2019-20 MEDIA GUIDE COLLIN GILLESPIE JERMAINE SAMUELS JR. DHAMIR COSBY-ROUNDTREECOLLIN GILLESPIE JERMAINE SAMUELS JR. DHAMIR COSBY-ROUNDTREE2019-20 VILLANOVA BASKETBALL 11 2019-20 MARKS VILLANOVA’S 100TH SEASON OF BASKETBALL. THE WILDCATS PLAYED THEIR FIRST INTERCOLLEGIATE GAME ON DEC. 21, 1920, DOWNING CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY 43-40. THROUGHOUT 2019-20 VILLANOVA WILL BE CELEBRATING THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF ITS TEAMS, COACHES AND STUDENT- ATHLETES. Joe Lord (1941-47) Villanova’s first Head Coach, Michael Saxe The Villanova Basketball Alumni in July 2019 The 1938-39 Wildcats reached the first NCAA Final Four The 1920-21 Wildcats 2019 -20 M EDIA GUIDE THIS IS VILLANOVA BASKETBALL CENTENNIAL SEASONHONORING A CENTURY OF SUCCESS Bob Schafer Wali Jones George Raveling with Head Coach Al Severance Coach Rollie Massimino was inducted into the College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2013 Bill Melchionni drives in the 1965 NITJack Kraft and the Wildcats at the 1971 NCAA Final Four Keith Herron 2019-20 VILLANOVA BASKETBALL THIS IS VILLANOVA BASKETBALL 2019 -20 MEDIA GUIDE 2 CENTENNIAL SEASON3 2019-20 VILLANOVA BASKETBALL 3 HONORING A CENTURY OF SUCCESS 1985 NCAA Final Four MVP Ed Pinckney Kris Jenkins with the game-winner in the 2016 NCAA title game ESPN’s Dick Vitale with Eric Eberz and 1994-96 All-American Kerry Kittles 2010 First Team All-American Scottie Reynolds 2018 National Player of the Year Jalen Brunson 2006 First Team All-American Randy Foye 2019 -20 M EDIA GUIDE THIS IS VILLANOVA BASKETBALL CENTENNIAL SEASONVILLANOVA SINCE 2013: 5 BIG EAST REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS 4 BIG EAST TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS 3 NCAA TOURNAMENT NO. 1 SEEDS 16 NCAA TOURNAMENT VICTORIES 2 NCAA FINAL FOUR APPEARANCES 2 NCAA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS VILLANOVA HAS RECORDED 191 VICTORIES OVER THE PAST SIX SEASONS, AN AVERAGE OF 31.8 WINS PER SEASON Eric Paschall The 2019 BIG EAST Tournament champion Wildcats 2019 -20 MEDIA GUIDE 4 2019-20 VILLANOVA BASKETBALL THIS IS VILLANOVA BASKETBALL EXCELLENCE5 2019-20 VILLANOVA BASKETBALL 5 SINCE 2013-14, EVERY VILLANOVA GAME HAS BEEN NATIONALLY TELEVISED. EVERY REGULAR SEASON GAME IN 2019-20 WILL BE SEEN ON NATIONAL TELEVISION AS WELL. Jalen Brunson with Steve Lavin and Tim Brando of Fox Sports Jay Wright meets the media prior to Villanova’s departure for the 2019 NCAA Tournament Jermaine Samuels with Bill Raftery of FS1 Gus Johnson of Fox Sports with Eric Paschall Collin Gillespie at the podium during the 2019 NCAA Tournament 2019 -20 M EDIA GUIDE THIS IS VILLANOVA BASKETBALL EXPOSURE“WE PLAY FOR THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE US.” The Wildcats’ bench during a 2018-19 game Mark Plansky (’88) greets Ryan Arcidiacono (’16) Jason Fraser ’06 with Tim Thomas ‘97Collin Gillespie with Jermaine Samuels 2019 -20 MEDIA GUIDE 6 2019-20 VILLANOVA BASKETBALL THIS IS VILLANOVA BASKETBALL FAMILY7 2019-20 VILLANOVA BASKETBALL 7 Brandon Slater with Saddiq Bey Jeremiah Robinson-Earl, Dhamir Cosby-Roundtree and Jermaine Samuels Jr. Jay Wright embraced Phil Booth on Senior Night Randy Foye, Jay Wright and 2019 NBA champion Kyle LowryMikal Bridges (’18) with Daniel Ochefu (’16) 2019 -20 M EDIA GUIDE THIS IS VILLANOVA BASKETBALL FAMILYNext >