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Friday Update

7/3/09

Former Georgetown assistant Robert Burke has joined the staff at American, per an AU news release. Burke replaces Mike Brennan, who left American to join the Georgetown staff last month.

This is the time of the summer when the annual Kenner League begins operations, but fans will have to wait a while longer. A link to the NCAA web site notes that the games will not begin until July 30, running through August 29.

Officials at ESPN announced Wednesday that Georgetown will be part of the "Jimmy V Classic" doubleheader at Madison Square Garden on Dec. 8.

In the opener, Georgetown will meet Butler, where the Bulldogs will return all five starters following its 26-6 season in 2008-09. The second game will feature Indiana versus Pittsburgh.

Also announced: the Big East schedule rotation per team. With 18 games among 15 opponents, Georgetown will have home games with Cincinnati, UConn, Notre Dame, Rutgers, Seton Hall, South Florida, Syracuse and Villanova, returning road games with Rutgers, Syracuse, and Villanova, and away-only games with DePaul, Louisville, Marquette, Pitt, Providence, and West Virginia. Dates and times have not been finalized.

Check the list to the left as additional games and times are set.

As NBA stories go, the departure of Mike Sweetney (ex '04) has always been puzzling. Chosen ninth in the 2003 draft, Sweetney's career quietly ended in 2007 and writers have been at a loss to explain why.

The Boston Herald has some news, though, reporting that Sweetney has been invited to the Boston Celtics' summer league team. "Mike’s trying to make a comeback,” said Celtics executive Danny Ainge. “He’s trying to overcome some things happened in his personal life. He’s been working out very hard, the last six or eight months for sure, and maybe longer. He’s certainly a talented player, and proven he belongs in the NBA. We’ll see if he can make a comeback."

The NBA summer league runs from July 10-19 in Las Vegas.

Georgetown University dropped to 84th in the 2009 NACDA Directors Cup standings, a national measure of post-season competitiveness across NCAA intercollegiate sports. It is the lowest ranking for Georgetown since the standings began in 1994.

With points received largely from cross country and track, Georgetown finished 23rd among private schools, down from 19th in 2008. The Big East rundown is as follows:

Here's a recap of Georgetown's past finishes per the NACDA web site:

Former Georgetown forward Dajuan Summers was selected in the second round of the 2009 NBA Draft Thursday, as selected by the Detroit Pistons. Summers, projected as a late first or early second round pick, was one of three Big East stars selected in the early second round.

Summers was one of three forwards selected by the Pistons, including 6-11 forward Austin Daye with the 15th pick and 6-8 Jonas Jerebko with the 39th pick.

"That's where I wanted to go," Summers told the Baltimore Sun. "I told [Pistons executive] Joe Dumars I wanted to be a Piston."

Additional coverage follows below:

• Baltimore Sun
• Washington Post
• Washington Times

The Washington Post's DC Sports Bog takes a summer break with a recap of two articles from the Hoyas' 1984 NCAA title. Here's the link.

As always, prior stories over this past week or the last 9+ years of coverage can be found at the News Archive pages, including recaps of all prior games this season. It's a good way to keep up to date if you've visited the site less frequently.

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