hoyas taking on creighton, quarterfinals and this was not the best hoyas, six to go, four- point game shot clock winding down, no problem. austin chapman, creighton up six. all hoyas after this. two minutes to go. the big fellow shows patience, easy layin, georgetown up one. rivera, circus shot hitting it. kristen berset has more from madison square garden. >> reporter: the georgetown hoyas swept creighton in the regular season winning both games by more than 20 points, but here at madison square garden they had a hard fight, but it wasn't unexpected. >> i told the team they've been getting better and i told them this is a different team than we saw the last time we played them. they play hard. they execute at both ends of the court extremely well. >> last year at this time we were going home. that first one wanted to get it out of the way. >> we beat them pretty bad already. it's hard to beat a team three times by 20 plus points. this was their last go round, too. they were playing for something as well. they came out and gave it their all. >> reporter: the hoyas move on to the semif

well, the hoyas are up in new york trying to -- >> exactly. if you want to take wins and losses, they are not the better team tonight. >> uh-oh. >> we'll talk about it. hoyas will look to defeat the odds tonight while the terps kick off big 10 play and it's bye-bye brian and hello chris. latest moves by the redskins is next in sports. >> well today the redskins tweeted thanks and good luck in tennessee. they have agreed to a four year $32 million deal that could max out at $35 million with incentives and include $13 1/2 million guaranteed. money bags. and while he departs, the skins secondary gets a little help. they sign a cornerback chris culliver to a deal worth up to $3 $32 million over four years. he recorded a career high of four interceptions last year with the niners. they came in the last seven games. in college hoops, terps kick off big 10 play against a desperate indiana team. the hoosiers need wins over teams like maryland to improve their resume for the ncaa tournament. at the same time the terps are on a role -- roll right now. t

it brought a different feel and attitude for the hoyas -- feeling and attitude for the hoyas. they missed the ncaa tournament last year. this year they're back, but a strong showing in new york and this big east tournament could really help them on selection sunday. >> just the realization of how special it is to make the ncaa tournament. a lot of times you take the foregone conclusion that's going to happen. you realize there are only 68 teams that make it out of the 300 plus and so getting back there is something that or not making last year definitely was a driving force this year. >> we have a lot of confidence within each other. we want to come in and play georgetown basketball. >> reporter: been a strong showing for the hoyas this season. they snagged the no. 2 seed in this week's tournament, their first game thursday night at 7:00. in new york city, kristen berset, wusa9. >>> patriot league final, au trying to defend their title and go back to the ncaa tournament again. eagles are up two late. lafayette responds. lafayette wins 65-63. yes, au's tournament hopes are done

the hoyas looked dead in the water until this happened. fouled hard, then pushed down by devon reynolds. now it's a mess. reynolds gets the technical. they would outscore xavier 26-7 from that point. then smith-rivera gets the leon, cutting it to one -- he gets the lay-in. hoyas with a chance of the putback, but he makes it. we as fall short 65-63. more madness albany-stony brook. the ball is tipped out. he makes the trey toi win it. everybody goes crazy, it's march. albanayy wins the american east title. split squad action for the nats today. port st. lucie, the nats trail by one. david wright, deep to center field. that is gone, three-run shot. they blowout the nats, 13-4. how about gio gonzales, he started against the marlins and struggled a little bit. ozuna with the base hit a right field, christian yellich scores. scary moment for dietrich. gio beaned him, but he was ok. and the a.u. women will try to go for their first ever turn it earth -- tournament berth playing lehigh tonight. if they win, gw wins, and maryland wins. kimberly: k

are the hoyas ready to roll? my exclusive one on one interview with head coach john thompson, iii coming up. >> , as warm as it's been since november 24th. different story tomorrow morning. i'd grab a had the and gloves tomorrow morning, 30 to 40 at 5:00, 28 to 38 at 7:00 and only mid-30s to 40 by 9:00, breezy but not windy tomorrow, a much different deal, chilly to cold. we'll come hey, how's it going? oh, jennifer and i had the most romantic vacation. really? there were gunshots... explosions... one night we decided to spice things up so we sent an innocent woman to prison for being a witch. you are guilty! then we called it a night because we had an early tee time. with so much to do stay where the action is. book one of our hotels at colonialwilliamsburg.com. >>> kraft foods is recalling 6.5 million boxes of kraft macaroni and cheese because they may contain small pieces of metal. the 7.25 boxes were sold individually and in packs of three, four and five and have best when used by dates ranging from september

season for the hoyas. success, disappointment. hard to say at this point. >> last year you have to give the senior class and this group credit. they did get back to the tournament. they had a good season. it didn't end like they wanted it to end, though n. a season that saw georgetown post 22 wins and make it back to the big dance after missing out a year ago, that season has finally come to an end. hoyas defeated by utah tonight. john thompson iii's team cooled off in the second half. here's a look at the final score. due to ncaa tournament restrictions we would lose a few scholarships to show you highlights and not going to do that. >> don't do that. >> this is the final score. 75-64. utah takes it. lj peak led with 18 points. just two points from the hoya's bench tonight. peak not thrilled about going home but proud of this senior class. >> they worked hard. they have given of themselves. for the program. and so i just wanted the group -- as disappointed as we all are and we all can go back and critique

