head coach Speedy Claxton, the Pride got a three-pointer by German Plotnikov to push the lead to 69-65 with under a minute left.

Monmouth had one more chance after a four-point play by Kavion McClain cut Hofstra’s lead down to two with nine seconds left.

Hofstra sealed the game with four made free throws.

All-Tournament Team

MVP: Preston Edmead (Hofstra)

Cruz Davis(Hofstra)

Kavion McClain (Monmouth)

Jason Rivera-Torres (Monmouth)

Jeremiah Johnson (Campbell)

Tyler Tejada (Towson)

Georgetown faces DePaul in the opening round of the Big East Tournament.

The two teams split the two earlier meetings. In Chicago, the Blue Demons won 56-50 as the Hoyas shot 1-23 in the second half.

Georgetown won the rematch 70-61. Malik Mack had 16 points and seven assists.

What are the keys in the rubber match?

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The Hoyas (14-17, 6-14) broke a seven-game losing streak with an 80-79 win over Providence.

The Big East tournament is the cliche “everyone is 0-0,” but for the Georgetown Hoyas, it is.

Over the last week, the question of “who can make a run in the Big East tournament” has been bantered around. The Friars were the popular pick until the losses to Marquette and Georgetown.

But why not the Hoyas?

It all starts with the dreaded 9 pm Wednesday night game against the DePaul.

This season, the Blue Demons have shed the “lowly DePaul” label and, to be honest, have gotten the best of Georgetown in recent history, even though the Hoyas had a solid 70-61 home win in late January.

The Blue Demons have lost their last two games, with the Butler loss being the most damning. In the loss to the Bulldogs, DePaul shot 37.1% from the floor and 22% from the three-point line.

For the Hoyas, it’s getting by this one. If they don’t fall prey to the late start, Villanova would be up next. The Wildcats swept the Hoyas, but give the coaches and players some credit, the second game didn’t look like the first.

Georgetown was right there in the second game and had a chance to win, but two big buckets by Acaden Lewis ended up being the difference.

So, could Georgetown be the team that makes the run? Absolutely.

But it all starts with navigating a tricky DePaul team. An opportunity this roster is embracing.

The Tigers were picked to finish first in the conference, but a slow start contributed to them finishing seventh. It isn’t where you start, it’s where you end.

After years of finishing at and near the top of the conference only to be disappointed in the conference tournament, was this the year that Towson would do teams the way they had been done in the past?

After a win over Hampton, Towson dominated the number two seed, Charleston. Junior guard Tyler Tejada had 30 points in the 81-56 win.

Up next was Hofstra and the CAA Player of the Year, Cruz Davis.

The overtime thriller will go down as one of the best games in CAA history.

Towson did a great job on Davis in the first half. Defensively, they crowded him and packed the paint. They did a good job of not fouling on pump fakes and step-throughs. Davis didn’t get his first points of the game until he got a dunk with 35 seconds left.

As well as the Tigers did with Davis, Towson was only up one at the halftime.

In the second half, Davis scored eight of Hofstra’s first 11 points, and the back-and-forth nature of the second half was in full swing.

Tejada started getting help on offense from Dylan Williamson. The attention Tejada was receiving allowed Williamson, who had a rough first half, to find his rhythm that included a personal 7-0 run that gave Towson a 51-49 lead.

Edmead’s three-pointer gave Hofstra a 55-52 lead, but Tejada’s three-point play tied the game.

The Tigers had the ball with 27.4 seconds left, but Tejada had his shot blocked. Davis had a long three-pointer on the run at the buzzer but missed.

In overtime, Davis fouled out with 3:40 left and, once again, Tejada tied the game with a three-point play.

With 1:49 left, Edmead’s three-pointer pushed the Pride’s lead to four, but Towson wouldn’t go away. Tejada hit a jumper in the paint, and with 20 seconds left, Jaquan Womack’s stick back tied the game at 65.

Edmead dribbled the clock down and was pushed to the wing, where he hit a three-pointer with .4 seconds for the 68-65 win.

In the nightcap of day 3 for the CAA’s conference tournament, the third seeded Hofstra Pride blew past the sixth seeded Tribe of William & Mary with a final score of 92-61. Coming into the tournament, the team I was most excited to see live was Hofstra, and they met all my expectations and more.

