24 Years Ago Today

On April 1, 1985 Villanova played the “perfect” basketball game and pulled off the greatest upset in college basketball history by defeating defending national champion Georgetown University, 66-64, in Lexington, Kentucky to win the national championship.

 

Also on that date, I received my acceptance letter to Villanova.

 

Prior to the game, my brother and I hung a bedsheet on the side of our house proclaiming “Nova is #1,’ only to have some dumb woman stop while we were hanging it and ask why we were “saying our car was #1?”

 

Again, the great thing about Villanova being in the Final Four is you get to hear all of these old stories again and relive that magical moment.