As a former Georgetown student, it’s no surprise that I’m a huge Hoya basketball fan.

Their Final Four appearance last year was not a flash in the pan as many have been suggesting: they recently won the Big East conference for the second year in a row (no easy feat in one of the best conferences in the nation) and are in position to win the Big East tournament and make a strong case for a high seed in the NCAA tournament starting later this month.

Of course, you don’t need to take my word for it. Dana O’Neil wrote a fantastic piece on ESPN about how JTIII is bringing the Hoyas back to their glory days. From the article:

The game for the regular-season crown was sweetly indicative of what the Big East is about.

It was brutal and ugly and beautiful all at once. Shots were harder to come by than Kleenex at a Brett Favre news conference, and the unforced and forced errors rivaled those of a crummy tennis match. Ten minutes in, the score stood at 10-7. Georgetown had five turnovers, Louisville six. Louisville went 15 consecutive possessions in the first half without scoring; not to be outdone, Georgetown all but blew an 11-point second-half lead with three cough-ups on three trips down the court.

But for people reared in the heyday of the league, there was nothing painful about it. It was exactly right.

I’m extremely proud of my Hoyas this year, and have been wearing my GU t-shirt all season. Before I break out into the fight song, check out this great site celebrating 100 years of Georgetown basketball. Let’s make our 100th year special by winning the national title.

Hoya Saxa.