The Wildcats earned their eighth trip to the Sweet 16 under Jay Wright after surviving a second-half push from the Ohio State Buckeyes in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
on Sunday, propelling the Wildcats back to San Antonio to face 11th-seeded Michigan in the South Regional semifinal on Thursday.
The fact he sent it over to a player with just 28 3-point attempts on the season hardly mattered. It was the smart play. Gillespie made it. It's what he does."I think they have the confidence if ‘Collin is giving it to me, that’s telling me, Go ahead and shoot it,’ " Villanova coach Wright said. The Wildcats made all of the right ones when it mattered. Ohio State missed six of its final seven shots and turned it over twice afterThey got no closer. Jermaine Samuels hit a layup and Gillespie knocked down a pull-up jumper before Dixon delivered the knockout punch.
It just wasn't enough to send the Buckeyes to the second weekend of the tournament for the first time since 2013. Ohio State never led and was forced to play the final 8:55 without forward Kyle Young, who was being evaluated for a concussion after taking a blow to the head. Young missed several games late in the season while in the concussion protocol.
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