Georgetown Hoyas legend and head coach Patrick Ewing appeared in a photo, posted by the University of Virginia basketball, with legendary UVA center Ralph Sampson. It seems pretty clear that Ewing was in Charlottesville.
Ewing and Sampson had quite the battle back in the day: December 11, 1982. The reports were that “the 7-foot-4-inch Sampson, who had 23 points, 16 rebounds and seven blocked shots,” while “the 7‚0 Ewing had 16 points, eight rebounds and five blocked shots, and that “Sampson, a senior, won the battle because he had the moves to beat Ewing, a sophomore, more often than Ewing was able to use his strength.