1985 NCAA Championship - Georgetown vs Villanova

Wikipedia recap :
In 1985, under the direction of coach Rollie Massimino, the men's basketball team completed one of the most surprising runs in NCAA tournament history by winning the national championship in the first year of the 64-team field. The eighth-seeded Wildcats beat Dayton (at Dayton), then upset top-seeded Michigan, Maryland and second-seeded North Carolina to win the Southeast Regional en route to the Final Four in Lexington, Kentucky. After defeating 2-seed Memphis State in the national semifinals, Villanova met defending champion and ten-point-favorite Georgetown, led by Patrick Ewing, in the title game.

Top-seeded Georgetown had beaten conference rival Villanova twice during the regular season, and had reached the title game with tenacious defense, which gave up less than 40% of their opponents' shots from the field in both the regular season and the postseason. But in perhaps the greatest shooting performance in NCAA history, the Wildcats went 22-of-28 from the field to convert a blistering 78.6% of their shots, including a second half where they missed only one basket. The Hoyas hung tough, converting 55% of their 53 attempts, but were unable to overcome the astounding shooting performance as Villanova won 66-64 to claim the NCAA championship. The Wildcat squad remains the only eight-seed and the lowest overall seed in tournament history to win the championship, and their overall team shooting percentage remains an NCAA tournament record for a single game. The game is often cited among the greatest upsets in college basketball history. Ed Pinckney, who shot 5-of-7 and had 16 points in the game, was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

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[FRSFreeStatePlus]

One of the biggest upsets in NCAA Basketball History

[deftones01285]

true

[roperkids]

This is what I love about You Tube. Being able to take a trip down memory lane to revisit one of the most spectacular victories in the history of NCAA basketball. Georgetown had this arrogance that I found intolerable. I'm sure that arrogance led to complacency & it ultimately cost them.

[blizzard279]

Holy Crap stop saying stuff about how unfair it was for Georgetown and how Villanova got lucky just shut it, if anything Villanova had it unfair! they were the underdog. They were the ones predicted to lose, and they were the ones who pulled off the UPSET fair and square alright jeez

[cbaldwinjr]

@redskins2k I agree that there may have been some anti-G'Town sentiment, but in reality, they only had three title capable teams ('82, '84, and '86). MAYBE the team in '91 that lost to UNLV with Mutombo and Mourning. That's really it

[sketto]

Georgetown refused to take the short jumpers they were being given all night. Villanova was backed way down into the paint, but G'town just wouldn't shoot.

[abankse83]

hahaha that halftime muzak sounds like something one would hear off of an old softcore porn. lol

[redskins2k]

a lot of racist crap went on back then, the refs were always against john thompson and georgetown in title games. John was not afraid to say what he felt, and it cost him titles.

[Gunntros]

@TheGatorfan93 i don't think you understand what cocaine does to you, he shouldn't have used it but it doesn't make you a machine, it makes you play worse and crash. Also i don't think he started snorting or shooting up on the sidelines or on the bench during the games. The main thing to be worried about with cocaine use is the long term effects on a person.

[drbayoms]

It took 79% from the field to win. I call that a fluke. But it does not change the outcome.

[drbayoms]

They fouled the shit out of Ewing ALLLLLLL night.

[scoobismyname]

nova nation