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...underdog is not always pure. When Villanova beat George-town to win the 1986 NCAA basket-ball championship, it was perhaps the greatest upset in college basketball history. Georgetown was led by Patrick Ewing, and had only lost once that season (by one point to St. Johns), while Villanova barely made the Tournament...
Unfortunately, it was later revealed that many of those lovable Villanova players were involved in NCAA infractions, and more alarmingly, were involved with drugs--and not just marijuana. And worst of all, Villanova's mighty mite of a point guard, Gary Mclain, told this sordid tale in a shocking expose in Sports Illustrated. All of a sudden the under-dog got pretty unattractive...
...women's squad fared very similarly, finishing fourth with a total of 96 points. Ivy rival Cornell snatched first place with 49 points, followed by Villanova with 53 and Delaware with...
Radcliffe's 6:57.93 time smoked Villanova's 7:07.57 at the women's nationals on June 10 in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Black and the White got sweet revenge over the Wildcats, who outstroked Radcliffe by more than 3.5 seconds in the San Diego Crew Classic...
...season began with the San Diego Classic, and all competing crews did about the same. The No. 1 and No. 2 heavies finished fourth and third, respectively, while the lights crossed the line in second place, six second in back of Villanova...