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Donte DiVincenzo Twitter Deleted After Racial Post; Villanova Deletes Hack Tweet

Related Topics: USA Today, Derrick Rose, Twitter

Villanova guard Donte DiVincenzo was the hero of Monday's national championship game with 31 points off the bench for the Wildcats, but an old tweet of his was called into question after his performance made national headlines.

According to Josh Peter of USA Today, a 2011 tweet on DiVincenzo's since-deleted Twitter account quoted a Meek Mill lyric that read "Ballin on these n----s like I'm Derrick Rose!"

DiVincenzo was 14 years old at the time of the tweet. When asked about it Monday after the game, he said "It's my account, yes. But I never remember doing that.