LINKS: Hoyas Stumble Against Butler in Home Defeat, 93-89

If a tree gives up 93 points in a forest and no one is there to hear it, does it still knock down the KenPom ratings?

Your Georgetown Hoyas (13-13, 5-10) have encountered a familiar hurdle following a 93-89 defeat against the Butler Bulldogs on Wednesday evening at Capital One Arena. Ed Cooley might be establishing a new culture in his third year, but it often feels like four steps forward, three (or more) steps back. Georgetown gave up 54 points in the first half, with Butler shooting 21-30 (4-6 3PT). Waiting until the end of the game to try to make a run just isn’t cutting it. While this squad’s defense has shown some sparkles, this season feels all too familiar.

Ed Cooley expressed frustration during his postgame press conference. The team currently holds a 13-13 overall record and stands at 5-10 in the BIG EAST conference. Butler entered the contest on a six-game skid but improved to 14-13 overall.

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Cooley relayed that the coaching staff expected a competitive matchup against a hungry Butler squad. Down 7-10 points for most of the second half, it was clear that the Hoyas did not match that urgency for the full 40 minutes.

“I thought my team today, I thought we played Hoya basketball for 4 minutes and 10 seconds today. For 36 minutes, it was a very lazy group, not connected defensively.”

The lack of defensive intensity proved costly. The Bulldogs managed to score 93 points, and Cooley placed the responsibility squarely on the team’s mindset.

“The game’s 40 minutes long. We gave up 90 some points in our own building against a team that’s lost six in a row. Shame on us, man. We didn’t deserve to win today.”

Cooley pointed to the defense.

We scored 89 points at home and lost. I don’t think they did anything different. Honestly, that was the blind playing a blind defensive game, right? Again, we were just probably more blind.

They ended up winning. Seriously, that wasn’t that wasn’t a defensive, you know, specialty game at all. Big coach right…

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