When Patrick Ewing Committed To Georgetown | 30 for 30 | ESPN Stories

In an excerpt from 30 For 30's Requiem for the Big East Georgetown was put on the map when No. 1 recruit in the nation Patrick Ewing choose to play for the Hoyas leading them to the cusp of greatness.
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[@icarus8471]

Ewing led Georgetown to three national title games and won a title. One of the great college basketball careers.

[@amosjaxx9748]

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[@Grifter207]

That Jordan kid might become an All-Star!

[@cooper482011]

Don’t forget that Worthy kid too.

[@vincentthompson1608]

Rest in peace coach Thompson. THANK YOU for your contribution in the sport of college basketball.

[@mr.tooles9725]

he's totally underated true legend and warrior he's gonna be an excellent coach well deserved

[@rjtay676767]

Ad Tooles hope one day he could come back to new York Knick as a coach

[@oN3xShOtxkilL]

Ad Tooles I'm so happy that he's coaching and doing it at his alma mater, he deserve the chance

[@cornwild6062]

Tay Ren Jie god bless him, he will.

[@buddhathegoddemi6217]

Mr. Tooles Patrick Ewing music video on my page 🥀💔

[@mikeE997]

This aged very nicely

[@domb5561]

Dam MJ been ruining championship dreams since day 1 lmao

[@jayjones4412]

Dom B we should have won that year when we made it against the Dream 😢at least Patrick got a college ring though

[@alexherndon4892]

Dom B 😂

[@markjones2854]

Starks costed the Knicks in 94. Of he could hit 3 shots Knicks would've won

[@ShawnThomas78]

@@markjones2854 Nah, Pat got outplayed plain and simple and he is my fav player... that is the REAL reason we lost in 94. Starks single handed was the reason they made it to the Finals (Game 6 - @ Indiana).

[@alexshirley6096]

A KKK rally prevented them from being teammates on North Carolina and Jerry Krause kept them from playing for the Knicks

[@PoeticJustice05]

Damn MJ been fucking with Ewing's championship dreams since college!

[@jayjones4412]

PoeticJustice05 Ewing won the title at Georgetown a different season though. And James Worthy was the star of that UNC championship team

[@buddhathegoddemi6217]

PoeticJustice05 Patrick Ewing music video on my page 🥀💔

[@dannycamello6106]

MJ fucked w every player's hopes and dreams to win a championship in the 90's.

[@fredsanity]

That mean look on a young Ewing's face during a game is what Embiid needs

[@MrBronx61]

KAT needs it too

[@StuUngar]

Jordan wrote that one shot fueled his confidence going forward and he credits that shot a lot for what he went on to become

[@ladistar]

I met Ewing at a bar in Orlando a few years back, really nice guy. Hope the new gig works out for him.

[@trinitytenorio3157]

I cried when he lost to villanova in 85 I was 16 yrs old

[@garretenglish8644]

That’s weird I heard he hates it when fans get near him

[@RajDeelish]

Worked out pretty well this weekend with a Big East championship.

[@rockvilleraven]

@@RajDeelish I feel someday Ewing will be a head coach in the NBA, either with the Knicks or the Wizards, if their next one doesn’t work out. Right now he has unfinished business at Georgetown.

[@markJohnson-ot7ny]

You have to put Patrick Ewing in top 5 greatest College Basketball Mens Players in Collegiate History. For the simple fact 3 of his four years at George town he took them to 3 NCAA Championship finals. Even more amazing before he got there @ Georgetown they only went to NCAA men tourment once the previous year. Finally, if there is any reason why athlete should be paid, he's the a poster child why student athlete should be paid because he made the school million of dollars, and before he got there nobody heard of the school accept the rich, and privilege and when he left the school everybody in the country knew Georgetown. M

[@scaryazz]

mark Johnson you are very hard to understand

[@judahsong]

Should have won each title game too!

[@nrkgalt]

Then Grant Hill should also be in the top 5 because he got Duke to 3 championship games in 4 years, winning 2. For that matter, Bobby Hurley and Christian Laettner both went to 3 championship games, of which they won 2, both with Grant Hill.

[@vincentestone5764]

No Question about it.