butler beat the hoyas in the bahamas early in the season. g-men came back to beat the bulldogs here in d.c. at the verizon in january. it was a good solid close game. still another big game tonight, the wizards and butler -- or the hoyas and butler. the wizards play their first game in the month of march tonight in chicago and after a 3-9 february folks they need to raise their level of play. they have to beat some tough teams to build momentum towards the playoffs. opening tip for that game is 8:00. how about alex lind? he continues to develop and after being slammed on by white said the two big guys got after it. he took it personally and look out, a couple of seven footers. they go into the first row. both guys were ejected. whitehead and alex lindh, how about that? both guys flagrant foul and thrown out of the game. ejected. how about taylor beck? watch him from the knees, no look, behind the back. how about the no look pass in front? scores the sensational scintillating goal. rangers beat the predators. final there is 4-1. caps play in

this season for the hoyas has been quite the rebound from last year.y missed the ncaa tournament after four straight appearances which for this time was a bit of a wakeup call that an invite to the big dance isn't always a sure thing. it was the team's goal to return this year and they will be. a strong showing in the praise from the selection committee. >> you realize there are only 64, 68 teams that make it out of the 300 plus and so getting back there is something or not making last 'syear definitely was a driving force for this year. >> reporter: it's been an up and down year for the american eagles basketball squad, too but they are clawing their way back to the ncaa tournament. one more win and they are in. the eagles take on the lafayette leopards tonight in the patriot league final. the winner gets an invite to the big dance. >> we can't dwell on wins and losses. we got to move forward and stay positive. i think this team with all the things that happened this year stayed positive. we just moved forward. >> reporter: now with the garden overtak

the georgia hoyas playing against creighton.the court at half time. but he did what a mascot should do puke and rally. >> in the outfit? >> no the real dog. not the mascot guy. rivera. that's disgusting. can you imagine what that would smell like if he puked in his costume there? here we go though creighton on the way back. georgetown keeping the lead. chapman, smallest guy on the court coming up big. creighton up six. but georgetown would begin a run. gets the defense in the air then gets the easy layup. hoyas up one. driving, puts it high off the glass. falling down. 25 points for him. hoyas with a 15-4 run to win the game. they win 60-55. >> good for them. >> the a-10 tournament. gw and duquesne. check out the gw passing here. every player touches the ball before he gets it. mcdonald, four points tonight. gw would never trail in this one. second half reverse layup. gw with the win. they will play rhode island in the a-10 quarterfinals. >>> nfl news the redskins remaking their defensive line. defensive tackle he'll sign a deal

the georgetown hoyas ended up hitting the road rolling out of campus just before 8:30 this morning. their next stop portland, oregon. the road to final four began with a bus trip for the georgetown hoyas on their way out west tuesday morning for a business trip gl. this time it's either win or go home. we don't play again if we don't win. it's all business. >> reporter: back in the big dance after a one-year hiatus, the hoyas -- [indiscernible] [ inaudible ] >> hope you got the rest last night. just stay focused. just stay focused. the message has been pretty consistent since the pairings came out. stay focused on eastern washington and nothing else. >> reporter: you can tell just by the players edemeanor, they are acting like they've been there before. we'll see if it translates to the court 9:57 thursday night. nick giovanni, wusa9. >> this is georgetown's fifth appearance in the ncaa tournament in six seasons. if they win thursday, they'll take on the winner of fifth seeded utah and 12th seeded austin. >>> coming up on wusa9 news, voter turnout is said to be heavy in israel while

tough locker room for the hoyas. >> it's sudden. it's fast.know, we have five or six seniors in that locker room that have played their last game wearing this uniform. it's difficult. >> it's heartbreaking. this team, we had a lot of high expectations with this team coming in. good upper class and good under class coming in. all year the team stuck together. we fought through a tough time. we decided the season coming -- just sad to see the season come to an end. >> yeah, the season comes to an end. one of the things that makes this tournament so compelling, you have the highest of highs one day, two days later the lowest of lows. holden coming up in about 15 minutes, we'll dive deeper into why the hoyas lost this basketball game. for now, let me send it back to you in the studio. >> thank you, dave. i hope dave knows there is a towering inferno to his right. we have an ncaa tournament triple-header here on wusa 9 tomorrow at noon. virginia-michigan state tip off and following that duke-san diego state in tomorrow's tournament action. in addit

today it's the home of the georgetown hoyas. john thompson, ii, and his team get in one -- iii, and his team get in one final practice. >> i think we have the proper mindset. we had a very, very good hard intense practice. i think our guys are ready. >> we have a lot of confidence with each other. we want to come in and play georgetown basketball and play hard whoever we play against. >> reporter: the hoyas rebounded this season to get invited back to the ncaa tournament after sitting out last year, but before they could think about their opponent, the hoyas have a more pressing task. do well in the big east tournament and that will help them on collection sunday. >> we want to try to continue to win and build our resume. >> this tournament is special. there's nothing like the big east tournament other than the final four and so i think this group understands we've done a pretty good job in year not looking too far in advance. >> reporter: the hoyas did so well this year the two seed in the big east. they have a bye today. they

