Patrick Ewing, Georgetown and a Bitter End at the Garden

A loss in the Big East tournament on Wednesday ended another rough year for Patrick Ewing and Georgetown (7-25).Credit...Brad Penner/USA Today Sports, via ReutersIn the moments after his Georgetown team was blown out by Villanova on Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden, Patrick Ewing solemnly walked through the handshake line.

Dressed in a black sweatsuit, Ewing greeted one player after another, then turned and walked by himself off the court toward the locker room. It was a walk he had made hundreds of times, first as a college player at Georgetown, then as an N.B.A. star with the Knicks. Wednesday, though, was different: The Hoyas’ 80-48 drubbing by the Wildcats in the first round of…