Ewing's Hoyas a Capital Topic in D.C. by Tom Friend Ball, You Talked Maryland
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H COLUMBIA MISSOURIAN, Saturday, Feb. 20, 1982 Page 1B SafliBBaQaBnnilaflaafcaHVMnaaMnBHBHaKB! i i iiia if i i i a mmm Ewing's Hoyas a capital topic in D.C. By Tom Friend ball, you talked Maryland. entered the Top 20 and were the talk of the Mtssourian sportswriter "We never thought of competing with country. Even after a three-gam- e losing Missouri vs. Georgetown Maryland," said Charles Deacon, George- streak, Georgetown remained popular. The Noon at McDonough Arena WASHINGTON In this city of media su- town's director of admissions and the man Hoyas are now 20-- 6, ranked 12th in the nation - 369-18-5 Is Georgetown Thompson premacy, there used to be five beats that ev- who headed the committee hired and popular as ever. Georgetown Iowa, he coach John is search that as 186-9- 0 all with the Hoyas F Mike Hancock, 6-- 7, Sr ery area Journalist would have given several current coach John Thompson, to John "It's been that way all season," said Wil- SERIES This Is their first meeting years of his life for t! presidential beat, Feinstein of the Washington Post. "We didn't bon, who has covered both Maryland and F ErlcSmlth, 6-- 5, Sr MATCHUPS Expect Pat Ewing to block shots underneath C Patdck Ewing, 7 0 Fr the basket Before the Hoyas played Boston College Wednes- the congressional beat, the Supreme Court think that would be realistic. ' Georgetown this year. "When Maryland and day Ewing a freshman from Boston had 91 blocks for the head-to-hea- G Fred Brown, 5 So season 25 more than the antire Missouri team He beat, the Washington football reality. 197940 d on 6 has better Redskins beat Thompson made it a In the Georgetown go the same na- 3, than 20 more blocks than Virginia a Ralph Sampson s G Eric "Sleepy" Floyd, 6-- Sr the and the University of Maryland basketball season, the Hoyas defeated Maryland twice day, Maryland is usually on the left side or tion s premier cen'jf beat. and came within two points of the final four. below Georgetown eight times out of 10. i The Hoyas unlike Missouri play a variety ol defenses In Missouri Its 80-7- 1 road loss to Boston College Thursday Georgetown All of that changed on Feb. 2, 1981. On that Yet, even with Georgetown's monumental The coverage is the same as far as length, opened In a man-to-m- an defense but later switched to a 2 3 6-- 6, 1 3-- 1 day, in a Bopton restaurant, 7-f- oot Patrick season, Maryland, with Albert King and but the play is different. F Ricky Frazier, Sr zone and a zone trap with Ewing patrolling the inside F Marvin McCrary, 6-- 4, Sr Coach John Thompson tries to confbse offenses with decep- Ewing announced to the nation that he would Buck Williams, grabbed the media limelight. "The Cap Centre has had more media for tion and variation attend Georgetown University in Washing- And last year, a down year for the Hoyas, Georgetown than for the Bullets." C Steve Stipanovich, 6-- 1 1 Jr The best matchup is Ewing against Missouri s Steve Stipa- 6-- 2, They are among top big men in na- to- G Jon Sundvold, Jr novich considered the the ton, D.C. later, the two most coveted prep Maryland had a strong hold on local writers Yet, when Missouri plays Georgetown tion but the similarities end there The Jamaican bom Ewing G 6-- 1, players in the D.C. area followed Ewing's and broadcasters. day, the game will not be played at the Cap- Prince Bridges, So is fast strong and has unlimited potential but is inex perlenced since he didn t begin playing basketball seriously lead and also joined the Hoyas. Then came Ewing. With Maryland losing ital Centre because Tai Babilonia and Randy until he was a sophomore In high school Stipanovich Is a bet Suddenly, the only sports beat in town was four players to the National Basketball Asso- Gardner will be there instead. That means TV and RADIO This will be the first time Missouri s basket ter shooter a better passer and mors experienced This is a Georgetown basketball. of ball teem has ever played a full game before a national major chance for him to prove to the country that he s as good as Georgetown signing 4,500 media rep- V ciation draft, and with fans and a large number network television audience NBC-T- will televise the game his projections proclaimed when he graduated high school The Washington Post offers the definitive the most highly touted high school senior, the resentatives will crowd into an arena that is locally over KMOU (Channel 6) beginning at 12 noon with