the hoyas trail at the end of the first half. robert burton has the latest on maryland and their matchup. robert: valpo is a team that you cannot look past, 13-3 in the league. the terps trying to get back to what maryland used to be, back to back final four appearances in the early 2000's. senior leader dez wells is telling the young guys to cherish this. >> this is something we want to be up to last and joke about in 30 years. robert: there has already been talk about a possible sweet 16 matchup with kentucky wildcats. however, mark turgeon says we need to take this one day at a time. robert burton, abc 7 sports. tim: some bracket busters, a great first day. there was one overtime, four upsets, and a lot of headshaking by the so-called experts. georgia state coming back from 12 down. hunter, the coach son, knocks down the game-winner. georgia state up stats -- upsts baylor. uab-iowa state. uab upsets the cyclones, 60-59. and baseball fans, the nationals and tigers got into a great pictures duel. gio gonzales, and sanchez each o

xavier with the big lead over the hoyas right now. that game currently in the second half. >>> everyone wants to dance this time of year. gw facing rhode island. second half we have a tie game at 32. watanabe coming up with the big-time block. colonials gurino taking it himself. and the bucket. they took advantage, though later gw turnover. they have a break of their own. the nice finish. rhode island's up four points. rhode island looking to put this one away. matthews doing just that. they actually won this game 71-58, it just ended. >>> let's move over to hockey as the season winds down for the capitals each game becomes that much more important. the caps not in danger of missing the playoffs right now but they're certainly not playing their best hockey. after tonight's loss to dallas the players held a closed-door meet try and fix their issues. seven points separate the caps from the senators. the next team in line for the final playoff spot. caps on the attack. curtis lincross has been tremendous since being traded to the capital

the hoyas put on the dancing shoes and head west for the music. there's breaking news with colt mccoy and steven strasburg was throwing b.b.s today in flori tim: it's being reported today that the redskins quarterback colt mccoy has afreed to return to the redskins for another year. jay gruden has said that r.g. iii is the starting quarterback and kirk cousins still on the roster. same deal as last season. earlier today, the georgetown hoyas boarded the bus and headed for the first game in the ncaa tournament. it starts tonight with the first four of play-in games. georgetown plays thursday night in portland oregon. the hoyas ride into the dance with a little more confidence than they have in recent years. and are optimistic despite all the chirping about their number four seed being too high. >> someone has to be number one. someone has to be number 10. but when you look at the teams individually, you know, side by side collectively, there's not much difference. the teams that are in this tournament are very good. they're playing well. they feel

and an absolute heartbreaker tonight for the hoyas.y were leading the utah utes with just two minutes left. and ended up dropping their game with the number five seed. 75-64. we are getting a full breakdown of what went wrong in just a few minutes when we check in live with robert burton in sports. and let's take a live look outside tonight. it was a beautiful evening. people were out walking the dog, sitting outside for dinner. but get ready for a temperature drop. eileen whelan has been telling us all about it and will make for some serious changes over the next few days. eileen? eileen: yes, it will. on this first full day of spring we made it to 61 degrees at reagan national and it was so nice. and foam is going to be a nice day. it's just going to be a little bit cooler with highs in the lower 50's. and speaking of the low 50's we're still there at this 11:00 hour downtown at 51. 56 degrees right now at dulles. 52 in gaithersburg. so not all that bad. we've got a few patchy clouds and that's what's kind of helping keep temperature

e hoyas getting the fourth seed in the south region. georgetown finished the season with 21 wins. play eastern shore washington in portland, oregon, thursday. lar in spores we'll tell you why -- sports we'll tell you where maryland didn't have a happy reaction when the announcement came down. back in te can't wait. thanks. >>> a disgraced virginia lawmaker has been charged in a sex scandal. we are going to reveal the major development with the woman at th >>> there's no such thing as a free ride. a dispute over that got a metro st >>> whoa! . >> a racer survives a horrific crash. fine out how fast he was going [ crashing sounds ] >>> some seriously strong winds tore scaffolding right off a skyscraper today in portland oregon. that sent the heavy debris falling on to the streets below. witnesses were shocked and had to run for cover. luckily no one was hurt there. >>> whoa! >> wow. that hot rod was going 280 miles per hour when it crashed. somehow, the driver walked away. larry dixon has s a three-time national hotrod association champion. but his car went airborne today in gainesv

regular season finale for the hoyas, and emotional. seton hall at the verizon center. a special moment for senior tyler adams. his career was cut short his freshman year after he was diagnosed with a heart ailment. he kept his scholarship, and starts the final home game. and emotional moment, dream come true. as for the game, smith-rivera was out with a lower back injury, but he led the way with a 19 points. the hoyas with the lead in the second half. he finished the real estate and with the victory. wild finish in the acc, uva-louisville. the cardinals, malcolm brogdon knocks down the three. clutch. louisville has their chance. wide open, his first attempt the entire game, two seconds left on the clock. uva drops its second game of the season 59-57. a-10 gw-umass. the past to the corner his fourth three of the half. gw shoots 78% from three and wins 87-65. women's hoops, the turks looking for their first ever big ten tournament title, but the have to get past northwestern. this was outside of chicago. second half, 50-35 terps. good look from three. however, northweste

