Season Ticket Holders Hear from Program at Saturday Meet & Greet

Some members of the program addressed fans at an offseason gathering on campus for season ticket holders.

On Saturday, Georgetown men’s basketball held a meet-and-greet-style event for season ticket holders at the Hilltop Tap Room, located inside the Healey Family Student Center on Georgetown’s main campus.

Roughly 50-75 season ticket holders attended the event, which featured appearances from Thomas Sorber, Kayvaun Mulready, Caleb Williams, and Malik Mack.

The presence of Sorber—who is still going through the NBA Draft process and has not yet made a decision about returning to Georgetown for his sophomore season—was especially notable.

The event began with remarks from legendary Georgetown play-by-play announcer Rich Chvotkin. Georgetown Athletic Director Lee Reed then spoke briefly before assistant coach Jeff Battle stopped by to address the audience.

Here are some notes on the event and what was said:

• Chvotkin offered his thoughts on the season, calling it “a success” and citing Georgetown’s improved win total and its pair of victories over Villanova as reasons why.

• “Please hang in there. Please support him,” said Chvotkin about head coach Ed Cooley, who was not present at the event.

• Chvotkin noted that he has called more than half of Georgetown men’s basketball games since 1906—55%, according to him. That is wild!

• He told a story of chatting with a younger fan who told him that he has listened to Rich call so many games that “I’ve heard your voice more than my mother’s.”

• Lee Reed spoke next, mainly giving his stump speech about the importance of fan support in the NIL era.

• Reed did make mention of the team’s search for talent as it continues building the program. Specifically, he seemed to allude to the pair of visitors that Georgetown had this past weekend in Darius Adams and Vince Iwuchukwu when he said, following his comments about the team’s search for talent: “This is a big weekend for us, as I think many of you know.”

• Coach Battle’s segment of the event was perhaps the most interesting.

  • On NIL: “I’m old. I’ve been doing this for 38 years now…This landscape we’re going to have to adjust to, and we feel like we’re doing that.”

  • On next year’s team: “We think we’re going to have an exciting team… a group of guys you can really be proud of.”

  • Battle noted that due to the team’s participation in The Crown in Las Vegas, players missed out on some postseason workout time. As a result, the team’s calendar has been adjusted, and some players are still taking time off before resuming training.

  • He added that some players (he used the plural) will undergo surgical procedures, while others are resting and recovering from nagging injuries sustained during the season.

  • Of note, Malik Mack was sporting a single crutch at the event, but did not have any evident boot or brace on either foot.

  • When asked by a season ticket holder about Sorber’s draft decision, Battle gave the usual cookie-cutter response, saying Sorber is still “going through the process.” However, he added, “We feel good about the decision he’s going to make.” Take that for what you will.

  • Battle was also asked what he would do to fix the current NIL system in college athletics. He said he would eliminate the multiple-transfer rule and reinstate the one-year waiting period that players previously had to observe when switching schools. While Battle expressed support for players earning compensation for their name, image, or likeness, he concluded: “Moving forward, it’s created an animal that we just can’t fight right now.”