The good news for Georgetown is that they get center Bradley Hayes, one of the most improved players in the Big East last season, back for a final year of eligibility.
The bad news is that it comes at a cost: four games.
“I don’t know if I would call it an agreement, but that’s what the NCAA told us,” head coach John Thompson III told reporters at Georgetown’s media day. Hayes barely played as a freshman with the Hoyas - 13 total minutes in nine games - and spent much of the year trying to deal with the death of his father, so the NCAA did the right thing and gave him another year.
Hayes was a bit player for the Hoyas before bursting onto the scene last season. He finished the year with averages of 8.7 points and 6.7 boards, but his numbers took a dip late in the year as he battled injury. The Hoyas were winless as Hayes at out the final six games of the regular season.