Advancing to the quarterfinals , Georgetown faced the No. 4 seed , Cincinnati , the following day . A dramatic narrative of the game was the duel underneath the baskets between the teams ′ two senior " big men , " Henry Sims and Cincinnati forward Yancy Gates . The first half was close , although Georgetown pulled away in the final five minutes to lead 30-24 at halftime . In the second half , an 8-0 Georgetown run extended the Hoyas ′ lead to 49-38 , but the Bearcats responded with an 11-3 run that cut Georgetown 's lead to 52-49 with 3:53 remaining in regulation . Gates scored over Sims on a layup with 1:56 remaining to narrow the gap to 52-51 , then tipped in a miss by Cincinnati junior guard Cashmere Wright to give the Bearcats their first lead of the second half at 53-52 with 37 seconds left . After Cincinnati senior guard Dion Dixon sank the first of two free throws to extend his team 's lead to 54-52 but missed his second shot , Otto Porter grabbed the rebound and scored on a jumper with four seconds remaining to tie the game at 54-54 and force overtime . In overtime , Cincinnati staked itself to a 62-60 lead on a Dixon free throw with 20 seconds left , but Henry Sims , finding himself at the top of the key with the ball and with time running out , drove in toward the basket and made a layup at the buzzer to force a second overtime with the score tied 62-62 . The teams traded baskets in the second overtime , and Sims tied it with a two-point jumper at 70-70 with 29 seconds to play , but Wright countered with a jumper 20 seconds later to give the Bearcats a 72-70 advantage . On the next possession , Sims missed a three-point attempt from way out of range at the buzzer , and Cincinnati won 72-70 despite shooting 2-for-21 ( 9.5 % ) in three-pointers . Sims led the Hoyas with a double double ( 22 points and 15 rebounds ) , while Otto Porter added 14 points and grabbed seven rebounds , Jason Clark scored 12 points , and Hollis Thompson finished with 10 . It was the first multiple-overtime game for the Hoyas since January 24 , 2006 , and the first one in the Big East Tournament since Syracuse beat Connecticut in six overtimes in the 2009 quarterfinals . The Bearcats advanced to upset Syracuse in the semifinals and then to the championship game , where they lost to Louisville
2009 quarterfinals
2009 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
2011–12 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team