Full circle: Villanova leaders got Final Four taste in 2018
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Full circle: Villanova leaders got Final Four taste in 2018

Associated Press  

SAN ANTONIO — Jermaine Samuels and Collin Gillespie were both on the floor for the final seconds of Villanova’s national championship game victory four years ago. Now they are fifth-year seniors leading the Wildcats, who are in another NCAA Final Four after Samuels was the South Region MVP and third-team AP All-America point guard Gillespie made a clutch shot late in the regional final. When Villanova won the 2018 title at the Alamodome, the roster included All-America guard Jalen Brunson, Mikal Bridges, Final Four MVP Donte DiVincenzo, Eric Paschall and Omari Spellman, all NBA draft picks. Gillespie played more than Samuels in that 2018 Final Four, with eight minutes in the semifinal and then 16 in the championship game when he had four points — on 4 of 4 free throws — and five rebounds.

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