[@vincentestone5764]

@@judahsong Except when a Team shoots 79% from the field. THAT'S UNHEARD OF, but ask VILLANOVA !

[@3hoya]

OMG! Ewing was the man of the Big East 1982-1985. 2 times Big East player of the year and first team all Big East 4 years. 3 find fours and 3 national championship games. Ewing was the best big east player I ever saw in my childhood. I life in the south all I saw on tv at that time was ACC & The Metro. The day we got cabe I was happy as of out!! The big east on ESPN on Monday nights and Wednesday night WGN big east game of the week. Am just down with Ewing #33 Georgetown Hoyas!!

[@stiltmansstilt1014]

Ewing may not of won a NBA title(part of 2 finals team's though), but he got 2 Olympic Gold medals and a College championship (been to 3 ncaa finals). Part of 2 NBA finals team's Part of 2 Olympic gold medal team's Part of 3 ncaa finals team's at Gtown(winning 1). Dudes a beast .

[@hectorlopez1069]

He won a national championship against Hakeem cougars.

[@darlenegoodwin6467]

To me the greatest Knick of all time. Wished he had a championship in his time in NY.

[@hectorlopez1069]

He tried but couldn't do it

[@christianschneider6538]

They did Sleepy Floyd dirty here not mentioning him. Ewing was a vitally important player and became the face of the Big East (and college basketball as a whole), but that 1982 squad was Sleepy Floyd's team. The next three were Ewing's.

[@cooper482011]

I concur

[@CapeFear1]

Agreed.

[@chipunderwood9206]

Amazing how Sleepy Floyd and James Worthy were both from the small town of Gastonia North Carolina playing in the national title on 2 different teams.

[@trevorcunningham8687]

Soooooo we just gonna ignore that left to the jaw in high school? Who was that kid. He had heart!

[@pick2568]

Loved this Georgetown team. Thompson told him to block everything that went near the basket at the beginning of the game. Brilliant!

[@hectorlopez1069]

A great blocker in the nba.

[@renstimpy2659]

I wonder what happened to that Jordan kid, who hit that winning shot.

[@nrkgalt]

He made an even better defensive play immediately after by denying the pass.

[@n1c704]

He played baseball for a bit from what I heard.

[@ehwassupdoc7901]

I think he broke his foot this one time

[@kingfinesse8402]

Heard had a bit of a gambling addiction

[@kashhh2]

I heard that he likes to take things personal

[@philliplyn2692]

Loving this one thanks for sharing very information blessed love to all knowledge is power hopefully everyone pays attention keep up the good work one of my favorite player het put Jamaica and George Town on his schoulder and made us all proud he made me want to be a Hoya 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲

[@hectorlopez1069]

The greatest basketball player to play in Georgetown.

[@adijayaification]

One of my first hero in the 90s

[@PoliticusRex632]

Video on Patrick and the Big East and Jordan fanboys in the comments making it about him. Sad

[@MarceloGomes-oe9sj]

Sou de São Paulo, Brasil. Um dos meus filhos se chama Patrick exatamente por causa do Patrick Ewing. Gênio!

[@shawngriffin9204]

The Knicks Marc Jackson & Patrick Ewing To Coach Them A.S.A.P.

[@paulsteezo1772]

Awesome pass by Fred Brown

[@hancockteeshirtcollections9897]

That Tarheel team though!!!!!!!!

[@bigesmalls41]

Thanku Patrick

[@MasinaJones]

Anyone peep the classic arm grab seconds in!? lol

[@mutton7891]

Lol yes. She's like "omg honey protect me from this giant!".

[@jamesshatford7389]

Haha yup

[@bobbyblue46]

Joey Jones that white bitch was holding on to her pocketbook and husband for dear life. The funniest thing about the video is that Patrick Ewing went on to make millions of dollars

[@frankwhite1009]

I knew o would find someone talking about it lol

[@theblakex]

@@bobbyblue46 I think most people would be scared of ANY 7 footer regardless of race

[@dannycamello6106]

I find it hilarious how all great NBA big men don't start playing basketball until their mid-to-late teen years. Examples: Ewing, Olajuwon, Mutumbo, Eaton, Nowitzki, Stoudemire, Wallace, and Embiid.

