Oddsmakers think Rick Pitino will replace Patrick Ewing at Georgetown

Earlier this week, Georgetown fired head coach Patrick Ewingafter six seasons with the program.

The school announced that it has "begun a national search fornew leadership," and it's a high-profile opening.

So, who are the top candidates to replace Ewing?

SportsBetting.ag set odds on whowill be the Hoyas' next head coach, and a Hall-of-Famer iscurrently leading the pack.

Rick Pitino, who is currently the head coach at Iona University,is the odds-on favorite (-200). Pitino is a two-time NCAA championwith a 834-292 record over the course of his coaching career. Thisseason, he led Iona to the NCAA Tournament as a 13th seed. Theywill face fourth-seeded UConn in the first round.

Pitino's son, Rick Jr., is also on the board (+1600) among the15 candidates, which features some obvious long shots such as TubbySmith (+10000), Jay Wright (+50000) and Jim Boeheim (+100000).

Here are the current odds for who will become Georgetown's nextcoach:

RickPitino-200MikeBrey+500Micah Shrewsberry+600EdCooley+800Kevin Keatts+800KimEnglish+1400MikeBoynton+1400RickPitino Jr.+1600BradUnderwood+1800Grant McCasland+2000MattLangel+2000MikeJones+2000Tubby Smith+10000JayWright+50000JimBoeheim+100000