LOUISVILLE, Ky.
Sitting in section 115, row E, seat 6, Dewanna King held her iPhone in both hands as Villanova’s players snipped the last pieces of net.
Second-seeded Villanova had just knocked out top-seeded Kansas, 64-59, in the Elite Eight at the KFC Yum Center, and King wanted to make sure her son, Devonte’ Graham, knew she was thinking about him.
At 11:13 p.m., she sent the text saying he had played his backside off. He had nothing to hang his head about, King said, even though she knew he wanted this for the team.
King knew still that the message would be hard to accept.