Juiced: Georgetown Loses Last-Second Thriller at Syracuse, 72-71

Oof. With under a minute to play, Georgetown looked to have withstood a huge second-half comeback by hated rival Syracuse. After an ice-cold first half, the Orange had predictably heated up after the break, hitting a series of threes to pull even with and then ahead of the Hoyas. But several bombs by Greg Malinowski had kept Georgetown close, and a pair of clutch buckets by Jessie Govan had put the Georgetown back up by one. After a stop, the visiting Hoyas held the ball in a position to give the Orange just a few seconds to hoist up a last-second try.

But a Georgetown mistake and a Syracuse game-winner changed all that. The error could be assigned to coaching or to execution, as Jagan…