It was a familiar scene on the floor at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night. Villanova’s players smiling and hugging in their commemorative T-shirts and championship hats, snipped bits of nylon tied conspicuously around their snapbacks as they traversed a court strewn with confetti. The Wildcats had just become the first program to win three straight Big East tournament titles and also claimed their fourth in five years, a span that includes two national championships, most recently last April.
Villanova Captures Big East Title Behind the Senior Leadership of Phil Booth and Eric Paschall
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