At this time last season, the Georgetown University men's basketball team had just rattled off their eighth consecutive conference win, their second in a row over a ranked opponent, and were smoothly sailing their way to the Big East regular season crown with a conference record of 13-3. One year later, the Hoyas still stand atop the conference at 10-2, but a recent string of uncharacteristically ugly play has cast a pallor on early expectations of a second straight sterling season.