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Men's basketball coach Patrick Ewing gets public backing from Georgetown Hoyas AD Lee Reed

WASHINGTON -- Georgetown men's basketball coach Patrick Ewing received a public show of support from athletic director Lee Reed on Wednesday, hours before the team was set to try to end its school-record 18-game losing streak.

After acknowledging the "disappointment of a difficult season," Reed went on to say in his statement: "In this ever evolving landscape of college athletics we are committed to Coach Ewing, and we are working with him to evaluate every aspect of the men's basketball program and to make the necessary changes for him to put us back on the path to success for next year.