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Villanova Basketball 2019 Player Recap: Collin Gillespie

Sophomore year can be tough — You need to think about picking a major, your classes get harder, social life can get trickier, and you lose four players to the NBA and have to step in as the third scoring option.

After a freshman year learning from one of the all-time great college basketball rosters, Collin Gillespie was thrust into the spotlight, more than doubled his minutes played. Out of necessity, the Villanova guard was called upon to both handle the ball and be the third option on a tournament-bound team. It was in many ways a baptism by fire.