Georgetown’s 80-48 loss to Villanova at the Big East tournament was one final indignity in an era full of them. Someone other than Patrick Ewing has to create a new Hoyas basketball identity, writes _Brian_Hamilton.
It has to do things differently, and everyone knows it. The days of insulation and entitlement must end. Reboot it all. Georgetown has to start acting like a functional, modern college basketball program. Like the kind of program it aspires to be. Allow the entire breadth of the athletic department’s staff to help. Use athletic director Lee Reed — who is well-respected in the league, whatever Georgetown faithful think of him — as an actual resource. Open all the doors. Let the air in.
Thirteen wins, total, in two years. Two Big East wins, total, in that span. The worst seasons since a time before Big John came around.There’s also a sting to this, though, isn’t there? The way a lidocaine shot burns before everything goes numb. The best possible thing for Georgetown, not to mention the best possible thing for the Big East, is the immediate and unceremonious departure of an icon for both.
Two hours earlier, Ewing followed his team to the floor for an evening with some promise. Smiling fans lining the tunnel had their smartphone cameras at the ready. A pack of professional photogs tracked Ewing through the obligatory pregame handshakes with first-year Nova coach Kyle Neptune and the rest of Villanova’s staff.
, at one point, to “Wake up!” Mostly, though, he was stoic. Unreadable. One foul call late in the first half stirred him, but even when the Hoyas botched execution on the last shot of the first half, the head coach was a blank slate.Twas ever thus, all night, even as Villanova’s lead crept closer and closer to 30, even as guys like
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