Yurtseven Stays In NBA DraftNot surprising but otherwise confirmed Monday evening:Yurtseven, 21, a graduating senior who had one year eligibility remaining, led the Hoyas in scoring and rebounding in 2019-20, and narrowly missed becoming only the fourth player in school history to average double figures in scoring and rebounding over their career. He previously announced he would "close another chapter" on March 14.
Hoyas Add Second Grad Transfer After falling short on a pair of recruits over the past week, Georgetown reached back to the grad transfer pool to add Chudier Bile, a 6-7 forward from Northwestern State (LA), who announced his commitment Monday afternoon.A native of Sudan who played basketball at South HS in Denver, Bile is the first ever Georgetown signee from Colorado.Georgetown will be Bile's fourth stop in as many years. An honorable mention all-state selection in 2016, Bile did not secure a Division I offer out of high school. Instead, he played two years at Otero Junior College in La Junta, CO, averaging 12.5 points and 6.0 rebounds. He signed with Bradley University in 2018, but quit the team one month into its summer session. He then transferred to Northwestern State, sitting out the 2018-19 season before averaging 14.3 points and 7.6 rebounds with the Demons (15-15 in 2019-20) last season. Bile was a second team all-Southland Conference selection, with seven double-double (points and rebounds) in 28 games on the NSU roster, and announced he would pursue a grad tarnsfer on April 17. Bile selected Georgetown over Arkansas, DePaul, Georgia Southern, Portland, and Cal State Northridge, according to reports. Following his May 8 graduation, he will have one year eligibility in 2020-21. Georgetown's current depth chart (Mac McClung's return remains in question) is as follows:
The Renovation That Wasn't The story seemed like a big deal when it was posted to HoyaSaxa.com, twenty years ago this week.It was. And sadly, it still is."The April 22 issue of the Washington Post discussed the possibility of three words not heard on the Georgetown campus in two decades: on campus basketball," read the story. "Although the subject has been the subject of hushed tones among hopeful fans and briefly discussed at the awards banquet, Ken Denlinger's story in the Post publicly discusses the issue of a renovation of McDonough Memorial Gymnasium, built in 1951 and the smallest facility among the soon-to-be 14 Big East schools." The 2000 plan was known as the Convocation Center, an ambitious and innovative attempt to realign the men's basketball program to an on-campus destination. So what happened? Read more about it at the Georgetown Basketball History Project. William E. Jackman (1934-2020)From the Washington Post, former Georgetown public address announcer William (Bill) Jackman has died of COVID-19 symptoms at the age of 85.Jackman died in an assisted living center in Reston, VA one day after his diagnosis.According to his obituary, "Bill Jackman was the public address announcer - the stadium voice - of U.S. Navy Academy football for three decades. In the 1960s, he was also the basketball public address announcer and part-time sports information director at Georgetown University. "His first task every morning was to read the sports section of The Post," his son said. Hoyas to Meet West Virginia Dec. 5 The second year of the Big East-Big 12 challenge will feature Georgetown hosting West Virginia on Dec. 5, per reports.The Mountaineers are expected to return four starters from last season's 21-10 club that finished tied for third in the Big 12 last season. Last year's Big East-Big 12 challenge series saw Georgetown upset Oklahoma State, 81-74, marking only the 10th non-conference loss for Oklahoma State at Gallagher-Iba Arena in 33 years.Georgetown owns a 27-25 advantage in a series that dates to the 1921-22 season, and most frequently when WVU was a part of the Big East from 1995-2012. West Virginia's last appearance at what is now Capital One Arena was in the 2010-11 season, while the teams last met in the 2014 NIT tournament at McDonough Gymnasium, won by Georgetown 77-65. 2020 Big East Tournament Cancellation
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Georgetown Basketball: WFH
What does a basketball coach do when it's April and he is trying to fill roster spots? In 2020, Patrick Ewing is like everyone else.
He's at home.
"We still have to try to recruit, Ewing told NBC Sports Washington. "While we can't go out and sit in living rooms, we try to do it out other ways to get the job done.""We're talking to them, we're Zooming them, Face Timing them. We're trying to do it all."
"This is bigger than basketball, it's about life," he added. "There are a lot of people who are losing their life over it at this time. So even though we want to get back on the floor, we want to get back to business as usual. The only way that happens, is if we all listen to what doctors and the government is asking of us."
Hoyas Add Grad Transfer
With the departure of Terrell Allen as a graduate transfer, Georgetown received a commitment Thursday from 5th year guard Jalen Harris, per his social media account.
Harris averaged 4.2 points and 2.4 assists in 32 games as a redshirt junior at Arkansas, starting five games.Originally a freshman at New Mexico in the 2016-17 season, Harris played two seasons at Arkansas. He had seven points and five assists in Arkansas' opening round of the 2020 SEC tournament, but struggled from the field over his time with the Hogs, shooting 35 percent from the field. Harris selected Georgetown over offers from Missouri, Seton Hall, Louisiana-Lafayette, and Temple.
Georgetown's current depth chart (assuming Omer Yurtseven will leave and Mac McClung's status is in question) is as follows:
| Guard | Guard | Forward | Forward | Center |
| Jalen Harris (Gr) |
Jahvon Blair (Sr) 10.8 ppg |
Kobe Clark (Fr) |
Jamorko Pickett (Sr) 10.2 ppg |
Qudus Wahab (So) 5.5 ppg |
| Tyler Beard (Fr) |
Jaden Robinson (Jr/Walk-on) 0.9 ppg |
Jamari Sibley (Fr) |
Tim Ighoefe (So) 2.5 ppg |
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| Dante Harris (Fr) |
Chuma Azinge (So/Walk-on) 0.2 ppg |
Malcolm Wilson (So) 0.0 ppg |