With that said, the first three games of the year are boosting that minutes per game average, as he went for 15, 11, and 17 minutes each against UMBC, Navy, and West Virginia respectively.Īnd that is it for notable returning players. but he did play in all but two of Georgetown’s games. 2.5 points and 3.2 rebounds in 9.1 minutes per game for the seven foot tall Nigerian is not all that much. This is the one that we have to squint at a bit to see it. The only other player that’s back for Georgetown that made anything resembling an impact on last year’s team is Timothy Ighoefe. Carey was the much better shooter last season, cashing in 45% of his long range attempts, and the less said about Harris’ 26% on three attempts per game, the better. Harris gets the nod as the more productive of the two, as he beats out Carey in rebounds (3.4 to 3.0) and assists (3.2 to 1.7). In fact, Harris probably wasn’t supposed to start at all, but the departure of Jalen Harris just five games into the season thrust Dante into the starting lineup for the rest of the year.īoth Carey and Harris averaged exactly 8.0 points per game to come into this season tied as the team’s leading returning scorer. Donald Carey and Dante Harris were one of four GU players to appear in every game, although they only started 20 and 21 games respectively. Key Returners: Georgetown returns three players who had a role worth mentioning last season, and we have to squint to see one of them. Chudier Bile was a Hoya for just one season, but 10.2 points, 5.0 rebounds, and 1.0 steals per game is pretty good stuff for your Big East debut (and finale) season. Jamorko Pickett, one of the most fun names to say out loud in recent Big East history, was good for 12.2 points, 7.2 rebounds, and 2.1 assists last year, and he was a constant three-point threat at 37% from long range. Qudus Wahab went for 12.7 points, a team high 8.2 rebounds, and 1.6 blocks per game. Jahvon Blair averaged 15.4 points, 3.6 rebounds, and a team high 3.6 assists last season. Let’s just go down the scoring chart, shall we? I did want to make sure everyone understood that Georgetown lost eight guys from last year’s roster, though. There’s four other players who were on last year’s team who are not back as well, but this section is called “Key Departures” and, well, without being mean, they didn’t have major roles last season. Those four gentlemen are also this teams top four rebounders, and two of them are amongst the four Hoyas who averaged more than an assist per game last season. Key Departures: Georgetown has lost their top four scorers from last year’s team that was 9-12 overall when the Big East tournament started. That game wasn’t even that close, since the Hoyas put up a 13-2 run in the final five minutes. Georgetown earned the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as a result, and then lost by 23 as the #12 seed to Colorado in the first round. Postseason? Well, if they won the Big East tournament, then the answer is obviously yes. Officially though, the Hoyas can still claim the title “Big East Champion” because they won the Big East tournament from that seed.įinal 2020-21 KenPom Ranking: #63, but we should point out that they were #85 when the Big East tournament started. Ewing wound up leading New York to the 1994 NBA Finals, where they lost to Hakeem Olajuwon and the Houston Rockets.2020-21 Record: 13-13, 7-9 in Big East play, but a perfect 4-0 in the Big East tournamentĢ020-21 Big East Finish: Eighth, two losses behind Xavier and two losses in front of Marquette. 1 overall pick in the 1985 draft after the Knicks won the NBA’s first lottery. John’s at Madison Square Garden, where Ewing played for the New York Knicks after his college career at Georgetown.Īs a player, the 7-footer helped Georgetown win the 1984 NCAA championship and reach two other title games. ![]() ![]() The Hoyas’ next scheduled outing is Sunday against St. The 59-year-old Ewing was hospitalized in May 2020 after testing positive for COVID-19. That is supposed to be the second game for Georgetown since it had four in a row postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Georgetown said assistant Louis Orr would serve as the team’s acting coach “starting with the Butler game.” The news release announcing the former Georgetown and NBA star’s absence Thursday did not offer any other details or explanation. WASHINGTON (AP) - Georgetown basketball coach Patrick Ewing will miss the Hoyas’ game against visiting Butler because of what his team said Wednesday were D.C.
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