Villanova Wildcats vs Butler Bulldogs

BIG EAST MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP - SEMIFINAL

20-13, 9-9 Big East

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Butler BUT	25	43			68
Villanova VILL	44	43			87

Villanova WildcatsVillanovaVILL

29-4, 14-4 Big East

Shot Made

Shot Missed

Mikal Bridges made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jalen Brunson.
Mikal Bridges made Dunk.
Eric Paschall made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jalen Brunson.
Kelan Martin missed Jumper.
Jalen Brunson made Free Throw.
Jalen Brunson made Free Throw.
Kamar Baldwin missed Jumper.
Mikal Bridges missed Three Point Jumper.
Eric Paschall made Jumper. Assisted by Donte DiVincenzo.
Eric Paschall missed Free Throw.
Paul Jorgensen missed Jumper.
Mikal Bridges made Jumper.
Sean McDermott missed Three Point Jumper.
Jalen Brunson made Jumper.
Aaron Thompson missed Three Point Jumper.
Omari Spellman made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jalen Brunson.
Aaron Thompson made Jumper. Assisted by Kelan Martin.
Phil Booth missed Three Point Jumper.
Sean McDermott made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kelan Martin.
Phil Booth made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mikal Bridges.
Phil Booth made Free Throw.
Phil Booth made Free Throw.
Phil Booth made Layup. Assisted by Omari Spellman.
Paul Jorgensen made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Aaron Thompson.
Jalen Brunson made Jumper.
Kamar Baldwin missed Jumper.
Eric Paschall missed Three Point Jumper.
Kelan Martin missed Three Point Jumper.
Donte DiVincenzo missed Three Point Jumper.
Aaron Thompson made Free Throw.
Aaron Thompson made Free Throw.
Jalen Brunson missed Three Point Jumper.
Omari Spellman missed Three Point Jumper.
Paul Jorgensen missed Jumper.
Nate Fowler made Layup. Assisted by Aaron Thompson.
Collin Gillespie made Free Throw.
Collin Gillespie made Free Throw.
Kamar Baldwin made Jumper.
Eric Paschall made Three Point Jumper.
Sean McDermott made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Paul Jorgensen.
Paul Jorgensen missed Jumper.
Phil Booth missed Three Point Jumper.
Omari Spellman missed Jumper.
Nate Fowler missed Layup.
Eric Paschall missed Jumper.
Kelan Martin made Layup. Assisted by Paul Jorgensen.
Donte DiVincenzo made Jumper.
Paul Jorgensen made Jumper.
Phil Booth made Jumper.
Kelan Martin made Jumper.
Donte DiVincenzo missed Jumper.
Omari Spellman made Free Throw.
Omari Spellman made Free Throw.
Kelan Martin missed Jumper.
Collin Gillespie missed Three Point Jumper.
Omari Spellman missed Layup.
Omari Spellman made Layup.
Kamar Baldwin made Layup.
Paul Jorgensen missed Three Point Jumper.
Donte DiVincenzo missed Layup.
Phil Booth made Three Point Jumper.
Omari Spellman missed Jumper.
Tyler Wideman made Layup. Assisted by Sean McDermott.
Jalen Brunson missed Three Point Jumper.
Eric Paschall missed Layup.
Kamar Baldwin made Layup.
Phil Booth made Free Throw.
Phil Booth made Free Throw.
Henry Baddley made Jumper.
Donte DiVincenzo made Free Throw.
Donte DiVincenzo missed Free Throw.
Kamar Baldwin missed Jumper.
