Pacers Draft Options: Villanova’s Donte DiVincenzo

There’s something about Donte DiVincenzo. A high school icon in Delaware, a rabid Wildcat at Villanova, a slayer of Wolverines, and maybe the next Indiana Pacer…

April 2, Alamodome, San Antonio: With 17:38 minutes left in the first half, with Michigan leading 6-4, Donte DiVincenzo checks into the game for the first time. Five minutes later he makes his first bucket, a three, it’s 14-11, Wolverines. 38 seconds later, he makes a lay-up (5 points) Michigan 16, Villanova 13.

The story of DiVincenzo began 635 miles away from Indianapolis in Wilmington, Delaware at the Salesianum School. He was named Delaware’s boy’s basketball high school player of the year in 2015, garnering a bold nickname along…