During Patrick Ewing’s remarkable college playing career, the dominant center guided Georgetown to four NCAA tournament appearances, three trips to the national championship game and one title. Now in his sixth year as the team’s coach. the program is a long way from those more successful days.
The Hoyas fell to Villanova on Wednesday, 73–57, at home, running the program’s Big East losing streak to a record 25 games. The team lost its final conference game of the 2020-21 campaign before going 0–19 in league games last season. Wednesday’s defeat dropped Georgetown’s mark to 5–11 overall and 0–5 in the Big East.