Mikal Bridges made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Donte DiVincenzo.
Kelan Martin made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sean McDermott.
Mikal Bridges made Layup.
Kamar Baldwin missed Three Point Jumper.
Donte DiVincenzo made Layup.
Paul Jorgensen made Free Throw.
Paul Jorgensen made Free Throw.
Jalen Brunson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Donte DiVincenzo.
Kamar Baldwin missed Layup.
Tyler Wideman made Layup.
Henry Baddley missed Jumper.
Mikal Bridges made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Donte DiVincenzo.
Paul Jorgensen missed Layup.
Jalen Brunson made Jumper. Assisted by Donte DiVincenzo.
Kelan Martin missed Layup.
Tyler Wideman made Layup.
Mikal Bridges made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Omari Spellman.
Kamar Baldwin made Layup.
Jalen Brunson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Collin Gillespie.
Sean McDermott missed Three Point Jumper.
Phil Booth missed Three Point Jumper.
Tyler Wideman made Dunk. Assisted by Paul Jorgensen.
Jalen Brunson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Collin Gillespie.
Paul Jorgensen made Free Throw.
Paul Jorgensen made Free Throw.
Mikal Bridges missed Three Point Jumper.
Kelan Martin missed Three Point Jumper.
Mikal Bridges missed Three Point Jumper.
Kamar Baldwin made Layup.
Jalen Brunson missed Three Point Jumper.
Kamar Baldwin made Layup.
Collin Gillespie made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Phil Booth.
Nate Fowler made Layup. Assisted by Kelan Martin.
Phil Booth missed Three Point Jumper.
Omari Spellman missed Layup.
Omari Spellman made Free Throw.
Omari Spellman made Free Throw.
Kelan Martin missed Free Throw.
Kelan Martin missed Free Throw.
Collin Gillespie missed Three Point Jumper.
Mikal Bridges missed Three Point Jumper.
Henry Baddley made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kelan Martin.
Phil Booth missed Jumper.
Eric Paschall missed Two Point Tip Shot.
Eric Paschall made Two Point Tip Shot.
Tyler Wideman made Free Throw.
Tyler Wideman made Free Throw.
Collin Gillespie made Free Throw.
Collin Gillespie made Free Throw.
Kamar Baldwin missed Jumper.
Omari Spellman made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Collin Gillespie.
Nate Fowler made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Paul Jorgensen.
Kelan Martin made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kamar Baldwin.
Phil Booth missed Three Point Jumper.
Paul Jorgensen missed Three Point Jumper.
Jermaine Samuels missed Three Point Jumper.
Kelan Martin missed Three Point Jumper.
Jalen Brunson missed Layup.
Paul Jorgensen made Free Throw.
Paul Jorgensen made Free Throw.
Eric Paschall missed Three Point Jumper.
Kamar Baldwin missed Three Point Jumper.
Eric Paschall made Layup. Assisted by Collin Gillespie.
Henry Baddley missed Three Point Jumper.
Phil Booth missed Jumper.
Kelan Martin made Layup. Assisted by Kamar Baldwin.
Kelan Martin made Free Throw.
Dhamir Cosby-Roundtree made Jumper. Assisted by Donte DiVincenzo.
Christian David missed Three Point Jumper.
Donte DiVincenzo missed Three Point Jumper.
Campbell Donovan missed Three Point Jumper.

