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The Big East Conference's preseason media poll had the Hoyas 10th among 16 teams. This week's USA TODAY/ESPN coaches' poll has them No. 11 in the nation going into Wednesday's game at No. 2 Syracuse (7 p.m., ESPN).
Henry Sims, a 6-10 senior, began this season as a role player who'd done little for three years. Now, he is one of the Big East's best big men.
And the fight in China, a public-relations nightmare for Georgetown in the summer, has become a piece of this team's foundation.
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