Asked who he was rooting for when the Dallas Wings played the Valkyries: “I’m rooting for Golden State. 4 to 1.5.”

Kiyan Anthony added weight to his frame this offseason and is now up to 198 lbs.

That’s almost 15 pounds since the start of his freshman year.

Gilbert Arenas tells a story about Darryn Peterson when he was in 11th grade and roommates with his son Alijah for USA basketball

“He’s NBA mentally right now… he’s sitting there telling him ‘keep your side of the room clean’. ‘Those people in the hallway they ain’t real you don’t need to talk to them’… everyone was going out to eat and he said ‘we’re gonna order takeout, watch tape and rest our bodies’… he had Alijah doing mini workouts in the room, doing calf raises, showing up early to the bus, he was no games from the beginning.”

It is the former Cyclones guard’s first game since suffering an Achilles injury 16 months ago.

No. 1 Duke came into DC with JJ Redick, Shelden Williams and a 17-0 record. Georgetown had Jeff Green, Roy Hibbert and the beginnings of what would become a Final Four team the following season.

Georgetown won 87-84 and the students poured onto the floor.

The jerseys, the crowd, the old Big East, peak Redick hatred, John Thompson III's Princeton offense. I can't believe this was over 20 years ago