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Georgetown Basketball is Back!

11/23/15 | Georgetown, New York City

This weekend I got to see Georgetown play basketball not one, but twice! Even though I went to college in Washington D.C. and all home games are played in the nation’s capital a few times a year the team comes up and plays at Madison Square Garden here in New York City. This weekend was the 2K Classic charity tournament, benefiting the Wounded Warrior Project, bringing in schools from all over the country to play for a good cause. These type of tournaments are my favorite because each team plays more than once and games are against non-conference opponents. 

For the first game I left work early on Friday and walked the 15 blocks up to Madison Square Garden to make the 5pm tip-off of Georgetown vs. Wisconsin. It pains me to say that my team was not off to a great start, we were 0-2 on the season going into the game, having lost to opponents we should have beat. To make matters worse this was a game against a team that was in the Final Four last year so you can imagine my excitement when we won by 10 points!

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A group of my friends then celebrated our win with a sushi dinner and a few drinks at the official after party at a nearby bar called American Whiskey.  Everyone is always in a good mood when we win and it was fun to run in to people I went to school with but have not seen in years. 

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On Sunday I headed back to the world’s most famous arena for the championship game, Georgetown vs. Duke, as both teams had a pass in the first round and won their respective Friday games. From the moment I arrived and went through security, you could feel the excitement in the air and the crowds were crazy. As school’s with mediocre football programs we take basketball very seriously and fans of both teams were very all riled up about the 1pm match.

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I had great seats thanks to my brother and we were surrounded by very enthusiastic Georgetown fans. At the end of the first half I was feeling really, really good about the entire thing and apparently other fans did as well, agreeing with my tweet.

That last 3-pointer at the buzzer? @GeorgetownHoops, that looks like an @espn top 10 play to me! #HoyaSaxa ??

— Kelly Donlin (@kellydonlin) November 22, 2015

The second half, yeah, well, we won’t talk about that. We tried valiantly and it came down to the final seconds. We fought hard but ultimately lost with a final score was 86-84 and we all walked out of Madison Square Garden missing the pep we walked in with.

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Georgetown, that was a hell of a game. I love you anyway. #Hoyas #H4L — Kelly Donlin (@kellydonlin) November 22, 2015


It was a great weekend of basketball and now I am really exited for the rest of the season. I just hope my Hoyas play the rest of their games like they did on Friday against Wisconsin because when we are on, we are on and no one doubt a Nationally ranked team. Let’s go Hoyas! #WeAreGeorgetown #H4L 

What did you do this weekend?

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Comments

  1. Kathrine Eldridge says

    November 24, 2015 at 6:32 am

    Looks like you had a wonderful time! My husband and I are basketball fans as well. We are really into the NBA. He’s a die hard Spurs fan. 🙂

    http://www.kathrineeldridge.com

  2. Alice says

    November 24, 2015 at 5:00 am

    What a great event, looks like you had so much fun!
    Fashion Soup

  3. Sam K. Francis says

    November 24, 2015 at 4:24 am

    Aw looks like such a great weekend and you look fab as usual – rocking it 🙂

    crossinglemons.com

  4. Lauren Farrell says

    November 23, 2015 at 10:08 pm

    Nothing like a beloved sport coming back into season! Looks like you had a wonderful time! Go Georgetown!

  5. L says

    November 23, 2015 at 10:08 pm

    Nothing like a beloved sport coming back into season! Looks like you had a wonderful time! Go Georgetown!

    http://www.laurenfarrellny.com/blog

  6. Kathy says

    November 23, 2015 at 9:52 pm

    My weekend was definitely not as fun as yours. Mostly because there was a snowstorm going on Friday and Saturday. Yours sounded fantastic. I hope you get to have a lot more weekends just like it. Thanks for sharing it with us and I love all your photos.

    Kathy
    http://www.glamsimplified.com

  7. Alecz says

    November 23, 2015 at 5:21 pm

    This looks like such a blast! and your tiny wine cup is adorable haha.

    https://forsevenseasons.wordpress.com

  8. Colleen K says

    November 23, 2015 at 2:36 pm

    Looks like the game was a ton of fun! Have a great day!!

    xoxo http://www.touchofcurl.com

  9. Summer says

    November 23, 2015 at 8:10 am

    Looks like a lot of fun!

    summerdaisy.net

  10. ellesees.net says

    November 23, 2015 at 7:26 am

    sounds like a great time!!

Hi, I am Kelly and welcome to Sparkles and Shoes, a fashion, travel, and lifestyle blog founded in 2012.  After six years of living in London I am back in New York with my husband and two littles! 

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