villanova won the ncaa championship last year basketball.
villanova won the ncaa championship last year basketball.
who won the ncaa championship last year basketball?
villanova
the wildcats have won the national championship three times: 1985, 2016, and 2018. their 1985 ncaa championship as an 8 seed still stands as the lowest seed ever to win the title. the game is referred to as "the perfect game" as they shot a record 78.6% as a team for the game (22 for 28, including 9 for 10 in the second half). their 2016 ncaa championship, is referred to as "the perfect ending" and is the only ncaa men's championship game to be won on a buzzer beater, as kris jenkins drained a shot as time expired. they made the final four in 1939, 1971, 1985, 2009, 2016, and 2018; their six final four appearances are 13th most all-time. as of 2019, they have an ncaa tournament record of 65–37 (). villanova has defeated six no. 1 seeds in the ncaa tournament (michigan and georgetown in 1985, pittsburgh in 2009, kansas and north carolina in 2016, and kansas in 2018), which is sixth most all-time. the villanova wildcats have appeared in the ncaa tournament 39 times, the eighth highest total in ncaa history. they have won the big east regular season championship eight times, most recently winning four straight from 2014 to 2017. they won the big east tournament in 1995, 2015, 2017, 2018, and 2019. villanova entered the 2016–2017 season with an all-time winning percentage of (.648), placing the wildcats tied for 13th among all ncaa division i basketball programs. through 2018, villanova has 1,779 wins, which is 23rd among division i men's basketball teams. villanova has won the philadelphia big five 26 times which is the second most of any team, including five straight from 2014 to 2018. the wildcats have appeared in the national invitation tournament 17 times, winning in 1994.
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bullet::::- kentucky is the only school to have multiple ncaa (8) and nit (2) championships, the only school to have 5 different ncaa championship head coaches, the only school to have 4 coaches with multiple ncaa championship game appearances, the only school to have 4 coaches with multiple ncaa championship game appearances in the same decade, the only school to have 4 coaches with 3 ncaa final four appearances, the only school to win ncaa championships in 5 different decades, the only school to win multiple ncaa championships in 3 different decades, the only school to have ncaa championship game appearances in 5 different decades, the only school to have multiple ncaa championship game appearances in 5 different decades, the only school to have multiple ncaa final four appearances in 5 different decades, the only school to have 2 different head coaches win both ncaa and nit championships, and the one of only 2 schools to have 2 different head coaches win an ncaa championship in the same decade.
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