muskienick wrote:To think that no National Champion ever before has won in such a dominating manner (every game finished with a double-digit margin)! Even "The Wizard of Westwood's" teams didn't accomplish this with the likes of Abdul Jabbar, Walton, and a ton of other first-team All-Americans. Jay Wright and his staff are simply the best there is at all aspects of the College Game: recruiting, conditioning, practice strategies, match-ups, and in-game adjustments. They set the bar very high which, in the long run, should cause an already very good Big East Conference to get even better.
Go Wildcats!!!!!!!!!! We admire you greatly!
Bill Marsh wrote:Right now Villanova is the best program in the country. Everyone knows it. Certainly all the talking heads on both CBS and ESPN showed last night that they know it. Jay Wright is the best coach in the country.
Imagine what this will do for Villanova recruiting. Imagine what it will do for the rest of The Big East.
muskienick wrote:Even "The Wizard of Westwood's" teams didn't accomplish this with the likes of Abdul Jabbar, Walton, and a ton of other first-team All-Americans.
GumbyDamnit! wrote:For the rest of the league I think Jay has provided a blueprint. Gets kids who buy into culture and are not afraid to wait their turn. Focus on the 25-125 ranked kids, not the OAD’s, who can play multiple positions and have multiple talents. And you have to play solid D. I think many of our teams have gotten away from that.
Be like Villanova? Yes, slimy college basketball peers, be like the Wildcats. Or at least try to be. Their run amounts to the most inspiring multiyear example of an unselfish championship culture and exquisite roster construction the sport has seen since Florida won back-to-back titles in 2006 and 2007. Villanova is just the eighth school to win at least two NCAA men’s basketball championships in a three-season span.
The Wildcats did it with a style that defies the one-and-done, go-for-your-money, quick-fix, build-an-instant-contender mentality that now haunts college basketball. The game needed the example of Loyola Chicago to restore the charm of amateurism during this tournament, but it was desperate for a team with the characteristics of Villanova to win the whole thing.
At the Alamodome on Monday night, you saw a final that inspired pride after a long season of scandal. To conclude a tournament filled with reminders of college basketball’s dignity — from Maryland Baltimore County’s historic upset to Loyola Chicago’s riveting Final Four run — Villanova and Michigan served as finalists that augmented a reassuring message.
ArmyVet wrote:https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/its-villanovas-world-and-college-basketball-should-be-glad-to-be-living-in-it/2018/04/03/f126ce66-3692-11e8-8fd2-49fe3c675a89_story.html?utm_term=.0575071c02c2
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