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Big East Basketball: Analyzing early 2019 recruiting classes

By Lukas Harkins

PHILADELPHIA, PA - JANUARY 27: A Villanova Wildcats basketball goes through the net during warmups prior to the game against the Seton Hall Pirates at the Wells Fargo Center on January 27, 2019 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)
PHILADELPHIA, PA - JANUARY 27: A Villanova Wildcats basketball goes through the net during warmups prior to the game against the Seton Hall Pirates at the Wells Fargo Center on January 27, 2019 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images) /
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PHILADELPHIA, PA – MARCH 03: Coach Ewing of Georgetown reacts. (Photo by Drew Hallowell/Getty Images)
PHILADELPHIA, PA – MARCH 03: Coach Ewing of Georgetown reacts. (Photo by Drew Hallowell/Getty Images) /

4. Georgetown Hoyas

National Ranking: No. 44

Head coach Patrick Ewing is turning around the Georgetown basketball program and doing so in a hurry. Just after signing one of the more exciting recruiting classes in recent program history a year ago, the former NBA star is off to a strong start in 2019. The Hoyas have already landed three recruits and all of them look to be frontcourt members of the future. It should really come as no surprise that Coach Ewing is able to consistently land talented big men.

At the top of this list of newcomers is Qudus Wahab, a 6-foot-10 center who is graded as a three-star recruit and ranked at No. 133 in the class. A highly-touted prospect with “immediate impact” written all over him, Wahab possesses tons of athleticism and a willingness to work on the defensive end of the floor. His offensive game still has plenty of room for development but he should see the floor right away due to his shot-blocking abilities and the graduation of Jessie Govan. While playing for WE R1 on the UAA this past summer, he averaged 8.1 points, 8.1 rebounds, and 2.6 blocks per game.

The Hoyas, though, also landed two more big men in this class with Malcolm Wilson (No. 221) and Timothy Igohoefe (NR). These two players need a bit more time to develop than Wahab but what big man would not want to learn from Patrick Ewing. I mean…it’s Patrick Ewing for gosh sakes. Add in the fact that former NC State big man Omer Yurtseven will also join the rotation next season and the examples of Ewing’s impact on landing big man are practically endless.

Georgetown already has a fun “backcourt of the future” with Mac McClung and James Akinjo running the show and now it seems as though the program has landed its future frontcourt pieces as well. Watch out, because the Hoyas are back on the rise.

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