[@nelsonkane8816]

Well, they usually aren't blessed with a blacktop driveway and a basket with a good net on it and a regulation-sized backboard, so they can't just go out in the driveway and shoot.

[@loxxovvoxxol2896]

@@nelsonkane8816 More to the point.....they don't know they were going to be giants until that kind of age anyway.....then someone would have have said, 'hey man, you should play basketball' and they were like....'yeah, you right'

[@charlesreed5506]

Add Rodman to the list

[@TheREALBIGDAME74]

Also add Tim Duncan to the list;he was a swimmer b4 becoming 1 of the Greatest Power Forward

[@derrickmccombs6818]

The monster of The Caribbean vs. His Airness (as a baby bull). Priceless!

[@Turtlemannnn90]

Such a cool guy

[@JoeMama-tl4tr]

From Ewing, to Duncan, to now Jokic. It’s amazing how all these guys started playing basketball at a late age but are all some of the greatest of all time

[@vegasj305]

I remember the goaltending and a Ewing highlight reel to the song "Freeze Frame" that year.

[@divefraggle]

I never knew this game started off with five goal tending violations. They might have won if not for that. I think this game actually helped define Jordan and pave a path towards greatness. If Georgetown wins, we might not have the same Jordan.

[@S1LVAW0LF]

Good pt 🤣🤣🤣

[@kevinlewis6717]

James Worthy was the man that game

[@terrancethomas9792]

Make sure you see the 30 for 30 Requiem of Big East. An absolute must watch for hoop fans. This film is a clip of that show.

[@seanfelder3578]

Pat Ewing knew if not for Michael Jordan, he gets 3 NBA championships easily with NY Knicks.

[@bigbooty01nascar]

YEP, that is so true!

[@wuliwei6939]

When Jordan was out in 94 and 99, the Knicks made the Finals and still lost

[@dumisatonyjohnson8145]

Wu Liwei Olajuwon outplays Ewing in 94 Finals Ewing blows his knee against the Pacers in the 99 NBA playoffs

[@xerolimitation3156]

@@wuliwei6939 Ewing was in his prime and injury free from 91-94. We also traded some of our supporting cast like Mcdaniel.

[@henrydorval2223]

@@xerolimitation3156 yall should've kept Mcdaniel during that '94 championship run then possibly traded him after that season! 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@dalejohnson3327]

Biggest thing in my life at that time! Big ( tears) made me who I am! Courageous!

[@Mehhlone]

Once I found out Jordan was in that team I was like damn they not winning

[@biggraham95]

Jordan wasn't the man on that team. Big Game James Worthy was the head man of that UNC team. Worthy went on to be the #1 overall pick by the Lakers after that Championship.

[@Mehhlone]

biggraham95 yeah IK because that we in 81 but im saying that Jordan helped

[@PoeticJustice05]

biggraham95 James Worthy himself said he was better than MJ...for about 3 weeks. But yes, Worthy was the main guy on that team that year.

[@jayjones4412]

Hey at least Ewing won a college ring another season

[@lwmson]

"Once I found out Jordan was in that team I was like damn they not winning" Sorry, but I don't believe that. Jordan was a freshman at the time and although he was good, no one had any idea of what he was going to become and the impact he would have on the sport. He wasn't even "the man" on the team that year. That was James Worthy.

[@KeenanLambert198]

00:02 Anyone else notice the lady clutch he man once see saw Patrick? I don't know if I should lol or smh.

[@MyMeTube]

Damn MJ clock block everything

[@pontiacGXPfan]

years later, he would be their coach

[@hectorlopez1069]

He is now the coach of Georgetown Hoyas

[@mrguystarr]

Hated the Hoyas... but they were an absolute beast of a team with Coach Thompson, Ewing and company.

[@FreddyGomezThinksTooMuch]

He is the 1985 #1 Draft

[@hectorlopez1069]

Rookie of the year

[@whitehallavenue1752]

Best era

[@jcdova29]

The era of the big men!

[@jcdova29]

I never had to experience playing against a 7 footer but imagine it has to be very intimidating getting your shot blocked all over the court.

[@enriquemata9657]

My all time favorite center in the NBA ! Patrick Ewing

[@hectorlopez1069]

He was a great scorer

[@terryg582]

#20 was playing for the mob 😂😂😂 I know point shaving when I see it, bruh folded

[@Bighjr88]

The best college player I seen.

