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The 1984–85 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team represented Villanova University.The head coach was Rollie Massimino.The team played its home games at Villanova Field House in Villanova, Pennsylvania, and was a member of the Big East Conference.
Roland Vincent Massimino (November 13, 1934 – August 30, 2017) was an American basketball coach. He served as the head men's basketball coach at Stony Brook University (1969–1971), Villanova University (1973–1992), the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (1992–1994), Cleveland State University (1996–2003), and at Northwood University's Florida campus, which was sold in 2014 to Keiser ...
The 1985–86 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team represented Villanova University in the 1985–86 season. The head coach was Rollie Massimino . The team played its home games at The Pavilion in Villanova, Pennsylvania , and was a member of the Big East Conference .
[1] [2] This Villanova team remains the lowest-seeded team to win the tournament. The Wildcats are also notable as the last Division I men's national champion to date to represent a school that did not sponsor varsity football at the time of its title (Villanova had dropped football after the 1980 season and did not reinstate the sport until ...
This is a list of seasons completed by the Villanova Wildcats men's college basketball team. [1] Seasons. Statistics overview Season Coach ... 1984–85: Rollie ...
The 1984–85 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began in November 1984 and ended with the Final Four in Lexington, Kentucky on April 1, 1985. The Villanova Wildcats won their first NCAA national championship with a 66–64 victory over the defending champion, top-ranked Georgetown Hoyas. It was the second time in three seasons that the ...
In 1985, the No. 8 seed Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team took home the NCAA Championship and became the lowest seed ever to do so -- in the men's or women's tournament. They defeated No. 1 ...
He is best remembered as a key player in Villanova University's surprise 1985 NCAA championship victory. He shot the winning basket in the final minutes of the 1985 showdown against Georgetown. Jensen was a 6'4" swingman from Trumbull High School in Trumbull, Connecticut. He played for coach Rollie Massimino at Villanova from 1983 to 1987