Josh Hart has the Villanova Wildcats in the Big East championship game.Frank Franklin II/Associated Press
The defending national champion Villanova Wildcats did not figure to have any problems on their way to the Big East Conference Tournament championship game.
Somebody forgot to tell feisty Seton Hall. The determined Pirates traded punches with the Wildcats for 40 minutes and had the lead in the tournament's semifinal game in the final seconds.
Villanova was not about to disappear in the clutch, as the Wildcats claimed a 55-53 victory when Josh Hart grabbed the offensive rebound off a missed shot by Kris Jenkins and hit the go-ahead shot and the ensuing free throw.