Photo by marrngtn (Manuel).

What a bummer night for the ballin’ Georges: Georgetown was undone after South Florida and Dominique Jones (29 points) used a 30-9 run to claim victory 72-64, George Mason lost a surprising one against Georgia State to fall into a three-way tie at the top of the CAA and George Washington blew a lead and fell to Charlotte. But on the bright side, D.C. United released its 2010 schedule and traded for D.C.-born and Virginia-bred striker Adam Cristman. Let’s see…what else?

Oh, right, the Wizards.

Knicks 107, Wizards 85: Last year on February 3, the Wizards were 10-38 and looking forward to the draft lottery. I’m sure that fans of the Wizards — anyone sturdy enough to actually stick through last year’s moribund trudge — must have thought that next year would be better. Today, there are but six more wins in the W-L column. But with Gilbert-gate, the entire team seemingly on the trading block, a coach afloat, and the death of the team’s longtime, beloved owner (which has led to a resulting leadership void which has dragged on longer than anyone could have imagined), it’d be difficult to argue that the Wizards aren’t way, way worse off than the very sorry state they were in one year ago. Taken in this light, getting blown out by the Knicks — hardly a meaningless blot in and of itself — hardly seems worth tearing apart.