It seems that the Georgetown Hoyas and a Chinese basketball team they were playing in an exhibition game deteriorated into a full-scale brawl yesterday. The Hoyas have sort of a bad-boy reputation, so you might think they brought this on themselves, but judging from the photo accompanying the Washington Post story, it doesn’t look like the Chinese were the non-aggressors:

What began as a goodwill trip to China for the Georgetown men’s basketball team turned violent Thursday night, when its exhibition game against the Bayi Rockets deteriorated into a melee during which players exchanged blows, chairs were thrown and spectators tossed full water bottles as Hoyas players and coaches headed to the locker room at Olympic Sports Center Stadium.

Georgetown Coach John Thompson III pulled his players off the court with 9 minutes 32 seconds left in the game and the scored tied at 64 after a chaotic scene in which members of both teams began throwing punches and tackling one another.

Duke is currently in China to play three exhibition games against the Chinese Olympic team. They won their first two and have one remaining in the series.

UPDATE: Allahpundit at HotAir.com has the video. My question: After this, how many other “goodwill” visits will American teams make to China?