I never dreamed it was possible, with the Big East being down, but GT is a bubble team. They've been super impressive of late and notched some big upsets.
Watching the Marquette game in particular, GT has found their groove. Akinjo is the primary ball handler and McClung is doing what I wasn't sure he could do, score consistently at his size from the two. It certainly helps having Govan being such a consistent terror as a big guy and Akinjo being a legit threat to pull up or more consistently create plays in the lane but none of the three are we successful without the other and watching the Hoyas come together as a team has been impressive, coming from someone who wasn't a fan but started watched bc of Mac.
Mac and Akinjo have made the Hoyas a legit TV option. FS1 or even Fox seems to wanna show them as much or more than Villanova, one of the best programs in recent memory or Marquette, who's led by a super exciting, Trae Young-esque scorer in Markus Howard.
On note of another GC player, while watching Wofford play in the SoCon tourney (and upsetting South Carolina earlier, a team who won 10+ SEC games), I'm not sure Ervin can expect to have impact McClung has had. It's crazy to say but Wofford, at least this year, is better overall than GT and they have some great scoring guards, the best 3pt duo in the nation and one guard likely to become the all time NCAA leader in 3pt makes. Ervin is gonna have to work hard to get minutes on that team.
