Because college basketball just wrapped up this week, I thought this would be a good assignment that would keep one of the most incredible National Championship games ever in your mind.
The article below is about the history of the Villanova basketball program Please remember to put your name on your Blog so that I can give you credit.
Kris Jenkins's buzzer-beating three gives Villanova another perfect ending
Villanova sinks buzzer beater to claim NCAA title
Sports Illustrated's David Gardner and Seth Davis discuss the epic finish to the NCAA national championship game, where the Villanova Wildcats Kris Jenkins hit a buzzer-beating three-pointer to defeat the North Carolina Tar Heels.
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HOUSTON — Ryan Arcidiacono streaked over to Rollie Massimino, wrapped his arms around the former Villanova coach’s waist and delivered a hug as violent as it was beautiful. Arcidiacono, a senior guard, pulled the 81-year-old coach more than a foot off the ground, kissed him atop his commemorative NCAA championship hat and whispered into his ear: “I love you, coach.” The moment encapsulated a collision of the ages, the Perfect Game of 1985 meeting the Perfect Ending of 2016. Villanova’s 77–74 victory over North Carolina in the national championship game on Monday night will be prominently featured in countless bar debates for years to come. Was it the best title game ever? Was it the best championship game finish? Was it the greatest buzzer-beater in college basketball history? At the very least, it’s in the conversation for all of those things.
But at the tight-knit Philadelphia school where basketball defines the university’s image and athletic culture, Monday night’s improbable ending will forever be paired with the incredible upset by the 1985 team, a No. 8 seed which toppled No. 1 Georgetown. Thirty-one years later, on Monday night, the No. 2 seeded Wildcats one-upped No. 1 North Carolina’s late-game theatrics to deliver this new Perfect Ending.
Junior forward Kris Jenkins delivered one of the NCAA tournament's definitive Shining Moments when he took a shovel pass from Arcidiacono and nailed a 26-foot buzzer beater that left his hand with .4 seconds remaining. It goes down as the first buzzer-beating three-pointer in NCAA championship game history. That will put Jenkins in the rare clutch air of North Carolina State’s Lorenzo Charles, who dunked home Dereck Whittenburg's 30-foot air ball to win the 1983 NCAA title.
• WATCH: Villanova students on campus celebrate national championship
“In a national championship game, to hit a shot at the buzzer, I mean, I haven’t seen many better than that,” Villanova Coach Jay Wright said of Jenkins.
What made Jenkins’s shot so remarkable is that it somehow managed to top the double-clutch shot from North Carolina guard Marcus Paige, who tied the game with 4.7 seconds remaining. Paige’s three-pointer will redefine the standards of difficulty for late-game heroics. He leapt in the air on the right wing, moved the ball around in the air to avoid an onrushing Arcidiacono, scissored his legs and shot the ball over Villanova’s Mikal Bridges while falling down. The shot going in was so remarkable that dozens of fans hurled orange seat cushions in the air, as if the basketball gods were crying from the heavens in disbelief.
That set up the heroics of Jenkins, the junior forward who North Carolina inexplicably left open. Jenkins inbounded the ball on the opposite baseline and no Tar Heel ever picked him up. No one knew it better than Jenkins, who trailed Arcidiacono up the floor screaming, “Arch! Arch! Arch!” Jenkins’s shot led to another cascade of orange seat cushions and perhaps changed the world order of historic Villanova victories. “This one is No. 1,” Massimino said. “We’re No. 2.”
Massimino, of course, was the coach when Villanova pulled off the seminal title-game upset in NCAA tourney history over Georgetown. It’s remembered as the Perfect Game because the Wildcats shot 78%, and they still remain the lowest seed to ever win the tournament.
The current Villanova players know all about the '85 team. In the foyer of their practice facility there’s a screen where anyone can push a button and see highlights from that fateful night. The song “One Shining Moment” plays in the background as Ed Pinckney runs the floor, Harold Jensen doesn't miss a shot and Dwayne McClain slashes the lane. “Coach is adamant guys understand the history of Villanova basketball,” Wildcats assistant coach Baker Dunleavy said. “They’ve seen those highlights a bunch. They know the guys who played in the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. That’s something we take a ton of pride in.”
