Villanova was a giant underdog in the 1985 national championship tilt against Georgetown—and Patrick Ewing—and then the ball was tipped, and Nova executed a flawless game plan and barely missed.
The Wildcats made 22 of 28 shots that night, the greatest shooting performance ever at the Final Four.
"At Villanova, those guys are still legendary, magical guys," Villanova coach Jay Wright said.
Thirty-one years later, a different group of Wildcats produced the sequel.
Villanova 95, Oklahoma 51.
The present-day Wildcats penned their place in the record books right next to their legendary Nova forefathers and will go for the program's second national title Monday night against North Carolina.