the hoyas with the 41-24 lead in the second half. they finished the regular season with the 73-67 win. >> it felt a little weird at first. after i came out of the game, i'm used to being in a suit, but it felt good, especially the last home game. >> i just have to say what a class act that was on the other team's park to do that. he did not have to do that. that was class. that was class. robert: props to seton hall. gw up 45-28. the past to the corner, knocks down his fourth three pointer of the half. he led with 21 points. gw shoots 78% from the field, and they win. a-10, women's hoop, gw-fordham. later in the second, nice give and go, brie anna cummings lays it in. they advanced to the a-10 finals with the 72-60 win. the national keep it rolling in florida, hosting the cardinals. 2-0 so far. to the space coast, stephen strasburg with his spring debut, in trouble in the second. bryce harper is not going to dive, preseason. the cards get on the board. strasburg goes 1.2 innings gives up a hit. right center field, base hit. to run sc

the georgetown hoyas packed up r their first round game with eastern washington. the game is thursday night. way past leon's bedtime. the hoyas will be facing the national leading scorer, tyler harvey. >> this time of the season, it is win or go home. it is all business. >> the message has been pretty consistent since the pairings came out. eastern washington, nothing else. tim: you have to have fun, march madness. the redskins signed colt mccoy to a one-year deal. it with the same situation as last year. jay gruden has already said that rg iii will be his starter. really likes the tenacity of colt mccoy, and i think kirk cousins is underappreciated, but that will be the depth chart in 2015. the nationals and tigers in lakeland, florida, stephen strasburg on the hill, looking sharp. made a case for the opening day start in the national league east. the nationals win 6-4, strasburg with his first win of the spring. the ncaa tournament that started tonight. winning the honor to play kentucky in louisville thursday night. head coach a joiner, what are your chances? >

hoyas advance to the big east semifinal. g.w. and duquesne. it was all gw tonight. the good hands, he gets the steal. nice finish at the other end. gw advances. and the terps kick off big ten play tomorrow night. they split the series this year with hoosiers. when it is march, anything can happen. >> that is right. that is why we love it. >> thank you. fans of the show "breaking bad" are getting themselves into some trouble at the home of walter white. what they are doing that has the real homeowner fuming. >> "breaking bad" fans are causing a headache for an albuquerque homeowner. they are throwing pizza on the roof of the home where key scenes were filmedd. it is re-creating a popular seen in the show, but the homeowner does not find it funny. she is threatening to prosecute trespassers. "breaking bad"'s creator also blasted fans this week, saying it is not cool to throw pitas on the roof. >> final look at the weather. >> thank you for joining us. >> 53 degrees for a high tomorrow. 60 degrees for a high on saturday, with a better chance of rain. near 60 on monday,

the red storm looked hot in the first half of the hoyas trailing by nine. received jordan beyond the nba line. the only bright spot for the hoyas was devonte the smith rivera. he finished with 26. st. john's continued their hot shooting. in the second half, philip green drained six threes, helping the storm to the 81-70 win. acc, second ranked virginia and virginia tech. uva, anthony gill barrels through the defenders, lays it in, fouled. he had 12 at the half. second half, london parentes playing his first game since getting his nose broken against florida state. virginia keeps rolling, winning 69-57. george mason-st. louis. gray goes baseline, lays it in. the patriots led 43-24 the half. second half coming george mason turns up the d. the full head of steam and one. no problems formation today, they win 78-50. and gw loses to davidson 77-67 american falls to buck now, and hampton beat howard. kimberly giving me the fist pump over here. kimberly: two of those games i'm happy about. ♪ kimberly: britain's prince william continues his tour of japan. today he

the hoyas off to a four seed, but they were not expecting that. they will play either washington, portland or oregon. >> i was a little surprised. you know me, i don't put much thought into it. i without we would be 6, 7. i think that speaks to the strength of our schedule. this year i think it speaks to the strength of the big east. i'm more surprised that eastern washington is a 13 seed. a are a very good team. robert: fourth-seeded maryland will take on valpraiso friday. hoyas will play eastern washington in portland. and virginia will play 15th seed belmont friday. hockey, the caps on the ice after a big letdown against the stars. braden holtby pulled after four goals, but he was there today. the caps on the power play, john carlson fires and scores. thing looking good so far. in the second, still 1-0. piuck bounces out to nate schmidt, the slap shot deflects off the defender, 2-0 caps, and they win by that score. baseball ats=-asnats-astros, the last time they faced each other, it ended in a tie. dan uggla gets the meatball over the plate and