Shot Made

Shot Missed

TIME		BUT	VILL
20:00	Jump Ball won by Villanova	0	0
19:57	Mikal Bridges made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jalen Brunson.	0	3
19:32	Aaron Thompson Turnover.	0	3
19:04	Mikal Bridges made Dunk.	0	5
18:45	Tyler Wideman Turnover.	0	5
18:45	Mikal Bridges Steal.	0	5
18:30	Eric Paschall made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jalen Brunson.	0	8
18:00	Kelan Martin missed Jumper.	0	8
18:00	Omari Spellman Defensive Rebound.	0	8
17:51	Foul on Kamar Baldwin.	0	8
17:51	Jalen Brunson made Free Throw.	0	9
17:51	Jalen Brunson made Free Throw.	0	10
17:32	Kamar Baldwin missed Jumper.	0	10
17:32	Jalen Brunson Defensive Rebound.	0	10
17:22	Foul on Sean McDermott.	0	10
17:17	Mikal Bridges missed Three Point Jumper.	0	10
17:17	Omari Spellman Offensive Rebound.	0	10
17:13	Eric Paschall made Jumper. Assisted by Donte DiVincenzo.	0	12
17:13	Foul on Tyler Wideman.	0	12
17:13	Eric Paschall missed Free Throw.	0	12
17:13	Sean McDermott Defensive Rebound.	0	12
16:52	Paul Jorgensen missed Jumper.	0	12
16:52	Eric Paschall Defensive Rebound.	0	12
16:29	Mikal Bridges made Jumper.	0	14
16:12	Sean McDermott missed Three Point Jumper.	0	14
16:12	Donte DiVincenzo Defensive Rebound.	0	14
15:46	Jalen Brunson made Jumper.	0	16
15:37	Butler Timeout	0	16
15:37	Official TV Timeout	0	16
15:29	Foul on Nate Fowler.	0	16
15:29	Nate Fowler Turnover.	0	16
15:20	Phil Booth Turnover.	0	16
15:20	Foul on Donte DiVincenzo.	0	16
15:02	Aaron Thompson missed Three Point Jumper.	0	16
15:02	Jalen Brunson Defensive Rebound.	0	16
14:54	Omari Spellman made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jalen Brunson.	0	19
14:39	Foul on Dhamir Cosby-Roundtree.	0	19
14:30	Aaron Thompson made Jumper. Assisted by Kelan Martin.	2	19
14:15	Phil Booth missed Three Point Jumper.	2	19
14:15	Sean McDermott Defensive Rebound.	2	19
14:07	Sean McDermott made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kelan Martin.	5	19
13:41	Foul on Aaron Thompson.	5	19
13:23	Phil Booth made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mikal Bridges.	5	22
12:51	Kelan Martin Turnover.	5	22
12:51	Collin Gillespie Steal.	5	22
12:51	Foul on Kelan Martin.	5	22
12:25	Foul on Tyler Wideman.	5	22
12:25	Phil Booth made Free Throw.	5	23
12:25	Phil Booth made Free Throw.	5	24
12:11	Foul on Kamar Baldwin.	5	24
12:11	Kamar Baldwin Turnover.	5	24
11:40	Phil Booth made Layup. Assisted by Omari Spellman.	5	26
11:31	Paul Jorgensen made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Aaron Thompson.	8	26
11:13	Jalen Brunson made Jumper.	8	28
10:58	Kamar Baldwin missed Jumper.	8	28
10:58	Mikal Bridges Defensive Rebound.	8	28
10:47	Eric Paschall missed Three Point Jumper.	8	28
10:47	Kelan Martin Defensive Rebound.	8	28
10:38	Kelan Martin missed Three Point Jumper.	8	28
10:38	Mikal Bridges Defensive Rebound.	8	28
10:16	Foul on Omari Spellman.	8	28
10:16	Omari Spellman Turnover.	8	28
10:16	Official TV Timeout	8	28
9:50	Foul on Jalen Brunson.	8	28
9:33	Nate Fowler Turnover.	8	28
9:33	Collin Gillespie Steal.	8	28
9:11	Donte DiVincenzo missed Three Point Jumper.	8	28
9:11	Butler Defensive Rebound.	8	28
8:55	Foul on Collin Gillespie.	8	28
8:55	Aaron Thompson made Free Throw.	9	28
