Gus Gilchrist a 6-10 center from Temple Hills, MD committed to Maryland after withdrawing his original commitment to Virginia Tech. Scout.com has him rated 4 stars. He pulled his letter of intent after the shootings at VT, and had looked hard at Georgetown before his surprise signing to Maryland. He'll start classes and practice next semester, but may wait until fall to play in games.
It's awesome to have a highly rated center commit, and it's even better to take him away from a conference rival. The icing on the cake is that GTown thought they had it in the bag. I'm always happy when we stick it to one of the lesser local programs.
I am a bit worried about how he'll fare in College Park if he's scared off by one isolated shooting incident. What happens the first time he gets one of those campus-wide emails about an armed robbery near the metro station? Is he going to transfer? Temple Hills isn't a great area, so hopefully he's used to that kind of thing.
So Georgetown fans (and Mason, and GW), you may think that your success over the past couple of years means you're back at the top of DC basketball, or at least on par with Maryland. But you're not. Even with a few off years, Maryland basketball is still tops in the area, and that's not going to change any time soon.
October 22, 2007
Maryland Steals VA Tech Basketball Recruit
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Wow, that's some harsh smack talk. I'm not sure knabbing one recruit (another Gilchrist? hmm...) means Georgetown is some lowly basketball program that needs to Fear the Turtle.
Why don't y'all settle it on the court!?
Sounds like the VT thing was just an excuse.
We would LOVE to settle it on the court. Talk to Georgetown about that one. They have been refusing since the mid-90s to play the Terps despite our invitations to play on a yearly basis. What an incredible rivalry game that would be!
I thought it was Gary who wouldn't play Georgetown until they agreed to complete the home-and-home from 1937.
By the wayside. We've asked to start a home-and-home with them provided we get the first home game, which would theoretically make up for the last game being played at Georgetown's then-home arena (in Maryland)
If MD-GT played a home-and-home with an even number of games in each arena, then that's not really making up for the last home-and-home, even if Maryland's game is first.
If everyone's going to be a baby about it, it should just be played at Verizon every year. I know it's Georgetown's arena, but as long as the tickets are equally divided, I don't see it as a big homecourt advantage to Georgetown. And any slight edge the Hoyas might have due to slightly more familiarity with the building would be overcome by the fact that Maryland is the dominant power in the area, as I have just learned from Brien.
PLAY THE GAME! It's absurd.
Maryland doesn't want to play at that neutral site because we always suck in the BB&T; Classic against GW, and others. So playing G'Town there wouldn't go so well.
How is that a neutral site? I agree that the schools need to work it out and play every year, but the solution is NOT to play at GTown every time.
Maryland IS the dominant power in the region. And Comcast is the premier basketball venue in the region, so maybe GTown should come to CP every year.
gee guys....do you think this might be the answer to your prayers? Maybe you can actually win against a good team..say like Duke? doubt it!
And wait, isn't that how this whole thing started? GTown claimed that US Air Arena (their home court) was a neutral site. Bullshit.
And Mr. anonymous (we already have a commenter named Anonymous, you need to pick another name), we've won 5 of the last 7 games against Duke, so try again.
Too bad we don't know your team, Anonymous, so we can say really ignorant things about it that don't make any sense.
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