UGeorgetown uqoke u-Ed Cooley njengomqeqeshi oyinhloko ozovala isikhala sikaPatrick Ewing

U-Ed Cooley wenza omkhulu umnyakazo emsebenzini wakhe wokuqeqesha, kodwa ngeke ayishiye ingqungquthela abeseqeqeshe kuyona kumasizini angu-12 edlule.

UCooley umenyezelwe njengomqeqeshi olandelayo weGeorgetown Hoyas ngoMsombuluko, eqeda isikhathi sakhe eProvidence ngemuva kokuhola amaFriars ku. imiqhudelwano eyisikhombisa ye-NCAA kusukela ngesizini ka-2011-12.

Umqeqeshi oyinhloko we-Providence Friars u-Ed Cooley usabela esiwombeni sokuqala bebhekene neKentucky Wildcats emzuliswaneni wokuqala we-NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament e-The Fieldhouse eGreensboro Coliseum ngoMashi 17, 2023 eGreensboro, North Carolina. (Izithombe zikaJared C. Tilton/Getty)

“Sihlonishwa kakhulu ngokuthi Umqeqeshi uCooley uzojoyina umphakathi wethu njengomholi olandelayo wohlelo lwethu lwe-basketball yamadoda. U-Ed ungumholi ofakazelwe kanye nomqeqeshi onolwazi, omagugu nolwazi lwakhe lomdlalo oluzohola uhlelo lwethu kulesi sahluko esisha,” kusho Umongameli waseGeorgetown University John J. DeGioia.

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“Ukuzinikela kwakhe ekwenzeni okuhle ngaphakathi nangaphandle kwenkantolo kuzoveza okuhle kakhulu kwethu uhlelo lwe-basketball futhi sizonikeza ilungu ngalinye lethimba lethu isipiliyoni nokusekelwa elikudingayo ukuze liphumelele. Sibheke ngabomvu ukwamukela u-Ed nomndeni wakhe kule ndima entsha emphakathini wethu. “

U-Providence umemezele ukwesula kukaCooley ngoMsombuluko.

U-Cooley uzonikezwa umsebenzi wokuvuselela uhlelo olwake lwangena ezikhathini ezinzima.

Umqeqeshi oyinhloko kaGeorgetown Hoyas uPatrick Ewing ngesikhathi edlala neSeton Hall Pirates emzuliswaneni wokuqala we-2022 Big East Men’s Basketball Tournament eMadison Square Garden ngoMashi 9, 2022 eNew York City. (Izithombe zePorter Binks/Getty)

Ngaphansi kukaPatrick Ewing, iHoyas ihambe ngo-75-109 kumasizini ayisithupha edlule, okwenza umqhudelwano ube kanye nje ngaphansi komdlali wangaphambili oyinkanyezi.

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U-Ewing waxoshwa ngemuva UVillanova waqhumisa iGeorgetown emzuliswaneni wokuqala we-Big East Tournament.

U-Cooley uzobheka ukuguqula uhlelo lwaseGeorgetown ngemuva kokuhamba ngo-242-153 e-Providence.

“Ngihlela ukushaya phansi, ngiqale ukusebenza enkantolo futhi ngihlakulele ubudlelwano esiFundazweni nasezindaweni ezizungezile. Ukwamukela leli thuba neGeorgetown akusona isinqumo engisithathe kalula, futhi ngenziwa ngokucutshungulwa ngokucophelela nomkami nomndeni,” Kusho uCooley.

Umqeqeshi oyinhloko we-Providence Friars u-Ed Cooley ubukele ebhekene neKentucky Wildcats emzuliswaneni wokuqala we-NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament e-The Fieldhouse eGreensboro Coliseum ngoMashi 17, 2023 eGreensboro, North Carolina. (Izithombe zikaJacob Kupferman/Getty)

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Uqhube wathi, “Ngazalelwa futhi ngakhulela esikoleni Uhlelo lwe-basketball ye-Providence College futhi ngibonga ikolishi, uMongameli walo u-Kenneth Sicard kanye noMqondisi walo Wezokusubatha, u-Steve Napolillo, ebengingeke ngithole ukwesekwa okungcono kakhulu kubo. Ngibusisekile ngokuthi ngisebenze kule ngqungquthela engajwayelekile nabadlali abanohlonze, abaqeqeshi, abaqondisi bezemidlalo nabalandeli, futhi ngibheke ngabomvu ithuba lami elisha.”

I-Friars yahamba ngo-21-12 ngo-2022-23, nayo I-Providence ihlulwa eKentucky emzuliswaneni wokuqala we-NCAA Tournament.