"Hoya! Saxa!" - The Worm has Turned - Georgetown Knocks Duke Off - Makes Them 17-1

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1. Storming of the court
2. Dancing in the street
3. Nate - Kate - Keith - Steve - Drew
4. Redick hits many 3's
5. Father and Son

If you are a Hoya - it was a game for the ages. If you are a Dookie it was just a speed bump - but the Georgetown led from bell to bell (except when Duke led 22-20) and beat a very good Duke team - 87-84. If you are Dad Everhart - it is one of the great moments of fatherhood - sitting at the game with your two alumni sons knowing you can't lose. Drew was as magnanimous in defeat as Keith was jubilant and courteous in victory. With about four minutes to go though - I think both of them thought that Duke was going to snatch another victory. At four minutes to go - I wanted to go down and get ready to storm the court - but I think Keith was afraid of some jinx.

JJ Redick of Duke is an inspiring young man to watch - he never gives up. But John Thompson prepared his team well. The Hoyas had a plan - something Georgetown hasn't had in years - and they followed through with it. They were able to break the Duke press with full court passes that ended up in easy dunks. Around the basket - they were able to hit the man taking the back door. I thought back to when I met John Thompson the father at the airport yesterday when he was on the way to the game. You could tell that in his heart he wanted this one badly. Well at least two fathers are having a great day today.

Our seats were in third deck behind the west basket. There is not a bad seat in the MCI Center - soon to be the Verizon Center. It is about 3 miles to campus from the arena - but the bus ride back for the team and students must have been spectacular - traffic was stopped in the streets. It is funny how an event like this makes a big city seem like a small town. The folks in DC will be rocking all night.

I sneaked back to the hotel room to turn in this report for my wonderful wife Nancy who planned this whole event. We wish she were here - but she enjoyed the game from a bar in Texas. Go Duke - Go Georgetown - Go ALA!

Keith was able to get six seats together - so we sat with Keith's work friend Steve - Nate (one of Keith's college roommates) and his girlfriend Kate - and the three amigos (Keith - Drew - Harry). Does it get any better for a Dad? Now it is off to the bar across the street before the party gets too far ahead of me.