now, the hoyas had lost four of their last five tournament games. j.t. iii hope that talk now disappears. >> i don't know. we have to go out and prepare as devonte talked about for a very tough utah team. so you keep doing your business. you keep doing what you're supposed to do. eventually people will be quiet. tim: meanwhile, the american university women made their first ever ncaa tournament appearance. nice cut to the ba up and around, under the basket. but in the second half the crowd got behind iowa. whitney jennings, watch this, from the bonus-sphere. stop, pop, bang! hawkeyes win it. a 14 seed which a.u. was is now 0-85 in the tournament. wow! meanwhile, the terps lead by one over valparaiso. more of that coming up later in sports. leon: getting it together. getting it together. alison: up next here on abc 7 news at 5:00, police say she was just driving to work. leon: now she's fighting for her leon: a texas woman is being treated after she was shot in the head following an apparent road rage incident. alison: it we want down in houston this morn

and the georgetown hoyas practice in corvallis. >> and now the toyota sports desk brought you by your local toyota dealers. tim: i'm talking about this until i'm blue in the face, it does not matter that georgetown has been eliminated by a double-digit seed the last five tournament appearances. this is a different ball club. the hoyas practice today to get acclimated to the court in corvallis, the baskets the time difference. 's eastern washington --eastern washington's coach guaranteed a win today on the jim rome show. >> i heard about that. we're going to show up and play tomorrow. we will seal the court. >> when i signed off on the jim rome show, i said, hey, jim, we will talk to you soon and we are going to win. i want my team confident. tim: 15 guys on the other bus were listening as well. the maryland terrapins do not play until friday afternoon. mark turgeon wants to get them mentally ready for a very, very dangerous valpraiso. >> very good rebounding team, which is something we are pretty good at, but not great. that challenges their, and they have good players, well coached.

. >>> the georgetown hoyas are losing their top scorer. coach thompson announced jr. rivera will enter the nba draft leading with 16.3 points and ranked 18th in hoyas history. >>> alex ovechkin has a chance to join some exclusive company tonight. one goal scored and he has 50 for the sixth time in his career. that would make him the sixth player to ever do so joining the hall of fame names like wayne gretzky and mario lemieux. ovie has scored the most goals since the 2001/2002 season despite the fact he didn't enter the league until 2005. ovie score goals 48, 49, a big road win sunday in new york but still had his teammates talking at this morning's skate around. >> the first goal was unbelievable. he pulled it with one hand and snapped it, typical ovie goal. >> it's impressive to watch. it's pretty tough to stop as a goalie. i'm sure holt can tell you that in practices. it was a laser. >> this is alex ovechkin's 10th season. he has a total 471 career goals, one shy of the capitals franchise record. ovie led the nhl in goals scored four times. they host carolina tonig

smith-rivera says so long to the hoyas. i'll tell you about that. while the regional championship celebration continues for tim: we've been having a debate all afternoon about d'vauntes smith-rivera leaving georgetown to turn pro. now, d'vauntes smith-rivera had a year of eligibility remaining but he's coming off another impressive season. averaged 16 points a game and making the first team all big east. smith-rivera is hiring an agent and turning pro and he wants to make some money. who can blame him? in case you missed it the wizards officially clinched a playoff berth last night when the charlotte hornets lost to the celtics. despite the wizards losing five of their last six games, they backed into the playoffs. they're still happy and thrilled to be there. with eight games left the wizards still feel there's time to turn things around. build some momentum and improve their playoff position. >> your first goal in a season is to make the playoffs. and last night you know we clinched a spot. i told them you know we've got that goal out of the way.

hoyas happy to be a four seed. they'll play thursday night. the hoyas have been dealt early losses recently to lower seeds. remember florida gulf coast in ohio? meantime maryland disappointed as a fourth seed, now the have to focus on 12 seed valparaiso, the game in columbus, ohio. as for virginia, the top seed, made it to the sweet 16, this year feel snubbed, a two seed playing friday afternoon against belmont in charlotte, north carolina. these teams recognize the immediacy of the situation especially for a young team like the terps. >> we're going to have a meeting just to have dez, evan, coach, rashad to speak on what to expect going forward. >> just got to go out and give it our all, play hard, there's nothing after this. >> what's the purpose of winning 29 games, only lose one real game all season, dominate the conference and you give it to a team that didn't win the tournament or conference in duke. >> the first four starts tomorrow night. you have until thursday to get your brackets down. paul hewitt is fired after four seasons on the

and while the terps are moving on up so are the hoyas. they cracked the top 25 after winning five of their last six. they're ranked 23rd in the country. so as we get closer and closer to march madness, i'm hearing the word bracket a lot more. >> i like to hear that. >> coming up on 6:26 and yes, it's good. all right, let's get you started. and sunshine won't last for long because the satellite and radar shows the next storm system approaching bringing clouds tonight and tomorrow. rain beginning around midday and we have periods of rain for the next couple of days. about 44 late tonight. 39 in the morning with cloudy skies. rain about midday. 45 then and we'll climb to 50 degrees in the afternoon. upper 50's on wednesday. some sunshine thursday and then more rain with the next storm friday into saturday. steve rudin will have not only more about the rain but also possible flood issues. localized urban drainage flood issues because of the rain coming and the snow melt. join him at 11:00 for that. >> thank you so much. "world news tonight" c