That pride became reciprocal on Monday night. Nine of the members from that 1985 Villanova team sat in Section 109. They cheered on improbable hero Phil Booth, a reserve guard who scored 20 points off the bench. They witnessed Arcidiacono join Pinckney as the Final Four's Most Outstanding Player. And they hugged and hollered when Jenkins’s shot went in. “I almost jumped through the roof,” Massimino said.
• WATCH: "One Shining Moment" from 2016 NCAA tourney
The 1985 Wildcats joined the party on the floor after Jenkins’s heroics, two sun-kissed teams exchanging hugs as they waded through confetti. Pinckney wrapped his arms around his old coach, putting to life the trendy Nova T-Shirt spotted around Houston all week: “I Wanna Party Like It’s 1985.” Pinckney smiled at history repeating itself. “This is a beautiful thing to be a part of,” he said. “When we get to the Royal Sonesta Hotel, we’re all going to go crazy.”
It didn’t take long for Wright to find Massimino in the postgame celebration. They walked together on the court to do an interview with former Georgetown coach John Thompson on Westwood One, a fitting nod to the past. Wright then walked Massimino back across the court, one arm of a tailored pin-striped suit plastered over the shoulder of another tailored pin-striped suit. Wright escorted Massimino to the party at the base of the ladder where the Wildcats gathered to wait their turn to cut down the nets. “Somebody has to give you the opportunity,” Wright said of his former boss. “Then they have to spend the time with you to reach you. He did that for me. To share this with him, our Villanova people love him. He’s a magical figure.”
This victory now gives Wright the same status. One historic shot now gives Villanova two shining moments. The biggest upset on Monday night may be that Villanova managed to match its own resplendent history.
1. What was the final school of the NCAA National Championship game?
2. What happened in the 1985 NCAA Championship game that made that game so remarkable to the history of the Villanova's Men's Basketball program?
3. Who was the coach of Villanova's 1985 team?
4. Has there ever been another championship game in the history of the NCAA to have a buzzer beater?
5. Which player from North Carolina hit a three-pointer with 4.7 seconds to go?
6. Do you think this game will be remembered as the greatest NCAA Championship game of all time? Why?
But at the tight-knit Philadelphia school where basketball defines the university’s image and athletic culture, Monday night’s improbable ending will forever be paired with the incredible upset by the 1985 team, a No. 8 seed which toppled No. 1 Georgetown. Thirty-one years later, on Monday night, the No. 2 seeded Wildcats one-upped No. 1 North Carolina’s late-game theatrics to deliver this new Perfect Ending.
• WATCH: Villanova students on campus celebrate national championship
“In a national championship game, to hit a shot at the buzzer, I mean, I haven’t seen many better than that,” Villanova Coach Jay Wright said of Jenkins.
What made Jenkins’s shot so remarkable is that it somehow managed to top the double-clutch shot from North Carolina guard Marcus Paige, who tied the game with 4.7 seconds remaining. Paige’s three-pointer will redefine the standards of difficulty for late-game heroics. He leapt in the air on the right wing, moved the ball around in the air to avoid an onrushing Arcidiacono, scissored his legs and shot the ball over Villanova’s Mikal Bridges while falling down. The shot going in was so remarkable that dozens of fans hurled orange seat cushions in the air, as if the basketball gods were crying from the heavens in disbelief.
That set up the heroics of Jenkins, the junior forward who North Carolina inexplicably left open. Jenkins inbounded the ball on the opposite baseline and no Tar Heel ever picked him up. No one knew it better than Jenkins, who trailed Arcidiacono up the floor screaming, “Arch! Arch! Arch!” Jenkins’s shot led to another cascade of orange seat cushions and perhaps changed the world order of historic Villanova victories. “This one is No. 1,” Massimino said. “We’re No. 2.”
Massimino, of course, was the coach when Villanova pulled off the seminal title-game upset in NCAA tourney history over Georgetown. It’s remembered as the Perfect Game because the Wildcats shot 78%, and they still remain the lowest seed to ever win the tournament.
The current Villanova players know all about the '85 team. In the foyer of their practice facility there’s a screen where anyone can push a button and see highlights from that fateful night. The song “One Shining Moment” plays in the background as Ed Pinckney runs the floor, Harold Jensen doesn't miss a shot and Dwayne McClain slashes the lane. “Coach is adamant guys understand the history of Villanova basketball,” Wildcats assistant coach Baker Dunleavy said. “They’ve seen those highlights a bunch. They know the guys who played in the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. That’s something we take a ton of pride in.”
