Georgetown’s 2018-19 Schedule: Better Than Last Year; Is It Good Enough?

Georgetown released its full schedule on Thursday, announcing the Hoyas’ course to an inevitable Final Four trip to my hometown of Minneapolis. Thursday itself produced no great news, because the Hoyas had announced their non-conference schedule earlier in the week, and because the Big East has played a round-robin format since its 2013 reorganization. But now that we can see the entire schedule, we can assess its strength in context.

Better than Last Year

Georgetown has made a bit of progress from its relatively soft non-conference schedule last season. To recap, last year, the Hoyas played Syracuse, a couple of respectable mid-majors, and a the dregs of Division 1. Georgetown arrived at…