Georgetown Basketball: Top 10 players that played for John Thompson II

6. David Wingate (1983-1986)

Career stats: 12.8 ppg and 2.6 apg

When it comes to discussing the best players from a previous era, it’s easy to look at the stats and gaudy numbers to separate some from others. But when a player has won as much as Wingate has, that can also grab one’s attention.

Wingate’s numbers on its own are very good, scoring in double figures in all four years, reaching a high of 15.7 ppg as a senior. He was Big East All-Conference three times and proved to be one of the best two-way players in all of the college basketball.

It was the postseason success that helped elevate Wingate, playing a big role on the 1984 national title-winning team. He scored 11 points in the Final Four win over Kentucky, along with dropping 16 to beat the Houston Cougars in the title game. The guard was the team’s second-leading scoring on next season’s national title appearing squad, reaching double figures in five of the six postseason battles.

Wingate finished his Hoyas career seventh all-time in scoring, reaching nearly 1,800 points. Because he was on the same team as a pair of Hoya legends, his status as an all-time great flies under the radar. But that tends to happen to players who don’t score 20+ all the time and just remain consistent each and every game. Yet as Wingate showed, those are the types that can help lead teams to national championships.