Playing a national phenom

From time to time we play big-name programs. However, it is unusual for us to play a team which has a player who has made the headlines to the degree that Mac McClung has made it. The kid is a rarity, in several regards. He has unusual athletic ability for a white kid. Plus, he is a white kid at a school that has not had very many white players since the 1972-73 season when John Thompson (the father) began patrolling the sidelines there. Plus, he is from a small school (Gate City, Va). Plus, the coach who recruited him (Patrick Ewing) was a legend as a player, both in college and in the NBA. All these factors made McClung a media darling even before he got to Georgetown. We will now get to see him up close and personal.