Georgetown has been a force in the Big East and in the college basketball world as a whole for decades. The Hoyas boast an illustrious list of basketball alumni that includes Allen Iverson, Alonzo Mourning and Dikembe Mutombo.
Like Illinois, Georgetown has had five visits to the Final Four, including three in the 1980s and most recently in 2007.
I’ve always been curious about what exactly a “Hoya” is, and this helpful explanation clarified that it’s not really a thing at all, but rather the first word of a Latin cheer that Georgetown students first used decades ago.