Missouri bas an edge in the front court with Frazier and Mc- example. On tbe'day Georgetown opened its Hoyas were the big issue. so it a stage behind one of the Olck Enberg and Al McGuIre as announcers The game can be Crary The backcourls are even It Sundvold can neutralize old that has heard on radio stations KCMO (97 FM) and KFRU (1400 AM) Georgetown s All America Eric Floyd But tho most decisive season against the Yugoslav national team, The Georgetown athletic department baskets. RECOBDS Missouri is 23-- 1 overall and 121 In the Big matchup comes from the benches Both teams have super the Post sports page carried?) front-pag- e sto- added things up. They knew Hoyas were to be madhouse," said Wil- Eight Georgetown Is 206 overall and 8-- 4 in the Big East Con- substitutes who can turn a game around Frohmen Anthony the "It's going a ference Jones and William Martin and sophomore Gene Smith key ry which detailed how the Hoyas dismantled returning five starters. They knew little Mc-Donou- gh bon. "Against Syracuse, I went and sat in the ' COACHES Missouri s Norm Stewart Is 272 143 In his 15th the Hoyas while Michael Walker Mark Dressier and Greg their opponent.1 On that same night, Arena, which holds 4,500, was too stands because the press table was so year as Tiger coach Overall with sis seasons at Northern Cavener pace the Tigers Maryland's basketball team had gone small to accommodate the fans and media crowded. against the Australian national team. who wanted to see this new basketball pow- Georgetown Sports Information Director people wanting to interview you is part of it. would also get it." "My story was on something like D-47- ," er! Jim Marchiony said, "The roof may come What you have to do at some point is look up Maryland Sports Information Director said Michael Wilbon, who had covered the So Thompson and Hoya officials worked down." and say, 'I'm a basketball coach and my job Jack Zane said the Terrapins have built a Maryland game, j out a deal where Georgetown could play To illustrate the media hype that sur- is to prepare my team.' That still has to be better relationship with the press than Georgetown basketball was front and cen- most of its games at the 19,035-se- at Capital rounds Georgetown, the Washington Post your first priority." Georgetown has. In fact, Maryland holds a ter in this town of politicians and cherry Centre. Georgetown immediately sold about said it is sending four reporters and two pho- Thompson has dealt beautifully with area weekly press conference for the media, blossoms. 8,000 season tickets, twice as many as the tographers to cover the Missouri game to- press. He returns all calls from the Washing- something Georgetown doesn't do. "And it was overnight," Wilbon said. Washington Bullets, the city's NBA fran- day. ton Post and, an occasion, has called the re- "We have made our coaches and athletes a But the attention was something new for chise. The attention is ironic when one considers porters at home. But his sheltering of his little more available," said Zane. this small Jesuit school in the heart of North- "We have a responsibility to the Washing- Thompson's dealings with the press. All players may be one reason why Georgetown Available or unavailable, Georgetown now west Washington. Georgetown was known ton community as a whole, and with 4,500 Georgetown practices are closed. Thomp- can easily lose its media emphasis to rules the city. The media, the students and for its law school, its exquisite shops and its seats we can't fill the responsibility in McDo-nough-," son's office is unmarked and hard to find, Maryland if the Terrapins can regain their the people of Washington are ecstatic about famous graduates. Basketball was only sec- Deacon told the Washington Post. and Thompson would not let his three prized top form. Simply put, this is still a Maryland the Hoyas. ondary. In 1972, the Hoya basketball team "That's why we had to do it, community re- freshmen talk to the press until Jan. 1. area "Everybody is excited, especially about was 3-2- 3. sponsibility, that's part of our job here, too." "You learn to suffer peacefully," said "If Maryland was still good, it would prob- this Saturday," said Marchiony. "They know At the same time, Maryland, one of the It was Thompson's job to mold the players Thompson to Feinstein. "It's like planning ably still get top billing even if Georgetown how good Missouri is. The students are excit- elite of the Atlantic Coast Conference, ruled into a winning unit After losing two of its conflict into your day.