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Georgetown dismantled Drexel 81-53 on Saturday afternoon in much more convincing fashion than their win over Jacksonville a week ago. There are still things to improve upon, but really I couldn’t have been happier about the outcome.

Greg Monroe was absolutely DOMINANT. He got up and down the floor, played great defense and was an absolute FORCE on offense. His understanding of and adaption to the college game is simply unbelievable two games into his college career. He looks comfortable at all times on the floor and knows where to be and what to do when he gets there. He just had a phenomenal game. And, on top of everything, he was perfect from the line. He still needs to crash the boards a little better and he will have his bumps this year I am sure, but he will definitely adapt to them and be a big part of Georgetown’s attack this year.

Austin Freeman was exactly what I thought he would be in this game. He has evidently gotten over his flu and was a man among boys out there. His shot was falling, he got into the lane and played great defense. Freeman should be the leading scorer on this team as he is easily the most skilled offensive player on the team (although Monroe is close on his heels) and he really looked like it on Saturday.They will really depend on steady production like that from Austin.

Jason Clark was awesome as well. He looked more sure of himself on Saturday than last week. He showed off his shot, his defense (which was really good, much better than I would have expected) and his ball handling (very in-control). He also showed off his fantastic hops on an awesome alley-oop dunk from Chris Wright that brought the house down. Clark is going to be very important to this team all year and he showed that he can be a major contributor for the Hoyas.

Chris Wright and Jessie Sapp had exactly the game that the Hoyas needed from them. Wright’s quickness opens all sorts of things up for the Hoyas on offense and Sapp has really become the steady hand for the Hoyas. Wright had two great feeds on alley-oops and Sapp hit a couple big three pointers. Most importantly for Wright, he had 7 assists and only 1 turnover. If these two can play together like this throughout the season, we can expect some great things from Georgetown.

Henry Sims looked better than last week, but still has to grow into the college game. He’s just a little lost on both ends of the floor. Once he gets comfotable out there, he will help this team. Same thing goes for Omar Wattad and Nikita. Both struggled again, but Omar is going to get minutes because he appears to be the Hoyas best on-the-ball defender. Once his shot starts falling and I do think it will once he gets comfortable, he will be a good fit on this team. Nikita has to find his niche. I think he could be a great asset from the outside because he can shoot the three (even though he missed his only attempt). I’m not sure he will ever get huge minutes, but if he can work himself into Kyle Korver-esque shooting specialist, he could provide some important points off the bench (even if it is only 2-3 points per game).

The disappearance of DaJuan Summers in this game is concerning. The Hoyas didn’t need him to really contribute to win this game, but this wa a team that he could have dominated and instead he spent much of the game trying to find his long range shot and in foul trouble. He was strong from the line and I think this is just an abberation, but the Hoyas will need DaJuan to be what we all think he can be come the Big East schedule (hell, come the Old Spice Classic this week). He is as versatile as they come and he’ll need his full arsenal to be the weapon Georgetown needs him to be.

Things to keep in mind: this was only Drexel and the schedule does get a lot tougher (Old Spice Classic, Memphis, Duke) so there are tough tests ahead. This was a building block game and gives Georgetown some momentum going into their game against Wichita State on Thursday, but Wichita State is a good team and there some other really good teams in the Classic so they have to remain prepared and focused.

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