For good reason, Duane Simpkins can remember the last regularly scheduled Maryland-Georgetown game “like it was yesterday.” The former Terps point guard also has clear memories of his game-winning shot to beat the Hoyas in overtime at USAir Arena when Simpkins was a sophomore.
“A floater over Don Reid,” Simpkins said Wednesday.
There has been 22 years worth of yesterdays that have elapsed since these two former longtime rivals met in a regularly scheduled men’s basketball game. That will change on Nov. 17, when Maryland will host Georgetown at Xfinity Center as part of the inaugural Gavitt Tipoff Games.