The Pride were led tonight (as they have been all season) by a truly electric backcourt in CAA rookie of the year and second team all-conference point guard Preston Edmead, and the CAA’s player of the year Cruz Davis. Davis quickly showed everyone in the gym why he was the player of the year, scoring 18 of his 30 points in the first half. The positional length of W&M didn’t affect him at all as he got to his spots easily and shot a ridiculously efficient 60 percent from the field tonight. His backcourt mate

Edmead blew me away with his control of the game as a freshman. He controlled the tempo and lived around the basket, drawing fouls, not letting his poor shooting night from the field deter him. Edmead finished with 13. The rest of the team followed the backcourt’s lead and completed a real team effort.

Big man Silas Sunday absolutely controlled the paint finishing with 12 rebounds, 5 offensive. The ones he could not grab he did a great job of smacking out to teammates.

Finally, it’s impossible to write about this game without mentioning German Plotnikov who hit 2 the first two Pride threes to begin the game. He did not cool off from there, making 5-9 of his 3 point field goals and finishing with 17. The Pride are back in action at 8:30 pm Tuesday to face the Towson Tigers, fresh off of their upset of the second seeded Charleston Cougars.

As for the Tribe, they were just never really able to get going. On the year, W&M have made taking a lot of threes and backdoor cuts the staple of their halfcourt offense, and both were completely negated tonight. The backdoor cuts were not there, in large part due to the size around the basket for Hofstra. The outside attack also struggled, going 5-22 from the three-point line.

Jo’el Emmanuel was a bright spot, using his 6’6 frame and length to be as active as possible, getting rebounds and blocks. He hit outside shots and then battled around the basket, earning trips to the free throw line.

More important than the loss itself, however, is the health of Junior Reese Miller who was knocked unconscious minutes into the second half. After spending a few minutes on the ground, he was able to walk off the court with assistance. He was quickly ruled out for the game, and no further detail has been provided.

A shocker in the nation’s capital leaves the Coastal Athletic without its top two seeds heading into the semifinals Monday.

The 7th-seeded Towson Tigers trounced the 2nd-seeded Charleston Cougars with a final score of 81-56.

With the game’s proximity to Baltimore, the Towson faithful made it feel like a real home-court advantage for their team . There wasn’t anything amazing on display from the Tiger defense; they just straight-up outpaced the Cougars on offense. This was in large part due to electric scoring performances from Towson’s twosome of All-CAA 3rd-team members, Dylan Williamson and Tyler Tejada.

Williamson has been known as a microwave scorer by DMV basketball fans since his days at Our Lady of Good Counsel, but tonight he showed the crowd his ability to run a team, racking up 7 assists to go with his 13 points. As for Tejada, his conference tournament tear continues as he scored 30 points on 11/17 shooting.

The night before, he had 35 to eliminate the Hampton Pirates. The team followed their leaders and went a ridiculous 50 percent from the 3-point line, completely leaving the Cougars in the dust. Towson reminded everyone why they were the preseason pick for the conference and look to do the same tomorrow at 8:30 as they face the winner of Hofstra and William & Mary.

As for Charleston, it was just a truly tough night in all aspects of the game. The best way I could describe it is the Cougars just looked stunned. Yes, they had lost to Towson early in conference play, but they have since found their footing and won 11 of their last 14. But as the deficit ballooned, the Cougs’ life just seemed to drain from their being.

Perhaps the saddest part of tonight’s loss is that All-CAA first-team guard Jlynn Counter has played his last game for the program. Counter anchored head coach Chris Mack’s group all year, averaging about 16.5 and 6 a night. He had his fingerprints on all of the successes the group had tonight, but granted, the successes were limited. Coach Mack has the potential to bring back a talented group led by All-CAA 3rd team center Christian Reeves and conference defensive player of the year Chol Machot.

If the Cougars don’t look to bolster the holes left by Counter and fellow senior Connor Hickman in the portal, the freshman trio of Chadlyn Traylor, Martin Kalu, and Chris Davis Jr are all potential candidates for bigger roles next season.

Before the season started, a Georgetown-Providence finale had all kinds of possibilities.

The Hoyas were expected to make a jump from an injury-riddled season, while the Friars had copious amounts of NIL money and brought in a bevy of individual talent.

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