8:55	Aaron Thompson made Free Throw.	10	28
8:38	Jalen Brunson missed Three Point Jumper.	10	28
8:38	Eric Paschall Offensive Rebound.	10	28
8:30	Omari Spellman missed Three Point Jumper.	10	28
8:30	Paul Jorgensen Defensive Rebound.	10	28
8:05	Paul Jorgensen missed Jumper.	10	28
8:05	Omari Spellman Defensive Rebound.	10	28
8:00	Foul on Jalen Brunson.	10	28
8:00	Jalen Brunson Turnover.	10	28
7:45	Nate Fowler made Layup. Assisted by Aaron Thompson.	12	28
7:24	Foul on Aaron Thompson.	12	28
7:24	Official TV Timeout	12	28
7:24	Collin Gillespie made Free Throw.	12	29
7:24	Collin Gillespie made Free Throw.	12	30
7:03	Kamar Baldwin made Jumper.	14	30
6:28	Eric Paschall made Three Point Jumper.	14	33
6:12	Sean McDermott made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Paul Jorgensen.	17	33
5:45	Foul on Eric Paschall.	17	33
5:45	Eric Paschall Turnover.	17	33
5:26	Paul Jorgensen missed Jumper.	17	33
5:26	Mikal Bridges Block.	17	33
5:26	Phil Booth Defensive Rebound.	17	33
5:20	Phil Booth missed Three Point Jumper.	17	33
5:20	Omari Spellman Offensive Rebound.	17	33
5:10	Omari Spellman missed Jumper.	17	33
5:10	Kelan Martin Defensive Rebound.	17	33
4:59	Nate Fowler missed Layup.	17	33
4:59	Mikal Bridges Defensive Rebound.	17	33
4:40	Eric Paschall missed Jumper.	17	33
4:40	Kamar Baldwin Defensive Rebound.	17	33
4:27	Kelan Martin made Layup. Assisted by Paul Jorgensen.	19	33
4:03	Donte DiVincenzo made Jumper.	19	35
3:35	Paul Jorgensen made Jumper.	21	35
3:11	Phil Booth made Jumper.	21	37
2:49	Kelan Martin made Jumper.	23	37
2:23	Donte DiVincenzo missed Jumper.	23	37
2:23	Omari Spellman Offensive Rebound.	23	37
2:23	Foul on Joey Brunk.	23	37
2:23	Official TV Timeout	23	37
2:23	Omari Spellman made Free Throw.	23	38
2:23	Omari Spellman made Free Throw.	23	39
2:04	Kelan Martin missed Jumper.	23	39
2:04	Donte DiVincenzo Defensive Rebound.	23	39
1:54	Collin Gillespie missed Three Point Jumper.	23	39
1:54	Omari Spellman Offensive Rebound.	23	39
1:49	Omari Spellman missed Layup.	23	39
1:49	Joey Brunk Block.	23	39
1:49	Omari Spellman Offensive Rebound.	23	39
1:40	Omari Spellman made Layup.	23	41
1:14	Kamar Baldwin made Layup.	25	41
0:58	Collin Gillespie Turnover.	25	41
0:53	Paul Jorgensen missed Three Point Jumper.	25	41
0:53	Eric Paschall Defensive Rebound.	25	41
0:46	Donte DiVincenzo missed Layup.	25	41
0:46	Kelan Martin Block.	25	41
0:46	Paul Jorgensen Defensive Rebound.	25	41
0:34	Paul Jorgensen Turnover.	25	41
0:34	Omari Spellman Steal.	25	41
0:29	Villanova Timeout	25	41
0:05	Phil Booth made Three Point Jumper.	25	44
0:00	End of 1st half	25	44

Bridges hits triple after near turnover

0:20

Paschall gets open for easy layup

0:25

Booth scores smooth 3 at the buzzer

0:47

Game Information

New York, NY

Referee:Pat Driscoll

Referee:Jeff Clark

Referee:Michael Stephens

NCAA Division I

Big East Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
UConn	14-1	-	24-2
St. John's	13-1	0.5	20-5
Villanova	11-3	2.5	20-5
Seton Hall	7-7	6.5	17-8
Creighton	7-8	7	13-13
Xavier	5-9	8.5	13-12
DePaul	5-9	8.5	13-12
Georgetown	5-9	8.5	13-12
Butler	4-10	9.5	13-12
Providence	4-11	10	11-15
Marquette	4-11	10	9-17

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