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

Bill: 115-sres-482
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2018-04-24
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Athletes

Congressional tributes

Pennsylvania

School athletics
Latest action: action_date: 2018-04-24
text: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2396; text: CR S2394)

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-04-24
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>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.</p>

action_date: 2018-04-24
action_desc: Passed Senate without amendment
text: <p>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.</p>

tv_txt: III 115th CONGRESS 2d Session S. RES. 482 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 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

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.