Patrick Ewing was an 11-year-old All-Star as a member of the New York Knicks, but the Hall of Fame center was not happy with the safety of MSG that kept him in the corridors of the building he had been building for more than a decade. called home, did not stop. .
Ewing now had the men’s basketball coach for his life. Life came in its full circle, leading Georgetown to an incredible 72-71 victory over number one seeded Villanova in the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament at Madison Square Garden.
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Ewing, who was also a member of the ’92 ‘Dream Team’, was fired after Georgetown’s victory.
“I thought it was my building,” Ewing told reporters. “And I feel terrible that I’m stopped, hired and asked for passes. Everyone in this building needs to know who I am. I stop. I can not move around in this building. What the hell? Is this Madison Square Garden?”
Ewing, set up in Georgetown with the overall no. 1 in the NBA draft in 1985, is arguably the greatest player in franchise history, and he was recognized by the team for his accomplishments when the Knicks in 2003 won his no. 33 jersey retired.
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‘I’ll have to call [Knicks owner James Dolan] and say: Give, is my number on the beams or what? ‘
After Ewing expressed his feelings after the game, Madison Square Garden issued a statement. Dolan and Ewing also talked about clearing the air.
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“Jim and Patrick have a long-standing relationship; they spoke this afternoon and reaffirmed it,” MSG said in a statement. “We all know, respect and appreciate what he means to The Garden and New York. Good luck to him and his Hoyas in the Big East semifinals.”
After their huge victory over Villanova, the Hoyas will battle it out in the semifinals of the tournament against Seton Hall. This will be Georgetown’s first semi-final in the Big East tournament since 2015.