I was proud to see number "33" hanging from the rafters. It made me think about attending the BIG EAST Final last year with John Hawkes at his first BIG EAST tournament. This past week I travelled to New York City for a Board meeting and was able to attend the New York Knick game against the Houston Rockets in Madison Square Garden. Dribble penetration, and cross court passes are important weapons in attacking a zone, whereas they were once almost forbidden. The three point line, and the shot clock have really made the game a much more fast paced game. As John Hawkes mentioned to me, you can now watch old Hoya games on MASN and marvel at the changes. John's are still the stuff of legend in New York City basketball. Our physical wars with Chris Mullin and St. North Carolina and Phil Ford ran the " Four Corners," and we ran the "Double Stack," with John Duren, and Sleepy Floyd. Also, the ability to run the "stall" was an integral part of being able to close out games. The Hoyas really changed the way college basketball was played.
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Georgetown was the prototype physical BIG EAST team in those days employing a very physical full court pressure defense. It was wonderful being able to see so many college basketball games during March Madness. The major rule changes, especially the shot clock, bonus foul shots, intentional foul rules, and three point shot have really changed the game.ĭuring my college days, ESPN and Dick Vitale were just starting out. We now have the "long" shorts, and the "just visible" socks as opposed to the "shorts" and long tube socks of the 1970's and early 1980's. I had a similar conversation with another fellow Hoya blogger Mike Karam, at Town Hall as we watched the Hoyas defeat DePaul. We were sitting at the Hoya Hoop Club table in front of Section 121 during the Fordham game. As the year 2007 came to a close I had an interesting conversation with fellow Hoya blogger John Hawkes about the changes in college basketball.
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