Nathan Fenno The Washington Times - March 11, 2011, 03:45PM

Support for the Georgetown basketball team is coming from an unusual area.

In a column for ESPN.com, Rapper Snoop Dogg picked the Hoyas to make noise in the NCAA Tournament.

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“I gotta rep for my Georgetown neffs — tha Hoyas are looking to make a run for the ‘ship this year,” Snoop Dogg wrote. “If my man Chris Wright can get that broken hand straight, don’t sleep on tha Hoyas in the Big Dance!”

Also …

— The Kansas City Star profiled Kansas basketballer and D.C. native Thomas Robinson’s journey through tragedy. Heart-wrenching stuff.

— Our in-house bracketologist at The Washington Times, Patrick Stevens, unveiled his latest bracket projection today. After Wednesday’s loss to UConn, Stevens dropped Georgetown to a No. 7 seed facing Richmond in Denver.