SB Nation DC - John Thompson III Pulls Georgetown Off The Court After Melee In Chinese Exhibition Gamehttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48897/dc-fave.png2011-08-19T11:25:03-04:00http://dc.sbnation.com/rss/stream/21344182011-08-19T11:25:03-04:002011-08-19T11:25:03-04:00Georgetown Basketball Brawl: Gene Wang Of Washington Post Gives First-Hand Account
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<p>Gene Wang of the Washington Post is traveling with the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/teams/georgetown-hoyas">Georgetown Hoyas</a> men's basketball team on their trip to China, which means he had a front row seat to the huge fracas that took place a day ago between the Chinese professional team the Bayi Rockets and the Hoyas. By now photos and video of the incident have popped up everywhere on the internet, and fans and media alike have been quick to pass down judgement on both John Thompson III's club and Bayi. But until <a href="http://washington.cbslocal.com/2011/08/19/gene-wang-i-was-scared-for-my-safety-not-my-life/">Wang joined Mike Wise on 106.7 the Fan DC</a> Wednesday, I had not heard a first-hand account of the incident. In the reporter's own words:</p>
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<p>By roughly the second quarter there were some hard fouls, it started escalating to get harder and harder. At one point Nate Lubik, a Georgetown player, and another Chinese player had words along the baseline.</p>
<p>In the thrid quarter was when it was really started getting out of hand. Third quarter itself took one hour. This is a 12 minute quarter they play with no TV timeouts. Took one hour because of all the stoppages, all the technical fouls, flagrant fouls, talking to both coaches and players from both teams.</p>
<p>And then with about 9 minutes left, nine and half minutes left in the game, <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/players/52423/jason-clark">Jason Clark</a>, this is how I saw it, I was on the other side of the court, Jason Clark, Georgetown senior guard and team leader, was fouled hard by a Chinese player.</p>
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<p>Mike Wise jumped in here to ask Wang to clarify the "hard foul":</p>
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<p>From what I can see, it was a push. He got pushed to the ground trying to dribble the balls across half court. And Jason got up, Clark got up, and had some words for the Chinese player, they both started pushing and shoving, and then the benches emptied for the second time. The benches had emptied early before on another foul, earlier in the third quarter, so this was the second time the benches had cleared.</p>
<p>And this time, before I knew it, there were chairs flying, I'm not kidding you, <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/players/52424/henry-sims">Henry Sims</a> had a chair thrown at him, and there were skirmishes all over the court, I mean in each section of the court, players from the Chinese team and Georgetown players were wrestling each other. I saw punches being thrown, I can't say specifically by whom, there were just arms waving all over the place.</p>
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<p>Sounds like a pretty ridiculous scene, even wilder than still images and amateur video have been able to describe. I am curious to see what, if anything, comes of this incident in the days and weeks to come.</p>
https://dc.sbnation.com/2011/8/19/2372449/georgetown-basketball-brawl-gene-wang-washington-post-first-hand-accountT.J. Doyle2011-08-19T09:55:44-04:002011-08-19T09:55:44-04:00Georgetown Basketball Brawl: Former Hoyas Defend Team After Fight In China
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<p>Thursday's brawl between the Georgetown Hoyas and Bayi Rockets definitely led to sides being taken. As <a href="http://www.casualhoya.com/2011/8/19/2371748/georgetown-basketball-alumni-come-to-defense-of-young-hoyas">Casual Hoya</a> points out, "is one of outrage towards the hosting Bayi Rockets and and relief that no one was seriously injured." The other side, however, "is full of <a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/MikeWiseguy/status/104315450594312192" target="_blank">clowns</a> either <a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/DanWolken/status/104307454472491008">mocking</a> the Hoyas or <a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/AyoPORTER/status/104309032470327296" target="_blank">deriding</a> the young team for not fighting back further." To each his own, but former Hoyas definitely stood by their team and did so loudly and proudly on Twitter.
