 Folks, how about a hand for the two teams competing in this year's Big East Tournament Championship Seton Hall in Villanova? What a game and what a finish And ladies and gentlemen time now to present the 2019 Big East Tournament trophy to the champions Here is the commissioner of the Big East Val Ackerman. Thank you Gus. I want to commend Our runner-up Seton Hall Pirates for an exceptional game and a great tournament And I want to thank this incredible garden crowd for your support of Big East basketball in all 10 of our schools. Thank you so much It's now my pleasure to present the 2019 Big East men's basketball championship trophy To coach Jay Wright his staff these outstanding young men and the Villanova Wildcats Coach Wright Your boys are celebrating That'll give me an opportunity to ask you a few questions Third straight Big East tournament title What makes Villanova such a dominant team? Well, first I want to I want to congratulate Seton Hall on an unbelievable season. What a great team Kevin Willard Has got them going. Seton Hall can beat anybody in the NCAA tournament, man And um, I love our team loves playing here in the garden. Thanks to all the garden fans Thanks to Nova nation for coming out We're just all of us are just small pieces of a great university a great athletic department a great team And uh, it's just it's great to be a wildcat, man Well coach you lost four players to the NBA last year four great players This was supposed to be a rebuilding year so to speak For you and at times things were a little bit rocky. How did you change the momentum? Things were rocky right until the last second of this game It's just been a rocky season, but we do have two seniors back in Phil Booth and Eric Pascoe that have been like They've been like coaches on this team They they they've taught their their young teammates How to play Villanova basketball and they've led us all of us including our coaching staff We can't we can't thank Phil and me for their leadership or not Phil Booth Eric Pascoe just to talk about them a little bit more booth He's been through so much at Villanova injuries and He helped you win a national championship in 2016 coming off the bench scoring 20 points Eric Pascoe transferred from Fordham and he's just had a brilliant Villanova career Well, Phil and Eric are guys and we are blessed to coach their parents are here today They got the greatest parents in the world. They've taught these kids how to respect coaching Respect education. They've been great examples of what a Villanova basketball player is their whole career Coach, thank you very much and congratulations Love you guys. We love when you do the games, man. Thank you, man. All right. We need Val Ackerman commissioner Oh, here she is. All right commissioner Val Ackerman is here to present the most outstanding player award for this year's tournament It's called the Dave Gavin award commissioner Thanks gus. Phil Booth take your trophy the Dave Gavin award Phil let me ask you a couple questions Phil you've been through so much during your career at Villanova Injuries you came off the bench in 2016 scored 20 points to help your squad win the national championship against North Carolina What does this mean to you to be standing here as the most outstanding player for your team This this one is special Very special. This team has taught me so much These young dudes are like a breath of fresh air from being around them Just the positivity had just the openness to coaching and listening and uh This is all credit to them for buying in to playing Villanova basketball I give that to my teammates and the coaching staff for getting them ready to go The ncaa tournament is coming up your thoughts on The national champion the current national champions Opportunities as you move forward Hey, you know, we'll watch selection Sunday tomorrow See where we go and then we're gonna prepare this week to get ready for the next game And then we're just gonna go like that. Just right for the next game. What are you gonna do with this trophy? Uh, that's a good question. I'll probably give it to my mom or dad, you know I'm looking at my right there. She wanted to show the trophy But uh, it's definitely more of a team award than individual award These guys have been so much to me throughout this season folks. Phil Booth. He's got the heart of a lion He's got a big ticker Congratulations. Congratulations to Villanova Once again another big East tournament title now, let's go to Rob Stone All right, Gus. Thank you. So Villanova they've won this title 95 15 17 18 and here in 2019 they're fourth in the last five years Jay Wright's gonna join us live on the set next plus We're gonna hear from kevin willard and the Seton Hall team