That pride became reciprocal on Monday night. Nine of the members from that 1985 Villanova team sat in Section 109. They cheered on improbable hero Phil Booth, a reserve guard who scored 20 points off the bench. They witnessed Arcidiacono join Pinckney as the Final Four's Most Outstanding Player. And they hugged and hollered when Jenkins’s shot went in. “I almost jumped through the roof,” Massimino said.
• WATCH: "One Shining Moment" from 2016 NCAA tourney
The 1985 Wildcats joined the party on the floor after Jenkins’s heroics, two sun-kissed teams exchanging hugs as they waded through confetti. Pinckney wrapped his arms around his old coach, putting to life the trendy Nova T-Shirt spotted around Houston all week: “I Wanna Party Like It’s 1985.” Pinckney smiled at history repeating itself. “This is a beautiful thing to be a part of,” he said. “When we get to the Royal Sonesta Hotel, we’re all going to go crazy.”
1. What was the final school of the NCAA National Championship game?
2. What happened in the 1985 NCAA Championship game that made that game so remarkable to the history of the Villanova's Men's Basketball program?
3. Who was the coach of Villanova's 1985 team?
4. Has there ever been another championship game in the history of the NCAA to have a buzzer beater?
5. Which player from North Carolina hit a three-pointer with 4.7 seconds to go?
6. Do you think this game will be remembered as the greatest NCAA Championship game of all time? Why?
23 comments:
Devesh Agarwal
1. Villanova won
2.Villanova, coached by Rollie Massimino and seeded 8th, shot 78.6% from the field still an NCAA championship record and was Villanova's first franchise championship
3. Rollie Massimino
4. No it was the first
5. Marcus Paige
6. Yes because it will go in history as the first championship game with a buzzerbeater and it was close and clutch.
1.Villanova
2.A number eight seed beat the number one seed
3.Rollie Massimino
4.No
5.Kris Jenkins
6.No, because a team could be losing by two and win by making a buzzer beater three
other than it already being a tie and just winning it. On the game with the deficit
there is higher stakes which will make the shot even sweeter. Therefore the game will
not be the best game of all time while there is still a chance of that.
(Prajit Dharmavaratha PD.6)
Julian Levin Pd. 6 4-12-16
1. Villanova vs UNC, and Villanova won
2. Villanova became the lowest seed to ever win the NCAA Tourney, they won their first championship, and the shot 78%from the field
3. Rollie Massimino
4. Not a 3-point buzzer beater
5. Marcus Paige
6. No, but I think it will be remembered as one of the best of all time. The tournament has been aroun since 1939, and with it, have come many great championship games. Lorenzo Charles dunking off of Dereck Whitteburg's "pass" in 1983 to give NC State and Coch Valvano the win in 1983. UCLA's dominance in winning 10 championships in 12 years in the late 60's and early 70's. Duke winning back to back titles in '91 and '92, Butler missing a shot at the buzzer in 2010, Texas Western becoming the first team to win the champ[ionship with an all African American starting 5 in '66, Kansas beating Memphis in OT in '08, the 1982 championship between UNC and Georgetown, MJ vs Ewing, and as said in the article, Villanova becoming the lowest seed to ever win in '85.
1. Villanova and North Carbeatedolina Tar Heels.
2. Villanova beated Georgetown to win the final
3. Jay Wright
4. Yes
5. Marcus Paige
6. Tes , because this game had two incredible shot.
Yuchen Li 2016/4/13
pd.6
1. Villanova won 77-74
2. Villanova was an 8 seed and upset a 1 seed
3. Rollie Massimino
4. Yes, Kemba Walker when he was at UCONN
5. Marcus Paige
6. Yes, because the only other surprising one that I've seen was the Kemba buzzer beater game, but it wasn't even surprising because Kemba balled out in college like every game.
Jonathan London
1.77-74 Villinova
2.They pulled an upset on number 1 Georgetown
3.Rollie Massimino
4.No
5.Marcus Paige
6.No, because I think the 1983 game was better due to Houston being a very heavy favorite.
Seif Younis
1. The final school was Villanova
2. As time ran out, Villanova senior Dwayne McClain made one final effort to secure a basket, throwing a shot from the side for the team to score just enough points to win the championship.