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<p class="bbpTweet">all these ppl got a lot to say about what happened ova there but i would love to see what they would do if somebody threw a chair at them...<span class="timestamp"><a title="Thu Aug 18 16:43:36 +0000 2011" href="http://twitter.com/#!/G_Monroe10/status/104231984829710336">less than a minute ago</a> via web <a href="http://twitter.com/intent/favorite?tweet_id=104231984829710336"><img src="http://si0.twimg.com/images/dev/cms/intents/icons/favorite.png"> Favorite</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/intent/retweet?tweet_id=104231984829710336"><img src="http://si0.twimg.com/images/dev/cms/intents/icons/retweet.png"> Retweet</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?in_reply_to=104231984829710336"><img src="http://si0.twimg.com/images/dev/cms/intents/icons/reply.png"> Reply</a></span><span class="metadata"><span class="author"><a href="http://twitter.com/G_Monroe10"><img src="http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/1460120514/lottery_normal.jpeg"></a><b><a href="http://twitter.com/G_Monroe10">Greg Monroe</a></b><br>G_Monroe10</span></span></p>
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<p class="bbpTweet">we dont advocate violence but we definetey dont tolerate the nonsense. We represent alot more then most college teams. <a href="http://twitter.com/search?q=%23fact" title="#fact" class="tweet-url hashtag" rel="nofollow">#fact</a><span class="timestamp"><a title="Thu Aug 18 18:03:54 +0000 2011" href="http://twitter.com/#!/SELF_MADEest89/status/104252194395668480">less than a minute ago</a> via <a href="http://www.echofon.com/" rel="nofollow">Echofon</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/intent/favorite?tweet_id=104252194395668480"><img src="http://si0.twimg.com/images/dev/cms/intents/icons/favorite.png"> Favorite</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/intent/retweet?tweet_id=104252194395668480"><img src="http://si0.twimg.com/images/dev/cms/intents/icons/retweet.png"> Retweet</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?in_reply_to=104252194395668480"><img src="http://si0.twimg.com/images/dev/cms/intents/icons/reply.png"> Reply</a></span><span class="metadata"><span class="author"><a href="http://twitter.com/SELF_MADEest89"><img src="http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/1416419603/Photo_on_2011-05-30_at_15.22_normal.jpg"></a><b><a href="http://twitter.com/SELF_MADEest89">Chris Wright</a></b><br>SELF_MADEest89</span></span></p>
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<p class="bbpTweet">I have no plans on watchin the video of G-town gettin it in w a Chinese team. From what ive heard they stuck 2gether n had each others backs<span class="timestamp"><a title="Thu Aug 18 21:49:06 +0000 2011" href="http://twitter.com/#!/Hoya2aPacer/status/104308868686938112">less than a minute ago</a> via <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/download/iphone" rel="nofollow">Twitter for iPhone</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/intent/favorite?tweet_id=104308868686938112"><img src="http://si0.twimg.com/images/dev/cms/intents/icons/favorite.png"> Favorite</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/intent/retweet?tweet_id=104308868686938112"><img src="http://si0.twimg.com/images/dev/cms/intents/icons/retweet.png"> Retweet</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?in_reply_to=104308868686938112"><img src="http://si0.twimg.com/images/dev/cms/intents/icons/reply.png"> Reply</a></span><span class="metadata"><span class="author"><a href="http://twitter.com/Hoya2aPacer"><img src="http://a2.twimg.com/profile_images/1498842728/image_normal.jpg"></a><b><a href="http://twitter.com/Hoya2aPacer">Roy Hibbert</a></b><br>Hoya2aPacer</span></span></p>
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https://dc.sbnation.com/2011/8/19/2372312/georgetown-mens-basketball-brawl-bayi-rocketsAdam Vingan2011-08-19T09:38:17-04:002011-08-19T09:38:17-04:00Georgetown Basketball Brawl Barely Covered By Many Chinese News Outlets
