2008 Woodie Awards
While Kvancz said he would like to play Georgetown, he said "it takes two to tango," and he thinks that it's unlikely that the two athletic departments will be able to work out the details of a matchup.
Kvancz said, "We've sat down numerous times with them. It's something we've talked about for a long time."
Kvancz added that some of his concerns with Evans' proposal are that the game would be played at the MCI Center, which is Georgetown's home court and would give them a home advantage, and that GW wouldn't get an equal amount of tickets for the game because of the amount of Georgetown season-ticket-holders. He also said scheduling non-conference games is a complicated process.
"There's a part of me that says, 'How much do you want to bend over?'" he said.
He said the best possibility for a matchup would be to play alternating home-away games each year with Georgetown, since there is no neutral arena in the city; but he added, "They'll never play at the Smith Center" because it's too small. The Smith Center has a capacity of about 5,000, while the MCI Center can hold 20,000.
Carey, of Georgetown, said that because his team is in the Big East, it is hard to make its out-of-conference schedule.
"It's not something you can do in the snap of a finger. It's something we would have to work out," he said.
Evans said he got the idea for the championship from WTOP political commentator Mark Plotkin, a GW graduate. Plotkin told The Hatchet that he came up with the idea for the championship after confronting Georgetown coach John Thompson III at a café downtown about playing GW, and his response was that GW wouldn't play him.
Plotkin said the rivalry would be beneficial to the city and engaging to both students at Georgetown and GW, as well as Washingtonians.
"It shows a lack of commitment to the idea that this is one city," Plotkin said. "They set themselves apart and see themselves as an elite school."
Evans said the championship game could resemble the Big 5, a similar tournament that takes place among Philadelphia-area college basketball teams, except in this case it would just be GW versus Georgetown. Evans added that the proceeds of the game could go to a local charity or a scholarship fund to help D.C. students attend either university.
"I don't know if it will happen next year," Evans said. "But I think that the pressure will begin to build on both universities to do this, and so hopefully they will."
Kvancz, Carey and Trachtenberg said that if the two schools were to work out a matchup it would probably not be for a few years down the line due to all the factors that have to be considered.
The only other way the two D.C. college basketball heavyweights will face each other before then is if they get matched up in the NCAA tournament next month.
Kvancz said, "We've sat down numerous times with them. It's something we've talked about for a long time."
Kvancz added that some of his concerns with Evans' proposal are that the game would be played at the MCI Center, which is Georgetown's home court and would give them a home advantage, and that GW wouldn't get an equal amount of tickets for the game because of the amount of Georgetown season-ticket-holders. He also said scheduling non-conference games is a complicated process.
"There's a part of me that says, 'How much do you want to bend over?'" he said.
He said the best possibility for a matchup would be to play alternating home-away games each year with Georgetown, since there is no neutral arena in the city; but he added, "They'll never play at the Smith Center" because it's too small. The Smith Center has a capacity of about 5,000, while the MCI Center can hold 20,000.
Carey, of Georgetown, said that because his team is in the Big East, it is hard to make its out-of-conference schedule.
"It's not something you can do in the snap of a finger. It's something we would have to work out," he said.
Evans said he got the idea for the championship from WTOP political commentator Mark Plotkin, a GW graduate. Plotkin told The Hatchet that he came up with the idea for the championship after confronting Georgetown coach John Thompson III at a café downtown about playing GW, and his response was that GW wouldn't play him.
Plotkin said the rivalry would be beneficial to the city and engaging to both students at Georgetown and GW, as well as Washingtonians.
"It shows a lack of commitment to the idea that this is one city," Plotkin said. "They set themselves apart and see themselves as an elite school."
Evans said the championship game could resemble the Big 5, a similar tournament that takes place among Philadelphia-area college basketball teams, except in this case it would just be GW versus Georgetown. Evans added that the proceeds of the game could go to a local charity or a scholarship fund to help D.C. students attend either university.
"I don't know if it will happen next year," Evans said. "But I think that the pressure will begin to build on both universities to do this, and so hopefully they will."
Kvancz, Carey and Trachtenberg said that if the two schools were to work out a matchup it would probably not be for a few years down the line due to all the factors that have to be considered.
The only other way the two D.C. college basketball heavyweights will face each other before then is if they get matched up in the NCAA tournament next month.
