In just under half an hour, Georgetown tries to avenge its loss last month to Villanova. That was an ugly game — 39 total turnovers and Roy Hibbert failed to get off a single shot attempt. I’ll be live-blogging the game today and hope to put up some videos of interesting or controversial plays after the game. This will largely be an experiment, but I’ve enjoyed reading Bill Simmons’s running logs of games, so I thought I’d give it a shot.

More pregame analysis from some excellent blogs:

• HoyaSaxa: There’s a link to these guys on the right hand pane. We haven’t mentioned them much, but they’re an excellent source of information and links on the Hoyas. For instance, check out the following article they link to (Princeton offense, NBA talent). That article goes a bit too far — I wouldn’t really say most of the Georgetown players are NBA talent.
• Villanova Viewpoint: I just found these guys the other day. They’ve got a detailed, cogent pregame analysis as well as a post on the history of the Villanova/Georgetown matchup. The latter post also answers the question — What the hell is a Hoya?

By the way, I think Villanova-Georgetown should be a bigger rivalry than it is. The schools are the two most similar in the Big East — both excellent, private, liberal arts universities. I bet a lot of students who consider going to Villanova (upper middle class — think J Crew and Banana Republic) end up considering Georgetown, and vice versa.

We also have another Big East-Pac 10 matchup today in Washington vs. Pittsburgh (see the guys over at PittBlather.com for that). Let’s hope for another strong showing for the Beast.

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