“They were both very productive,” Hoyas head coach John Thompson III said. “I prefer doing scrimmages as opposed to doing an exhibition game because you can control it. I can go to Roy Williams and say, ‘Hey, press us for the next two quarters,’ and he can say, ‘Hey, can you play us in a 1-3-1 so we can work on things that we want.’”

While today’s game against Savannah State, a team with no seniors or freshmen (how does that happen?), will just us a first taste of what Georgetown might look like this year – we know very well how things have changed for the Hoyas in recent years once the calendar has turned – the Hoyas should be more versatile this year than they’ve been in seasons past. Expect to see lots of players and lots of lineups.

“It’s much different than where we’ve been the last couple of years,” Thompson said. “We have multiple people that can just be on the court, that can, offensively and defensively, can guard different positions, can do different things. It’s a lot more options, in terms of lineup, than I’ve had the last couple of years.”

That said, Georgetown’s starting group is all returners: Jason Clark, Markel Starks, Hollis Thompson, Henry Sims and Nate Lubick.

“I think we’re going to have a lot of different groups out there at different times,” Thompson said. “If you’re asking who’s going to be the first five, it’ll probably still be the group from last year: Jason, Markel, Hollis, Henry and Nate. But maybe more so than any team I’ve had, who trots out where when the score is 0-0, 40 minutes, is not going to be that important.”

Former member of the Hoyas national 1984 championship team Horace Broadnax, the Tigers’ head coach, suffered a 100-38 defeat the last time he was in this building in 2008.