The death of John Thompson brings back memories of the 1989 Duke-Georgetown game in the 1989 East Regional Finals.
Georgetown is not what it was in the 1980s. John Thompson made it a powerful program and Patrick Ewing pushed the Hoyas to a completely different level.
Three years after he graduated, Alonzo Mourning showed up. That was in 1988. In one game prior to Georgetown, he blocked 27 shots.
He was the most celebrated recruit in the country. Dikembe Mutombo was not.
Mutombo actually came to Georgetown on a USAID scholarship. We don’t think he was a recruited player.