the hoyas got in final prep this afternoon across the street from the garden. now they're expected back in the ncaa tournament this year, but a strong showing at this tournament could really help their case on selection sunday. >> i think this group understands, has done a pretty good job this year not look doing far in advance and worrying about the opponent in front of us. we'll worry about the ncaa next week. this week we'll try to be playing in new york on saturday night. >> we just want to come in and play georgetown basketball and play hard whoever we play against. >> reporter: the hoyas snagged the two seed in the big east tournament and get a bye. they play 7:00 thursday night and face the win are of creighton or depaul. in new york, kristen berset, wusa9. >>> when we come back, llama drama part two. >> o >>> if you are still talking about those run-away llamas, this is a story for you. >> this llama drama was in nebraska. kay lynn baez tried to corral her llama. she got the llama sunday. it took off the next day. she got it to be a friend to her other

it's a one-point game later on hoyas up two. the three ball. georgetown takes the five-point lead.mith-rivera loves playing in his hometown. 21st ranked butler.s it 60-54. regular season finale on sunday. maryland at nebraska. >> a ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ great rates for great rides. geico motorcycle see how much you could save. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ yoplait. with a smooth and creaour whole family loves. don't miss yoplait's exciting new flavors -- creamy caramel and cookies 'n cream. >>> we've got some breaking news to share before we go. our affiliate station in baltimore has just confirmed that police are trying to figure out if the shootings near the national security agency and on the intercounty connector today are connected to three other shootings in maryland in the past week. a shooting in hanover, laurel and also columbia more online as it come >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- judi dench ansel elgort musical guest

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. >> to new york city, the hoyas won by 22 points. that was then. this was this afternoon. smith rivera doing all he could. including that three. the red storm too much. phil green, the fourth. one of his six three's on the day. st. johns rolls 81-70. hoyas, three-game win streak is over. >> joe mcdonald, junior guard making a late season ten. early going, he does his job. mcdonnell hitting the three ball. one of his four on the afternoon. finished with 20 points. davidson would answer. any facty reversal from jack gibbs. 22 to lead the wildcats. 77-66. likely have to run the table in the conference tournament to make the big dance. >>> first spring training game, opening day is only a month away. they are gearing up down in florida where it was a brisk 70 degrees today. so much has been made of the nats pitching staff. the offense might have what it takes. or breaks washington. the lumber failed at the most critical time. a staff full of aces. can the offense provide enough run support? pressure? anthony rendone says no. >> if anything, i feel like it takes pressure off of

the hoyas were rewarded for a 21-win season. now they've got a four seed. off to portland we go and the south regionals. >> quite honestly i was surprised that we're four. as i started to think about it, maybe i shouldn't have been. i think it speaks to the strength of our schedule. is that this time around we get another chance at it and -- >> this time around we get another chance at it and i don't plan to go home any time soon. >> reporter: if there's any team that plans not to overlook anybody, it's the georgetown hoyas. on the campus in northwest, dave owen for wusa9 sports -- owens for wusa9 sports. >> mark it down, georgetown, eastern washington 10:00 on thursday. stay up late. maryland/valparaiso is friday at 4:40 in the afternoon and a very special game on overtime tonight on wusa9 at 11:00 as we get our bracket fix on. >> thank you so much. >>> today marks four years of war in syria. u.s. secretary of state john kerry spoke of possible negotiations with syria's president drawing strong reactions from protesters outside the white house. stephanie r

a game-high 25 points as the hoyas advance to take on utah tomorrow.ber eastern washington coaches guarantee of a victory yesterday, john thompson iii remembered as well. >> when someone guarantees a victory, you know, you think of joe namath you know, you think of muhammad ali, larry bird in a three-point shooting contest. >> people that can actually impact. >> i look and say that's who was guaranteeing the victory, okay so our guys just came out and played. >> wow. >> don't mess with him. all right. hoyas and utah tip off at 7:45 tomorrow. jo top-seeded maryland women also in action tomorrow. they begin the tournament in college park against new mexico state. the terps practicing today at the xfinity center. maryland winners of 24 straight. if they win tomorrow they could face princeton, who happens to be undefeated on the season. president barack obama's niece is on that princeton team. he picked them to upset maryland in his bracket, something brenda frese was asked about today. >> he has strong know i mean which makes sense. he wants to keep a hap

they swept creighton this season, but the hoyas are no stranger to early postseason exits including in the first round here last year which kept them out of the big dance. i spoke with some of the players this week about why this year's team is so different. they said not only is the makeup different, that they have a lot more depth coming off the bench, but their mentality is as well. >> just how we stay together through the tough time even when we're losing games and we're able to get right back on the horse. >> i think over time we've built a great chemistry. i think guys are more than ready. >> the guys are playing for each other and when you get a group of guys that play for each other and care about each other and check your personal agendas at the door, you have a chance for a successful season. >> reporter: the hoyas hope that confidence will lead them to the first conference title in eight years. our diane roberts is with the cavaliers in greensboro as they begin the acc tournament. hey, diane. >> reporter: hi, kristen. they made it past their first opponent, but the florida s

