North Carolina State center Omer Yurtseven will transfer to Georgetown, the school announced Monday.
The 7-footer originally from Istanbul, Turkey, will be required by NCAA rules to sit out for a year. Yurtseven has two years of eligibility remaining.
Yurtseven was reportedly attracted to playing for former NBA center Patrick Ewing:
Omer Yurtseven to ESPN on why he chose to transfer to Georgetown: “I needed a big man coach and I don’t think anybody is better than Patrick Ewing when it comes to the experience he has as a player.