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Big East Basketball: 2020-21 power rankings heading into New Year

By Drew Schmelzer

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 14: The Big East conference logo on the floor during a college basketball game between the Georgetown Hoyas and the Syracuse Orange at the Capital One Arena on December 14, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 14: The Big East conference logo on the floor during a college basketball game between the Georgetown Hoyas and the Syracuse Orange at the Capital One Arena on December 14, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images) /
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Qudus Wahab Georgetown Hoyas (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)
Qudus Wahab Georgetown Hoyas (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images) /

10. Georgetown 3-5 (1-3)

There is typical Georgetown type stuff going on in the DMV. The Hoyas are all over the place as at times they look terrible, illustrated in a 7-point loss to Navy in early December, and at other times look highly capable, like against Villanova, when Patrick Ewing’s team took a 46-33 lead into halftime in their Big East opener. A full 40 minutes, however, does not seem like something Georgetown can do right now.

The lack of consistency is something Georgetown has struggled with throughout Ewing’s tenure and while it may not end after this season due to complexities the pandemic brings into play, it will eventually be the head coach’s undoing.

If Ewing can find a way to string together 5 or 6 Big East wins and hang onto his job for another season, he’s got something in Qudus Wahab (12.6 Pts, 8.3 Reb, 0.3 Ast). The 7-footer has more than doubled his numbers in points and is close to doubling his rebounds from 2019-20 through 10 games and looks to be the type of big man that could really move the needle in DC.

If this team is going to find a way to get out of the cellar of this conference it is going to need  Arkansas transfer, Jalen Harris, on the floor. Harris was expected to shore up the Hoya backcourt but has been unavailable since mid-December after taking a leave of absence from the program.

Without Harris and his team-leading 5.2 assists per game, Jahvon Blair, an 18 ppg bucket getter, is the only adequate distributor of the basketball on this team and he is expected to be the leading scorer, too. Georgetown could really use a few of those transfers they lost last season.

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