Chudier Bile and the Hoyas Beat the Bluejays to Take the BIG EAST Tourney Crown
As Patrick Ewing stoically strolled the Georgetown sidelines in the final seconds of Saturday’s BIG EAST Tournament championship game, his starters, who had long since joined him on the bench, smiled, high-fived and hugged as their moment was about to arrive at Madison Square Garden. The Hoyas had clinched their first BIG EAST Tournament championship since 2007 and you had to wonder if John Thompson Jr., Ewing’s coach and mentor, was watching from somewhere upstairs and smiling. How could he not be after what Georgetown had completed with its four-day, four-game steamroll through the Garden this week?