Jan Gaetjens
Articles by Jan Gaetjens
A postcard from Heartbreak City: One writer’s ode to Gus Johnson
This year’s NCAA Tournament has been nearly unlistenable. Watchable, sure. Absolutely. But listenable? Barely. I mean, don’t get me wrong, the basketball has been fantastic; the upsets and Cinderellas have been just as riveting as ever, [...]
NCAA Tournament Preview: No. 3 Georgetown vs. No. 14 Belmont
This “second round”, otherwise known as the real first round, matchup is what March is all about- the Goliath power conference team against the noble mid-major, who fights to the death and shocks the world. Last [...]
Hoyas shoot themselves in foot, unable to shoot much else in Cincinnati loss
There’s a distinct difference between losing a game and being beaten. You get outplayed for 40 minutes, and you’ve been beaten. You blow a double-digit lead with fewer than 10 minutes to play, and you’ve lost. [...]
The unseen fight: Collegiate wrestlers make their own success
This past weekend one of the most thrilling upsets in college sports occurred in Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa. But no one knew it. No one knew that Oklahoma State had just snapped Iowa’s NCAA record of [...]
Georgetown rolls through DePaul, shocks no one
Ask any Big East coach about away games and you’ll get a carbon copy of what head coach John Thompson III said leading up to the Hoyas’ trip to Chicago: “Every game in this league is [...]
Protect this house: college basketball’s best home courts
Making a free throw is arguably one of the easiest tasks to complete in sports. Now, before we all call me a lunatic at once, let me qualify that statement. Making a free throw in a [...]
Badgers seek Rose Bowl redemption against high flying Oregon Ducks
For Badger fans last year’s Rose Bowl loss to TCU is still a very clear and recent memory. What was supposed to be an opportunity for the Big Ten powerhouse to showcase their dominance over the [...]
Big East heavyweights Georgetown and Louisville set to clash in conference opener
After entering the 2011-12 season unranked and being projected to finish well outside the top tier of the Big East, Georgetown has quietly crept up the national rankings. This young Hoyas team has successfully shrugged off [...]
Who needs power conferences? All-time best mid-major teams
Heading into the start of this year’s basketball season, the big stories surrounding the world of college sports have focused on the firestorm of conference realignment swirling across the country. The Pac-10 is now The Pac-12; [...]
Lighten up on Penn State students rallying around Paterno
For a moment, put yourself in the shoes of a Penn State undergrad. The news media has made your school’s name synonymous with child molestation, and the man who has come to symbolize your school, and [...]