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<p>Given the state of media in China, it's not a huge surprise that there might be some shenanigans in the way the Georgetown basketball brawl against Chinese pro team Bayi was covered. Still, the stuff dug up by Gene Wang and <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dc-sports-bog/post/chinese-media-ignore-georgetown-story/2011/08/19/gIQAR7PePJ_blog.html">Dan Steinberg of the Washington Post </a>was pretty jarring.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/fight-ends-georgetown-basketball-exhibition-in-china/2011/08/18/gIQAs1zeNJ_story.html">In Wang's story</a>, he reported that the country's official news service didn't even cover the event and that the government took down stories on independent websites.</p>
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<p>Xinhua News Agency, China's official news service, did not have an immediate account of the game, and although other prominent Chinese Web sites such as <a href="http://www.163.com/">163.com</a> and <a href="http://www.sina.com/">sina.com</a> posted stories, government censors shortly thereafter took them down.</p>
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<p>Steinberg, meanwhile, provided the images of several other English-speaking Chinese news outlets, many of which are showing off their women's tennis coverage. That's, um, rather unfortunate.</p>
<p><i>For more on the Georgetown men's basketball brawl, visit SB Nation's Hoyas blog </i><a href="http://www.casualhoya.com/">Casual Hoya</a><i>.</i></p>
https://dc.sbnation.com/2011/8/19/2372297/georgetown-mens-basketball-brawl-china-bayi-media-coverageMike Prada2011-08-19T09:35:50-04:002011-08-19T09:35:50-04:00Hoyas, Bayi Rockets Meet Friday To Discuss Thursday's Brawl
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Quite arguably the biggest story in the sports world Thursday was the fight that took place between the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/teams/georgetown-hoyas">Georgetown Hoyas</a> and Bayi Rockets during Thursday's exhibition game. Tempers flared as both teams scuffled before Hoyas head coach John Thompson III pulled his team off of the court before the game was over in the fourth quarter.</p>
<p>Friday morning, both teams decided to meet once again, but in a more professional manner. Thompson III, accompanied by senior <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/players/52423/jason-clark">Jason Clark</a> and junior <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/players/100003/hollis-thompson">Hollis Thompson</a>, met with Bayi head coach Adejiang and two of his players, Chen Yu and Lehei De, to smooth things over.</p>
<p>A press release from Georgetown's athletic department says that the meeting was "<a href="http://www.guhoyas.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/081911aaa.html">very cordial and friendly</a>." Handshakes were exchanged and both teams exchanged autographed basketballs. </p>
<p>It seems that the bad blood is behind the Hoyas and Rockets and the former will continue to travel China with the Nike Sports Festival beginning this weekend in Shangai.</p>
https://dc.sbnation.com/2011/8/19/2372283/georgetown-hoyas-bayi-rockets-fight-meetingAdam Vingan2011-08-19T09:29:41-04:002011-08-19T09:29:41-04:00John Thompson III Wins In Georgetown Basketball Brawl Power Rankings
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<p>The concept of power rankings for the Georgetown brawl is predictable, but <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2011/8/19/2372148/nba-lockout-2011-china-ban-georgetown-bayi-the-hook">SB Nation's Tom Ziller</a> makes them both interesting and entertaining. John Thompson III correctly wins in this scenario.</p>↵
https://dc.sbnation.com/georgetown-hoyas/2011/8/19/2372291/john-thompson-iii-wins-in-georgetown-basketball-brawl-power-rankingsMike Prada2011-08-19T09:24:27-04:002011-08-19T09:24:27-04:00Chris Douglas-Roberts Tweets Fighting Strategy After Georgetown Basketball Brawl
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<p>Everyone has a take on the Georgetown basketball brawl in China, but few were as entertaining as that of NBA player <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/players/27157/chris-douglas-roberts">Chris Douglas-Roberts</a>. Douglas-Roberts usually has one of the more eclectic athlete Twitter personas around, and he proved it once again by providing fighting strategy to the Hoyas after watching the video of the brawl.</p>
