How to be a Hoya: Study hard

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His most important statistic is not his scoring average. Not his free-throw percentage. Not his rebounds or blocks per game. None of that.

His best stat is 4.2. As in his grade-point average.

Hollis Thompson -- the 6-foot-8 Loyola junior with an A-plus average -- will be heading to a Holy Land of college hoops ... Georgetown.

Check out the slew of powerhouse programs that showed interest in Thompson -- UCLA, Duke, North Carolina, Stanford, Florida and Arizona.

Why all the suitors? Court success combined with classroom finesse. In other words, a talented athlete with a 4.2 GPA. Remember that stat; it’s the most important one.

-- Anthony Stitt