A resolution congratulating the 2016 national champions, the Villanova Wildcats, for their win in the 2016 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Men's Basketball Tournament.

Bill: 114-sres-415
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2016-04-06
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Athletes

Congressional tributes

Higher education

Pennsylvania

School athletics
Latest action: action_date: 2016-04-06
text: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1774; text as passed Senate: CR S1715-1716)

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-04-06
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Congratulates the Villanova University men's basketball team on its performance in winning the 2016 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Men's Basketball Tournament.</p>

action_date: 2016-04-06
action_desc: Passed Senate without amendment
text: <p>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</p> <p>Congratulates the Villanova University men's basketball team on its performance in winning the 2016 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Men's Basketball Tournament.</p>

tv_txt: III 114th CONGRESS 2d Session S. RES. 415 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 6, 2016 Mr. Casey (for himself and Mr. Toomey ) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to RESOLUTION Congratulating the 2016 national champions, the Villanova Wildcats, for their win in the 2016 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Men's Basketball Tournament.

Whereas, on April 4, 2016, the Villanova Wildcats defeated the University of North Carolina Tar Heels by a score of 77 to 74 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 Houston, Texas; Whereas the Villanova Wildcats hold 2 national men's basketball titles for winning NCAA championships in 1985 and 2016; Whereas junior forward Kris Jenkins scored the last-second, game-winning 3-point shot; Whereas the Villanova Wildcats shot 58.2 percent from the field during the tournament, the highest percentage since the 64-team bracket was introduced in 1985; Whereas the Villanova Wildcats had the largest margin of victory in any Final Four game, beating the Oklahoma Sooners by 44 points; Whereas senior guard Ryan Arcidiacono was named the Most Outstanding Player of the 2016 Final Four, averaging 15.5 points on 73-percent shooting in the 2 final games in Houston and providing the game-winning assist in the championship game; Whereas Jay Wright was named the Naismith Coach of the Year for the second time; Whereas during the 2015–2016 season, the Villanova Wildcats finished with a record of 35-5; 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 5 seniors and 3 juniors on the roster of the Villanova Wildcats: Now, therefore, be it

That the Senate— (1) congratulates and honors the Villanova University men’s basketball team and its loyal fans on the performance of the team in the 2016 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 team.