[@ink407]

Ewing was one of my favorites

[@vincentestone5764]

Even though a HUGE Tarheel Fan, I was rooting for G-TOWN. It was My first time seeing A BLACK Coach & Team(besides My lil league Team). In SAME Final4, My Team was HOUSTON(Phi Slama Jama).

[@walterbrown9079]

Looking back Patrick Ewing made the right decision to play for Georgetown and stay for 4 years to complete his degree and won a national title with the late great John Thompson now today he is the first player/coach to win the Big East tournament title !

[@troymott8412]

Big John said everything comes to the rim. Take it Back

[@motorcycleslatest141]

Jordan vs Ewing dynasty.....great game

[@hectorlopez1069]

Tough battles of the NBA. Like it. Give credit to the Knicks.

[@df-ln8sn]

Big East Conference best ever!

[@guerillawhite3083]

is this narrated by giancarlo esposito????

[@ernestclayboniii656]

The goal tending was a horrible strategy 10 points to North Carolina!

[@darrylnelson05]

Jeffrey and Patrick at carolina together would have been unbeatable. People forget that Patrick Ewing was the #1 recruit in nation not Jordan. Patrick Ewing was the best freshman in that national championship game. Patrick Ewing took Georgetown to 3 championship games and won the Big East title. After James Worthy left, Jordan and carolina don't even win an ACC tournament title.

[@user-ug4hw7oq7y]

College Basketball, Nike , Hip Hop is what Exploded the 1980's

[@anthonybrown3481]

I dont know if it was a good strategy to give the other team 10 points to start the game

[@wawuglio]

It was about intimidation.

[@cjaybrown9741]

@@wawuglio in a game that ended up being close to the end those intimidation points were questionable, im not trying say that all the shots would have missed but say if 2 or 3 of those shots miss that could be 6 points off the scoreboard.

[@D.HONDA444]

Jordan is clearly not the reason why Georgetown lost.... Rewatch the game ppl

[@CapeFear1]

Worthy was unstoppable in that game. John Thompson said Worthy was too big for Georgetown's quick guys and too quick for their big guys.

[@ccho907]

He should have goal tended one less shot

[@y2shuproblem]

That Mike Jordan guy took it personally and won 6 championships with 4 coming at the expense of the great Patrick Ewing.

[@youtuber3328]

please tell me do you all feel like the eliteness was higher at cambridge high or georgetown for patrick ewing

[@omegaman6616]

Did he say Boston University?

[@caliente6319]

lol Patrick hewing was so funny looking especially when he had his block hair

[@NallePu83]

0:47 that white kid is gangster just like Larry Bird

[@inbankwetrustshakur3523]

Where is the Tupac Shakur/ Mike Tyson 30 for 30?!

[@asianfireflie]

Ouch 🤗😏😶

[@chrisanderson7984]

I think that Jordan kid turned out alright in the NBA

[@teerrificsteeves3658]

Meanwhile there was this kid from Nigeria who was on a visit to st johns university but the New York weather was to cold so he asked a airport worker was there a city in America where the weather is like it is in Africa and the worker said yes Houston, you may have heard of him his name? Hakeem the Dream Olajuwon!

[@hectorlopez1069]

Imagine if he played in St. Johns, there would be no Hakeem Olajuwon, playing for the cougars/rockets.

[@pjty]

My dad went to high school with Patrick Ewing

[@thepac12andbig10suck]

The Georgetown loss was all on Coach Thompson. I love him, but that goaltending tactic was dumb as hell and the reason why they lost. They gave up 10 damn points off goaltending and lost by 1. A player who wants to win will happily get his shot goaltended if it means 2 free points. It's a big difference between getting your shot blocked and getting goaltended.

[@xavierrainey8747]

That white lady was scared

[@dontdoittoyoself6786]

I know I wasn't the only one that caught that.

[@Rolly2234]

GREATEST JAMAICAN NBA PLAYER EVER

[@hectorlopez1069]

An icon from Jamaica

[@SupahFans]

Cambride's all time best athlete?

