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major hit to the hoyas, ewing has his job cut out for him now.

https://www.casualhoya.com/2019/12/2/20 ... rick-ewing

Craziness! Those in the know: details please!

What kind of coach and program loses two of their best players to transfer?

Well, I said a few days ago that Georgetown wouldn't make the Tournament and now their season (like Providence's) looks to be over.

Disaster for Georgetown, but could be better for the league overall this year. I now expect them to tank during Big East play and for the rest of us to mostly beat them. Still have 6 OOC games to get through, though, which will likely be ugly.

MarquetteRustler wrote:What kind of coach and program loses two of their best players to transfer?

Good one.

It's ok guys... we'll be here soon!

wtf.....horrible.

Seriously, what the hell just happened?

On Reddit someone claiming to be a G'town student offered the following (full disclosure it may be BS, but I thought I'd share):

"Didn’t want to say since they are all rumors but the consensus is they both committed sexual assault, as well as robbing students of cash and weed on numerous occasions."

So I applaud Ewing if it is anything remotely related to this.

I'm sure this will ruffle a few Husky fan feathers but... the two old school BE programs that I found myself rooting against--even more than G'town--was UConn and Syracuse. Why? Because at Syracuse it was completely fine to hit a co-ed with a toaster and play the next day, and in Storrs you could steal some laptops and Big Jim wouldn't bat an eye. What I like about our current conference iteration is that these are program and schools that don't (seem to) act that way. Now I know that Nova players haven't been angels--phone card scam, and public urination, yada, yada...(And Creighton was named in the FBI suit)... But for the most part we have 10 now and hopefully 11 next year that run clean programs.

Good for you Patrick Ewing. The program is bigger than the player(s).

Well, they'll likely be eating some of those losses during the BE portion of the schedule. You do have to worry about the program though. It's hard to imagine Georgetown as a non factor long term, but those of you who are older, and have followed the game for a while know that there have been powerful programs that have bit the dust. DePaul and St. John's have tremendous histories, yet the Johnnies have been largely mediocre over the last 30 years, while until this season, the Blue Demons have looked like they belong in the Horizon. Current non entities like Holy Cross, Duquesne, and St. Bonaventure used to be among the top programs. Nova fans remember when those were top games on the schedule. They all thought their decline was just a stumble, and would be short lived. Didn't turn out that way. The longer Georgetown is a non factor, the harder it will be for them to right the ship. Kids don't care about what you did 20 and 30 years ago. They care about who's good now. Nearly all of Georgetown's glory has come with a Thompson at the helm. If Ewing fails, the next guy better be the right guy. No one in this league is going to step aside for Georgetown. Let's be honest, we all want our fellow teams to do well ooc, and we know what an asset to the league a strong Georgetown program is, but someone has to occupy the cellar, and if I'm a fan of DePaul, Providence, Creighton, or any other BE team, "Oh well, better Georgetown than us".