Photo by michael starghill. It was merely three days ago that the #8 Georgetown Hoyas (17-5, 7-4 Big East), who were coming off a nationally-televised and Presidentially-attended throttling of Duke, lost to an average South Florida team — even without their best player, Gus Gilchrist, who had an ankle injury — on a chilly Wednesday evening at the Verizon Center. Questions were raised, wondering if this team was a legitimate threat in the Big…

by DCist contributor Brett Gellman After a disappointing performance at the EA Sports Maui Invitational, last night’s BB&T Classic at the Verizon Center was Maryland’s final opportunity to grab a win over a top flight out-of-conference opponent before the ACC schedule starts up in mid-January. But the quick guards and excellent offense of third-ranked Villanova proved to be too much for Maryland to handle — the Wildcats won, 95-86. Before last night’s matchup, the Terps’…

by DCist contributor Brett Gellman Now that we’re several months removed from March Madness and entering a dead period for college sports, any sort of NCAA-related news helps kill the time before college football kicks off. I mean, Strike Bethesda was showing the College Wakeboarding Championships on the CBS College Sports network on its screens, for crying out loud. It. Is. That. Slow. Anyway, at least we now know who will play in this…