Title: A resolution congratulating the Villanova University Wildcats for winning the 2018 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Men's Basketball Tournament.
Policy area: Sports and Recreation

Summary:
Congratulates the Villanova University Wildcats men's basketball team on its performance in the 2018 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Men's Basketball Tournament.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 482 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 482

 Congratulating the Villanova University Wildcats for winning the 2018 
 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Men's Basketball 
                              Tournament.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 24, 2018

    Mr. Casey (for himself and Mr. Toomey) submitted the following 
             resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Congratulating the Villanova University Wildcats for winning the 2018 
 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Men's Basketball 
                              Tournament.

Whereas on April 2, 2018, the Villanova University Wildcats (referred to in this 
        preamble as the ``Villanova Wildcats'') defeated the University of 
        Michigan Wolverines by a score of 79-62 in the final game of the 
        National Collegiate Athletic Association (referred to in this preamble 
        as the ``NCAA'') Division I Men's Basketball Tournament in San Antonio, 
        Texas;
Whereas the Villanova Wildcats won the NCAA championship in 1985, 2016, and 
        2018;
Whereas junior point guard Jalen Brunson was named the National Player of the 
        Year after leading the Villanova Wildcats to a second NCAA championship 
        in 3 seasons;
Whereas redshirt sophomore guard Donte DiVincenzo was named the Final Four Most 
        Outstanding Player of 2018;
Whereas the record of Donte DiVincenzo of 31 points, 10-for-15 shooting, 5 
        rebounds, 3 assists, and 2 blocks will be remembered as one of the 
        greatest individual title game performances in the history of the NCAA 
        tournament;
Whereas Donte DiVincenzo joins Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Walton, and Jack 
        ``Goose'' Givens as the only players that have scored 30 points and shot 
        66 percent or better from the field in an NCAA title game;
Whereas the Villanova Wildcats made 18 3-point field goals in the national 
        semifinal game against the University of Kansas, setting an NCAA 
        tournament record;
Whereas the Villanova Wildcats--

    (1) finished the 2017-2018 season with a record of 36-4;

    (2) have won 4 Big East men's basketball tournament titles; and

    (3) have won 3 national championships; and

Whereas Villanova University is committed to the ideal of the student athlete 
        and the education of the athletes of Villanova University, as evidenced 
        by the presence of 2 seniors and 5 juniors on the roster of the 
        Villanova Wildcats: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) congratulates and honors the Villanova University 
        Wildcats men's basketball team on the performance of the team 
        in the 2018 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I 
        Men's Basketball Tournament; and
            (2) recognizes and commends the hard work, dedication, 
        determination, and commitment to excellence of the players, 
        parents, families, coaches, and managers of the Villanova 
        University Wildcats.
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