NCAA Championship Games

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1985 NCAA Championship Game
Villanova vs. Georgetown

Postcard sent from Dean M. Louise Fitzpatrick to the faculty and staff of the College of Nursing. (Courtesy of the University Archives)

Greetings…From Wildcat Country.
Postcard, postmarked March 10, 1985.
(Courtesy of the University Archives)

This postcard sent from Dean M. Louise Fitzpatrick to the faculty and staff of the College of Nursing is particularly amusing as the “wildcat” mentioned on the front of the card refers to the University of Kentucky wildcats, but here Dean Fitzpatrick uses the card to suggest that even Kentucky is [Villanova] wildcat country as the basketball team was on the road to play in the championship game.

Villanova Magazine: A Journal for Alumni, Family, and Friends. Vol. 1, no. 1, May 1985.
(Courtesy of the University Archives)

Sports Illustrated. Vol. 62, no. 13, April 1, 1985.*
(Courtesy of the University Archives)

Basketball Team with Coach Roland V. Massimino and President Ronald Reagan in the White House Rose Garden, 1985.
(Courtesy of the University Archives)

On Thursday, April 4, 1985, the Villanova Wildcat Basketball players and Coach Roland V. Massimino were received in the White House Rose Garden by President Ronald Reagan.

 

President Ronald Reagan shaking hands with Trainer Jake Nevin during the Rose Garden Reception, 1985.
Official Photograph, The White House, Washington, D. C.
(Courtesy of the University Archives)

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Miller, Craig. The Year of the ‘Cat: Villanova’s Incredible NCAA Basketball Championship Story.*
[Villanova: Villanova University Athletic Dept.], 1985.
(Special Collections, Falvey Memorial Library)

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NCAA Basketball Championship Pennant, 1985.
Villanova versus Georgetown.
(Courtesy of Michael Pirone, Class of 2003)

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2016 NCAA Championship Game
Villanova vs. North Carolina

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Villanova Wildcats, 2016 NCAA Division I
Men's Basketball Champions.
April 4 | Houston, Texas

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"Villanova National Champions: Jenkins' buzzer-beater delivers championship for Nova" Villanova Media Room. Press Release. 2016 April 5. Villanova University. ©1990-2017 Villanova University.

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“Villanova Wildcats National Champions Shots for the Ages.” Special Commemorative Section. The Philadelphia Inquirer. April 6, 2016. Sec. E.

"Champions" [Front cover]. The Villanovan, Vol. 106, no. 8, April 7, 2016.

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The University's Graphic Services printed and distributed posters to support the team at the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship games during 'Marching Madness.'

 

After the big win, Graphics Services created this poster which could be seen along the parade route, Friday, April 8, 2016!

 

2016 Memorabilia

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Pennant, 2016 National Champions.
(Courtesy of University Archives)

 

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Check out the 2016 Champions' visit to the White House with President Barack Obama on the University's Media Room.

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* Not all the items in this exhibit were digitized, however, bibliographic information is provided for every item that was on display.