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Villanova Finding Pride In Its No. 1 Ranking


Special to BIGEAST.com

Mention Villanova basketball and the conversation will inevitably shift to the fabled 1985 team that shocked the college basketball world with its magical NCAA Tournament run that ended with the Wildcats taking down mighty Georgetown and Patrick Ewing in the NCAA Championship game.

It is the unquestioned high point of Villanova's storied basketball history and memories the program still relishes 31 years later.

But this year's Villanova team has done something that 1985 team – or any other Wildcat team – never achieved when it was announced earlier this week that Villanova had ascended to the No.