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1985 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game

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fewest shot attempts; both figures are also records for any Final Four game as of 2019. Villanova made most of their free throw attempts, converting on 22 of 27 attempts. Georgetown made more than 50 percent of their shots as well, with 54 percent shooting (29 for 53). The Hoyas had 19 fewer free throw attempts than Villanova, although they were successful on six of their eight tries. The Wildcats committed 12 fouls in the game, and held Ewing without a free throw attempt. Georgetown had 11 turnovers in the contest, six fewer than the 17 by Villanova; that total included six by Jensen. Sportswriter Tim Layden commented on the Wildcats' statistics, "Part of what is so fascinating about the game is that Villanova, when it did not turn the ball over, almost always scored." Each team had 17 rebounds, the fewest in any Final Four contest as of 2019.
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29–28. A long-distance shot by Wingate missed as time ran out in the first half, and the arm of Georgetown forward Williams made contact with the face and neck of Villanova reserve Chuck Everson; no foul was called, but Villanova assistant coach Marty Marback credited the encounter with giving his team energy going into the halftime break.
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the game, but was both out-scored and outrebounded by the Wildcats' Pinckney; he had five rebounds, one fewer than Pinckney. Martin had 10 points in the game and matched Ewing's total of five rebounds. The top assist provider for either team was Georgetown's Jackson, who had nine assists and added eight points.
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The top scorer in the game was McClain, who had 17 points; just behind him on the Wildcats was Pinckney, who had a 16-point performance. Jensen had a perfect shooting night, going 5-for-5 and finishing with 14 points. The Hoyas' leading scorer was Wingate, who posted 17 points. Ewing had 14 points in
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deflected out of bounds off the shin of Broadnax. Under 30 seconds had gone off the clock when the Wildcats regained the ball. Villanova resumed their ball-control offense, and took the lead with 2:37 remaining on a made shot by Jensen; the Wildcats had taken 62 seconds to run the play. Jensen's shot
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and was temporarily forced to the bench. With 10 minutes left in regulation, the Wildcats held a one-point lead, even though they had attempted only five field goals so far in the second half. Over the next few minutes of play, Villanova went up 53–48; after a field goal by Pinckney, the Hoyas called
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attempt was good, and Villanova extended their lead to 34–30. The play began a stretch of about a minute in which Ewing committed three personal fouls and had to be removed from the Hoyas lineup; with Williams suffering from an ankle injury, Georgetown's two leading players on offense were out of the
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Villanova defeated Georgetown by a score of 66–64 to win their first-ever national championship, in what is considered by analysts to be one of the biggest upsets in tournament history. The Wildcats had the highest field goal percentage in Final Four history, winning their first national championship
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The Wildcats lost multiple assistant coaches to other college positions in the years following the 1985 NCAA championship game. In the seven seasons Massimino spent as head coach at Villanova before leaving the program after the 1991–92 season, the team made it to the regional semifinals of the NCAA
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brought the Hoyas to within two points in the closing seconds. Wingate stopped the clock from expiring by hitting the ball out of play with two seconds left. Jensen inbounded the ball to McClain, who had gone to the floor, and McClain kept possession until time expired and the Wildcats won the game
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The Wildcats were successful on 22 of 28 field goal attempts in the game, for a shooting percentage of 78.6 percent. The team made all but one of their 10 shot attempts in the second half. The Wildcats set NCAA Tournament championship game records for the highest shooting percentage and the
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game. The Wildcats began taking more time on their possessions, and took a 38–32 advantage in the first four minutes of the half. Ewing re-entered the game, but Villanova maintained their lead; three points by McClain brought the score to 41–36. McLain was injured while running into Hoyas player
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was not instituted in college basketball until the 1985–86 season. Georgetown was playing a 1–3–1 zone defense, allowing the Wildcats to execute their strategy. In one of four times during the game that Villanova maintained possession for over 45 seconds, Pressley made a shot to put his team up
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was the last attempted by Villanova in the game; all of the team's remaining points came on free throws. The Wildcats scored the next four points and were up 59–54 going into the final 84 seconds. Although the team was unsuccessful on multiple
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free throw attempts, they added seven more points in the final portion of the game. The last made free throw, on the second of two attempts by Pressley, gave the Wildcats a 66–62 advantage with approximately 10 seconds on the clock. A shot by
