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Patrick Ewing responds to speculation about Georgetown future

Originally posted on Larry Brown Sports | By Grey Papke | Last updated 2/27/22

The Georgetown Hoyas fell to 6-22 on Sunday with a loss to UConn, increasing speculation about Patrick Ewing’s future as head coach.

Ewing’s consistent struggles prompted questions about his future at the school, and the legendary center admitted his return was far from certain. He said Sunday he was eager to stay in the job, but knew his return is no certainty.

Patrick Ewing on his future as #Hoyas coach: "Of course I want to be back here, but in this position, in this job, whatever happens will happen. I’m hoping I’ll be back and doing something that I love at a place that I love and getting us back to being the king of the hill.”

— Gene Wang (@gene_wang) February 27, 2022

Ewing, now in his fifth season as Georgetown coach, is now 68-81 in his tenure. He has only made the NCAA Tournament once, and has missed the postseason entirely in three of his five seasons. At a school of Georgetown’s stature, that simply is not good enough.

Only one year ago, Ewing led the Hoyas on a Cinderella run through the Big East tournament to make the March Madness field. It looks particularly bad for him that he was unable to build on that.

This article first appeared on Larry Brown Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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