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Big East Basketball: Each team’s worst performance of the last decade

By Joey Loose

HOUSTON, TEXAS - APRIL 04: Kris Jenkins #2 of the Villanova Wildcats shoots the game-winning three pointer to defeat the North Carolina Tar Heels 77-74 in the 2016 NCAA Men's Final Four National Championship game at NRG Stadium on April 4, 2016 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
HOUSTON, TEXAS - APRIL 04: Kris Jenkins #2 of the Villanova Wildcats shoots the game-winning three pointer to defeat the North Carolina Tar Heels 77-74 in the 2016 NCAA Men's Final Four National Championship game at NRG Stadium on April 4, 2016 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) /
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PHILADELPHIA, PA – MARCH 22: Christophe Varidel #5 (R) and Chase Fieler #20 of the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles celebrate their 78-68 win as Otto Porter Jr. #22 of the Georgetown Hoyas walks off of the court dejected during the second round of the 2013 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at Wells Fargo Center on March 22, 2013 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
PHILADELPHIA, PA – MARCH 22: Christophe Varidel #5 (R) and Chase Fieler #20 of the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles celebrate their 78-68 win as Otto Porter Jr. #22 of the Georgetown Hoyas walks off of the court dejected during the second round of the 2013 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at Wells Fargo Center on March 22, 2013 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) /

Georgetown

March 22, 2013 (Florida Gulf Coast 78, Georgetown 68) (GS: 36)

The plight of Georgetown may seem humorous for the rest of us, but constantly getting upset in the NCAA Tournament gets old really fast. The Hoyas lost to 10-seed Davidson in 2008, to 14-seed Ohio in 2010, to 11-seed VCU in 2011, and to 11-seed NC State in 2012. We could dive deeper into all of these defeats, but I think the trend is clear from a distance. To make matters worse, the program has been way downhill the last few seasons, suffering an 88-56 home loss to eventual champion Villanova this past season. These are all great games we could focus on, but we know which one was worse.

The dreaded 15-seed strikes again. There are a couple of reasons why Georgetown’s loss to 15-seed Florida Gulf Coast is their worst performance of the decade, even if Dunk City did win again and make the Sweet Sixteen. The game was going Georgetown’s way early, having built a 7-point lead midway through the first half. A two-point Florida Gulf Coast lead at the half, the game was remarkably close, but everyone expected the Hoyas to pull away. Markel Starks may have led the Hoyas with 23, but they weren’t the ones who pulled away.

A game tied at 31 a few minutes into the second half ballooned into a 52-33 lead for Florida Gulf Coast. Georgetown tried to claw back into the game, but could only get so close as the Eagles kept the pressure on. Memories of their 2007 Final Four run seemed miles away as Georgetown fell to a double-digit seed for the fifth straight time.

The embarrassment of falling out of a game to a 15-seed makes this Georgetown’s worst performance, though it’s hard to argue that the team as a whole over the last few seasons hasn’t been worse overall. Patrick Ewing is only just starting to build something for Georgetown, and he’ll get time to rebuild, but there are many skeletons in this team’s closet and I’m sure we haven’t written the last gnarly upset chapter for the Hoyas.

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