I saw him a few years ago at a Georgetown function. Have they ever talked about the turnover? The discipline. The championship elevated spidery 6'9 1/2" center Ed Pinckney to the 10th pick in the NBA draft, launched a workmanlike 12-year professional career and eventually steered him back to Villanova, where he is now a first-year assistant coach under Jay Wright. 1 ranking afterward) and Syracuse by a total of three points. I wear the ring and the watch from 85, he says. Well, probably. The text began on the cover with the chilling line, I was standing in the Rose Garden, wired on cocaine. McLain went on to describe his drug habit in vivid detail, including his account of being high while playing against Memphis State in the national semifinals and while visiting the White House. He was hurt and angry at Plansky. 1980 NCAA Division I-A independents football records, "Defense holds fort in Villanova's 176 win over VMI", "Villanova Rolls Past Penn, 34-3, to Prove a Point", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1980_Villanova_Wildcats_football_team&oldid=1123512788, 1980 NCAA Division I-A independents football season, Pages using CFB schedule with named parameters, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 24 November 2022, at 04:30. Villanova had 58 possessions in the game and only four times held the ball more than 45 seconds (the duration of the first college shot clock, in 1985-86), including a nearly two-minute possession at the end of the first half, when Georgetown refused to come out of a passive zone. Won Southeast Second Round (59-55) versus #1 Michigan We had 667 four-year colleges playing intercollegiate football last year, NCAA spokesman Steve Boda said. We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. The players started softly chuckling, until the tension was sucked out of the room. Offensively, says Massimino, we just tweaked a few things to make sure we got the ball to Eddie. International Student-Athletes: Instagram, Men's Basketball Game Day Program: Facebook, Men's Basketball Game Day Program: Twitter, Men's Basketball Game Day Program: Instagram, Men's Basketball Post-Season Radio Stream, Women's Basketball Game Day Program: Facebook, Women's Basketball Game Day Program: Twitter, Women's Basketball Game Day Program: Instagram. Head Coach Rollie Massiminos Nova squad finished the regular season with a 19-10 record which included five losses to the nations #1 or #2 ranked team; the balance of their losses were teams who also made the Field of 64. That day was about our daughter. Massimino and Lappas spoke. Find out more. 1985 VILLANOVA WILDCATS National Cnampionship Replica Ring, US SHIP! At the time, Buonaguro was desperately hoping to get one last chance to run his own program and he felt that being described by a member of the fabled 85 Villanova team as a woeful manager, would damage his chances. I was 22 years old, and I came hard at people. No, said Martin. It never got better than April 1, 1985, for the man called Daddy Mass. I should have stayed at Villanova, Massimino says. Hes still a part of the family. I really enjoy it, says Massimino. 9 seed, beat Ohio State in the first round and narrowly lost to Louisville in the second round. Planksy called me, seeking relief. Maybe going through so many wars over the years, three seniors getting so comfortable with each other. College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com Blog and Articles. Marys and Santa Clara are playing in Division II now, Boda said. When Massiminos name was announced, he received a standing ovation. (Chuck Daly died five years later at age 79). 1 seed, yet lost to North Carolina State in their second tournament game.) Villanova gave up football for four years (1981-84) before bringing it back by popular demand (in 1985), Coach Andy Talley said the other day. I knew Gary was using drugs in college, says McClain. The team played their home games at Villanova Stadium in Villanova, Pennsylvania. But after he won the title, more people were watching., Plansky, who played three years for Massimino after the 85 title, says, All of a sudden Rollies got people giving him tens of thousands of dollars to make motivational speeches, and a lot of people want to shake his hand. The Wildcats football team played their first game in November 1894 and continued play for 87 seasons. The Vikings improved from nine wins in Massiminos first season to 19 in his fifth but tailed off and went 8-22 in 2002-03. I said things, and I paid the price for saying them. (In a 2014 interview with the Associated Press, McLain said of the SI story, It hurts me that I hurt people.) He has had numerous jobs in the last 17 years, with a few of what he calls employment gaps. He once lived on a horse farm in rural Florida and once was in a relationship with a woman who ran an escort service. Nothing takes the place of football, said a Wildcat alumnus, Charlie Johnson, an industrial sales company vice president in York, Pa. Its in the fall that your thoughts go back to your old college. The Flyers held for the last shot, but Pressley stole a pass, and Villanova spread the floor in a variation of North Carolina coach Dean Smiths notorious four corners offense, a setup that could be used to control a game for minutes on end if executed properly.