ANALYSIS/OPINION:
Georgetown fans experienced a blast from the past Saturday at Capital One Arena.
Syracuse was in town. Orange-clad fans were in the stands. Venerable Jim Boeheim stalked the visitors’ sideline and towering Patrick Ewing sat on the hosts’ bench.
Aside from Ewing wearing a suit instead of a uniform, you could’ve closed your eyes and been transported to 1985, when the Big East Conference supplied three-quarters of the Final Four.
But this was different, with the Big East no longer home to Syracuse, a charter member.