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  6. article_body => "<p>WASHINGTON - Do not expect James Akinjo to&nbsp;transfer to Syracuse this season.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Orange head coach Jim Boeheim had some harsh words for the former Georgetown guard. Critical of Akinjo's overall approach to the game, Boeheim attributed his removal from the team to Georgetown's three-game winning streak.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\"They got rid of a guy that wouldn't pass the ball to anybody and just shot every time. That's why they're good now,\" Boeheim said referring to Akinjo after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/washington\/ncaa\/georgetown-attempts-move-forward-controversy-win-over-rival-syracuse\">his team's loss to Hoyas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Akinjo is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/washington\/ncaa\/two-more-georgetown-players-transfer-out-program-hoyas-remain-turmoil\">one of four players<\/a> that has announced they are leaving the Georgetown program in the past four weeks. As a starter for the Hoyas, Akinjo's loss was&nbsp;the most notable. The rest were all bench players, two seeing action on the back-end of the rotation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There is some credence to Boeheim's points.&nbsp;Akinjo averaged 4.4 assists in the seven games he played to start the season. The team as a whole had 14.6 assists on 26 made baskets per game - a 56% assist rate. The three games without him have seen that rate drastically tick up to 69%&nbsp;(20.7 assists on 30 made shots). Against SMU, Georgetown's 26 assists were the most they've had in a single game in nine years.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Boeheim would also go on to say that despite the loss of four scholarship players, the remaining team is one of the best Georgetown teams he's seen in recent memory. He was unwavering in his support for Georgetown coach Patrick Ewing and was pleased with how he handled the whole situation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo guys weren\u2019t really contributing at all and another guy was throwing the ball up all the time. I know Patrick [Ewing]&nbsp;can\u2019t say that, but I can. I watched [James Akinjo] play three games. He lost three games, two games by himself,\" Boeheim said. \"(Now) they have a pass-first point guard who can also score and (Mac) McClung gets to play away from the ball... they're a completely different team. If we played them, the way they were playing earlier in the year, we would\u2019ve won the game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Terrell Allen, a grad transfer out of UCF, has&nbsp;filled the point guard void in Akinjo's absence. In their big win over SMU, he had 10 of&nbsp;the team's 26 assists and no turnovers. The DeMatha product added six more against Syracuse.<\/p>\n<p>Akinjo has already jumped into the transfer market, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EvanDaniels\/status\/1205563294335078405\">visiting Arizona earlier this week<\/a>. It appears there is no reason for him to waste his time taking a visit to central New York.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>MORE HOYAS NEWS:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Next Step: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/washington\/ncaa\/georgetown-attempts-move-forward-controversy-win-over-rival-syracuse\">Hoyas move forward with Syracuse win<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>McClung's Buzzer-beater:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/washington\/ncaa\/mac-mcclung-demoralizes-syracuse-buzzer-beating-three-end-half\">Does it at the half<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Whoops:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/washington\/ncaa\/georgetown-loses-local-2020-four-star-recruit-terrance-williams-decommits\">4-star recruit decommits from Hoyas<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n"
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WASHINGTON - Do not expect James Akinjo to transfer to Syracuse this season.  

Orange head coach Jim Boeheim had some harsh words for the former Georgetown guard. Critical of Akinjo's overall approach to the game, Boeheim attributed his removal from the team to Georgetown's three-game winning streak. 

"They got rid of a guy that wouldn't pass the ball to anybody and just shot every time. That's why they're good now," Boeheim said referring to Akinjo after his team's loss to Hoyas.

Akinjo is one of four players that has announced they are leaving the Georgetown program in the past four weeks. As a starter for the Hoyas, Akinjo's loss was the most notable. The rest were all bench players, two seeing action on the back-end of the rotation. 

There is some credence to Boeheim's points. Akinjo averaged 4.4 assists in the seven games he played to start the season. The team as a whole had 14.6 assists on 26 made baskets per game - a 56% assist rate. The three games without him have seen that rate drastically tick up to 69% (20.7 assists on 30 made shots). Against SMU, Georgetown's 26 assists were the most they've had in a single game in nine years. 

Boeheim would also go on to say that despite the loss of four scholarship players, the remaining team is one of the best Georgetown teams he's seen in recent memory. He was unwavering in his support for Georgetown coach Patrick Ewing and was pleased with how he handled the whole situation. 

 

“Two guys weren’t really contributing at all and another guy was throwing the ball up all the time. I know Patrick [Ewing] can’t say that, but I can. I watched [James Akinjo] play three games. He lost three games, two games by himself," Boeheim said. "(Now) they have a pass-first point guard who can also score and (Mac) McClung gets to play away from the ball... they're a completely different team. If we played them, the way they were playing earlier in the year, we would’ve won the game.”

Terrell Allen, a grad transfer out of UCF, has filled the point guard void in Akinjo's absence. In their big win over SMU, he had 10 of the team's 26 assists and no turnovers. The DeMatha product added six more against Syracuse.

Akinjo has already jumped into the transfer market, visiting Arizona earlier this week. It appears there is no reason for him to waste his time taking a visit to central New York.

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