You only had to look out on the Georgetown University "All-Century Team," announced during halftime of the Hoyas’ game against Marquette last Saturday, to be reminded of the glory of the program’s 100 years — the three Final Four appearances in four years from 1982-85, the 1984 National Championship and a string of NBA big men that makes the school look like a kind of athletic assembly line. Those achievements and other successes in the early 1990s turned names like Patrick Ewing, Sleepy Floyd, Alonzo Mourning, Dikembe Mutombo, Allen Iverson and coach John Thompson into legends.
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