With 11:08 remaining in the second half, Jevon Carter converted on a layup. That two-point bucket put the West Virginia Mountaineers up 60-54 over the Villanova Wildcats. Things appeared to be dire for the Wildcats, the No. 1 seed in the East Region, and their quest to get back to the Final Four.
But like we’ve seen many times this season, and throughout this era of ‘Nova basketball, the Wildcats flipped the switch. For the remainder of the game, the ‘Cats went on an 36-24 run to catapult them into the Elite Eight. It is the third time since 2009 that Villanova has been in the Elite Eight, and the previous two times they picked up wins to go to the Final Four.