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called "as good a half of college basketball as I've ever seen," the second half began with a successful jump shot by Ewing; Thompson had told the Hoyas to feature him in their offense. The Wildcats reclaimed the lead on a field goal by
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in Philadelphia, Villanova's home arena, the teams battled into overtime before the Hoyas claimed a two-point victory. The repeat contest, in Washington, D.C., was also closely contested, but Georgetown again prevailed, 57–50.
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At this time, the Hoyas borrowed a page from Villanova's offensive strategy and started running the four corners offense, with the hopes of causing the Wildcats to abandon their regular defense and shift to
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by McClain was followed by another jump shot by Wingate. Villanova made their first four field goal attempts, but fell behind 10–8 as they committed four turnovers during the period. Georgetown played a
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a timeout. The closing six minutes started with a Georgetown scoring run; the Hoyas took a 54–53 lead and gained ball possession off of a turnover by Villanova with about four minutes left.
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in men's basketball. The game is referred to as "The Perfect Game", as the Wildcats shot 78.6 percent as a team for the game (22 for 28, including 9 for 10 in the second half).
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A rule change in college basketball left teams unable to replicate Villanova's ball control strategy from the 1985 national championship game. After several conferences used a
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during the previous few seasons, the NCAA instituted a 45-second clock for the 1985–86 season. The clock was reduced to 35 seconds in 1993–94 and 30 in 2015–16.
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The 1985 NCAA Tournament championship has been described as one of the biggest upsets in the tournament's history by numerous writers, including Jack Carey of
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by Pressley gave the Wildcats a late lead that they held until the end. The Wildcats then won their second-round game, 59–55, over the region's top seed,
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at the start of the season, and won their first 14 games against Division I clubs. The team alternated the position with fellow Big East team
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Georgetown received the top seed in the East regional bracket of the 1985 NCAA Tournament, the first with 64 teams in the field, and faced
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The Wildcats received the Southeast regional bracket's eighth seed and were matched in the first round against ninth-seeded
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The Perfect Game: How Villanova's Shocking 1985 Upset of Mighty Georgetown Changed the Landscape of College Hoops Forever
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The 1985–86 Georgetown team had an overall record of 24–8, and were eliminated in the second round of the
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entered the 1984–85 season as the defending national champion, having won the title in 1984. Coached by
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in the second round of the 1984 NCAA Tournament. The team's regular starting lineup included seniors
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and held the ball until the closing seconds of the half, a tactic that was legal because a
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in the first round. A 68–43 victory set up a second-round matchup with eighth-seeded
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and Dwight Wilbur. Villanova began the season 13–3, before a January 1985 loss at
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focused on trapping and pressuring the Wildcats' players, while Villanova used a
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evened the score with a successful jump shot. The teams then traded baskets; a
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to end a 31-year championship drought. Villanova added a third championship
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Tournament only once. The Wildcats did not return to the Final Four until
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After obtaining ball possession with 1:58 left, the Wildcats went into a
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and 16 by Ewing, to clinch a spot in the national championship game.
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NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament championship games
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1985 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Game
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1985 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game
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were coming off of a season in which they had lost to
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Index

1985 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Game
1985 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
A blue circle with white "NCAA" in the middle
Villanova Wildcats
Georgetown Hoyas
Big East
Rollie Massimino
John Thompson
AP
Coaches
AP
Coaches
Villanova Wildcats
Georgetown Hoyas
Rupp Arena
MVP
Ed Pinckney
Villanova
Favorite
Referees
CBS
Brent Musburger
Billy Packer
1984
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1985 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
1984–85 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
Rupp Arena
Lexington, Kentucky
Georgetown Hoyas

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