From my seat in Madison Square Garden, watching the Cats at the end of the championship game, I had a perfect view of Archie slipping and nearly falling right in front of our bench with about 3 seconds left, allowing the Seton Hall defenders to swarm him. As soon as it happened I realized that Archie slipped on the sweat left by our team as they stood on the court listening to Jay lay out his last second plan. I bitched about it the rest of the night because I've seen it happen before, although it never cost us a game.

So when Danny Ochefu grabbed the mop from that little kid in front of the Carolina bench on Monday night and proceeded to mop the floor like he was prepping it for varnish, I turned to my wife and told her that Archie was gonna take the ball right over that spot, and that Ochefu was just making sure there would not be another slip up. Pretty cool move by Dan.

My son and I got to ride on the double decker bus through the parade with the other members of the media and he got an entire gallery of images that I thought many of you might enjoy! He will be taking orders for prints too if there are any you'd like prints of. It was an amazing experience to see 70,000 strong out on Market Street to celebrate the title and something I will never forget!

http://www.independentphilly.com/pa...dcats-2016-ncaa-mens-basketball-championship/

...........that this year, it will not be possible to make the excuse that we lost to the eventual National Champion.

Couple of guys in V hats standing right behind the players where the righty's tee off. Love it. It's everywhere! Yesterday, walking through Target, this chick looks up at me from where she's sitting, and flashes a HUGE smile at me. So far, just your standard Saturday afternoon stuff. Then she puts up the V and I throw it back. I'm wearing my golf pullover and I notice she's got a Villanova sweater on too. Oh. Still cool though.

By any chance, have any of you bought this shirt in an XL but don't want it for any reason (it doesn't fit, etc.)?

Aside from the shirts the players wore right after they won, it's the best one I've seen, but it's sold-out everywhere ...

http://m.fanatics.com/COLLEGE_Villa...8&utm_source=Shareasale&utm_medium=affiliates

If you have one in an XL that you don't want, please e-mail me at jyannacone@yahoo.com.

Thanks!

As fans of the National Champion men's basketball team there is no reason to look back at past seasons however the gobber fans fron UNC who are still complaining about the conspiracy among the referees to deny their team the victory against Villanova should watch the below video of the game changing bad call (as acknowledged by the 3 CBS post game analysts) still remembered as the "phantom walk".

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oh how sweet is the karma

saw someone wearing a steal your face shirt with the V logo on top at the Final Four - asked him where he got it and he could not remember. anyone know?
Thanks!

http://www.philly.com/philly/education/20160407_The_winning_s_only_beginning_for_Villanova.html

Great news for the university coffers. Maybe it's time to move the Pavilion renovation forward and maybe even add seats!

I say absolutely yes! I also think his jersey should be retired and hanging from the rafters quickly - like next season. I hope he comes back to the coaching staff at some point in the future, too.

nm

According to Zagsblog, Omari chosen for National game on the West team; Dylan chosen for Regional game on East team (vs NY).

Truly a wonderful read. Actually pushed by Jay Bilas on ESPN which is how I came across it today.

http://www.philly.com/philly/column..._Now_Jay_Wright_has_to__figure_this_out_.html

Wow, looks like a UNC Cheerleader drills the UNC mascot after Jenks hit the shot. Relax dude, I know it sucks, but no need to punch someone. Keep an eye on the mascot, you'll see him get drilled.

15 seconds in, bottom left.

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Plough and the Stars

Does anyone know where and what time the banquet is? April 20 is not far away.

I have long thought we need another ball handler. I love the backcourt of Booth and Brunson. They both have great potential.

There is clearly a need for another combo guard. Obviously, we have some other good ball handlers in Jenkins and possibly Hart.

If we don't try to get a Tony Chennault type to fill a role next year, my guess is it means Jay is pretty high on Donte.

Its kind of scary to think of how good we might be next year. I'm sure we'll stub our toe along the way, but our returning roster has 1-seed written all over it.

And most of all, we have experience / senior leadership. I'll take that over Brandon Ingrim and Jabari Parker every time.

started by some lunatic UNC fans but if you sort it by top rated I've been laughing pretty hard...

https://www.change.org/p/national-i-want-the-the-unc-villanova-ncaa-championship-game-overturned/c

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Has anyone heard a crowd estimate?

Did anyone take a picture of the final scoreboard? I remember looking up after the shot and it was still 74-74 and said final (got scared a second they weren't counting even though I knew it wasnt close).

I always take a pic of the scoreboard but forgot in the craziness. Not sure if they even showed it or flipped right to national champs.

If anyone took pics of the scoreboard right before the said champs please post or email. theV04@gmail.com

On a related note, we should figure out a way for people to add pics to a shared google drive or something so we can aggregate all out vusports taken pics.

At the team hotel in the ballroom, it was crazy that all you could see was cameras recording and taking pics. Videos like that should stay off mass sharing, but would be cool to share some pics.

Then again, we are talking about St. Joe's fans:

CSN Philly - NCAA: St. Joe's congratulated Nova and people are freaking out

The official Twitter account of St. Joe's Hawks Athletics sent out a nice congratulatory message today directed at their rival the Villanova Wildcats.

It was a classy, harmless message that read, "Rivalries are built on respect. Congratulations to our biggest and best. #Big5#THWND#LetsMarchNova," and had a photo of a building on St. Joe's campus that had a banner that crossed out the "beat" in "beat Nova" and replaced it with "congrats."

Rivalries are built on respect. Congratulations to our biggest and best. #Big5 #THWND #LetsMarchNova pic.twitter.com/thf40KVlRH

- SJU Hawks (@SJUHawks) April 8, 2016
It seemed like a nice gesture.

But WHOA BOY some people are not happy about it.

@tfin570 @Sperl14 @SJUHawks I've never been as embarrassed with my alma mater as I am now.

- Jerry (@mcguig24) April 8, 2016
@SJUHawks tell me the last time Duke congratulated UNC with a banner on campus...this is a joke not respect

- George Fisfis (@G_Fisfis) April 8, 2016
@SJUHawks I don't think the Yankees flew a banner in NYC when the Red Sox won the WS

- George Fisfis (@G_Fisfis) April 8, 2016
@SJUHawks this is worse than when you put a pro-Temple banner up on the McShain bridge

- Steve Phillips (@stevelxa476) April 8, 2016
.@SJUHawks as one of the idiots that put time and effort into making the actual "beat nova" sign... I disapprove of this message @lempkaa

- Brian M (@Barry_Feinstein) April 8, 2016
see, @SJUHawks, none of this happens. These aren't built on respect that's why they're rivalries. You just gut punched your entire community

- Michael Ferrier (@mferrier31) April 8, 2016
@SJUHawks Your Twitter got hacked

- Timothy McCracken (@phillytim333) April 8, 2016
@tfin570 @Sperl14 @SJUHawks I've never been as embarrassed with my alma mater as I am now.

- Jerry (@mcguig24) April 8, 2016
@Bill_ennium @SJUHawks WHAT in God's name is that?!? That is an atrocity. How about we don't say or do anything at all positive or negative

- Joe Mreczko (@JoeMreczko) April 8, 201

So UVA at home, ND in Jersey, and big 10 challenge on the road? X , g town, sju, hall and UVA at wells? That sound right?

Hoping big 10 is Indiana. Will be an elite matchup and I can go. Let's schedule MSUu the following year so izzo can get his palestra wish.

may be the starting LT for the jets. Just re signed following Brick's retirement announcement.