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Bip Roberts 'Natty Ices' Georgetown in the Final Four
It's not often I have a guest writer around these parts. The last time was my friend Bull on Becks to L.A. An exception had to made this week though, when, in anticipation of writing the same Deadspin post on Georgetown for the third straight week, I contacted Ted Bauer at A Price Above Bip Roberts about a blog collabo. See, Ted actually went to G'town (pissing "away his education on women and cheap beer"), so he's spot-on for the subject. And now that Will Leitch, Esq. is handling Deadspin's Final Four stuff himself, I'll shine my much dimmer light on Ted's work ...
1. We Might Have a Little Problem Here: There's a couple of Georgetown basketball sex stories out there bearing a repeat. In the most famous one, Dikembe Mutombo walked into an off-campus party and proclaimed, in strong African dialect, "Who wants to sex Dikembe?!?" As a result, t-shirts bearing that slogan are readily available for sale on the Internet. Two lesser-known stories are out there, if less on the confirmed side. Former guard/forward Nat Burton, who hit the game winning lay-up in the first round of the 2001 NCAA Tournament vs. Arkansas, apparently referred to his conquests as girls he "Natty Iced." Similarly, former guard Demetrius Hunter - an explosive athlete who later transferred to UNLV - referred to his exploits as "Roller Coasters."
2. You Did What?!? Georgetown, one year after reaching the West Regional Semifinal (and losing to Maryland), declined a bid to the NIT in 2002. The Hoyas, who had hope that season, finished a disappointing 19-11, including losing in the quarters of the Big East Tournament. They were accepted by the NIT, but head coach Craig Esherick declined the bid, noting that the MCI Center (Georgetown's home arena) was slated to host NCAA Tournament games, so the Hoyas would have had to go on the road. "We wanted to play, but didn't want to play at all costs," Esherick explained. "We're in school now. Last year we spent two weeks out West and didn't want to do it again." Uh, ok. The only other team in history to decline a bid to the NIT? 1987 Louisville, which pretty much declined it because they didn't want to do the whole "NCAA Champion one year, NIT Champion the next" thing.
3. Monikers: With all apologies to Luc Richard Mbah A Moute and, to a lesser extent, Marreese Speights of Florida, is there a cooler name among teams in the Final Four than GU's Octavius Spann? Not only does the sophomore reserve channel legendary former Romans and Briton Kings with his name, but he channels Spider-Man villain Doctor Octopus, whose real name, of course, was Otto Octavius. Could you imagine Gus Johnson calling a game where Octavius Spann hit a buzzer beater? It might redefine our collective understanding of the word "genius."
Update: Wow, the mere mention of Octavius Spann made it rain on my inbox. Name of the Year calls him a superhero of the Final Four, and an anonymous emailer informs that Spann has his own fan club.
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