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Other than John Thompson, perhaps no name is more synonymous with Georgetown basketball than that of Patrick Ewing.
Ewing was a superstar for Thompson and the Hoyas from 1981-1985. He helped lead Georgetown to the 1984 national championship and was named the NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player that same year.
The following year, the big man from Kingston, Jamaica was even better. He won the National College Player of the Year award and led the Hoyas back to the NCAA title game where they were shockingly upset by Villanova.
Ewing yet again squared off with the Villanova Wildcats on Wednesday, this time as the Hoyas head coach. And he yet again came out on the wrong side of things, making more history that he probably wishes he hadn’t.
The loss was the 25th consecutive Big East defeat for the once-proud program, marking a new Big East record. It seems nearly impossible for the program to have fallen this far. Especially after Ewing and the Hoyas won the Big East tournament in 2020-21.
But what has happened since has been nothing short of embarrassing. Georgetown went just 6-25 overall and 0-19 in Big East play in 2021-22. The belief was that the only way to go from there was up. But that hasn’t been the case. The Hoyas are 5-11 thus far in the new season and winless, now 0-5, in the conference.
“We recognize this is a challenging and frustrating time for the men’s basketball team and our fans,” Athletic Director Lee Reed said prior to the Villanova loss.
Ewing is now in his sixth season at the helm of the Hoyas. He’s posted just one winning season in that span and one NCAA Tournament berth. While firing a program legend is always difficult. It appears the time is now or never if Georgetown ever wants to revive its program.