Georgetown has parted ways with head coach and basketball legend Patrick Ewing it was announced on Thursday evening. The move comes one day after the Hoyas’ season came to an end yesterday in an 80-48 loss to Villanova.
The Hoyas, this season under Ewing, went 7-25, including 2-18 in conference play, marking a second-consecutive season in which they failed to win ten games. In 2021-22, the Hoyas went 6-25, including 0-19 in conference play.
It was only the second and third time since 1970 that the program failed to win ten games or more.
Ewing was originally hired by the program in 2017 – immediately leading them to a 15-15 record, including 5-13 in conference play in the 2017-2018 season; the Hoyas would improve in year two, going 19-14, including 9-9 in conference play and earned a birth in the National Invitational Tournament.
Sources: Georgetown has parted ways with Patrick Ewing.
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The 2019-2020 season is when things began going downhill for Hoyas, collecting a 15-17 record and 5-13 in conference play before the postseason was canceled due to COVID-19.
The Hoyas during the 2020-21 season was an interesting one for the program as they went just 13-13, including 7-9 in conference play but would make a surprise run in the Big East Tournament – defeating the No.9, No.1, No.5, and No.2 seeds in the tournament that season after entering as the No.8 seed, earning an automatic bid in the NCAA Tournament, getting knocked out in the first round by Colorado.
While they would try to build off their Big East Tournament title and NCAA Tournament appearance, the Hoyas struggled in 2021-22 going 6-25 and 0-19, as mentioned before, following it up with another extremely disappointing season this past year.
Now with Ewing gone, Georgetown becomes a very intriguing open coaching job. It’s a historically strong program that is full of tradition and postseason success; while the roster will need some rework, the transfer portal could allow for a quick rebuild in the nation’s capital.