<p>The tweets have since been deleted, but <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/2011/8/19/2371836/chris-douglas-roberts-tweets-georgetown-basketball-brawl-fight-bay-rockets">SBNation.com </a>preserved them and has them for you here.</p>
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<p>There's general fight strategy, which is entertaining in and of itself. More entertaining; the part where Douglas-Roberts went after freshman Otto Porter.</p>
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<p>Poor Otto Porter. Such a pacifist. Douglas-Roberts apparently sent those out knowing he would eventually have to delete them, and followed through by deleting them and the tweet he sent out saying he'd delete them. It's too bad, because it'd be nice to see them preserved for posterity's sake.</p>
<p>Wait a minute, that's what sites like this one are there to do.</p>
https://dc.sbnation.com/georgetown-hoyas/2011/8/19/2372259/georgetown-basketball-brawl-fight-china-chris-douglas-robertsMike Prada2011-08-18T13:51:59-04:002011-08-18T13:51:59-04:00Video Emerges Of Georgetown Basketball Brawl
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<p>We've seen some pictures of the fracas that broke out between the Georgetown basketball team and the Chinese team Bayi, but until now we haven't been able to seen any video. Well, here it is, <a href="http://www.sportsgrid.com/ncaa-basketball/video-georgetown-basketball-team-brawls-in-china/">via Sports Grid</a> who allegedly got it from a Chinese source.</p>
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<p>Form that video, it looks like thebrawl started because a Georgetown player was not happy with a foul on the Chinese team. But even before that, it looked like the game was getting very chippy. But s the camera pans back to the action, you can definitely see a Georgetown player attempt to dive for a Bayi player's legs. Then all hell breaks loose.</p>
<p>There are little fights going on all over the court, and there doesn't seem to be anyone who is trying to stop it. It goes on for way to long before the players all pulled off of each other. Then, as the Georgetown team is leaving through the tunnel, you can see water bottles raining down on them. Truly scary stuff.</p>
https://dc.sbnation.com/2011/8/18/2370748/georgetown-basketball-brawl-videoJordan Ruby2011-08-18T12:39:04-04:002011-08-18T12:39:04-04:00PHOTO: Punches Landed During Georgetown Basketball Brawl In China
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<p>We've been talking all morning about the fracas that the Georgetown basketball team got into with a professional team in China during an exhibition match. But there is no video as of yet, so it is pretty hard to know exactly how crazy it got. Well, according to this picture, pretty ****ing crazy. Via<a href="http://slide.sports.sina.com.cn/slide_2_792_15732.html#p=6"> Sinna.com</a> and <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dc-sports-bog/post/photos-of-georgetown-brawl-in-china/2011/08/18/gIQApHsVNJ_blog.html#pagebreak">DC Sports Bog</a>.</p>
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<p>Let's go left to right on this one.</p>
<p>UPDATE: Here is another picture of Jason Clark being stomped on by a number of players from the Chinese team, <a href="http://twitpic.com/680vfv">tweeted by Dan Steinberg</a>.</p>
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<p>Yikes.</p>
<p>-Georrgetown player approaching the pile with his fist clenched, ready to roll, son.</p>
<p>-Bayi player not quite sure what to do with the ball. Just put it down and throw some 'bows.</p>
<p>-Two very tall players that appear to have punched right past one another. This is really closer to a hug than anything else.</p>
<p>-Up top you can see the rest of the Chinese team running in to join the melee.</p>
<p>-Two separate shoving matches, including one that features what has to be an assistant coach or trainer for the Chinese team. He's wearing a collared shirt and khakis for God's sake. </p>
<p>And this is BEFORE chairs and bottles started being thrown. I'm waiting for some video to emerge of this before I try to figure out exactly what happened. But the one thing I do know, this is the craziest exhibition game I have ever seen.</p>
https://dc.sbnation.com/2011/8/18/2370592/georgetown-basketball-brawl-chinese-exhibition-photoJordan Ruby