3. Rollie Massimino.
4. No.
5. Marcus Paige.
6. I think this will be remembered as one of the greatest NCAA championship of all time. During the game, a tie seemed inevitable, yet a winner was eventually determined at literally the very last second.
1. Im assuming you meant final score, 77-74 Villanova
2. 8 seed beat 1 seed
3. Rollie Massimino
4. no
5. Marcus Paige
6. Yes, was a battle the whole game and ended on a game winning shot
1. Villanova
2. They upset Georgetown
3. Rollie Massimino
4. Yes
5. Marcus Paige
6. Yes because it was a back and forth game and it ended in the most exciting way possible
Thomas Nguyen
1. 77-74
2. They were the lowest seed to ever win the tournament and shot over 70% for field goal percentage.
3. Rollie Massimino
4. Yes, NC State when they were coached by Jimmy V.
5. Marcus Paige
6. Definitely one of the better ones, just because of the way it came down to two final shots under 5 seconds each.
Brett Rudden
1) Villanova won 77-74 over UNC
2) They also did an upset on Georgetown
3) Rollie Massimino
4) Yes
5) Marcus Paige
6) the game was decided at the very end and it was a buzzer beating 3 pointer.
Francis Gomez
1.) Villanova
2.)Villanova upset Georgetown in the finals when they were not highly ranked at all
3.)Rollie Massimino
4.) Yes
5.)Marcus Paige
6.)Yes because these two teams were two of the best college teams with the most talented players and the shot by Marcus Paige gave people second chances in thinking North Carolina was going to win.
Kwame Frimpong
1.) Villanova
2.) #8 seed beat #1 seed
3.) Rollie Massimino
4.) No
5.) Marcus Paige
6.) Yes, it was the first ever buzzer beater win
Harish chinnasamy
1.77-74
2. Last time they won
3. Rollie Massimino
4. Yes
5. Marcus Paige
6. Yes, because of the ending
Brian Barrett
1. 77-74 in favor of Villanova
2. It was the last time Villanova won the championship
3. Rollie Massimino
4. Yes
5. Marcus Paige
6. Yes because it was a great battle between two great teams with a fantastic ending. It was a very action packed game
Mark Gottfried
1. 77-74
2.Villanova upset Georgetown in 1985 to win the title
3. Rollie Massimino
4. Yes a dunk
5. Marcus Paige
6. Yes because it was a game winning three at the buzzer to win the championship and that's special and has never happened
Nick Bien
Tai Metzger
1.77-74 Villanova
2.It was Villanova's first ncaa title
3. Rollie massimino
4. Yes there has
5. Marcus Paige
6. Yes because it was so exciting
1. Villanova
2. 8th seed team
3. Rollie Massimino
4. Yes
5. Kris Jenkins
6. NC were the favorites to win but in the end it came down to a buzzer beater.
Alex Kuang
Kamaal Kusow
1. The final school was Villanova
2. As time ran out, Villanova senior Dwayne McClain made one final effort to secure a basket, throwing a shot from the side for the team to score just enough points to win the championship.
3. Rollie Massimino.
4. No.
5. Marcus Paige.
6. I think this will be remembered as one of the greatest NCAA championship of all time. During the game, a tie seemed inevitable, yet a winner was eventually determined at literally the very last second.
1. Villanova
2. Villanova upset Georgetown
3. Rollie Massimino
4. Yes
5. Marcus Paige
6. Yes because it feel really good they got win.
Bruce Chen
1. 77-74
2.Villanova upset Georgetown in 1985 to win the championship
3. Rollie Masimino
4. Yes
5. Marcus Paige
6. Yes because it was a game winning three at the buzzer to win
-Justin Nguyen
1. The final school of the NCAA National Championship game was Villanova.
2. No. 8 seed Villanova toppled No. 1 seed Georgetown in the 1985 NCAA Championship game.
3. Rollie Massimino was the coach of Villanova's 1985 team.
4. No
5. Guard Marcus Paige
6. Yes because it is the first and only time an NCAA Championship game was won by a buzzer beater.
-Alexander Velasquez
1. Villanova
2. 8th seed team
3. Rollie Massimino
4. Yes
5. Kris Jenkins
6. NC were the favorites to win but in the end it came down to a buzzer beater.
-Michael Lin
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