more importantly, the georgetown hoyas left for portland this morning. so it is game time! bright and early the hoyas left northwest washington for their test against eastern washington. >> time they go. tim: the message from the head coach john thompson iii. >> just stay focused. message has been pretty consistent, you know since the pairings came out. >> time to win or go home. we don't play again if we don't win. so it's all business. no fun at this point. tim: let's take a look at this ballgame. we start with georgetown look at their resume and what sticks out is rivera. josh smith is the key. big space eater. this isn't a layup. eastern washington they have the number one scorer in the country. >> leading scoreer in the country but then, even when he's out of the equation so many people that can really shoot the ball. and not just shoot it, they can score. tim: look closer. i think all the so-called experts say georgetown will advance and beat eastern washington. history isn't good. they didn't qualify last year and the four years before, that the hoyas were knocked ou

the hoyas have not made it past round two in about eight years. they'll play eastern washingn university which has the number one scoring player in the country right now. friday virginia cavaliers play. fans watching guard justin anderson who ht scored in two games since he came back from surgery last month. and maryland plays on friday as well. the team lost out on a higher seed many thought it deserved. now the terps could face kentucky who many think will win it all, of course. if they make it through the first two games. a lot riding on this for maryland. mason university didn't make the tournament this year. nine wins. 22 losses this season. we learned this morning paul hewitt head coach is out. he has been fired as the coach there. he ran the team for the last four years apparently not good enough. the national zoo asking for >>> i'm angie goff at the live desk. break news. u.s. attorney for d.c. stepping down as of april 1st. this wraps up five years of service. the second largest in this office. plans to return to private practice hearing

right now, the hoyas trailed by 16. -- trailing by the 16. marcus paige, works his way to the bucket. the tar heels would add to the lead. upsetting the cats, 71-67. gw and rhode island, second half. tries to get something going. gets it blocked. rhode island on the run. colonials could not get it done. they trail 67-58 in the final seconds. mike green back on the ice for the caps. defense was the name of the game at verizon tonight. the stars signed on the offense of and. -- offensive and. -- end. the final for this 1, 4-2. the skins answered the call for help in the secondary. a deal for $2 million. he reported interceptions with the 49ers. he has had issues off the field including anti-gay remarks in 2013. a final note, a linebacker has found a new home with the titans. he agreed to a four-year deal with the titans. it includes $13.5 million guaranteed. payday for him. >> that is a lot of millions. a little elbow, no pinkeye. >> dogs or cats? >> dogs. >>'s most had owners cannot go a day without their dogs. how about five years? the incred

hoyas saying good-bye and the terps saying hello to the final four, again. we'll tell you why.cared of no stinking huskies. >>> first, lester holt with what's ahead on "nbc nightly news." >>> hi jim and doreen. coming up tonight, under pressure indiana goes back to the drawing board with that religious freedom law. >>> what do you take for the aching back? it may be the wrong thing. >>> and what did the newly named host of the "daily show" say? >>> in women's basketball somewhere along to holding that trophy aloft, you have to go through uconn, don't you. >> you cannot win that thing unless you peat uconn. and it is a very difficult battle. back-to-back seasons the maryland women headed to the final four. they have a big challenge ahead of them facing the uconn huskies. they beat the terps back in college park arriving at the xfinity center around 9:00 a.m. today. took ta long red eye back from spokane. looking a little tired. maryland making back-to-back final fours for the first time in school history. according to lexie brown, always with things to say, the doubters didn't t

hoyas heading west. then east region, uva, a two-seed facing belmont friday around 3:00.lears go to charlotte, north carolina, for this one. finally, the region. vcu the seventh seed will tt the buckeyes of new york thursday at rams also playing out in portland oregon so get those brackets filled out. the buckeyes of ohio state that is. >>> locally, george mayson has fired men's basketball head coach paul hewitt. he spent the last four years with the patriots. this past season the team finished wius nip wins and 22 losses. korlt a report from yahoo! sports, mason is focusing on jay larranaga tke over the program. he's currently an assistant with the boston celtics. >>> the maryland women could pack it um right now and we could stilll spectaculare undefeated home, a regular-sean anwothe big ten tournament but the season isn't over. time to dance. they find out who they play. jason pugh at maryla with the big ten's coach of the year on selection monda >> thoonks, diana. brenda frese, the head coach of the basketba team. tremendous arh season for your group. what was it at t

hoyas missed out on march madness last year. celebratory here. they haven't made past the secondn eight years. vcu, aaron will be rooting for them of course. they play against ohio state thursday as well. uva and maryland both kick off their bids friday afternod go terps? >> you did. as well you should. going to be huge. let me take a sip of my vcu coffee. >> you can see my maryland mug? >>> all right. to talk weather right now. a live look outside for you this mornin >> i'm almost there. >> chuck is almost here. >> chuck is getting his oklahoma mug. that's why. >> don't talk bad about me before i get into the room. >> we'll wait until ultimate get here for that. >> it will be a nice day outside today. sorry about that i was over on wamu radio giving them the forecast and had to do the 50 yard dash down the hallway. >> if anyone can do that that's you. >> nice morning outside but neff run to an open microphone. my advice to you. 40 degrees right now in will washington. e colder in the suburbs now. 32 in frederick, maryland. 30 in manassas 29 in w

