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In case you missed the news, your Georgetown Hoyas secured a commitment from former DePaul big, NJ Benson. A 6-foot-8, 235-pound post-graduate from Mt. Vernon, Illinois, Benson was recently made eligible by federal court order and is forgoing a professional opportunity abroad to play with Ed Cooley and the Hoyas. "Benson" was a name Georgetown fans heard quite often over the past two years with key rebounds and put-backs against GU. He is a physical presence with great conference experience as a forward and center.
Hoyas fans should be excited as adding NJ Benson shows that Cooley can still identify talent and compete in the transfer market. This late-offseason fortification for the roster sends a message that is much louder than a mid-summer press conference. It might be time to start thinking of this roster as "intriguing" or something more.
The news of Benson's addition, reported first by On3.com, materialized from an unexpected set of circumstances. On July 31, U.S. District Judge Charlotte Sweeney in Denver granted a preliminary injunction that allows all Division I athletes who began competing in the 2022-23 season to receive a fifth year of eligibility. The NCAA had planned for a new five-year eligibility model to begin with the fall 2027 enrolling class, but the court ruling undercut this timeline, applying the standard retroactively to the high school class of 2022.
NCAA President Charlie Baker publicly stated that the ruling brings chaos to college sports and rosters across the country, referencing an effort in Congress to provide the NCAA antitrust protection on eligibility issues. A separate ruling in Tennessee applied to 19 specific basketball players, but the Colorado decision cast a much wider net. It meant all Division I players from that cycle gained another year of collegiate action.
For Ed Cooley and his staff, this administrative disruption proved advantageous. Benson opted to return to the college ranks and the Big East conference, utilizing his newly granted fifth year of eligibility to play in Washington, D.C.
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Hoyas fans should be excited as adding NJ Benson shows that Cooley can still identify talent and compete in the transfer market. This late-offseason fortification for the roster sends a message that is much louder than a mid-summer press conference. It might be time to start thinking of this roster as "intriguing" or something more.
The news of Benson's addition, reported first by On3.com, materialized from an unexpected set of circumstances. On July 31, U.S. District Judge Charlotte Sweeney in Denver granted a preliminary injunction that allows all Division I athletes who began competing in the 2022-23 season to receive a fifth year of eligibility. The NCAA had planned for a new five-year eligibility model to begin with the fall 2027 enrolling class, but the court ruling undercut this timeline, applying the standard retroactively to the high school class of 2022.
NCAA President Charlie Baker publicly stated that the ruling brings chaos to college sports and rosters across the country, referencing an effort in Congress to provide the NCAA antitrust protection on eligibility issues. A separate ruling in Tennessee applied to 19 specific basketball players, but the Colorado decision cast a much wider net. It meant all Division I players from that cycle gained another year of collegiate action.
For Ed Cooley and his staff, this administrative disruption proved advantageous. Benson opted to return to the college ranks and the Big East conference, utilizing his newly granted fifth year of eligibility to play in Washington, D.C.
#hoyas #ncaa #division
24 days ago
The argument over the greatest men's college basketball player ever never really ends. It just shifts to a new barstool, and any credible list has to run through the same core group of legends.
This one sticks to what they did on campus: awards, numbers, dominance in their own era and how much they defined the sport while they were actually in school. Pro careers do not matter here.
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We start at 25 and work our way to the top spot, where a 7-foot-2 skyhook still casts a pretty big shadow.
Patrick Ewing was the anchor of the Georgetown program that came to define 1980s college hoops. He played in three national ****** le games, won one in 1984 and was the defensive terror in the paint opponents game-planned around every March. He was a three-time first-team All-American, a two-time Big East Player of the Year and the face of coach John Thompson's intimidating Hoyas.
#player
This one sticks to what they did on campus: awards, numbers, dominance in their own era and how much they defined the sport while they were actually in school. Pro careers do not matter here.
MORE: ESPN's ****** Vitale blasts NCAA for college basketball tournament expansion
We start at 25 and work our way to the top spot, where a 7-foot-2 skyhook still casts a pretty big shadow.
Patrick Ewing was the anchor of the Georgetown program that came to define 1980s college hoops. He played in three national ****** le games, won one in 1984 and was the defensive terror in the paint opponents game-planned around every March. He was a three-time first-team All-American, a two-time Big East Player of the Year and the face of coach John Thompson's intimidating Hoyas.
#player
