Your Georgetown Hoyas have released some names and numbers for the current team, presumably to aid fans in identifying some new faces in their social media videos. While the graphic itself can be higher quality in the future—maybe when they add another player or over the season—the outreach has not gone unnoticed. There’s a lot of talent on this team.
However, some fans may think that this offseason did not live up to the hype that Ed Cooley and those close to the program had trumpeted. Yes, Ed Cooley is adding some solid recruits and freshman, but he is only returning two players with BIG EAST floor time: Jayden Epps and Drew Fielder. When the roster turns over includes all-but-two minutes earners from last year, fans, in the NIL era, are rightfully impatient. In the modern era, if you want success, you either have roster consistency or transfer urgency. It’s unclear if Cooley sees that.
Here is the current expected roster (in reported height order):
- Malik Mack 6-1 170 (Harvard Fr. transfer)
- Jayden Epps 6-2 187 G So.
- Kayvaun Mulready 6-4 G (incoming)
- Curtis Williams, Jr. 6-5 205 G/F (Louisville Fr. transfer)
- Caleb Williams 6-7 F (incoming)
- Micah Peavy 6-8 G 215 Sr. (TCU grad transfer)
- Drew McKenna 6-8 200 G/F Fr.
- Jordan Burks 6-8 202 F (UK Fr. transfer)
- Drew Fielder 6-10 216 F/C Fr.
- Thomas Sorber 6-10 F/C (incoming)
- Hashem Asadallah 6-1 Fr (walk-on)
- Austin Montgomery 6-4 G Fr (walk-on)
- Michael Van Raaphorst 6-4 G (incoming walk-on)
- Mason Moses 6-5 G (incoming walk-on)
Georgetown basically entirely striking out in the big man market this spring is a pretty big whiff.
Going to be a lot of pressure on freshman Thomas Sorber to be productive from Day 1. Hoyas’ frontcourt is rather thin and we’re basically out of portal options up front. https://t.co/wGcOPCnbh8
— Kevin Sweeney (@CBB_Central) June 14, 2024
The chief complaint is that Ed Cooley and company could have done much better by adding a defensive-minded center to help share the minutes as Thomas Sorber develops. Center was a clear position of need last season, and one might think prioritizing a post-grad big man would be optimal. With reports of some names of a few of the centers that the staff, fans are wondering if Cooley should have aimed a little lower while the portal was hot. Hoyasaxa.com has a list of bigs still in the portal, and it’s not as abundant as one would hope. With Oregon scooping up Supreme Cook, the market is only getting slimmer.
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