Celebration Underway On Villanova's Campus After Men's Basketball Team Makes 3rd Final Four Since 2016
Organizers tell CBS3 they are already planning the watch parties and post-game celebrations for next Saturday when Nova plays in the Final Four.
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Organizers tell CBS3 they are already planning the watch parties and post-game celebrations for next Saturday when Nova plays in the Final Four.
The win marks the fourth time Villanova has made it to the Final Four under head coach Jay Wright.
The Wildcats face No. 5 Houston (32-5) on Saturday in the South Region final to get back to where they had been expected all along: the Final Four.
Students packed the room Thursday night as No. 2 Villanova took on the No. 11 University of Michigan.
On Friday, fourth-seeded UCLA plays eighth-seeded North Carolina and No. 3 Purdue meets Saint Peter's, which is trying to become the first 15 seed to advance to a regional final.
It's estimated that 8,100 hotel rooms will be rented out between Friday and Sunday. Visitors are expected to spend over $12 million during the weekend.
Here's everything you need to know as the NCAA Tournament shifts to San Francisco, San Antonio, Chicago and Philadelphia for the regional rounds:
There's a DJ and a massive watch party and on Monday, it's not about the men, it's all about the women.
With this win now behind them, Villanova students say they're pretty confident they'll get another national championship.
Collin Gillespie scored 20 points, Eric Dixon hit a big 3-pointer late and second-seeded Villanova fended off seventh-seeded Ohio State 71-61 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday.
This weekend, Villanova will attempt to make a run for its third NCAA championship since 2016.
University of Delaware students cheered and waved pom-poms as the Blue Hens made their first appearance in the NCAA Tournament since 2014.
As a kid, Delaware's Martin Ingelsby went to Villanova games with his father. Now, he gets to coach against the team he grew up rooting for on Friday in the NCAA Tournament.
Brad Ingelsby is the younger brother of University of Delaware head coach Martin Ingelsby. But he's also responsible for the creation of a character near and dear to our hearts. Brad Ingelsby wrote and produced "Mare of Easttown."
The men's tournament is set to tip-off tonight and the women's D-III tournament will crown its first champion since 2019.