[@MrRudyc85]

Imagine Patrick Michael in unc

[@dalejohnson3327]

My heart went out to Fred brown!

[@tyfalagan]

Game was rigged. HOW DO YOU PASS THE BALL TO THE OTHER TEAM????

[@roberthudson1959]

The explanation offered at the time was that it was the first tournament game Georgetown played in their road jerseys.

[@PoliticusRex632]

Bernard King's knee injury ruined Patrick's career and his.

[@maddenscrubs4409]

And of course, Micheal Wilbon brings race into it. Did he not see that NC had a ton of black players on their team too?!

[@yoshiplaysmc2163]

Madden Scrubs The point was that Georgetown wasn't the juggernaut that they became soon after this. At this point they were looked at as the newbies, they didn't belong.

[@DrGanja99]

Madden Scrubs Tf does that have to do with anything?

[@burnttoast1273]

Madden Scrubs lol so fucking true. Fuck wilbon

[@bjrich797]

That white boy whooped his ass tho

[@atlaslion5128]

Bj rich Nah he took it like a man. Those punches did nothing.

[@zt1053]

He hurt his career by not going pro early

[@broaddusmarines]

zt1053 No he didn’t.

[@zt1053]

@@broaddusmarines Had he gone pro early he would have been drafted by Houston or Portland. Would have had a much better career with either of those teams than the Knicks.

[@iggypopisgod9]

Cmon Sleepy Floyd. Passing it to the other team? Thats JV level

[@joe3times503]

Actually Fred Brown

[@waddjantachi]

Wasn't Ewing.... Jamaican?

[@aknationnews]

How was Georgetown seen as thigs with all black player but North Carolona not as thugs with 1 white player??

[@rpesik]

Wow... Patrick Ewing before he had to use knee pads all the time...

[@denni020]

All that goal tending is what caused them the game

[@cribgod4644]

Naz hillmon

[@markalan4026]

Looks to me like they purposely threw that game, seems unbelievably obvious to me as well. Just my opinion though. What the hell do I know!

[@buddhathegoddemi6217]

Patrick Ewing music video on my page 🥀💔

[@vccstudents]

Game 7 Indiana '95, finger roll, and THIS BUM CHOKED! One of the 50 greatest my behind! I so wish the Knicks DIDN'T win that draft lottery!

[@hectorlopez1069]

The finger roll was a travesty for him and the Knicks organization.

[@vccstudents]

@@hectorlopez1069 Slam the ball home, and they move on.

[@winycityfightfan]

Notice how when the white lady see`s patrick ewing she grab`s on to her husband or boyfriend for dear life!! LOL!!!

[@damedolla4305]

That's because of the media propaganda to depict black males as dangerous

[@mlester6552]

Never underestimate Ewing's ability to choke in the big game.

[@sicknamebrah3494]

Stop watching at the 3:10 mark, that's when ESPN injects their liberal poison and ruins piece. Other than that, Patrick Ewing was a legend.

[@jayjones4412]

SickName Brah stop being so sensitive idiot

[@yankeemike8699]

SickName Brah Awwww, you poor snowflake trumptard

[@8644mec]

sounds like you're a special snowflake who's triggered pretty easily. How sadly ironic.

[@ladistar]

Yankee Mike liberalism is a disease. How’d Hillary do in the election btw?

[@8644mec]

Well, factually speaking, she got more votes. But either way, it's pretty sad and embarrassing that it's a full year later and people like yourself are still bringing her up. You can't get her out of your head, which is pretty telling in itself lol.

[@rentslave]

Georgetown used to be a top school-until they admitted him.

[@wexfordrob]

Only for MJ he’d have a ring. What a player

[@The_General_Zubas]

I hope he works out as coach.

[@markJohnson-ot7ny]

You have to put Patrick Ewing in top 5 greatest College Basketball Mens Players in Collegiate History. For the simple fact 3 of his four years at George town he took them to 3 NCAA Championship finals. Even more amazing before he got there @ Georgetown they only went to NCAA men tourment once the previous year. Finally, if there is any reason why athlete should be paid, he's the a poster child why student athlete should be paid because he made the school million of dollars, and before he got there nobody heard of the school accept the rich, and privilege and when he left the school everybody in the country knew Georgetown. M