Tyler Adams’ basketball career was cut short in his freshman year at Georgetown, when doctors diagnosed him with an arrhythmia after he experienced chest pains during practice. Adams’ time on the court was over, but he remained at Georgetown on scholarship and turned into a de facto assistant coach on the bench.

“The doctors told me I could play for 20 years and nothing would ever happen or I could play for two minutes and something could happen. Once the doctors told me that, I didn’t really want to take a chance.”

On Saturday, coach John Thompson III gave Adams his first career start against Seton Hall on Senior Day, after working for more than a year on receiving a waiver from the NCAA. At the beginning of the game, the Pirates cleared out of the paint and let Adams throw down a dunk.