If McDermott wins NPOY where will he rank in Big East lore?

[Bill Marsh]

Patrick Ewing was given BEATDOWNS on a regular basis by the best centers of that time MJ owned him...literally...I would not have been surprised to see a leach around his neck and Jordan walking him in the playground like a beaten shelter mut. He never won the NBA championship and even with great players around him simply was manhandled by Akeem. Nobody manhandled Jordan, Bird or magic. Ewing was a subpar loser who was a decent college player on a loaded team. I remember Graham.

It's nice that you remember Michael Graham and the one year that he played at Georgetown. Do you also remeber that he averaged 5 points and 4 rebounds per game that year?

I won't even engage a debate about Patrick's NBA career because it's irrelevant to how good a college player he was. I must say though that it's strange that you use that against him when you'd attributed the success of the Hoyas to the rest of the roster, none of whom did anything in the NBA.

Patrick led the Hoyas to 3 NCAA finals and a national championship. Here's the short list of schools who have done that in 4 years:

UCLA
Duke
Kenrucky
Georgetown
Cincinnati
Ohio State

[ChelseaFriar]

Anyone questioning Ewing's dominance in college should just pick a different sport to follow because you have failed at following college basketball.

[SecureDaBall]

Patrick Ewing was given BEATDOWNS on a regular basis by the best centers of that time MJ owned him...literally...I would not have been surprised to see a leach around his neck and Jordan walking him in the playground like a beaten shelter mut. He never won the NBA championship and even with great players around him simply was manhandled by Akeem. Nobody manhandled Jordan, Bird or magic. Ewing was a subpar loser who was a decent college player on a loaded team. I remember Graham.

Jordan owned everybody. There is a generation of NBA players without a ring because of MJ (Barkley, Malone, Stockton, Dominique, Reggie Miller). Let's also not forget Jordan didn't win a ring until Pippen emerged as his #2. Something Ewing didn't have until he was way past his prime with Allan Houston. Also, saying Hakeem manhandled Ewing a bit much. Hakeem was a better player. I think that is undisputed but that doesn't mean Ewing wasn't a very good NBA center. He did get 20 and 10 in that series against Hakeem so he wasn't just taking up space.

[JRoc]

Anyone questioning Ewing's dominance in college should just pick a different sport to follow because you have failed at following college basketball.

during that same era CU had Benoit Benjamin. Ben was awesome, gifted, great touch. Statistically he matched up well with PE but PE had one key ingredient BB didn't.... Heart. PE was dominant because that word. This was the era of maybe the best centers in NCAA history. Hakeem at Houston. Even Nebraska had a good big man named Hoppen. I know BEast fans can rattle off more names from that time but to say Ewing is not one of the best is just false. It might have been the greatest time to be a basketball fan at any level. The skill level of big men is on a steady decline these days, touch, the beauty of a hook shot, boxing out, playing tough D... A lot could be learned by watching footage from that era.

[Wizard of Westroads]

Anyone questioning Ewing's dominance in college should just pick a different sport to follow because you have failed at following college basketball.

This should be the final word on the subject.

[hoopseinstein23]

Benoit benjamin was a better college center than Ewing. Edge to Ewing in the NBA. Do not be mad that I am right that your beloved Ewing was a pitiful center in the NBA. He acted like a guard, scared of legit Big men in the league. He did not have heart, he had too much koolaid in his system and sweated too much. His legacy in the BigEast is that of a whiny little kid in an oversized baby huey body.

[hoopseinstein23]

50 better NBA centers than Patrick Ewing
1. Gary Coleman from different strokes
2. kareem
3. Wilt
4. Akeem
5. Robinson
6. Shawn bradley
7. Shaq
8. Ralph Samson
9. manut Bol
10. Jack sickma
11. Luke Longley
12. All the girls on the nebraska volleyball team
13. Hibbert
14. Laimbeer
15. Artis Gilmore
16, bill cartwright
17. dwight howard
18. Sam Perkins
19. gary payton
20. Captain Kangaroo
21 mark Eaton
22. demarcus cousins
23Thurmand
24 willis reed
25 george Mikan
26 Moses malone
27 Bill Russel
28 Robert parish
29 elvin hayes
30 Bill Walton
31 james edwards
32 shawn bradley
33 george muresan
34 Joe barry carrol
35 alvin adams
36 tree rollings
37 Rik smits ( owned ewing)
38 rony seikely
39 mychal thompson
40 vlade divac
41arnie risen
42 yao ming
43 dan issel
44 brad daugherty
45 ben wallace
46Mutombo
47 jerry lucas
48 dave cowens
49 bob lanier
50 dolph shayes
51 elvin hayes
52 wes unseld
53 bob mcadoo
This was easy...all much better than Ewing

[RDinNY]

Anyone questioning Ewing's dominance in college should just pick a different sport to follow because you have failed at following college basketball.

As a St. John's fan, I hated Ewing. But he was a fearsome, dominant defensive presence. One of the greatest college players that I've seen. Anyone who disputes that either never saw him play or they are blinded by their hate.

[ljay]

Don't feed the trolls.

[ChelseaFriar]

Is someone confusing NBA with college?