the hoyas leaving campus early this morning. they'll take the long trip across the country.are headed to portland where they'll face eastern washington. 2,800 miles between mcdonough arena and the mota center in portland. the hoyas and eagles tip off just before 10:00 thursday night and john thompson iii has one message for his team. >> just stay focused. just stay focused. the message has been pretty consistent, you know since the pairings came out. let's just stay focused on eastern washington and nothing else. >> it's business time. i mean this time it's either win or go home. we don't play again if we don't win, so it's all business. no fun at this point. >>> this chris borland story has rocked the nfl. it had us wondering how many players in the nfl have wit dwi game with healthy years still ahead of them. not many. in fact less than ten according to "usa today." his retirement at the age of 24 has sent shock waves throughout the sports world and has everyone talking about it today. even a near-guaranteed huge payday down the line, borland says the chance of suffering h

robert: portland, the hoyas survived eastern washington. next up is utah, a five seed. just like georgetown, they smell blood. here is john thompson iii. >> you enjoy winning when the moment is over. we are still in the moment. if we have any other mentality going against a team as tough as utah, as pleased as utah, we will be in trouble. -- as poised as utah, we will be in trouble. robert: louisville-cincinnati the wildcats up. andrew harrison with the opening. drive strong to the bucket, lays it in, and one. kentucky improved to 36-0 with the victory. number 11 ucla cruised past 14th seeded uab this afternoon. ucla, who many thought should not be in the tournament, advances to the sweet 16 with the 92-75 win. the terps women are cruising through the ncaa tournament. they took on new mexico state. we picked this up in the first half. brionna jones was a monster down low. she grabbed the rebound, puts it back, gets the foul. she finished with 22 points, 12 boards. a nice afternoon. the good look in the corner, she had 19 points. maryland wins 76-67. they will face undef

and the hoyas are leading washington by a score of 64-68. dave has matthew perry plus adam scott and the top 10 tonight only cbs. we'll see you later today for second round action. from all of us here in new york say good night. charles: good night everybody. kenny: see you tomorrow.

leon: also some indoor plants the terps and hoyas. at is it for us tonight.my kimmel live is next. have a great weekend. >> dicky: from austin, texas, it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight -- willie nelson. colin hanks. and music from edward sharpe & the magnetic zeros. with cleto and the cletones. and now, i reckon, here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪

the second round games, the terps, the hoyas the cavs all going dancing. terrapins begin their first quest in five years for an ncaa title. the terps left college park the media and have just arrived hear in columbus at their hotel just up the road behind me. the terps are probably one of the biggest surprises this season finishing second in their first season in the big 10 conference. we spoke with the team this afternoon before they left college park about what all of this means for their program. >> it's pretty important, obviously. huge for our program and i think it's how we did it, too. it's not like we limped into this tournament. we won eight of our last nine games and won 27 games and got a 4 seed. >> i was kind of preached at my guys and tell them savor all these moments because it goes by really fast. you guys have to understand that you have something special here, and you've got to keep that going. >> reporter: the terps of course don't play until friday afternoon, but they're not the only ones dancing like i said. the virginia cavaliers they'

hoyas working around smith. rivera standing there wide open. game high 29 for him.rgetown within 9 here and dsr not the only shooter on the floor tonight. phil green just couldn't miss for st. johns. career high 26 for him. beats georgetown 81-70. >>> uva hosting virginia tech a big one today. atkins honored on senior day. holding up that jersey. two-point game. london drains the 3. 11 points in the return from a broken nose. and a concussion. tough guy. cavs up 5. later in the half dishing it out. beautiful no-look pass. game high 19 for him. let's go under a minute here. atkins showing off on senior day. just beating the press. they find the senior for the big-time slam. 16 points in the game for atkins. virginia beats virginia tech 69-57. they keep on rolling. >>> george washington on the road. visiting davidson. skip ahead. let's go second half here guys. up 6. kick out to brian sullivan spots up drains the 3. 21 for him. wild cats up 9. later in the half gw battling back. mcdonald with the steal here. takes it all the way for the bucket. 20 points for him tonig

early on, they were on fire, making six three pointers in the first seven minutes of the game, but the hoyas fell in love with a jump shot a little too much. when the offense stalled coming utah took over, scorn from inside and outside. the utes outscore the is 62-31 in the final 30 minutes of the game. jt-3 had a special message for his team after the game. >> you lose a game, i don't think anybody played on going home tomorrow, tonight. so at this point right now there is no need to beat them up or analyze the game. the important message is to thank them for the work that they put in this year, because it was hard work and this group cared about each other, played for each other. i love them. robert: let's talk nba. the was earned struggled on the west coast against the kings. look at the ball movement. sacramento with the fastbreak. macklemore with the highflying dunks. washington loses 109-86. they are at golden state tomorrow night. d.c. united on the road tonight facing new york. united getting things going offensively. united drops this, 2-0. uva goes down, georgetown goes down tonigh