Georgetown Hiroshima

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

Tough loss for Hoyas.

[CrowdOf5]

Tough loss for Hoyas.

And LeBlanc

[Pakuni]

Ewing ignored their letter about Mac McClung.

[Billy Hoyle]

sounds more like they were dismissed:

https://twitter.com/JonRothstein/status/1201646861909725190/photo/1

[MarquetteDano]

Ugh. All this turmoil at GTown and St. John's. Really important that at least one (preferably both) being relevant for BE.

[wadesworld]

Can't be. Wojo's the only guy who loses two of his 4 best players.

[BM1090]

Akinjo wasn't very good last year and hasn't been good yet this year.

Still a big loss from a depth perspective and both guys had upside.

[JakeBarnes]

This is pretty insane.

[shoothoops]

They were dismissed effective immediately .

Akinjo was averaging 13 points a game, Leblanc 7.

[Shaka Shart]

Can't be. Wojo's the only guy who loses two of his 4 best players.

SMH Wojo so bad other team's players want out of the conference.

[Boozemon Barro]

Akinjo wasn't very good last year and hasn't been good yet this year.

Still a big loss from a depth perspective and both guys had upside.

He was Big East freshman of the year last year.

[Jay Bee]

He was Big East freshman of the year last year.

There were like 7 guys that it could have been. Had to pick one of them. He's a small guard who can't shoot. Yuck

[BM1090]

He was Big East freshman of the year last year.

He shot 36% from the field and is at 33% this year.

[The Sultan]

Ugh. All this turmoil at GTown and St. John's. Really important that at least one (preferably both) being relevant for BE.

It's not 1984 any longer.

[Its DJOver]

He was good enough to torch us in Milwaukee last year.  It may not effect the long term trajectory of the program, but a mid-season transfer of your leader in minutes, and second in scoring will hurt them this year.  Biggest impact will probably be either McClung and his 13% assist percentage, or Jagan Mosley and his 17% assist percentage will be thrust into a new/big(ger) role.

[We R Final Four]

It doesn't sound like a mid season transfer. It sounds like he was dismissed immediately. We will see.

[MarquetteDano]

It's not 1984 any longer.

If  Butler and Creighton were 25-2 and Saint John's and Georgetown were 25-2 with the same schedules you are saying it makes no difference for the Big East?

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Don't F with Ewing even if you are the star players

[Billy Hoyle]

Ugh. All this turmoil at GTown and St. John's. Really important that at least one (preferably both) being relevant for BE.

What turmoil is going on at St. John's, besides lucking into a really good coach after a pretty disastrous coaching search last spring?

[Uncle Rico]

Sounds like they were booted off the team.  Will be curious if any story is verified as to why. 

[MuMark]

https://twitter.com/casualhoya/status/1201660081785462784?s=21

[The Sultan]

If  Butler and Creighton were 25-2 and Saint John's and Georgetown were 25-2 with the same schedules you are saying it makes no difference for the Big East?

Difference in terms of what?  Is Fox going to give us a larger TV contract? Georgetown is still something but St Johns hasn't been relevant for decades.

And even so, I'm not sure that difference rises to the lev of "really important." 

[rocky_warrior]

https://twitter.com/casualhoya/status/1201660081785462784?s=21

In case people miss it...Important to note unconfirmed.  But there is smoke.

[brewcity77]

SMH Wojo so bad other team's players want out of the conference.

I laughed.

Seriously, if I were a Hoyas fan, I imagine this would feel like Markus & Sam leaving as sophomores. I wasn't that high on Akinjo, but Hoyas fans seemed to think he'd bring them back to the top of the league and I do think Leblanc was the best player from their freshman class, even if he got the least acclaim.

[Herman Cain]

Mods on Hoya message board editing certain posts. Lots of rumors flying.

http://hoyatalk2.proboards.com/thread/31728/akinjo-leblanc-playing-team

Bios deleted from the roster. Usually a sign of something not positive.