For the first time since 2009, the Villanova Wildcats are going to the Final Four!
The Wildcats won the South Regional by defeating the #1 overall seed Kansas Jayhawks, 64-59.
This wasn't supposed to happen. As our pals at VU Hoops brought us earlier in the week, all year long, Villanova had hundreds of detractors. They bowed out of the Big East tournament, in rather unspectacular fashion to Seton Hall. That loss cost the Wildcats a 1-seed in the NCAA tournament. Then, the selection show came and we learned Villanova would be playing their games in Brooklyn and Louisville, not Brooklyn and Philadelphia.