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 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - By almost every measure, the Villanova Wildcats should be trudging back to Philadelphia, wondering how it all went wrong. They scrapped their vaunted four-guard attack in the opening minutes of the game after seeing it was no match for the taller, heftier Boston College. Allan Ray had one of his more miserable nights, and the rest of Villanova's offense wasn't much better. It took almost 38 minutes for the Wildcats to get their first lead, and even then it was fleeting.
Yet there they were at the end of the night Friday, yelling and screaming and hugging each other like it was 1985. Even Rollie Massimino was dancing — or something close to it — when the Villanova band played the fight song during a late timeout.
It almost makes you think this really might be the Wildcats' year. How else to explain the final score of Villanova 60, Boston College 59 that sends the Wildcats into the regional finals for the first time since 1988? And in overtime, no less, with a gutsy call by the referees on the decisive basket.
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